My formal education includes an MBA at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business, a bachelor degree in Finance from the Ohio State University, and I'm a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. I currently hold active CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (TM) practitioner, Chartered Life Underwriter , and Chartered Financial Consultant designations. The alphabet soup of designations was garnered through accredited advanced education programs at the American College, College for Financial Planning, Cannon Financial Institute. I served for seven years as a non-commissioned officer in the Army Reserve. I served as a Psychological Operations team chief (Airborne), including one year deployment in Iraq from April 2003-March 2004. Awards include: Bronze Star ...