Highly motivated and driven with excellent communication skills investment professional, possessing strong analytical skills, both qualitative and quantitative. Well versed on global matters, client management and creating shareholder value. Critical thinker with 20+ years of diverse financial experience, specializing in alternative investments. Proven track record of portfolio growth with extensive experience allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to alternative strategies as well as constructing and managing multi-billion portfolios for large institutional investors. Possess deep and diverse knowledge of multi-class investment strategies and capital markets and collaborate regularly with high impact stakeholders, decision makers and global clients. I am currently a Portfolio Manager within a four-member hedge fund team for the Employees Retirement System of Texas (“ERS”). ERS is a $38BN pension sponsor located in Austin, TX. Part of my responsibilities include sourcing new managers, reviewing documents/investor letters/marketing material, performance assessment/analysis and maintaining ongoing due diligence as part of our continuous internal monitoring process. I am also responsible for the Trust's emerging hedge fund manager program. Prior to ERS I was part of a management consulting firm that focuses on operational improvement and efficiency. Prior to that, I spent 6 years with a multi-billion dollar Tokyo-headquartered Investment Advisor. During my tenure I was responsible for sourcing, analyzing and monitoring hedge fund investments across all strategies and I also contributed to portfolio allocation decisions. I worked alongside blue-chip Japanese institutional clients, all of which are top investment decision makers for some of Japan’s best and largest financial institutions. I got my start in the alternative investment industry when I joined Grosvenor Capital Management as a Research Analyst focusing on European, Global and US L/S hedged equity strategies.