James J. Titak
President
Certified Financial Planner

Jim has 25 years of experience in the securities business. He is the President of Thurston, Springer, Miller, Herd & Titak, Inc. TSMH&T focuses its attention on Financial Planning and Investment Management for individuals and small companies. The firm has 24 Registered Representatives and three offices in the Indianapolis area.

Jim served the National Association of Securities Dealers on the District Business Conduct Committee for a term of 3 years ending in 1997. In his last year of service, Jim was the Vice-Chair of the Committee. Jim is a founding member of the Small Firms Advisory Board which was created in January of 1998 by the National Association of Securities Dealers. This board represents approximately 4,500 of 5,500 firms in the broker/dealer community. Prior to making changes in the regulator environment, the NASD consults with this group on how their actions affect smaller broker/dealers. Jim's term expired in June of 2001.

In March of 2000 the NASD created the State Requirements Task Force that was responsible for coordinating efforts with the North American Securities Administrators Association State License Committee to create uniform license arrangements throughout the country. Jim was the founding Chairman of this group. This task force was in existence for approximately two years.

Jim served as a member of the Securities Industry Association's Small Firms Committee from 2001- 2002. Jim is currently on the Membership Committee.

Jim was the founding Director of the Adjunct Faculty for Central Indiana on behalf of the College for Financial Planning. In this capacity, he was responsible for coordinating the local educational classes for candidates working to attain the CFP marks. The initial classes started in 1992 and ended in March of 1999 after the College for Financial Planning was sold to a public company.

Jim has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Indiana Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners starting in January of 1997 and ending in the year 2000. He served as Director of Public Relations.

Jim has broad and deep experience working directly with investors, managing a broker/dealer firm and working with regulators and professional bodies within the securities industry.

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