This chair supports Finance students’ experiential learning related to investments and helps them develop their careers.https://businessmagazine.wvu.edu/the-ticker/2024/01/08/brant-hammer-appointed-fred-t-tattersall-excellence-in-financial-industry-chair

• Actively oversee the management of the student managed investment fund's portfolio of assets.• Oversee the research of the fund's analysts team.• Teach Applied Investment Management, FIN 465.• Grow and enhance the SMIF network through engagement with alumni.• Plan and execute bi-annual group trips to New York City.

FIN 461: Applied Investment Management BADM 632: Corporate FinanceFIN 591: MacroeconomicsFIN 420: Business ValuationBCOR 340: Principles of FinanceFIN 593: FinTech & Advanced Data AnalyticsFIN 461: Advanced Bank ManagementBADM 651: Personal Financial PlanningFIN 340: Real EstateILR 515: HR Business IntegrationHMBA 625: Healthcare Financial ManagementI also teach a new 3-part investing program designed to give any student in the university the knowledge necessary to make intelligent personal investing decisions. This program started in the fall of 2023.

Author of a free newsletter providing readers actionable investment guidance derived from business cycle and macroeconomic analysis.

Managed a team of analysts with a focus on identifying risk in the bank’s loan portfolio. Also a member of various bank decision making committees:• Loan Committee (non-voting member)• 401K Committee• Millennial Committee • Technology Implementation Committee (focused primarily on Microsoft Teams)

• Forecast and analyze financial statements to develop commercial credit proposals.• Identify and manage the credit risk and loan quality of the commercial loan portfolio.• Prepare the bank’s portfolio for State and Federal regulatory review processes.

Received College Award of Distinction in Teaching-Adjunct for 2016BADM 632 - Corporate FinanceBADM 651 - Personal Financial PlanningFIN 330 - Financial Markets & Institutions

• Financial website to help people succeed in the present market.• A healthy mixture of finance, politics, and macroeconomics.• Daily market commentaries.• Weekly newsletter with model portfolio for readers to follow.• http://www.alphaprophets.blogspot.com

Contributor to Seeking Alpha; which is a leading investor website, providing investing insight and ideas.For a list of my published articles please follow:http://seekingalpha.com/author/alpha-prophets/articles

• Designed a proprietary customer credit rating model for the finance department.• Implemented credit risk model for use in Megacorp’s risk management process.

• Conducted credit investigations and collateral analysis to evaluate the financial condition of prospective borrowers.

• Examined commodity futures markets for herd behavior.• Used statistical techniques to mine and extract data related to price discovery.

• Responsible for assisting customers with handling large purchases.• Proposed solutions to customers' inferior and damaged merchandise.• Received, sorted, and cataloged product from various distributors and vendors.