# Bharat Ahuja

> Quant Research and DeFi Strategies

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/bharatahuja

* Expertise in quantitative analysis, yield strategies, DeFi portfolio design, and blockchain technologies. 
* Proven track record of developing cutting-edge solutions in decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional financial markets. 
* Skilled in statistical modeling, data analysis, and strategic decision-making. 
* Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with a passion for driving innovation in DeFi & blockchain space.
* Experienced with on-chain analytics and smart contract development

## Work Experience
### Director, Quant Research & DeFi Strategies @ Abra
Jan 2025 – Present

### Quantitative Lead + DeFi Strategies @ Tokemak
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
Design, evaluation & implementation of the yield optimizer strategy.
Statistics generation (risk/return estimation) for various liquidity provision, lending,  staking, looping & Pendle strategies
Risk profiling destinations (protocol research) and yield sources
Simulation and backtesting of strategies for return profiling, IL, drawdown. 
Safety features to prevent IL and portfolio churn
Performance monitoring (Sharpe, yield volatility, IR) and portfolio analytics

### Quantitative Researcher @ Tokemak
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Simulation and analysis of Tokemak v1 leveraged LP strategy
Initial design of Tokemak v2 yield optimizer strategy

### Product Architect @ Brightvine
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Design including quantitative analysis for a protocol bringing RWA on to DeFi on Ethereum

### DeFi & Quant Analyst @ Llama DAO
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Product design and investigate asset management strategies for various DAOs. Llama provides financial reporting and treasury management services to DAOs. Efforts include generating hedging ideas, stables yield / vault strategies.

### Product Design @ Index Coop
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Providing design, quantitative analysis support towards new, upcoming investment products.

•	The Option Index
https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/product-proposal-launch-the-option-index-option/3350
•	The Fixed (Bond) Index
https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/launch-a-fixed-income-product-suite-fixed/3670

### DeFi Analyst/Asset Manager @ Index Coop
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Responsible for all activities for the Investment account within the Index Coop Treasury. Activities include proposing and executing stable coin deployment strategies to generate yield. Deploying excess reserves towards strategic investments in other projects/DAOs.

### Methodologist @ Index Coop
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Responsible for the design of multiple products that are expected to launch in the near term in partnership with Index Coop. Design steps include building framework, composition & simulation/modeling. 
•	Polygon Diversified Index
https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/iip-89-launch-polygon-diversified-index-pdi/2709
•	Llama Diversified Index
https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/iip-60-launching-llama-diversified-index-ldi/1987

### Co-Founder @ InspireTrack
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Colorado, United States
Co-founded an automated portfolio manager similar to the likes of Betterment. Developed innovative mapping of user risk score to portfolio allocation.

### Sr Staff Engineer @ Qualcomm
Jan 2005 – Jan 2015
Simulation and design of cellular standards and products.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/b-ahuja

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Last updated: 2026-04-13