Lalit Ponnala
Director, Global Research & Design
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Director, Global Research & Design
Lalit Ponnala is Director, Global Research & Design at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In this role, he is responsible for the conceptualization, research, and design of factor-based indices and strategic solutions across multiple asset classes.
Prior to joining S&P DJI in 2019, Lalit was a data scientist at FINRA, where he developed machine learning models for detecting cross-asset manipulation. Before that, he was a risk analyst at KCG Holdings and a quantitative analyst for alternative investments at RBC Global Asset Management.
Before joining the finance industry, Lalit was a postdoctoral researcher in high-performance computing applications at Cornell University. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering with a minor in statistics from North Carolina State University.
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