Ken D'Souza, CFA, is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for PGIM Quantitative Solutions working within the Quantitative Equity team. He oversees the portfolio managers and analysts that manage $51 Billion on the Quantitative Equity platform and is responsible for portfolio management, analysis and research. Prior to joining PGIM Quantitative Solutions, Ken was a Portfolio Manager at Batterymarch Financial Management where he utilized a blend of quantitative, fundamental and macroeconomic insights. Prior to Batterymarch, he was a research and development engineer and manager at Shaw Industries (Berkshire Hathaway). He is a past president and member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Quantitative Analysts and is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the CFA Society New York . He has also served on the board of directors of the CFA Society Boston. He has also lectured on Financial Risk Management at Columbia University. Ken earned a BS in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an MS in both management science and engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Chicago, graduating as an Amy and Richard F. Wallman Scholar.