Director, Retirement Services
As Director of Retirement Services, I oversee how Sequoia addresses “retirement” for our corporate and individual clients. Primarily, I focus my time overseeing and developing applicable solutions to help service and support our corporate retirement plans. It is my responsibility to assist with the execution of fiduciary simplicity and participant solutions via The Prudent Expert System™. This proprietary process assists plan sponsors in properly operating their plan as mandated by ERISA and the Department of Labor.
Along with my primary responsibilities, I also help facilitate comprehensive financial governance, portfolio management and retirement income planning for individuals. Additionally, I participate on Sequoia’s investment committee to review investment performance and strategies for the firm.
I am thankful because every day I get to serve others in an area about which I am truly passionate, and I get to demonstrate my tireless commitment to their financial goals.
Professional Accreditations/Education
- CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner
- Qualified Plan Financial Consultant (QPFC)
- Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) designee
- Maintains the Series 7, 24 and 66 FINRA registrations and is insurance licensed through ValMark Securities, Inc., a FINRA-registered Broker/Dealer
- The University of Akron, B.S. in business administration/finance, minor in financial planning, certificate in real estate, cum laude
Industry Involvement
- Member and co-chair, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries’ (ASPPA) Investment Professionals Committee; former member, Investment Service Taskforce; co-editor of ASPPA Advisor Update
- Published in ASPPANews and ASPPA Advisor Update
- Frequent national speaker on the retirement planning for individuals and businesses, Exchange Traded Funds, Collective Investment Funds and fiduciary best practices
- Presented at PowerShares University and SPARK National Conference
Up Close
- Former Director of Investment Services for national, independent Broker/Dealer ValMark Securities, Inc., with responsibility for advising the industry’s top advisors throughout the country
- Former adjunct professor at The University of Akron, teaching a CFP® required curriculum course focused on retirement benefits planning
- Board member, The Barberton Community Foundation (Investment, Audit, Economic Development and Program Related Investments committees)
- Member, Barberton City School District Financial Advisory Communications Team
- Member and fundraising chair, Magic City Kiwanis
- Lives in Barberton with his wife
- Joined Sequoia in 2010