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“Disrupting the Way Businesses Accelerate”Our vision is to be the centralized hub of entrepreneurial and business expertise in the Midwest for rapidly developing businesses and disruptive-minded entrepreneurs that are seeking outside collaboration with an organized group to accelerate their businesses’ top-line revenue and bottom-line profit. We are viewed as a bolted-on management team that works closely with senior executives, founders, and stakeholders of the company structuring a relationship that is directly incented on building enterprise value.

Megalytics is a transformational analytics company that aggregates, harmonizes, and filters disparate and vast data sets, resulting in actionable information-enabling enhanced decision making. www.megalytics.net

Cloud-based SaaS and mobile-enabled virtual lost-and-found platform

Guest Lecturer - - Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship - Treasury Management Course (The Bond Markets, Interest Rates, & the Impact on Fixed Income Money Management)- Alternative Investments Course (Operational Due Diligence on Hedge Funds)- Social Entrepreneurship- Advanced Financial Analysis

Emerging Managers - Fund of Funds - Investment Manager Research - Strategic Asset Allocation - Institutional Investment Advisor & Consultant - Emerging Manager Consulting & Marketing - Outsourced Chief Investment Officer - Alternative Investments - Pure Alpha

Responsible for leading the research department for the firm representing $16 billion of AUM. Managed the investment processes for all third-party money managers and hedge funds introduced to the firm to determine which strategies had potential to drive excess alpha. Responsible for on-site manager visits and overall due diligence process. Consulted directly with firm Advisors on Asset Allocation strategies and manager selection criteria.

Managed over $325 million of AUM for high net worth clients and small business owners. Responsible for maintaining and managing clients and prospective investors regarding investment advice, equity and bond research, economic analysis, alternative investments, equity and options trading ideas, retirement, estate and financial planning, and individual portfolio research.

Analyzed investment opportunities for overall portfolio strategy directly reporting to the CEO of the firm. Research provided in areas such as fixed income and equity money managers, REIT’s, and private placements. Provided investment, tax, and estate planning research for existing clients and implemented financial planning strategies for prospective clients.