Wayne G. Bogosian, AIF®
President and Managing Director
Tel: 508-683-1400 ext. 205
Email: wayne.bogosian@pfegroup.com
Wayne is the founder, President and Managing Director of PFE Advisors, Inc. d/b/a The PFE Group, Southborough, MA, a leading retirement plan design, vendor search, investment advisory and financial education consulting firm. Wayne is a frequent public speaker, having conducted more than 1,000 workshops and seminars on topics ranging from retirement planning and investments to fiduciary oversight, corporate downsizing and mergers & acquisitions. He has co-authored two books: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to 401(k) Plans and Providing Financial Education and Advice, has been quoted in a variety of publications including Business Week, CNNMoney, Employee Benefit News, Reader’s Digest, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and appeared on WCVB, MSNBC, and AOL.
Wayne holds a B.S. from Northeastern University, an M.B.A. from Suffolk University, is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF), and holds various securities licenses.
Wayne Boenig, CFA, CFP®, AIF®
Chief Investment Consultant
Tel: 508-683-1400 ext. 216
Email: wayne.boenig@pfegroup.com
Wayne Boenig is the Chief Investment Consultant for PFE Advisors, Inc. d/b/a The PFE Group. He has been in the investment management and consulting field since 1988. Before joining PFE in 2002, Wayne spent five years as Director of Quantitative Analytics at Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P., a Boston-based investment management firm, where he also served as client liaison in the firm’s Consultant Relations Department. Prior experience includes nine years as Director of Manager Research for LPL Financial Services and as Senior Investment Management Analyst for The Smith Barney Consulting Group. He has performed extensive research in the areas of investment performance attribution, risk management, and asset allocation modeling and is a faculty member of the Boston University Program for Financial Planners.
Wayne holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Economics from the University Of Delaware; is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®), Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) and is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and the Boston Security Analysts Society.
Linda Austin
Managing Consultant, Communications & Education Services
Tel: 508-683-1400 ext. 208
Email: linda.austin@pfegroup.com
Linda Austin is a Managing Consultant, Communications & Education Services for The PFE Group with over twenty years of communications and benefits experience. A strategy development expert, she delivers targeted, straightforward solutions to her clients’ most complex challenges using a variety of media, including personalized statements, targeted mailings, workshops, brochures, workbooks, web content, videos, and teleconferences. Topics include new plan introductions, annual enrollments, executive and total compensation statements, retirement planning, and estate planning. Prior to joining The PFE Group, Linda managed her own communication consulting firm, Austin & Associates, for eight years, held senior consulting positions with Mercer, Deloitte & Touche, and Employee Communication Services (Workscape).
Linda holds a B.S. in Psychology from Syracuse University and is a member of the New England Employee Benefits Council.
Joseph J. Duran, CFA®
Director & Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 949-999-8500
Joseph J. Duran, CFA®, is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founding Partner of United Capital Financial Partners (UCFP), Inc. and Director and Chief Executive Officer of PFE Advisors Inc. He is a recognized expert in the field of entrepreneurship. Prior to starting UCFP, Joe was President of GE Private Asset Management, formerly Centurion Capital Management. He joined Centurion in 1992. During his tenure, he created valuable firms with nationwide coverage, built unique investment solutions and consummated many multi-million dollar acquisitions. Joe actively raised capital from two private equity funds (Grail Partners, LLC and Putnam Lovell Partners) to invest in both firms, with over 15 million dollars of capital invested in each. Joe is the author of two nationally published books: Start It, Sell It and Make a Mint: 20 Wealth Creating Secrets for Business Owners (Wiley and Sons, 2004) and The First Time Investors Workbook (McGraw Hill, 2001). He is a frequent contributor to a wide variety of media outlets, including CNBC, Bloomberg TV and radio, CNNfn and dozens of radio shows. His articles have appeared in over a hundred magazines and he has been featured on numerous websites.
Joe holds a B.S. in Finance & Marketing from Saint Louis University, MBA degrees from Columbia University in New York and the University of California at Berkeley, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®).
Gary L. Roth, COO, CFO
Director and Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer
Tel: 949-999-8500
Gary Roth is the Chief Operating Officer of United Capital Financial Partners (UCFP), United Capital Financial Advisers (UCFA) & PFE Advisors, Inc.. He is responsible for execution of the UCFP business plan and for coordination among the key operational functions of the company. He serves on the Executive Committee and on UCFA’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining UCFP, Gary was a co-founder and Senior Executive of AssureNet Ltd., a leading Internet application service provider for the Insurance and Financial Services industries. Gary spent over seven years at AssureNet in leadership positions within marketing, sales, operations, corporate development and capital formation. He also spent two years managing the Brokerage and Bank business channels for E-Z Data, Inc., a major provider of Contact Management and Practice Management solutions for Financial Services professionals.
Gary holds a B.A. in History from Columbia College, Columbia University and MBA degrees from the Columbia University Business School and the University of California at Berkeley, Haas Business School.
Michael Herman
Chief Compliance Officer
Tel: 949-999-8550, ext. 207
Email: mike.herman@unitedcp.com
Mike Herman is the Chief Compliance Officer for United Capital Financial Advisers (UCFA) & PFE Advisors, Inc. (PFE). He has been in the financial services industry for more than 14 years and is responsible for overseeing day-to-day compliance, including Annual Review, Advertisement and Marketing reviews, SEC exam preparation, AML supervision, and Policy & Procedure Manual maintenance. Before joining UCFA and PFE, Mike was the Director of Sales Practice & Transition for The Financial Services Network, an Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction, consisting of a large producer group of broker/dealer registered representatives and investment adviser representatives where he helped establish an investment advisory firm registered with the SEC. Mike’s other experiences include managing an Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction for Citigroup and serving as a Financial Adviser for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Gruntal & Co.
Mike holds a B.A. in Psychology from the State University of New York at Albany; FINRA Series 3, 4, 7, 24, 31, 53 and 63 securities licenses; and the NASAA Series 65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Exam.