Shahab Maslehati is SMC’s principal executive officer and chief compliance officer and was born in 1983 in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Maslehati has 20 years of extensive formal training and industry experience in the fields of finance, accounting, income taxation, credit, audit and review, examination, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, interest rate risk management, investment portfolio management, and financial planning. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and certified as a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) through the American College and as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Mr. Maslehati also participates in the Internal Revenue Service’s “Annual Filing Season Program”.