AI Agents
Khurram Pervaiz
FinTech & Blockchain Technology Development Manager
Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab,PB
Summary
A finance professional with 12+ years of experience in public and private sector leadership roles has worked on macroeconomic policy, portfolio management and blockchain innovation. My experience includes designing tokenized financial systems and quantitative strategies and complex option trading while maintaining proficiency in empirical analysis and DeFi protocols and programming skills in Solidity, Python and Rust. I aim to join the University of Basel research team to develop impactful research that connects theoretical knowledge with practical applications through my work on decentralized finance and blockchain governance and financial market infrastructure.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Deputy Commissioner/Senior Quant. Finance Manager
Government
11.2013 - Current
- Directed district-level public finance, managing multi-billion PKR budgets, fiscal reforms, and macroeconomic development initiatives impacting millions of citizens.
- Pioneered Pakistan’s first Voluntary Pension Fund and Education Support Fund, later conceptualized into tokenized blockchain-based models using ERC-4626 standards.
- Led digital transformation of government revenue systems, integrating AI, data analytics (Power BI/Tableau), and blockchain principles to improve transparency and efficiency.
- Developed financial inclusion frameworks similar to DAOs, introducing participatory budgeting and decentralized decision-making structures.
- Oversaw crisis financing during natural disasters, piloting approaches for programmable, accountable fund allocations via smart contracts.
- Acted as a bridge between traditional financial regulation and emerging blockchain-based market infrastructures, aligning with Basel’s research focus.
- Managed multi-asset portfolios across equities, ETFs, derivatives, and crypto assets using advanced algorithmic and quantitative strategies.
- Developed AI/ML-powered trading systems, including LSTM and XGBoost models for price prediction and portfolio optimization.
- Expertise in options strategies, including Iron Condors, multi-leg spreads, and 0DTE options, employing proactive delta and gamma hedging.
- Built and deployed automated trading bots integrated with Alpaca and IBKR APIs, enabling seamless execution and real-time portfolio management.
- Consistently outperformed SPY and other benchmarks, demonstrating institutional-grade trading expertise.
Lab Engineer /Lecturer, Computer Science
COMSATS, Lahore
12.2010 - 10.2013
- Conducted Micro-Controller Interfacing (MPI) labs, teaching microcontroller programming in C language and embedded systems applications.
- Delivered Electrical Power Systems lectures, covering energy sources, power systems, motors, generators, inverters, and alternators.
- Led Digital Logic Design (DLD) labs, providing hands-on training in logic gates, Boolean algebra, flip-flops, counters, and digital circuit design.
Education
Master of Science - Masters of International Development
University of Bristol
Bristol, UK09-2022
Bachelor of Arts - Law
University of The Punjab
Lahore09-2020
Master of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Enginee
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Lahore`12-2010
Skills
Microsoft Certified Data Analyst (PL-300) – Expertise in data analysis and visualization using Power BI
Certification
Algorithmic Trading
Interests
DAOs
Blockchain Technology
Quant Trading
Timeline
Algorithmic Trading
08-2025
Private Equity and Venture Capital
06-2024
Data Analysis and Visualization with Power BI
01-2024
Introduction to Portfolio Construction and Analysis with Python
07-2022
Building & Operations of Industrial Parks under Belt and Road Initiative
10-2019
Deputy Commissioner/Senior Quant. Finance Manager
Government
11.2013 - Current
Lab Engineer /Lecturer, Computer Science
COMSATS, Lahore
12.2010 - 10.2013
Master of Science - Masters of International Development
University of Bristol
Bachelor of Arts - Law
University of The Punjab
Master of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Enginee
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology