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Doug Ketterer

Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner

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The vision and influence to advance an industry.

Doug has over 30 years of experience in the wealth management industry. Before launching Atria in 2017, he spent most of his career at Morgan Stanley, where he successfully led the firm’s entire U.S. financial advisor and branch office network as the Head of Field Management and was responsible for its Private Wealth Management business, focusing on ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Doug also held multiple leadership positions within Morgan Stanley’s wealth management division, including oversight of the product and services organization and development of the strategy and client segmentation organization. Beyond his wealth management experience, he served as a key executive in Morgan Stanley’s asset management division and spent many years in investment banking.

Doug earned a Bachelor of Science in finance from The University at Albany and an MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He serves on the Board of Directors of Atria Wealth Solutions, the board of the Financial Services Institute and is the president of a 9/11-related 501(c)(3) focused on providing scholarships to college students in financial need.

Eugene Elias Jr.

Chief Operating Officer and Founding Partner

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Execution that comes from experience.

Eugene has more than 20 years of experience in wealth management, leading businesses, technology and operations. He has focused his entire career on deepening the relationship between advisors and technology, empowering them to become more efficient and equipping them with the tools they need to grow their practices.

In 2017, Eugene and two partners founded Atria Wealth Solutions to provide financial professionals with a next generation set of tools, services and capabilities that would not only enable them to prosper in today’s environment but provide them with a clear path to the future of wealth management. He began his career as a financial advisor — an experience that gives him a unique perspective on creating advisor-minded solutions.

Before founding Atria, Eugene was responsible for Morgan Stanley’s client and advisor platforms, leading key initiatives that included the rollout of client-facing mobile applications and redesigning the firm’s advisor workstation and client website. He spent six years in Europe running Morgan Stanley’s international technology platform for its EMEA and Asian International Private Wealth Management businesses. Eugene also served as CIO of Zions Bancorporation’s newly created wealth management unit, Contango Capital Advisors, where he designed and implemented the unit’s operating platform.

Kevin Beard

Chief Growth Officer and Founding Partner

President, Grove Point

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An industry veteran who knows how to grow.

Kevin is responsible for the firm’s overall growth and acquisition strategy and financial professional recruitment.

Kevin has more than 20 years of experience in the independent broker-dealer (IBD) industry. Before founding Atria, he led the Recruiting and Acquisition Strategy division for AIG Advisor Group, where he developed the firm’s advisor recruiting strategy and led the comprehensive planning process for all acquisitions. He also successfully led numerous IBD platform acquisitions and established an advisor recruiting team.

Before his tenure at AIG Advisor Group, Kevin was a regional director with Rehmann and co-founded two companies: Innovative Advanced Resources, a specialized, high net worth investment distribution and business advisory firm serving financial advisors and asset managers, and Beard Management Inc., a wealth management consulting firm.

Kevin earned a Bachelor of Arts in finance from Kent State University. He currently serves as Northeast Ohio Corporate Chair for the Arthritis Foundation and Secretary for the FSI Marketing Council. He is also a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Bank Insurance & Securities Association.

Bill Morrissey

Head of the Independent Channel

President, CG and WIS

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An architect for success in independent wealth management

With extensive experience and a successful track record of designing a value proposition that drives growth for financial professionals and wealth management firms, Bill is an authority in combining the best elements of highly effective growth and practice management strategies that optimize the culture and quality of the financial professional community.

A proven background in executive leadership at prominent independent, wirehouse and regional broker-dealers gives him unmatched insight into developing an environment that best positions the independent financial professional for success in every area of a financial practice.

Brian Bichler

Co-Head of the Financial Institution Channel

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An architect of award-winning platforms for financial professionals and institutions.

For more than 20 years, Brian has been developing award-winning digital platform experiences that blend core wealth management capabilities with support, training and communications.

He has a proven ability to drive revenue growth, improve business efﬁciencies and develop systems that deepen client engagement for both financial institution wealth management programs and independent financial practices.

Kevin Mummau

Co-Head of the Financial Institution Channel

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An expert in financial institution growth and profitability.

With more than 40 years of driving growth and profitability in the securities industry, Kevin has established himself as an authority in best practices, benchmarking and a data-driven approach to supporting credit unions and banks.

A diverse background in trading, supervision, operations, compliance, retail and branch management gives him unique insights into driving growth in successful investment programs at financial institutions of all levels. His achievements include a seat in the BISA Circle of Excellence.

Karen Eyster

Head of Corporate Services

Travis Grimm

Head of Operations

Amanda Hawley

General Counsel

Bob Holcomb

Chief Marketing Officer

Barry Knight

President

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Sean Meighan

Head of Advisory Services

Brian Nelson

Head of Practice Management

John Picone

Head of Investment Solutions

John Reinhardt

Chief Technology Officer

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