When your financial life reaches a certain level of complexity — equity compensation from a tech career, a business you’re preparing to sell, wealth you want to protect across generations, or philanthropic goals you want to fund strategically — you may benefit from a coordinated team of professionals working together to help address your financial priorities.
That’s the experience I’ve built over 30 years.
As a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, I lead the 45 North Wealth Management Group — a 12-person team providing access to Family Office resources for affluent families and business owners. We can coordinate with your CPAs, estate attorneys, insurance specialists, and trust advisors. I aim to serve as a central point of coordination—helping to facilitate communication and keep efforts aligned with your goals
This type of coordinated approach has often been associated with very high-net-worth families. Our approach is designed to help extend coordination and attention to a broader range of eligible clients.
My areas of focus include tax management strategies, estate planning strategies and multi-generational wealth transfer considerations, business succession and exit planning, equity compensation strategies for tech executives, risk management planning, charitable and philanthropic planning, retirement income strategies, 401(k) rollovers, corporate retirement plans, and alternative investments.
I earned my Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) designation through The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and my Certified Private Wealth Advisor® (CPWA®) through the Investments & Wealth Institute. I’ve been named a Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisor (#8 in Oregon) every year from 2022 to 2025, and to Morgan Stanley’s President’s Club in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
I began my career in 1995 with Dean Witter and have been with Morgan Stanley since 2009. I’m a member of the Investments & Wealth Institute and serve on the Friends of Doernbecher Board at OHSU.
Outside the office, I enjoy traveling, basketball, boating, and time with my wife Erica, our three boys, and our Bernese Mountain Dog. Erica also runs Z Candles, a hand-poured soy candle business and candle-making studio in Lake Oswego.
If you’re a successful individual or family looking for a more coordinated approach to your wealth, or a professional interested in collaborating to support shared clients through a unified team approach, I’d welcome a conversation.
Disclosures:
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management President’s Club members must meet a number of criteria including performance, conduct and compliance standards, revenue, length of experience and assets under supervision. President’s Club membership is no guarantee of future performance.
2022-2025 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2022-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award. Award Disclosures: https://www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/awards-disclosure/
Services Include
- Executive Financial Services
- 401(k) Rollovers
- Trust Services
- Alternative Investments
- Trust Accounts
- Executive Benefit Services
- Divorce Financial Analysis
- Asset Management
- Business Planning
- Annuities
Securities Agent: RI, CO, WI, MD, KY, AL, VT, UT, MS, GA, WV, NM, MT, IL, IA, CA, AZ, OR, OK, NJ, MO, ME, LA, IN, MN, ID, DE, DC, CT, WA, TX, TN, SD, SC, NY, NH, MA, AK, HI, PA, OH, KS, AR, WY, NV, VA, NE, ND, NC, MI, FL; BM/Supervisor; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
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