Mr. Schneider is an executive vice president in the Newport Beach office and deputy head of the money market and funding desk. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2008, Mr. Schneider was a senior managing director with Bear Stearns. He specialized in credit and mortgage-related funding transactions and was instrumental in the development of one of the first “repo” financing companies. He has 14 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University