Liaw applies advanced modeling techniques to a broad range of risk management challenges. In addition, he has considerable experience advising sponsors of large, complex pension systems.

Before joining The Terry Group, Liaw was a vice president at Aon Hewitt. Previously, he was a vice president at JPMorgan Compensation and Benefits Strategies and its predecessor firm, CCA Strategies. Prior to joining the actuarial profession, he was an assistant professor (mathematics) at Indiana Wesleyan University.

Liaw is a fully credentialed actuary and is a member of the Joint Committee on Retiree Health of the American Academy of Actuaries. He received his PhD in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley.