Dr. Benahmed is a senior vice president and a portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, focusing on housing, mortgage and asset-backed securities. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2010, he was a vice president on the fixed income analytics team at Wilshire Associates, managing development projects related to fixed income portfolio management tools. He has 15 years of investment experience and holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and a diplome d'ingénieur from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris.