Experience

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  Prudential financial

  Mar 1998 - Apr 1999

  Registered representative

  • Producer (recognized for new assets under management) leading a high-volume office in new client acquisition and marketing efforts• Seminar presenter and post-presentation “lead” management• Managed a team that scheduled seminar engagements, prospecting (direct marketing & telemarketing campaigns and business owner outreach), and

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  Marcus evans group

  Apr 1999 - Sept 1999

  Conference producer

  Technology Education: Conferences & Workshops • Conducted primary research with fortune 1,000 executives, software analysts and media• Distilled content and collaborated with the presenters to author case-studies, sessions/workshops• Oversight of corporate sponsorship & attendee sales teams; providing training/supervision• Directed marketing department, collateral design, partnerships, media relations and alliances• Supervised conference development including procurement, administration, and event mgmt.Conferences - Authored / Produced:• Integrating CRM into the Enterprise• Credit Risk Management; Integration & Business Solutions• Demand Chain Mgmt; Supply Chain Driving the Enterprise• Design & Security: Optical Networks Show less

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  Mikeworldwide

  Sept 1999 - Jun 2001

  Manager, instituitonal relations / account executive

  • Served as liaison to institutional community for the breadth of Investor Relations accounts• Established & drove project-based revenue for the NYC office selling / authoring: perception audits, valuation studies, best-practices research, crisis communications projects, early-stage development studies (defining the competitive marketplace), and technical writing engagements (Private Placement documents and white papers)• Managed day-to-day account and staff development duties on 5 retainer clients; guiding teams on Street sentiment, messaging and programming • Designed & budgeted comprehensive IR programs; investment and industry conference participation, fund/analyst tours, and influencer relations campaigns. Authoring: presentations, press packs, quarterly conference call scripts, corporate messaging and executive management communications, and investment/marketing collateral's• Core contributions to several branding campaigns including: pre-IPO preparation, conversion of a national brand, divestitures and many ongoing market awareness programs• Weekly involvement with new business activity, participating in pitches across departmental specialties Show less

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  3rd millenium management llc

  Jun 2001 - Aug 2002

  Director of business development

  Joined a senior executive from my previous employer (following an acquisition) to co-develop 3rd MM Investor Relations & Communications practice. Projects included:• Crisis –NASDAQ delisting project• Reverse Merger – Public market emergence of a Nation Entertainment Brand• Change Management Engagement – of an Artificial Intelligence Source Code Exchange• Managed new business & project implementation including: investor events, exposure campaigns, and account management.

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  Financial summit ventures, llc

  Sept 2002 - May 2008

  Executive principal

  • Co-founded firm to leverage the partner’s competence in “packaging companies”: designing growth strategies, financial engineering, modeling and expansion documentation. Assisting senior management with business development, associated financial transaction(s), as well as strategic sales or marketing activities• Designed, sold, and assisted in engineering a corporate consolidation and expansion of a national brand; including: a hundred million financing commitment, 10 significant entities, 40 retail franchisees, and abundant multi-media opportunities; leadership with integrated and innovative media stratagem• Lead negotiations & entity acquisition approach; guiding the executives in defining valuations on numerous entities, transaction structure and due diligence oversight • Authored sponsorship & corporate sales presentation materials, as well as representing companies as interim-management in meetings• Management duties: account oversight, client / associate relationships, and new business cultivation Show less

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  Waddell & reed

  Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

  Financial advisor

  • Licensed and participated in the practice development program o Elected to pursue employment at a different firm prior to developing a practice

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  Hantz group

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2016

  Branch manager / financial consultant / business development

  Served in a leadership capacity and as a registered investment advisor representative to a Family Office concept. I Co-manage and performed in several specialist roles to a 25 advisor office, 1,500 clients, in 8 product lines, with over $20m in revenue. As the head of planning I had the opportunity of drive revenues for all the adviser's in the office, playing an integral role in launching new initiatives, budgeting, and oversight.

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  Education planning resources, inc.

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2019

  Executive / education consultant

  I joined EPR as an Education Consultant to help build the team and drive local revenue as a producer and mentor to a field sales force. Functioning as an Advisor to families and working with approximately 20 agents I served on the leadership team, trained, and supervised financial services professionals as well as the education planning services.

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  The responsible brand

  Jan 2019 - Oct 2024

  Founder / chief executive officer

  As a Co-Founder (6 partners) my focus was leading the system development, which included project management of software, marketing automation, and executive oversight of branding and messaging for client marketing, recruitment, field sales communication, and vendor management. The goal was to align Modern Thought to the complex confluence of education goals, financial variables (FAFSA & tax planning) and to the many different ways to achieve academic pursuits in a cost-effective way. My work helped bridge the narrative between the consumers, education institutions, financial aid, and the financial services industry with a philosophy that was detailed, contemporary, and transparent. My education industry participation spans over 30 years, extending from family ownership of an educational supplies business, my earliest years in financial services (with Prudential) and later as a RIA, and Education Consultant. Through these roles I've helped thousands of families, teachers, faculty and staff understand financial planning, asset management, insurance, taxation, financial aid, and cash-flow management. Applying decades in both marketing communications and financial services to the prescient challenge families face in funding education. And advancing a philosophical transformation to better saving strategies, consumer advocacy tools for the opaqueness of college financing landscape. Show less