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Qianyu Sun

Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:32 PM

General Questions

1. Why are you interested in the ADF opportunity with the City of San Jose? Tell me a bit about what you
know about the City.

I've been with the City for over five years ­ I was recruited by the City to become the principal investment
officer. My portfolio has grown to over $2b ­ the portfolio has been performing very well. When I started it
was just 65 basis points ­ is now returning over 230 basis points. I have made a lot of changes to the portfolio.
Implemented a new investment software ­ I have also assumed additional duties for the employee retirement
board and the clean energy board. After five years I feel that I am ready to expand my horizons and continue
to contribute. Hopefully before I can retire I can say I did something really well for the City.

I feel that I am ready to expand and that I am professionally prepared for the position. I have more than
seventeen years of experience. I am very in tune with strategic thinking ­ I have proven to the City ­ I have
done well with my team, and feel that I am capable of moving to the next level.

2.Please describe your most recent position and day­to­day responsibilities.

My most recent position is my current position as a principal investment officer. I have been working on the
same position for more than five years ­ as I mentioned before I managed a portfolio of more than $2m
dollars. Under my management we have not had a liquidity or credit crunch. I have improved the portfolio
diversification and the portfolio liquidity profile. We have expanded to include more asset classes. Another
part of the program that I manage is the clean energy credits. I built that program from scratch. We were told
that we are going to do a review around clean energy. We will be doing a lot around private equity, complex
private issues. This program is a working program. We have done a lot and I am really happy with our
achievements so far. From a policy standpoint ­ we have done a policy review ­ our proposal has been
approved by the Council. We also support a budget on the earnings projections ­ every year we provide a
projections for a five year budget forecast. There are many miscellaneous projects along the way ­ I think I
have delivered well.

3. How many employees do you supervise? Who do you report to?

I have a team of 3 and a small team ­ one accounting technicians and two financial analyst technicians ­ I
recruited all of these people ­ hopefully by now I would have maintained a stability in my team ­ we do have a
lot of turnover ­ we try to do our best.

Finance Questions
4. Please describe the ways in which you determine whether your organization or department efficiently is
operating and effectively.

I'm a very goal oriented person ­ usually I try to set a goal and then try to set up milestones towards the goal
and then try to work towards each milestone in a methodical manner. Sometimes those milestones need to be