Firm Profile

John Wm. Thompson, CRC, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, was a founding partner of a local investment management firm prior to establishing JWTI in July, 1999.  Prior to that he was a Vice President with Paine Webber.

Mr. Thompson has lectured internationally as a guest of the Cunard Lines QE II, on various financial topics and regularly provides insight and commentary on financial matters regularly on NBC's television station in Providence .

Mr. Thompson has been active in his community for years having served on the Board of Directors of Leadership Rhode Island, was Chair of the United Way 's Allocations Committee, served on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Better Business Bureau, and has served on the Finance Committee of St. Luke Church in Barrington , Rhode Island .

Mr. Thompson earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Assumption College , Worcester , Massachusetts .  He holds a Certified Retirement Counselor designation as well as the following NASD registrations: NASD Series 3, NASD Series 7, NASD Series 24, NASD Series 63 and NASD Series 65. 

john@jwti.com

Jay Thompson, Vice President - Retirement Plans, entered the retirement plan consulting field upon graduation from college.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island.

As Retirement Plans Director Mr. Thompson coordinates all retirement services between service providers and plan sponsors.  He is responsible for working with companies to establish, maintain and improve every type of retirement plan.  He is also responsible for helping plan sponsors monitor all facets of their plan investments, as well as plan participants with investment education.  

Jay provides insight and commentary on financial and retirement planning matters regularly on NBC's television station in Providence. 

He holds the following NASD registrations: NASD Series 7 - General Securities Representative, NASD Series 66 - Uniform State Securities Agent and Uniform Registered Investment Advisor Agent. 

jay@jwti.com

 

Kara L. Frye, Senior Portfolio Administrator, has spent the last 12 years helping investors with the administration and operations of their portfolios.  Kara was the Operations Manager with Josephthal Lyon & Ross in Providence .  There, she was responsible for branch office compliance with all of the SEC, NASD, and NYSE rules and regulations.  Kara personally supervised all compliance, operations, margin, and cashiering.

She moved to Paine Webber as a Senior Sales Assistant where she provided customer service for retail and institutional clients, and was a liaison for 401(k) and profit sharing plans.  Her most recent position prior to joining JWTI was with another private money management firm.  There she was responsible for all of the operations and administration of the office.  She also was responsible for portfolio performance and record-keeping.

Her NASD registrations include: NASD Series 7 - General Securities Representative and NASD Series 63 - State Securities license.  

kara@jwti.com

                     

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