Mr. Smith is Chairman & CEO of Decision Technologies Corporation (DTC), and also Presidentt of Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm, that uses DTC's patented decision-assistance technology to advise institutional trustees in their investment-related decision ...
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Mr. Smith is Chairman & CEO of Decision Technologies Corporation (DTC), and also Presidentt of Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm, that uses DTC's patented decision-assistance technology to advise institutional trustees in their investment-related decision making.
The result of the collaborative effort of a team with extensive legal, technology, and financial advisory experience, led by Mr. Smith, and focusing 1st on the financial services marketplace with an overwhelming number of investment choices, this patented decision-assistance technology helps clients and their advisors answer the following question - "Of all the available choices, which one is best?" - and optimizes investment/financial product selection in a way never before possible.
DTC was formed to facilitate the application and licensing of this unique technology both within the financial services marketplace, and in other areas in which the number of choices and information about them is so overwhelmingly large as to making choosing paralyzingly difficult, if not impossible.
Through Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc., the technology is being used to provide institutional trustees with sophisticated “best practices” solutions in making and vetting investment-related decisions, to protect them from claims of "fiduciary imprudence."
Mr. Smith graduated cum laude from Harvard / Economics. He received a J.D., with high distinction, from the University of KY College of Law, was an Editor of the KY Law Journal and Order of the Coif. He served as law clerk to the Ky Supreme Court, and has practiced law in MI and KY, in corporate law, estate planning, and ERISA. He has spoken nationally and internationally on investment topics.
Mr. Smith is an Elder Master (8th degree black belt) within the Shaolin System of Chinese martial arts, and a student of world religions and philosophical systems and their practical application in both business and daily life.
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