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FirmElement.com is an industry leading provider of FirmElement training and compliance management solutions. Since 2003 FirmElement.com has delivered complete training solutions to broker-dealers and their associated representatives.
Powered by 360training, FirmElement.com provides complete online solutions designed to deliver fast and efficient results that empower our customers to a higher level of success. FirmElement.com offers a complete catalog of industry leading self-paced, online continuing education and pre-licensing courses, compliance management tools and technologies designed to help your organization achieve greater efficiency and success.
In order to provide a complete solution FirmElement.com now offers continuing education for FirmElement, securities pre-licensing, insurance, insurance pre-licensing, financial planning CFP and banking.
The Securities Institute of America, Inc. was founded by a diverse group of Wall Street professionals for Wall Street professionals. Our team's experience brings you the information and knowledge required for you to succeed in the financial services industry. The Securities Institute of America, Inc. offers clients world class training and consulting services. It is this high level of professionalism that makes our team requested by name at some of the largest financial firms in the world.
Established in 1984, MGL provides full service Registration and Compliance services to broker/dealers and investment advisors. Services include: NASD, SEC, NFA, CFTC and multi-state Registration and Renewal services; preparation of Supervisory Procedures; Business Plans; Continuing Education services; Compliance Meetings; Financial Reporting; and Compliance Examinations. For RIA firms, we provide SEC and state registration/renewal services, Form ADV disclosures, Advisory Agreements, Supervisory Procedures, and Compliance Examinations. Leaders in Registration and Compliance, we go Above and Beyond!
For more information regarding MGL Consulting and its services, please visit them online at www.mglconsulting.com.
American Academy of Financial Training Inc.
American Academy of Financial Training Inc. (AAFT), provides outstanding customized training, globally, on a broad mix of financial and banking topics. Our instructors are top practitioners in their respective fields and present information in a captivating, energized, highly interactive style. AAFT experts are also available for consulting and online course development projects. For additional information, log onto our website at www.aaft.net.
Michael T. Palermo, JD, CFP®
Mike maintains a law practice in Lexington, Kentucky, concentrating in estate planning. He is one of only about 1,500 practicing attorney/Certified Financial PlannerT designees in the country. Mike also devotes a substantial portion of his time to writing and creating Web content on legal and financial planning topics, including educational course development, for a variety of personal and professional venues.
He has been interviewed, quoted or featured by a wide assortment of consumer-oriented media outlets, including the Wall St. Journal (print and online editions), MarketWatch.com, USA Weekend, Christian Science Monitor, Family Money Magazine, SmartMoney.com, CNNfn.com and MSNBC.com. In cooperation with AARP, Mike is the author of "The AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning, the Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts and Your Personal Legacy," (December 2004, Sterling Publishing).
Les Carter
Les was an executive in the financial services industry who has served as a President of a commercial bank, and as an Executive Vice President of a special servicing company. He has 20 years of commercial and mortgage banking experience including starting four companies: a commercial bank, a consulting company, a loan servicing company, and a consumer collection agency.
Most recently, before joining 360Training, Les was an Executive Vice President of The Ontra Companies in Austin, TX, a nationally recognized holding company with interests in special servicing and loan originations.
Barbara CB Harrington, LUTCF
Barbara CB Harrington is the former Director and founder of Harrington School, a pre-licensing school and current Director and founder of Harrington Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. Harrington Center offers Continuing Education Training to Insurance agents as well as Compliance services to Mutual Fund and Insurance Companies.
Barbara has authored over 45 continuing education courses for the insurance and securities field and has been a consistent guest lecturer on both subjects.
She is licensed in Life, Health, P&C and Securities and specialized for 15 years in the field of Pension and Estate Planning.
Matt H. Evans, CPA, CMA, CFM
Matt has 15 years in financial management, including performance measurement systems, due diligence, strategic planning, and value-based management. He has a diverse background in several sectors - private companies, public companies, government, nonprofits, and educational including a solid understanding of overall technology, including Virtual Private Networks, 3G Wireless technology, Portals, and Web Services.
He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University.
Jack Kinder, Jr. and Garry D. Kinder
Jack and Garry Kinder are in private practice as sales and sales management consultants to several hundred corporations throughout the world in North and South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Marshall Wolper, a past president of the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table, has said: "The Kinder brothers are masters in the presentation and strategy of selling. They have taught their procedures and techniques directly to thousands and indirectly to tens of thousands." Before entering the business world, Jack was an athletic coach in Chicago. He was a salesman in Illinois with The Equitable. He became an agency head with The Equitable in Louisville, in 1962. A year later, Jack was selected as Equitable's Young Manager of the Year. Later, Jack managed Equitable's leading sales organization in Detroit. He became a Regional Vice President in Chicago and, also, served as a Vice President in Equitable's Home Office in New York City. Jack is the founder of the IMPACT Group, a well-known non-denominational Bible Study in Dallas. Jack serves on several boards and is listed in Who's Who in American Business. Jack is a Knight of the MDRT Foundation. He has been a Qualifying Member of the Million Dollar Round Table. Garry's experience in life insurance began at the age of 20. He began selling for The Equitable when he was a junior in college. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University. Garry became the youngest agent in Illinois to achieve membership in the Million Dollar Round Table. After spending five years as an agent, he became a Field Manager in Bloomington, Illinois; Akron, Ohio; and Detroit, Michigan. He was eventually named Regional Vice President for The Equitable in Dallas. Today he still maintains an agent's license with the Equitable. He and his brother qualified for the 2001 Million Dollar Round Table. Garry is active in civic affairs. He is a Trustee at Illinois Wesleyan University. He has been President for the FCA and the Kidney Foundation of Texas. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Bill Glass Evangelistic Association for twenty years. He is an active member of Preston Trail Country Club. He has taught a Bible Study at a country club every Sunday for the last twenty-two years. Their company has developed many CD ROMS, audio and video cassettes on attitude building, sales strategy and personal effectiveness. KBI's MDRT Accountability Study Groups and Master Agency Builder Personal Coaching Workshops are well-known industry programs.
Trey Wood
Trey is a partner with the Houston law firm Alaniz and Schraeder, L.L.P., which concentrates its practice in the exclusive representation of management in the area of Labor and Employment Law. Mr. Wood attended Texas Tech School of Law and was licensed in 1988. He has been practicing as a trial attorney since that time and has extensive experience in counseling clients on all aspects of the employer/employee relationship and has tried many employment cases in both federal and state courts across the country. Mr. Wood has also represented clients before various state and federal agencies such as the EEOC, OSHA, Department of Labor, the Texas Commission on Human Rights and the Texas Workforce Commission. Recently, Mr. Wood testified in national hearings before the Department of Labor in opposition to OSHA's proposed ergonomics standard. Mr. Wood is a member of the American Bar Association, the Civil Trial and Labor and Employment sections of the State Bar, as well as the Texas Association of Defense Counsel and the Houston Bar Association. Mr. Wood is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in the area of Labor and Employment Law and is a frequent speaker before various trade organizations on all aspects of employment law. He has gratuitously provided continuing education for both the IIAH as well as several of our member agencies since 1997.
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