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Lehigh Business
Patrick J. Zoro
Teaching Assistant Professor
Perella Department of Finance
Program Manager, MS Financial Engineering
Office: RBC 264
pjz218@lehigh.edu
484-560-1237
Courses Taught
- Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management (FIN 324)
- Managing Financial Resources (MBA 402)
- Corp Financial Policy (FIN 328)
- Financial Engineering Practicum Capstone (GBUS 485,487)
- Financial Engineering Professional Development (GBUS 482,483,484)
- Introduction to Finance (FIN 125)
- Principles of Corporate Finance and Investments (FIN 418)
After more than 20 years working in NYC as a banker, professor Zoro is the manager of the Master in Financial Engineering program and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. He was managing director for BNP Paribas (New York) in the Portfolio Management Group. In that role, he developed strategies, policies, and procedures to manage credit migration (CDS, Loan Sales) and investments (CDS, CLO). Professor Zoro is also the creator of the Quant / Master in Financial Engineering Podcast and the annual Lehigh Quant Conference. He runs dozens of experiential quant projects with third-party firms (asset management, blockchain, banks, AI, Hedge Funds) as part of year-end Corporate Financial Engineering Capstone Projects.
Education
- College of Staten Island, B.S.
- St. John's University, M.B.A.
- J.P. Morgan Credit Training Program
- FINRA Licenses: Series 7, 63 and 24
Practice Areas
- Credit Default Swaps
- Corporate Valuation
- Credit Insurance
- Credit Portfolio Management
- Collateralized Loan Obligations
- 2008 Financial Crisis
Recent Articles
Recognition
- 2023 | OIA | Together We Climb honors Lehigh faculty, and staff for supporting international students | International Affairs | Lehigh University
- 2020 | Graduate Mentorship Appreciation
- CFS Faculty Fellows
- PA Index Project