Douglas J. Bisio joined Sands Brothers from Professional Financial Services, a boutique estate-planning firm where he co-founded the broker-dealer (PFS) Equity Brokerage Services. Douglas served as the Compliance Officer and Financial Principal (FinOp) for the broker-dealer concurrent with fulfilling his duties as the Director of Accounting for the entire firm. His responsibilities included accounting for various wealth transfer techniques utilizing universal life insurance. Previously Douglas was involved in personal and corporate tax accounting while working in several CPA offices. Douglas began his career in banking at MBNA America, where he was exposed to numerous areas of loan origination and servicing of distressed assets. Douglas earned a B.A. from the University of Vermont in International Finance. Although he is not currently associated with a broker-dealer, Mr. Bisio currently holds the NASD Series 7,24,28,63 and 65 licenses.