Mr. Hinze is a senior vice president in the portfolio management group in the Newport Beach office, focusing on special situations, private credit and private equity investments.  Prior to joining PIMCO in 2013, he was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, covering technology and financial services.  He served six years in the U.S. Army and Air Force, with his last assignment as a Captain and combat adviser to the Iraqi Army.  He has 13 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at ULCA, and a BS in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin where he was valedictorian.