{"id":266,"date":"2015-11-23T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpswp.com\/brokeragespecialists-2\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:26:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:26:02","slug":"strategic-alliances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gpswp.com\/firstchoicefin\/our-team\/strategic-alliances\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Alliances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-responsive img-thumbnail alignleft wp-image-489 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gpswp.com\/firstchoicefin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/Mike_2.png\" alt=\"mike\" width=\"200\" height=\"auto\">Michael Binger, CFA\u00ae<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>President of Gradient Investments, LLC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Binger is the President of Gradient Investments. He has been with Gradient Investments since 2012 and has more than 30 years of total investment management experience. Mr. Binger\u2019s prior roles include managing multi-billion dollar investment products for a large institutional asset manager. He graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Minnesota and is a CFA\u00ae charterholder. We believe that he brings a depth of market experience that is rare within the industry and has been a featured contributor with several media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business, Barron\u2019s, and The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-responsive img-thumbnail alignleft wp-image-488 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gpswp.com\/firstchoicefin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/jeremy-1.png\" alt=\"mariann\" width=\"200\" height=\"auto\">Jeremy Bryan, CFA\u00ae<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Senior Portfolio Manager of Gradient Investments, LLC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Bryan is a Senior Portfolio Manager for Gradient Investments. He has been with Gradient Investments since 2016 and has over 15 years of total investment management experience. Mr. Bryan\u2019s job history includes equity research and portfolio management roles for institutional asset managers in Minneapolis and New York. He has been a frequent contributor to media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Bryan graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree from St. Cloud State University, earned an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, and is a CFA\u00ae charterholder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"auto\" class=\"img-responsive img-thumbnail alignleft wp-image-488 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gpswp.com\/firstchoicefin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/keith.jpg\" alt=\"mariann\">Keith Gangl, CFA\u00ae<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Portfolio Manager of Gradient Investments, LLC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Gangl is a portfolio manager for Gradient Investments, LLC. He has been with Gradient Investments since 2018 and has over 22 years of institutional investment management experience. Prior to Gradient, Gangl worked as a senior portfolio manager for over 18 years covering various asset styles and market capitalizations for Thrivent Financial. As a senior portfolio manager, he developed and oversaw the tactical investment strategies utilized within mutual funds, variable annuities, pension funds and insurance company products. Mr. Gangl has been featured in Investor\u2019s Business Daily, quoted in Bloomberg, Wall Street online, Reuters, Yahoo! News and other local and national publications. Mr. Gangl graduated from St. John\u2019s University earning a Bachelor of Arts in Math and Computer Science. He received his Master of Business Administration graduate degree from the University of St. Thomas. 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