Summary:

Sr. Financial Consultant, Project Management, Business Analyst

• Strong, effective and timely problem solving and decision making skills in an extremely high paced environment requiring efficient multitasking for high and ultra-high net worth clients.
• Enjoy working with a team as support and as a leader to determine the strengths of each member and how to leverage those strengths to complete the goals as quickly as possible.
• Multi-disciplined professional combining a unique blend of Information Technology with extensive experience in multiple areas of the field of Finance.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to explain investment terminology (qualified and non-qualified strategies) in a manner that is easily understood by diverse audiences.
• Implement strategic business initiatives for existing platform based upon business, customer and vendor requests.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Business Administration
Major: Computer Information Systems/CIS

Series 7 - NASD General Securities Representative (inactive), previous 10 years
Series 66 - NASD Investment Advisor Representative (inactive),
Series 31 - NASD Futures (inactive); Insurance - Variable and Fixed (inactive)

Confidential, Atlanta, GA April 2012 -Present
Product Manager

• Work with management to learn the Roadmap and work on the next implementation of the software upgrades based on business, vendor and customer requests.
• Lead the initiative for output of information from site, HTML, Excel, PDF, CSV and ensure consistent and professional image.
• Assist with Mobile Application initiative (iPhone and Droid) to match the business’ desires.
• Understand exactly the objective of the request to determine if an alternative solution would be more appropriate and/or effective.
• Follow through with initiatives to development team using Rally, Salesforce, Visio and Balsamiq to communicate with local business analysts and Indian developers.

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA July 2009 - April 2012
Sr. Financial Services Representative / Stock Plans - Equity Compensation

• Effectively educated inexperienced and experienced audience on unfamiliar financial terminology.
• Resolved simple and complex Retirement and Tax questions efficiently and accurately.
• Recognized and resolved potential escalation on several occasions, taking ownership of issue.
• Maintained the highest level of quality on calls and email response related to equity compensation.
• Consistently followed up on simple and complex client issues to ensure a positive client experience.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA September 2007 - June 2009
Associate

• Supported Investment Banking and Hedge Fund sales team by writing, editing and proofreading proposals and confidential financial modeling.
• Utilized Bloomberg, Reuters, and various other research tools to obtain appropriate information for investment related questions.
• Provided ultra-high net worth prospects and clients with excellent customer service.
• Prepared presentations and conducted transactional work (as appropriate for team members in extremely high paced environment).

Confidential, Atlanta, GA May 2005 - August 2007
Agent

• Provided prospects & clients with a thorough education of implementing a strategic financial plan including qualified and non-qualified options.
• Completed multiple presentations customized for individuals and business owners in order to understand the Prudential Process focusing on down side risk (insurance) along with growth (investments).
• Explained complicated concepts in a way that a diverse client base would understand.
• Consistently met and exceeded all goals set by management.

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA February 2004 - March 2005
Financial Advisor

• Advised over 100 individuals and couples on how to achieve their short and long term financial goals through careful and intelligent financial planning strategies.
• Established a client base through a marketing plan for a solid community presence as a trusted and educated financial advisor.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA February 2003 - February 2004
IT Manager

• Met with C-level decision makers to determine requirements for the ecommerce site.
• Led off-shore development team of Romanian programmers on site upgrade implementation.
• Ensured quality assurance according to specifications of management by understanding the intricacies of the site and the most economical and efficient way to program.
• Technical tools leveraged by development team were Rational Rose, Java Server Pages (JSP), J2EE, SQL and Informix (database).

Confidential, Atlanta, GA May 1993 - January 2003
Vice President Communications

• Coordinated and managed investment group acquisition criteria and integration into the contact management database (FoxPro, Access & Excel platforms).
• Worked with management to customize database assisting Investment Bankers to reduce time spent updating teams on conversations and allow for more time to spend with potential buyers.
• Managed marketing campaign for 50,000 piece mailers for successful marketing of company and 10-25,000 piece mailers for marketing of confidential clients to potential buyers.
• Communicationof information between potential strategic and financial acquirers and brokers representing the private sell-side client with a book value between $20 - $150mm.