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Currently I work at Luttner Financial Group, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. We work with families and businesses to make sure their finances are structured properly. We have specialists in every area of finance: investment specialists, insurance specialists, business succession planners, CPA’s, and various attorneys. I have two roles at Luttner Financial Group. One of my roles is a financial strategist for individuals and families. I analyze a family’s current situation, and then devise alternate plans to make sure that every dollar they have is positioned correctly, that every aspect of their financial plan coordinates with each other, and that their financial structure is aligned with their personal, professional, and financial objectives. Two of my partners and I have recently formed an Limited Liability Company underneath Luttner Financial Group that focuses mainly on our clients who are pharmacists or other medical professionals. The other role I have is a Disability Income Specialist. I work with advisors within my firm as well as outside my firm to teach them the importance of putting the right strategy in place to protect their clients’ income. I either meet with their clients directly or am used as a behind-the-scenes resource. I also run training sessions and seminars in the Western Pennsylvania area. Graduating from St. Bonaventure with a BS in Mathematics has helped me bring a new dimension to my firm. The most important aspect that carried with me is the mindset I gained. I have acquired strength in coming up with creative strategies as well as a more logical way to analyze a situation or problem. A lot of these skills were honed because my professors truly cared about my success and gave me the personal attention I needed to truly understand the material. Additionally, being taught by admirable professors for four years, I have internalized their teaching skills, which have helped me in the teaching aspect of my career. They have taught me how to break down complex ideas and explain them in a logical, understandable fashion. The mindset and abilities I have acquired from my mathematical studies at St. Bonaventure are strengths that I will carry with me for the rest of my life and have already put me in a better position in my professional life.
Currently, I am an associate professor of statistics in the mathematics department at Cleveland State University. I teach a range of statistics courses from general education conceptual courses to masters level statistical methodology courses. I also work with other scientists and investigators by performing the analysis of their data. I have worked with an economist to predict whether a bank will expand by building new branches or acquiring another bank, a nutritionist on whether emu meat cooked in taco flavoring compares well with turkey and beef, and a physician on whether doctors follow recommended guidelines when prescribing pain relief medications. I am also a co-author of the text Mathematics with Applications. I was the 2003 recipient of the American Statistical Association Waller Award for outstanding teaching of introductory statistics. My BS in Mathematics at St. Bonaventure University helped me to attend graduate school at the State University of New York at Albany. The professors at SBU went above and beyond the call of duty as two of them offered me independent study courses so that I could obtain needed coursework for graduate school. Further graduate school preparation consisted of completing an Honors project in mathematics. Although I teach at a much larger school than SBU, I try to provide my students the personal attention that I received as a student at SBU. My training at SBU taught me how to think like a mathematician. I learned how to present arguments in a logical fashion that also improved my ability to write for a more general audience. I also learned how to teach from the exemplary professors who took the time to care about me and my career.
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