INVESTOR'S BLUEPRINT LIVE - Key Persons
A 30-year veteran of the direct response business, Dave launched and built multiple business units for Phillips International (InvestorPlace Media).
Phillips was primarily a newsletter publishing business, but in 1989, Dave started their trade magazine and conference business in the technology and defense markets and built it up to $30 million in sales within 5 years.
From there, he moved back into the consumer financial marketplace within Phillips to take over and rebuild their mutual fund newsletter publishing business from 2 fledgling services into 5 major products that produced $20 million in sales.
Publisher Dave Durham took a chance on a scrappy college grad who'd never traded a stock or heard of an option, and gave Emily her start in the world of financial publishing in 2009. Their paths diverged and then crossed again when Dave asked Emily to come aboard the startup he and John Hutchinson founded.
Today, Emily is known as an analyst wrangler and editor extraordinaire. She cherishes the community at Trader's Reserve.
Jeff started off his investing when his dad came to him with a generous offer. His dad was prepared to match his investments dollar-for-dollar. Jeff agreed and took his hard-earned money to a stockbroker and watched his investment fall to half its value. Shortly after, his dad once again made the same generous offer and once again the two watched the money disappear. That led Jeff and his dad to embark on their journey to learn how to trade on their own.
Since then, Jeff has been a student of the market, reading investing books, going to seminars, and learning from other gurus in the industry.
Jeff went on to earn his Master's of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and Project Management and has a passion for educating others and assisting them on their financial journey.
As a life-long, serial entrepreneur whose first business was delivering the morning paper in Syracuse, NY, I started Traders Reserve with my partner to take something I loved (trading and investing) and turn it into a business.
Ten years later, the people - our customers, our team - have become a second family to me and always will be. That makes this company more fun to run than any other company I know of.
After working in a few marketing positions with smaller, locally owned companies, Kara strived for something bigger and better. She met John Hutchinson and began working at Traders Reserve in 2019. What started as a part-time opportunity has developed into an incredible growth experience that continues to push her. Kara loves the close-knit team and all the fantastic customers that she has had the chance to meet along the way.
Leslie was born and raised in the south, just a few miles outside of New Orleans, and is a high school teacher by college degree. She is one of the two faces of Customer Care.
Leslie has been on the front lines of Traders Reserve since 2015 and her favorite aspect of the job continues to be the Live Events. She loves the "work vacations" because she gets to put names to faces and develop relationships on a more personal level. You can find her at these events at the sign-in table and the hotel bar
Mike is the other half (and equally dynamic) of the Customer Care team. He handles technical issues for access to member's websites and member communication. He has been with Traders Reserve since 2015 (same with Leslie) and loves it. He was born and raised in New Jersey (Exit 4) but now splits his time between the Lone Star and Sunshine states.