Dr. Murray retired from Russell Investments where he was Director of Asset Allocation and Investment Solutions responsible for portfolio construction research as well as the development and maintenance of model portfolios. Murray has led Russell’s strategic forecasting group as well as the asset/liability analysis group and served on Russell’s endowment and foundation practice group as well as the advisory board for Russell Indexes. Murray has extensive experience developing customized asset/liability management models for large financial institutions, including banks and insurance companies. Dr. Murray’s role included both developing theoretical algorithms and implementing large-scale stochastic programming models. At its inception Murray joined the faculty of the newly formed CFRM program. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the Seattle Society of Financial Analysts and INFORMS (formerly the Operations Research Society of America).