Mr. Parikh is an Executive Vice President, portfolio manager on Mortgage and Short-Term desks, and currently a member of the Shadow Investment Committee. He joined PIMCO in 2000, having previously been associated with UBS Warburg as a US market economist. Mr. Parikh has nine years of investment experience, graduated Phi Beta Kappa with bachelor's degrees in Economics and Biology from Grinnell College, and is a CFA charterholder.