Reece Heineke is a Software Engineer at Strike Technologies, a solutions provider and technology R&D company focused on innovations that impact financial markets. His wanderlust has led him near and far, with a stop in the UK where he completed a PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge before embarking on a career in quantitative finance in Chicago, London and now New York City. He is excited to join the Academyβs team to be able to teach once again. In addition to data and computer science, Reece is passionate about snowboarding, long distance running and bread baking.