Staff
The HMA instructors are UW faculty, industry professionals, math coaches, and graduate students from the UW Math Department.
Instructors
Dave
MIT B.S. in Mathematics
Putnam Honorable Mention (2004, 2005)
USA Math Olympiad (USAMO) qualifier (2002, 2003), Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOP) attendee (2002)
Founder of the Academy of Math and Programming (AMP), a free 5-week residential summer camp in NYC for talented high school students from around the country (2022-present)
Dave has been working in quantitative finance as a trader and educator for over 15 years. He has taught and mentored hundreds of top math students, helping them prepare for college and for quantitative careers.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
MIT B.S. in Mathematics, Harvard Ph.D. in Mathematics
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO): Gold (2009), Bronze (2008)
Canadian Mathematical Olympiad: Second Place (2009)
Putnam Honorable Mention (2009, 2011)
Winston
Harvard A.B. in Mathematics, S.M. in Applied Mathematics
USAMO qualifier (2005, 2006, 2007)
Alumnus of Mathpath (2003), MOP (2005), Research Science Institute (2007)
Counselor at Mathpath (2009)
Problem writer for ARML (2010–present) and North Suburban Math League (2017–2024)
Works in quantitative finance
Thomas
MIT B.S. in Mathematics, Ph.D. in Astrodynamics
Worked in mathematical optimization at NASA, Google, Microsoft Research, and Amazon
Top scorer in 2001 Pomona-Wisconsin Math Talent Search
Instructor/coach in K-12 STEM enrichment programs for over two decades
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
Princeton B.A. in mathematics, MIT Ph.D. in Mathematics
Putnam Top 15 (2011), Honorable Mention (2008, 2009)
USAMO Honorable Mention (2007, 2008)
Boeing Professor, Applied Mathematics (AMATH), University of Washington
Director, Computational Finance & Risk Management (CFRM) Program, University of Washington
Cornell B.S. in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering, Princeton Ph.D. in Operations Research & Financial Engineering
Art
Ben