Jorge Aurelio Viquez Bolanos

Jorge Aurelio Viquez Bolanos is a mathematician working as a Quantitative Analyst at Wells Fargo (per LinkedIn-index data; index-only). He represented Costa Rica at the 2013 International Mathematical Olympiad, earning an Honorable Mention. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology (2018-2023, advisor Christian Houdre), with a dissertation titled 'Functional Ito Calculus for Levy Processes (with a View Towards Mathematical Finance)', and BS degrees in Mathematics and Actuarial Science from Universidad de Costa Rica. His research in probability/stochastic calculus has produced peer-reviewed-style arXiv preprints.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. LinkedIn-index data records a current role Quantitative Analyst at Wells Fargo (2023-07 to present), and the Georgia Tech mathematics PhD (Jorge Aurelio Viquez Bolanos, [contact omitted]) matches the same individual, giving a supported identity; Wells Fargo is a diversified US bank with a Quantitative Analytics/Model Risk function, i.e. a quant role inside a bank rather than at a hedge fund, prop-trading or market-making firm. Application-based index-only; no separate primary-source confirmation of the role was located.
• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. LinkedIn-index data records a current role Quantitative Analyst at Wells Fargo (2023-07 to present), and the Georgia Tech mathematics PhD (Jorge Aurelio Viquez Bolanos, [contact omitted]) matches the same individual, giving a supported identity; Wells Fargo is a diversified US bank with a Quantitative Analytics/Model Risk function, i.e. a quant role inside a bank rather than at a hedge fund, prop-trading or market-making firm. Application-based index-only; no separate primary-source confirmation of the role was located.
• Represented Costa Rica at the 2013 International Mathematical Olympiad and earned an Honorable Mention, ranking 355th at 32.8% with 8 points (full marks on problem 4); same team as Humberto Jimenez Alvarado and Juleana Villegas Segura.
• PhD dissertation 'Functional Ito Calculus for Levy Processes (with a View Towards Mathematical Finance)' defended 2023-06-22 at Georgia Tech (Skiles 006), advisor Christian Houdre; the mathematical-finance framing predates his Wells Fargo quant role.
• Listed with Georgia Tech email [contact omitted] and academic site https://jviquez6.math.gatech.edu/ on his dissertation-defense page, the strongest single cross-link tying the Olympiad/PhD identity together.
• Index-only claim, not independently confirmed: LinkedIn-index data lists a single past 'Doctoral Student' entry at Georgia Tech (2018-2023) and no hedge-fund, market-making or trading-firm employer; no evidence of internships at such firms was found.
• Authored arXiv preprint 2604.10705 'Derivatives Along a Curve and the Functional Stochastic Calculus' (submitted 2026-04-12) with Christian Houdre, showing continued research output in functional stochastic calculus after the PhD.
• Identity is corroborated across independent surfaces (IMO contestant page, Georgia Tech dissertation defense page, arXiv author page, UCR olympiad coverage), all consistent with one Costa Rican mathematician, not a namesake collision.
• Graduate teaching record: named 'Outstanding Math Lab Tutor' in Georgia Tech School of Mathematics 2018-2019 student/staff awards, indicating sustained TA/tutoring work during the PhD.
• Authored arXiv:2112.14221 in math.PR (probability) from his doctoral work (advisor Houdre), part of the functional Ito/Levy-process line of research.
• Location signal is mixed: the LinkedIn index lists a profile location of Charlotte, North Carolina while the Wells Fargo role is listed in New York; treat residence as unresolved rather than assuming either.