Alan Smith

About Alan Smith

Results-driven financial services executive with a successful track record of leading sales, product development, and business retention efforts in the financial services, fintech, and retirement space by leveraging sound judgment and industry experience. A reputation for thriving in challenging, fast-paced environments due to a versatile skill set that adapts to evolving industry trends. An exceptional motivator with demonstrated success mentoring employees and working with geographically dispersed teams to reach a company’s vision and capture profitable markets.

Experience

1. VP of Sales

   Equity Shift

   Jan 2023 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US

   Democratizing capital markets: We’re experienced operators on a mission to digitize and improve the lives of participants in the private equity ecosystem. We bring together 100+ years of experience with fundraising, corporate transactions, technology development, securities law, and company operations from launch to IPO and beyond.Equity Shift is licensed broker-dealer regulated by FINRA, and operates an Alternative Trading System (ATS) regulated by the SEC. Our patented use of immutable ledger (a.k.a. blockchain) technology not only improves the fidelity of corporate data, but it also provides a standard of interoperability between private issuers and the ecosystem at-large.

Education

• University of South Carolina

  BA, Business/Political Science

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Series 7
• Finra
• Asset Allocation
• Mutual Funds
• Investments
• Series 65
• Series 63
• Securities
• Financial Services
• Wealth Management
• Investment Strategies
• Series 24
• Hedge Funds
• Portfolio Management
• Equities
• Trading
• Etfs