Brad graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1982. After serving six years of active duty in the Army, Brad began his career in financial services working for a large brokerage firm in Washington, DC. He then moved to Knoxville in 1992 and co-founded Patriot Investment Management in 1993. He passed the Certified Financial Planner® exam in 1996. Brad is proud to have started a fee-only firm that works exclusively for its clients. After a short time in the brokerage world, he quickly realized that there is a better way to help clients. Patriot’s fee-only compensation model allows the advisor to focus solely on the client’s needs and eliminates any potential confli