A Youngstown resident since 1969, and a Boardman High School 1980 graduate. I completed my Bachelors of Engineering in 1984 and in 2003 I completed my MBA degree from YSU. I received the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANER™ (CFP^®) certification in December 2011.

In 1989 I began by financial securities career and for the past 31 years I have enjoyed providing professional financial counsel to my clients.

My wife Jane (also a Boardman High and YSU graduate) and I have three children. Kirsten received her MD from Georgetown University and is a corneal eye surgeon in Santa Barbara, California. Joshua is a Miami University School of Business graduate and works as a Certified Treasury Professional for the headquarters of Freeport-McMoRan in Phoenix, Arizona. Andrew is a graduate of Ohio University and is in his second year of his Masters of Anesthesia at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.