Robert C. Dughi

Chairman

Bob Dughi is the Chairman of Financial Soundings, LLC, the holding company for Financial Soundings Benefit Services, LLC and Financial Soundings Investment Advisor, LLC. In this role Bob is keenly focused on our strategic positioning and key business principles that will allow Financial Soundings to grow in depth and scale as an industry leader in employee benefits.

Prior to his current role, Bob was the co-founder of The Copeland Companies which was later acquired and became a division of Citigroup. In turn, Copeland became the Associates Division of CitiStreet when Citigroup and State Street Bank formed the CitiStreet joint venture in 2000. Bob recently retired as president and member of the board of CitiStreet, the global benefits delivery company.

In his role as Chairman and CEO of Copeland and later as President of CitiStreet and Chairman and CEO of the Associates Division, Bob attracted key management talent and developed the strategies that led to the growth of Copeland and CitiStreet. By 2006, under his leadership, the Associates Division sales organization grew to 25 Regional offices with 500 captive sales representatives. The Associates Division generated over $150m in revenue annually, and strongly contributed to CitiStreet becoming the second largest retirement plan record keeper in the country.

C. Kurt Miller

Chief Executive Officer

Kurt Miller is the CEO of Financial Soundings, LLC, the holding company for Financial Soundings Benefit Services, LLC and Financial Soundings Investment Advisor, LLC. As CEO, Kurt is responsible for all administrative and service functions, as well as the overall profitability of the business.

Prior to his current role, Kurt was President of the Healthcare and Government Markets for Citistreet. His responsibilities within this role included all strategic and tactical decisions for market expansion and growth within these markets. This included overall market profitability, case profitability, producer productivity, product development and marketing plan design and implementation. Kurt was in this role from 1996 through the creation of Financial Soundings in 2005.

Stephen E. Maschino

President

Steve Maschino is the President of Financial Soundings, LLC, the holding company for Financial Soundings Benefit Services, LLC and Financial Soundings Investment Advisor, LLC. As President, Steve is responsible for the go to market strategy including the development of alternate distribution channels. Steve's responsibilities include the development of Financial Soundings' captive Benefit Consultants and the overall productivity and profitability of Financial Soundings sales efforts.

Prior to his current role, Steve was Senior Vice President for Citistreet/Copeland. In this role he was responsible for the Defined Contribution and Employee Benefit sales efforts for The Copeland Companies and Citistreet. Steve's responsibilities over the 23 years he was with Copeland and CitiStreet included case acquisition, case retention, management of the Regional Sales Managers and their Sales Representatives.

Steven Bresler

Executive Vice President

Steve Bresler is Executive Vice President of Financial Soundings, LLC, the holding company for Financial Soundings Benefit Services, LLC and President of Financial Soundings Investment Advisor, LLC. As President of the Investment Advisory company, Steve is responsible for the overall growth and profitability of the advisory division of the firm. Steve is focused on the development of strategic distribution strategies, including key consultant relationships, advisor services, and direct sales.

Prior to his current role, Steve held key sales management positions with three firms focused on building their defined contribution markets. As a Senior Vice President with Copeland/Citistreet, Steve was responsible for all Western region sales efforts in the defined contribution markets. Subsequently, Steve joined ING Retirement as Vice President of Sales and most recently held the position of Vice President for Retirement Services division of The Hartford. Steve has extensive experience in developing and implementing defined contribution plan solutions for public and private sector plan sponsors throughout the nation.

Lee Tupper

Chief Information Officer

Lee Tupper is the CIO of Financial Soundings, LLC, the holding company for Financial Soundings Benefit Services, LLC and Financial Soundings Investment Advisor, LLC. Under Lee's leadership, Financial Soundings IT is responsible for all technology related initiatives including security, infrastructure, quality assurance, and software development.

Prior to his current role, Lee held key senior technical positions within the software industry. As a Senior Technical Consultant with Axway, Lee was responsible for architecting and implementing secure file transmission platforms in the Financial Services industry. As a Senior Systems/Network Administrator with Inovis, Lee was responsible for architecting and maintaining the Inovis suite of B2B applications and data center.