Is a Vice President of Wealth Management at Raymond James, Ken is responsible for providing strategic direction and leading his practice’s financial planning and business development efforts. With over 29 years of experience in the financial services industry, Ken’s curiosity and love of people is what fuels his desire to seek out new ideas to help manage and preserve his clients’ wealth.
In 1989, after serving in the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant in West Germany, Ken began graduate school back in the U.S., completing his MBA at George Mason University. He then formally started his career as a financial advisor with Charles Schwab in 1993. In 2007, Ken joined USAA, where he worked as Senior Wealth Manager, covering all aspects of client acquisition and management in multigenerational wealth planning, managing $700 million in client relationships with $300 million of that under management until he joined Raymond James’ Scottsdale office in October 2019.
Ken leverages the significant leadership experience he gained in the Army with his 29-plus years of investing knowledge to provide strategic financial direction to clients. Ken is skilled in financial planning, portfolio development and investment management.
He has extensive experience advising active duty and retired military officers as well as high-net-worth civilians and families to help them preserve what they’ve earned and plan for the future. His primary clients are high-net-worth veterans. He strongly believes his service experience brings discipline, high levels of service, transparency and client access to his practice. Every client is provided his personal cell phone number.
