Mr. Torline has 20 years of investment experience on both buy-side & sell-side trading desks. Most recently, Mr. Torline served as CIO and co-founder of a multi-asset class, systematic hedge-fund that delivered absolute returns based on a proprietary algorithmic trading strategy that he developed in-house. Prior to founding the hedge-fund, he was a Senior Trader for TCW on the global bond desk, helping to manage the duration, volatility, and FX risk for over $150 billion in assets, including $5bln in absolute return funds, as well as enhanced commodity overlay funds. Mr. Torline was directly involved in TCW’s launch of a systematic global macro fund, aimed at employing artificial intelligence trading strategies. Prior to TCW, Mr. Torline worked as a trader for Payden & Rygel and co-managed a $1 billion absolute return fund focused on FX & interest rate derivatives. Prior to TCW, Mr. Torline was at Bear Stearns (later JPMorgan) where he initially worked in the F.A.S.T. group, reverse-engineering securitized bond deals (CDO, RMBS, ABS) and later moved to the MBS trading desk where he ran a profitable 30-year MBS passthrough trading book on the dealer desk. Prior experiences include data analyst positions at various other investment houses on the buy side. Mr. Torline earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Business from the University of Southern California. Mr. Torline is a CFA® charterholder and previously held NASD Series 3, 7, and 63 licenses.