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Victoria Averbukh is a Professor of Practice in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University and the Director of Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan (CFEM). She designs and leads programs that provide practitioner-led education for ORIE’s Master of Engineering students, fostering strong connections with students, alumni, and industry leaders. Victoria plays a central role in curating forums for professional exchange and idea sharing, notably CFEM’s annual Future Finance conference held in September. In addition to her leadership responsibilities, she teaches courses such as Bond Math and Mortgage-Backed Securities, leveraging her Wall Street experience, and the Financial Engineering Colloquium, which brings industry professionals into the classroom to expose students to cutting-edge developments in finance. Prior to joining Cornell, Victoria worked at Salomon Brothers (now Citi) as a Fixed Income Research strategist covering U.S. Treasury futures and Mortgage-Backed Securities, and she held the position of Head of Structured Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Research at Deutsche Bank. Victoria received her B.A. in Mathematics from New York University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University.
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