Prior to joining Unison Capital Group, Jay served as President of a regional franchise development company in Chicago, and as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for a public consolidator in the retail photographic and franchise businesses, where he participated in acquiring 49 competing firms, sold over 60 franchised businesses and participated in the private placement of $20 million in subordinated convertible notes and senior debt for his company.

Jay received a BS in Business Administration from Cal State, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was elected Student Body President. He received his MBA in Corporate Finance from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He held an NASD series 62 license as a Corporate Securities Representative and a series 63 Uniform Securities Agent license. Jay is a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) through the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and holds the Senior Business Analyst (SBA) designation through Business Evaluation Systems.

Kate Maloney, Ph.D., is a corporate psychologist with ten years experience in management, securities trading and teaching at the university level.

Prior to joining Adler & Company, Kate founded a technology service company that provides online small business and marketing solutions for mental health care practitioners. Before that, Kate ran a private management consulting practice and served as the Director of Development for the Integral Institute, a Boulder, CO based think-tank. Kate has served as an affiliate faculty member at Regis University and has volunteered across the country as a senior course supervisor for Landmark Education.

Kate holds a doctorate degree in Organizational Psychology, with an emphasis in business / financial applications of psychology with B.A. degrees in Psychology and Communications.