James C. Lowe, Iii Email & Phone Number

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

United Signs has a background of specializing in the design and fabrication of Architectural Signage. Whether there is a need for wayfinding signage that guides you through neighborhoods, malls, hospitals, and resorts, that get you to your destination or a LED billboard signs that sends a welcoming message to guests and customers, United has it all. We provide artfully crafted visual identities for communication through signage. Our lighting and maintenance expertise allows you to maintain your investment throughout its lifetime. At United Signs we know that your customers, clients, and patrons will see our creations, and because of that we obsess over every detail. We are confident that you will work with us time and time again because of our dedication.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EdgeX is a leading manufacturer of LED displays in the world today. Customers and dealers of EdgeX will find LED signs to be the most sophisticated visual solution for indoor, outdoor, and lighting applications. Founded in 2010, we've been creating and producing high-performance LED displays for a wide range of sectors, as well as offering associated services.Our experience with electronic messaging has helped EdgeX engineers to perfect the construction elements of their EMC components. Withstanding the toughest weather conditions, our signs are designed for reliable, extended use.

Greater Atlanta Area

Whether you’re experiencing growth, you've had a reduction in staff or you just want to understand your company’s finances more in-depth, an outsourced CFO may be the right fit for your company.At PeachtreeCFO our CFO relationships often serve as independent, objective sounding boards for our clients. Having access to a financial expert can be invaluable to your business. The ability to consult with a CFO provides peace of mind because we help our clients attentively navigate complex financial issues and situations.At Peachtree CFO, we provide you with a tailor-made CFO or Controller. We understand that you may require financial expertise and business advice but can’t afford the services of a full-time CFO or think it’s not necessary for your business. Outsourcing this position reduces the cost of hiring a permanent employee – plus, we go beyond tracking expenses to provide assistance with budgeting, forecasting and explaining financial statements, cultivating relationships and other responsibilities that involve an experienced financial adviser.Strategic Planning: We advise on business structure; business relationships; calculate and monitor compliance with loan covenant ratios; profit and gross margin analysis; mergers and acquisitions analysis and other critical business advisory relationships.Accounting: We develop modeling for cash flow, budgeting and projections; assist with the preparation of monthly or quarterly financial statements for management; and provide guidance for accounting policies and procedures.Tax: We are experts in assisting with business and individual tax preparation, planning and consulting. Financial Planning: We assist with a variety of financial topics such as budgeting, expenses, debt, savings, retirement and insurance, among others.The ultimate goal is to assist our clients as they achieve success. Our CFO outsource service will improve the quality and accuracy of your financial situation.

Greater Atlanta Area

SVP & CIMA - Investment & Mortgage BankingNASD & SEC Registered Principal Held Series 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 63, 65 & Georgia Insurance LicensesResults:• Managed a sales team, overseeing strategic planning, opportunity analysis, new brand launches, and distributions.• Designed, developed and maintained proprietary CRM, sales lead and pricing engine used by sales force company-wide. Increased productivity by 60% and net sales by 30%. Licensed software to mortgage companies nationwide. • Managed $100+MM in assets at First Financial with over $50MM in annual mortgage funding’s and $10+MM is sales annually.Responsibilities:• Provided strategic counsel, guidance and leadership to staff, supervised management staff, and ensured the team's success by managing work quality and productivity levels• Maintained relationships with senior-level client contacts and internal contacts• Mentored, coached and supported management team ensuring constant development of their skills• Consistently held self and staff accountable for behavior and performance• Effectively managed staff utilization to meet profitability targets• Grew business prospects with existing clients; expanded the scope of work using First Financial network capabilities; lead new business outreach process and won new business• Participated in the development and adoption of new products/services• Committed to continuous learning and improvement of leadership skills• Demonstrated behaviors consistent with First Financials values (Integrity, Trust and Respect) and Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

Greater Atlanta Area

NASD & SEC Registered Principal Held Series 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 63, 65 & GA Insurance LicensesAccountable for overall organizational performance. Participated in and nurtured broad networks of alliances with others to exchange knowledge and information about learning and change in support of change initiatives.Results:• Supervised $100MM in client assets • Grew branch assets by 20% annually• Maintained high standard of ethics while increasing revenues by 15%• Created a Noble Sales Purpose focusing on the customer rather than quotas Roles & Responsibilities:Leadership & Change Management• Systematically cultivated and maintained long-term, collaborative relationship with key stakeholders and with selected organizations to achieve mutual goals.• Kept up to date on issues affecting the voluntary sector and developed strategies to address those issues.• Actively sought out opportunities for investment, revenue generation and strategic partnerships.• Acted as a representative and ambassador to the local community and nationally to promote positive relationships and strong partnerships for the benefit of the organization.Organizational Planning• Facilitated the development, maintenance and monitoring of organizational plans.• Responsible for preparing the organization for ongoing change.• Ensured clarity, understanding and commitment from all stakeholders.• Responsible for the development and management of integrated, strategy aligned departmental work plans.• Responsible for the development of annual revenue targets.• Responsible for the development and management of the annual operating and capital budgets.• Responsible for the identification of new business development opportunities.

Greater Atlanta Area

Built and maintained client base, kept current client plans up-to-date and recruited new clients on an ongoing basis.Results:• First Prudential Investment Adviser to obtain CIMA• Grew a client base of assets from nothing to more than $10MM• Achieved President's Club my First year and Chairman's Club each year thereafter• Became the largest producer of Federated Funds in the SoutheastResponsibilities:• Contacted clients periodically to determine if there have been changes in their financial status.• Devised debt liquidation plans that included payoff priorities and timelines.• Explained and documented for clients the types of services that I provided.• Guided clients in the gathering of information such as bank account records, income tax returns, life and disability insurance records, pension plan information, and willsCertified Investment Management AnalystIt’s not easy for investors to make their own quality financial decisions today. Successful long-term investment planning is too complex, specialized and challenging to be an avocation for a population of do-it-yourselfers and day-traders. A CIMA professional integrates a complex body of investment knowledge, ethically contributing to prudent investment decisions by providing objective advice and guidance to individual investors and institutional investors. The CIMA certification program is the only credential designed specifically for financial professionals who want to attain a level of competency as an advanced investment consultant. Since April 2011, CIMA certification has been recognized as the only financial services credential in the U.S. to have met an international standard for personnel certification (ISO 17024) and earned accreditation by American National Standards Institute.

World Trade Center | Nymex | New York, Ny

The Chicago Research and Trading Group was a futures and options trading firm. It was bought out by NationsBank in 1993. In 1998, it acquired BankAmerica Corporation of San Francisco in what was the largest bank merger in American history at the time. NationsBank was the nominal survivor, and the merged bank was (and still is) headquartered in Charlotte. However, the enlarged bank took the Bank of America name, and operates under BankAmerica's charter.Responsibilities: Analytic - Option theory, portfolio analysis, hedge strategies for utilities, merchant energy, market-making vanilla products and modeling exotic structures. My past experience includes the physical commodity and financial markets, blending both into risk-arb portfolios. Other risk-arb opportunities have been through analysis of volatility and skew aberrations, and month-to-month/seasonal fixed price spreads.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)

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