Jie (Edward) Sheng works at Pacific Life as Head of Asset Allocation and Portfolio Manager. He is responsible for the management and investment decisions of Pacific Life multi-asset funds (AUM over $30 billion) based on quantitative and fundamental researches in macro economics, global markets, portfolio optimization, etc. He leads asset allocation team and is also a voting member of the investment committee. Before joining Pacific Life, he was a Senior Researcher at Research Affiliates LLC, focusing on quantitative strategies for PIMCO All Asset Funds (AUM over $30 billion). Edward received PhD in Engineering from Arizona State University, Master of Financial Engineering from UCLA, and BS from Nanjing University. He is also a CFA and CAIA charterholder. Edward teaches Master's level Portfolio Management and Application of Machine Learning in Finance classes at UCI Merage School of Business.