T. GERALD DYAR

SFP ASSOCIATES

Business & Financial Consultant

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

BUSINESS:

I am the principal of SFP Associates which I founded in 1993. I am a Strategic Financial Planner/Business Consultant specializing in solutions to the financially related problems faced by small business owners and have been working in this field since 1986. I am registered with the Connecticut Department of Banking as an Investment Advisor (RIA). My practice also includes assisting entrepreneurs with problems relating to new business startups. My professional background includes electronic engineering, computer science and operations research as well as financial management.

SEMINARS/PRESENTATIONS:

• Represented the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce on the statewide Business Awareness Week Committee from 1993 through 1995.
• Chaired seminar on "Wealth Building for the Entrepreneur" in 1993 during Business Awareness Week.
• Chaired seminar on "Health Care Reform and the Small Businessperson" in 1994 during Business Awareness Week..
• Was the Resource Expert on Human Capital at the State White House Conference on Small Business in 1994.

CONTINUING EDUCATION SAMPLER:

• MIT Enterprise Forum-Teleworkshops:
  
  
  • Entrepreneurship-Starting and Running New Businesses
  • What Private Equity Investors Are Looking For.
  • Building High Tech Enterprises.
  • The Soft Side of New Enterprise (Human Resources).
  • Equity Valuation: What's my company really worth?
    
    
• MIT Enterprise Forum-Regular Meetings:
  
  
  • What Investors Look For In Business Plans.
  • Intellectual Property: The key to attracting investors & strategic partners.
  • Licensing Strategies.
  • The Entrepreneur in High Technology: Success or Failure?
    
    

• Connecticut Venture Group:
  
  
  • Trends in Venture Capital
  • Red Hot Startups (Three Success Stories)
  • Success in Achieving Liquidiy.
  • Financing Strategies Leading to Shareholder Liquidity.
    
    
• Other Seminars & Lectures:
  
  
  • Federal Tax Update (Annual).
  • Succession Planning for Family Owned Businesses.
  • Family Equity: Profiting from Communication and Planning in Family Business.
  • Marketing to the Missing Consumer (Applied Demographics).
  • Compete to Win Against a Superstore.
  • Will Your Hiring & Termination Practices Avoid or Encourage Lawsuits.
  • OSHA & DEP Compliance Aids for Your Business.
  • Financing Environmentally Contaminated Properties.
  • Limited Liability Companies: The Advantages /Disadvantages.
  • Structuring Investment Partnerships.
  • Islamic Economics & The "Clash of Civilizations".
  • Introduction to the Internet.
  • E-Commerce and The Law: the Perils and Promises of the Internet.

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Audio Engineering Society
• Chairman Westbrook Division - Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce.
• Vice-Chairman - Rail Council - Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce.
• Director - Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce.
• CRERPA Public Member of I-91 Corridor Transportation Investment Area Board
• Class Agent and 50's Alumni Fund Decade Chair - Trinity College; Hartford, CT
• Trinity Club of Hartford.
• MIT Club of Hartford.
• MIT Enterprise Forum of Connecticut.
• Branford Electric Railway Association. (Qualified to operate street cars.)
• Yankee Council - American Youth Hostels (Past President).

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

• Lifelong interest in and first hand experience with a broad range of transportation alternatives:
  
  
  • Attended Transportation Summit in East Hartford and the Middletown follow up session.
  • Many years auto commuting on local roads and I-91.
  • Drove a truck part time for several years in High School and College.
  • Extensive use of railroads in the US and parts of Europe.
  • Extensive use of buses for personal transport and commuting.
  • Extensive use of light rail systems for personal transport and commuting.
  • Have taken trips on most of the public ferry boats on the East Coast, from Portland, ME to Moorehead City, NC and on Lake Champlain plus many others elsewhere in the US, Canada and parts of Europe..
  • Commuted by bicycle to work 8 months of the year for several years.
  • During college took 36 rides on 11 roller coasters in 5 amusement parks in 3 states in 24 hrs. & 5 min.
  • Have ridden on many additional unique or odd-ball public transportation "systems" and am always on the lookout for more.
    
    

• Long time cyclist and bicycle tourist (38,000 miles to date but slowing down some now).
• Took and Passed United States Power Squadron Boating Course.
• Have a Connecticut Safe Boating Certificate.
• Active kayaker.

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