Experience

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  N3L Capital Partners, LLC

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • CEO and Founder

    • Oct 2016 - Present
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

    Government is the 800lb gorilla in every industry and country, defining incentives positive and negative. N3L bets with and against government in a classic long/short structure. We invest where policy meets price thus, N3L stands for Newton's 3rd Law (for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction).

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  Trusco Investment management

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • Co-Founder

    • Aug 2016 - Present
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

    Trusco Investment Management was founded by George Smith and Tom Landstreet. It is a RIA for wealthy families, foundations and endowments. The firm employs a strong service-oriented model for preserving and growing client assets. It also has a differentiated world view built on the economic and investment research framework of Tom Landstreet. We are always looking for investment ideas, investing talent and clients looking for a more sophisticated approach with a strong service component.

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  Standard Research Corporation

  • Nashville TN

  • Founder

    • Dec 2010 - Present
    • Nashville TN

    As founder and Director of Research, I write and produce "Connecting the Dots" economic and investment research. Standard Research provides research to institutional investors such as hedge funds and mutual funds. We analyze government policies for their incentive affects on behavior and prices. We study monetary, fiscal, trade and regulatory policies for ideas. Let's face it, the government is the 800lb gorilla in every city, state, country and industry creating (and destroying) incentives.

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  The Cameroons Band

  • Percussionist https://www.thecameroons.com/

    • Feb 2010 - Present

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  https://www.thecameroons.com/

  • Nashville, TN

  • Drummer, percussionist, washboard player

    • Jan 2010 - Present
    • Nashville, TN

    Live band that travels to exotic locations to entertain audiences.

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  Tell-tale Capital Corp.

  • Nashville, TN

  • Co-Founder

    • Oct 2010 - Aug 2016
    • Nashville, TN

    I launched Tell-tale with Frank Gristina initially managing a growth equity portfolio and an equity income portfolio.. The products were launched under the auspices of Laffer Investments but lifted out in September of 2010. Frank Gristina is now the sole owner of Tell-tale Capital and manager of his unique "Growth At The Right Yield" or GARY strategy.

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  Laffer Associates

  • Nashville TN

  • VP

    • Sep 2006 - Dec 2010
    • Nashville TN

    Responsible for production, sales and marketing of institutional economic research product sold to money managers around the world. Authored numerous research papers and popular weekly economic commentary where I connected the dots between economic policy and asset prices (channeling Dr. Laffer).

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  Avondale Partners, LLC

  • Managing Director, Head of Institutional Sales

    • Mar 2003 - Sep 2006

    Managed institutional equity sales at this boutique investment bank. During my tenure, we increased revenues 6 fold in 3 years and were ranked #1 among ALL U.S. investment banks for stock picking by The Wall Street Journal in the annual "Best on the Street" analysis.

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  SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

  • Atlanta, GA

  • Managing Director

    • 1995 - 2003
    • Atlanta, GA

    #1 institutional equity salesman in terms of revenue production during the bear market years of 2001 through 2003 for this regional investment bank. Traditional stock picker.

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  Euramerica

  • Production Coordinator

    • 1987 - 1989