Chris Nelson, CIMA®

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Trading and Operations Director at Waypoint Financial

  • Education

    • Fuller theological seminary

      2005 - 2008
      Master of arts theology
    • North central university

      2001 - 2005
      Bachelor of arts theology
  • Experience

    • The melting pot restaurants

      Jun 2008 - Aug 2011
      Assistant manager

      Ran daily operations including training new staff, handling customer complaints, daily financial records, and handling events with local businesses

    • Wirtz beverage group

      May 2010 - Apr 2014
      Sales consultant

      Work with local restaurant, bars and grocery stores to increase profit through Wirtz product book. This happens through creating new menus, running promo events, and business math.

    • Edward jones

      Apr 2014 - Sept 2015
      Financial advisor

      Worked with individuals and businesses on financial strategies for the short and long-term.• Conducted comprehensive portfolio reviews to reevaluate objectives and projected portfolioperformance.• Created marketing initiatives utilizing community activities.

    • Thrivent

      Oct 2015 - Jan 2020

      I am responsible process improvements and implementing cross department initiatives between multiple teams. I handle escalated case consults requiring input from legal, regulatory and other departments.• Worked with multiple departments changing process to adapt to new technology resulting in fastercycle time.• Led a team of 8 analysts updating 1,800 documents for regulatory, legal and processing updates. I was responsible for supervision and surveillance of Thrivent’s insurance and securities business.• Led continuous improvement project, which eliminated the need to manually review over 2,000applications each year.• Analyzed multiple product lines with various regulatory guidelines, sometimes requiring research tomaintain compliance.

      • Licensed Service Analyst

        Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
      • Principal

        Oct 2015 - Oct 2018
    • Rose bertram llc the fond du lac area retirement and investment resource

      Jan 2020 - Aug 2023
      Client services manager

      I manage a team of professionals including those who are securities licensed for a financial advising office with multiple full-time financial advisors. I led our office through updating current technology (CRM, Data Aggregation) while building efficiencies that benefit our clients.I handle employee hiring, training and discipline.I work with new and existing clients to handle account and market questions.

    • Waypoint financial solutions, inc.

      Apr 2023 - now
      • Trading and Operations Director

        Jan 2024 - now
      • Client Services Manager

        Apr 2023 - Jul 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Lean six sigma green belt (icgb)

      Thrivent
      Sept 2018
    • Series 52

      Finra
      Apr 2016
    • Series 7

      Finra
      May 2014
    • Series 24

      Finra
      Feb 2015
    • Series 53

      Finra
      May 2017
    • Certified investment management analyst® (cima®)

      Certified investment management analyst®
      May 2024
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    • Series 66

      Finra
      Jun 2014