• 2023 Wealth Management EDGE Conference Guest Speaker, Hollywood, Florida.
• Bringing a unique blend of history, experience, and perspective for your life's plan.
• My daily view is that I should be an exceptional, dependable guide along your path.

Serving individuals, accredited investors and qualified purchasers, locally and nationally for over 27 years with a deep concentration in the interconnectedness of global financial systems, markets, fiscal conditions and how they relate to your situation.

Innovation:

As part of your plan, I've created customized processes designed to offer you, data informed, highly personalized financial support.

We share insights on:

• Why data matters,
• How data and risk play a role in your plan, and
• Managing economic data flow.

Institutional Exposure:

From decades of firm platform experts to management calls, on site visits and use in functional practice, the  institutional immersion and perspectives add to the unique insight and innovation beyond the herd.

• 2011, Panel Participant, Alternative Strategies Symposium, Swissotel, Chicago, Wells Fargo Advisors
  One of three panelists selected nationally for discussion on addressing risk in portfolio positioning.
  Featured on-site visits with: Aurora Investment Management & Mesirow Advanced Strategies.
• 2014, Alternative Strategies Symposium, Ritz Carlton, New York – Battery Park, Wells Fargo Advisors
  Selected for Early Arrival for on-site visits with: Glenview Capital & Perella Weinberg Partners.

Please Note:

Wells Fargo Advisors, Aurora Investment Management, Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Glenview Capital & Perella Weinberg Partners are not affiliated or registered with Cetera Wealth Services, LLC.

Being a past panelist, or past experience cannot guarantee investment success or that financial goals will be achieved.

A Unique Path of Experience 1997 - Current:

In my view, living through these significant events has created a unique level of depth, comprehension and perspective to serve and match your plan's unique path.

• 1997 - Thai Currency Crisis,
• 1998 - The failure of Long-Term Capital Management,
• 1998 - Russian Currency Crisis,
• 2000 - The Tech Wreck,
• 2001 - Recession
• 2001 - 9/11
• 2007 - BNP Paraibas - money market breaking the buck,
• 2007 - Recession
• 2007 - The Great Financial Crisis,
• 2008 - The failure of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual and others,
• 2020 - A Pandemic,
• 2020 - Recession

Also, this time period included Fed tightening/easing cycles, bull markets, bear markets and more. 

Before moving to the independence of Summit in 2014, I was part of the merger path of A.G. Edwards, Wachovia Securities, and Wells Fargo Advisors where my focus was on planning, portfolio building, risk management and the differentiation of alternative investments in client portfolios.

Registrations:

Investment Advisor Representative, Cetera Investment Advisers, LLC, FINRA Series 7 Securities Registration, Series 31 Managed Futures Registration(Exam Passed. Not Held by Cetera.), Series 63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Registration, SIE - FINRA Securities Industry Essentials Examination, as well as being Insurance Licensed. 

Early Business Foundation: 

Prior to starting my career in the investment industry, I was part of running a business for over a decade. Having been inside this industry, as well as outside, I understand that the institutional investment concept is not common knowledge to most people.  I specialize in helping to simplify your decisions while planning and investing. 

Innovation began a long time ago: Pioneered institutional expansion, training and pricing formalization, purchasing modification, key budget insight programing, and pre-web bulk client contact.

Personal:

In what was formerly referred to as spare time, I can be found experimenting with ways to fit more flavors into healthy living, endlessly pursuing more data, and turning unknowns into knowns.

Life presents plenty of challenges, your portfolio should not be one of them.