John Xu, CFA

John Xu, CFA - Vice President, Portfolio Finance Engineering at AQR Capital Management

John Xu, CFA is currently a Vice President in Portfolio Finance Engineering at AQR Capital Management, where he has worked since 2017.123 In this role, he manages an agile engineering team that supports portfolio finance business functions such as cash management, margin calculation, financing, and data acquisition.1

John has over 30 years of experience working in various roles in the finance and technology fields.1 Prior to AQR, he worked at Putnam Investments from 2010 to 2016, holding positions such as Director of Enterprise Architecture and leading teams in areas like enterprise-wide Agile transformation, technology evaluation and standardization, system design, and employee technology training.1

John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University and a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Northeastern University.1 He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and also holds certifications as an Amazon AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty and an Amazon AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.1

His LinkedIn profile can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-xu-cfa-55313b1.2