Alok Dharia holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Groningen, NL and an MBA from Rice University, Houston (U.S.A). Alok has worked with Merrill Lynch Commodities in Houston as a trading strategist for 7 years trading crude oil, refined products and natural gas on the NYMEX. Alok has founded NAV FINSTRAT LLP a company focused on developing algorithmic trading strategies and Greekspoint LLP a company focused on options training and trading. At QCAlpha, Alok is primarily responsible for developing algorithmic trading strategies and backtesting & optimization of said strategies.