Founder And Ceo/Certified Financial Planner®
CurrentPosition Overview: Set vision and established full service client wealth accumulation entity, leveraging knowledge of financial services industry to accelerate growth and expand business footprint. Over 13 year span created business structure from less than 10 client household accounts and $1M in assets under management, to customer base of 100 client household accounts and over $25M in assets under management.• Thought leadership in sustaining 97% retention rate of clients since entity inception through designing and reevaluating customized investment strategies around current market trends to maximize client profitability.• Independently counsel, mentor, and train CFP® candidates, while also serving as business consultant to insurance representatives and accountants. Problem solve and champion business approaches for new advisors, setting foundation to strategically target and convert prospects to clients thus successfully building books of businesses.• Initiate and enhance 15 to 20 annual strategic partnerships since 2001 with public and private entities to extend free financial guidance to underemployed and minority communities by presenting various, targeted workshops. Through efforts, increased firm’s clientele an average of 10-12% year over year. Initiatives featured in Black Enterprise, Money Matters, Crain’s Business, Huffington Post, and PBS to name a few. • Devise and implement diagnostic process within financial plan offerings, identifying potential historical traumatic or life altering crisis shaping client’s worldview regarding financial management. Redefine priorities, carefully observing behavioral patterns relative to spending habits. • Technical advisor in creating financial curriculum, instructor guidance, and electronic media for distribution by community leaders to integrate financial literacy tools within under served and under accessed populations.