2011 - Present - National Christian Financial Advisors, Inc. (NCFA)

• Responsible and accountable for building productive relationships with existing defined contribution (DC) plan participant base and prospective customers.
• Responsible for (DB) and (DC) retirement plan design and solutions
• Assess economic trends
• Assess global equity markets and their trends
• Monitor investments in client portfolios with expertise in the following industry sectors; financial, technology, and health care
• Prepare investment analysis reports for institutions and individual clients
• Recommend investment strategies for clients; retirement plan sponsors,  high net worth individuals and small - to - mid size  businesses

Branch Manager, CFD Investments & Creative Financial Design, Waterbury, CT  
June 2006 - April 2009 - Retirement plan specialist & Asset management

• Supervised and trained several independent financial advisors on branch policies & procedures
• Trained advisors to build and retain relationships with plan sponsors. Specifically defined benefit (DB) & defined contribution (DC) plans. For start-up companies and existing plans with up-to $250 million in assets
• Completed compliance reporting daily for each advisor and prepared for our semi-annual and annual audits
• Managed and processed work flow between advisors and clients
• Developed extensive branch growth strategies for recruiting and acquiring advisors and/or offices
• Active producer - see above duties                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Financial Network Investment Corporation/ING, New York, NY & Waterbury, CT
February 1998 - May 2006 - Retirement plan specialist & Wealth management

• Responsible and accountable for building and retaining productive (DC) plans with small/mid size businesses and supplemental retirement plans in the k-12 & higher education 403(b) market place.
• Was the independent investment advisory representative to ING/USFS top 5 North East retirement plan reps, formerly Aetna representatives. My primary role was to provide holistic advice based guidance. This included access to over 10,000 clients made up of their retirement, non-retirement, brokerage and cash management accounts.
• Conducted company and mutual fund research for recommendation into clients portfolios
• Advised clients on portfolio performance and changes on a quarterly and annual basis
• Conducted regular portfolio reviews for institutions, small-to-mid-sized business and individuals clients
• Designed and implemented asset allocation programs and strategies for all client portfolios

In 2002  I was promoted to OSJ Branch Manger

• As Branch Manager I opened two offices, a financial planning office in Danbury, CT and a Wealth Management office on Wall Street, 60 Broadway, NY.
• As Branch Manager I was responsible for and supervised 11 independent advisors
• Business Branch Development - Developed a proprietary 403(b) retirement prospecting and selling system for k-12 school districts, colleges and universities. Resulting in access to 21 school districts, 2 colleges and several non-profit institutions and managing approximately a quarter billion in assets.

 EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                                                                                                 

Education:

Masters of Science degree in financial services, 2007

Designations & Licenses:

Certified Treasury Professional (CTP)

Certified Funds Specialist® (CFS®)

Certified Annuity Specialist® (CAS®) 

Certified Income Specialist (CIS™)

Board Certified Fund Specialist (BCM) 

Retirement Income Specialist (RIS)

Series 6,7,63,65,24

PERSONAL

            He is  a lifetime member of Full Gospel Businessmen International;  he served on the IBF Standards Committee; former loan committee member of Waterbury Economic Development Corporation; former                       Economic Development Chair for NAACP State Conference Connecticut.