David E. Linton, CFA, is the Director of Portfolio Construction and Manager Research at Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC (PLFA). In his current role, he is responsible for the portfolio construction of the [...] billion PLFA suite of asset allocation products, and he shares responsibility for the manager research and due diligence for roughly [...] billion in sub-advisory relationships. Additionally, David is a member of the PLFA Investment Committee and Asset Allocation group, specializing in fixed income, and he is the lead trader for the [...] billion Pacific Funds Multi-Asset Fund. Prior to joining PLFA, Mr. Linton was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at PIMCO. While there, he worked in a variety of capacities and his responsibilities included co-managing PIMCO's overnight cash investing and financing book on the Short-Term Desk, working as a sovereign credit analyst on the Emerging Markets Desk, and trading investment grade non-financial corporate bonds on the Investment Grade Corporate Desk. David was also a Product Manager and member of the PIMCO Solutions group with a focus on Tail Risk Hedging. Mr. Linton is a CFA(R) charterholder, has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, graduating magna cum laude, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, graduating with honors.