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Tom has over twenty years of experience in the financial services and telecommunication industries. He has a proven track record of innovative financial management skills and professional client service.

As a financial professional with this organization for the last ten years, Tom has worked with business owners, corporations and individual clients to help them address their financial objectives. As a registered representative of AXA Advisors, LLC, and an insurance agent of AXA Network, LLC, he can also recommend the appropriate products and services to help them achieve those objectives.

Tom currently holds the CPA, CFP™, ChFC and CLU designations. He has also earned a Master's Degree in Financial Management from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and a BBA Degree in Accounting from Siena College in Loudonville, NY.

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