Harish Naik

Harish Naik has a diverse work experience beginning in 2004. Harish started as a Software Developer at SAP Labs India in 2004, followed by a Research Programmer Summer Intern role at Argonne National Laboratory's Mathematics & Computer Science Division in 2007. Harish then took on a Research Assistant (Programmer) role at the University of Illinois at Chicago's National Center for Data Mining in 2007. In 2011, they became an Applications Engineer at Optiver and then a Software Developer at Simplex Investments in 2013. In 2016, they took on a Senior Software Engineer (Perception) role at HERE Technologies, as well as a Ph.D. Candidate role at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Most recently, in 2020, they became a Development Engineer at Aquatic Capital Management.

Harish Naik earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering from RV College of Engineering between 2000 and 2004. Harish then went on to obtain a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Chicago between 2006 and 2008.