Managing American Portfolios corporate Registered Investment Advisory division, American Portfolios Advisory. Responsibilities include Product Development, Pricing, Training, Vendor Management and Compliance.

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Responsible for managing a new support service for leading New York Life associates through Eagle Strategies RIA. This includes Compliance oversight, Training, Sales, Product Development and Relationship management.

Managed a staff of 20 professionals and a budget of $6 million. Responsible for growing and supporting the Investment business, while driving cross-sales of the core Life and Annuity businesses. Results achieved through education, product development, due diligence, marketing, communications, sales campaigns and perseverance. • Key decision maker on strategic initiatives, product development, pricing and field relations as part of the executive management team for AXA’s Broker Dealer with assets exceeding $23 billion. Voting member of the New Product Review Committee.• Managed the successful conversion of AXA’s Broker Dealer off Pershing’s clearing platform to LPL Financial.• Directed the due diligence effort to launch over 100 new mutual fund family relationships and 60 new Alternative Investment products in 2007. Increased sales from $2 billion per year in 2000 to $5.9 in 2007.

Redesigned support team into a proactive sales organization that included Wholesalers, Sales Desk and Training Team to support a Broker Dealer platform consisting of Advisory Asset Allocation programs using Separately Managed Accounts and Mutual Funds, Traditional brokerage accounts, individual mutual funds and Alternative Investments.• Organized regional and national sales meetings. Chose location, negotiated contracts, developed agendas and emceed events.• Led training and assimilation of the MONY Securities integration.• Directed the creation and delivery of comprehensive training programs, which included FA orientation programs for new and experienced FA’s on the complete investment product suite, modules on pricing alternatives, and practice management. All programs are still in effect.

Recruited to build a sales team to market and support the introduction of Investment products to AXA Advisors.• Increased advisor participation in broker dealer business from 750 to over 3000.• Introduced Morningstar Advisor Workstation in 2002 to the field force, customized its functionality and worked to integrate with other platforms to create a seamless client management tool. Enrolled and trained 1800 advisors.

Channel Distribution included sales desks that supported Prudential Securities, Prudential Insurance and Prudential Investments Advisory Group. Products supported included proprietary Mutual Funds, Prudential’s Managed Account program, Annuities and Mutual Fund Wrap accounts.• Built an integrated sales desk composed of 4 managers and 60 sales representatives to support the wholesaling efforts of Prudential Investments. In the first year raised inbound and outbound call activity 60% while lowering abandoned calls to less than 2% and reducing hold times to 15 seconds.• Structured and implemented a variable compensation program to motivate, change behavior of and retain sales staff.• Responsible for the development of New Hire Training Program. The program is used as a recruiting tool to document a career path for those coming into the organization and reduced the time for new hires to become proficient in all product lines.