Alan Smith

Alan Smith has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Currently, they hold the position of VP of Sales at Equity Shift, a licensed broker-dealer regulated by FINRA. In this role, they are focused on democratizing capital markets and digitizing the private equity ecosystem. Alan has extensive experience in fundraising, corporate transactions, technology development, securities law, and company operations.

Prior to their current role, Alan worked as a Consultant in the FinTech and Financial Services sectors at Guidepoint, Advintro, unitzXchange, and Lightship Consulting from 2020 to 2023.

From 2007 to 2019, Alan served as Vice President of Institutional Sales at Folio Institutional. In this role, they were responsible for full life-cycle fintech sales of custody and proprietary trading platforms to various institutions. Alan successfully established credibility and generated new business for Folio across a wide range of buy/sell-side institutions.

Before joining Folio, Alan worked as the Director of Institutional Sales at BroadView Trading for a brief period in 2007. Prior to that, they held the position of Vice President - Senior Corporate Relationship Manager, Institutional Brokerage Services at Bank of Montreal, Harrisdirect (formerly CSFBdirect) from 2000 to 2006.

Alan began their career in the financial services industry as a Senior Compliance Analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston, CSFBdirect (formerly DLJdirect) from 1998 to 2000. Alan then worked as a Junior Research Associate/Investor Services at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, DLJdirect from 1997 to 1998.

Alan started their professional journey as an Account Executive at M.S. Farrell Holdings, Inc. in 1996.

Throughout their career, Alan Smith has demonstrated expertise in sales, consulting, institutional relationships, compliance, and research.

Alan Smith attended New Milford High School from 1988 to 1992. Alan then pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business/Political Science from the University of South Carolina from 1992 to 1996. Additionally, Alan has obtained several certifications from FINRA, including Equity Trader Qualification, General Securities Principal, General Securities Representative, Securities Industry Essentials, and State Blue Sky. However, the specific months and years of these certifications are not provided.