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Will <\/span>Gardner <\/span>joined the Aptus team in 2018 with a focus on process management to help ensure <\/span>continued high<\/span>–<\/span>quality service to a growing network of Advisors. <\/span>He manages all trading for sub<\/span>–<\/span>advising <\/span>relationships and is a key player in any transition plan. <\/span><\/p>\n Background & Education<\/strong><\/p>\n Prior to joining Aptus, Will spent time as a systems engineer on Redstone Arsenal before transitioning to <\/span>the private sector, focusin<\/span>g on operational process improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n Will graduated with a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration<\/span>\u00a0from the University of Alabama Huntsville. <\/span><\/p>\n Outside of the Office<\/strong><\/p>\n He currently lives in Birmingham with his wife Mary and their 4 kids (Jackson, Sam, Reed, & Ben). He <\/span>enjoys everything family, coaching his four children’s sports teams, and spending time at the lake. <\/span><\/p>\n Why Aptus?<\/strong><\/p>\n “After working through an acquisition, the t<\/span>iming was perfect to join Aptus. I enjoy helping identify <\/span>constraints and simplifying the complex issues of the business. Working with advisors to help solve their <\/span>business needs, and even making the daunting task of transitioning (changing!) their busines<\/span>s an <\/span>enjoyable process, gives me energy every day. Getting to do this on a team of high-character individuals <\/span>who focus on things larger than ourselves is a privilege I don\u2019t take for granted.”<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_social_media_follow _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”linkedin” url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/will-gardner-77a84a6\/” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#007bb6″ global_colors_info=”{}” follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]linkedin[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][\/et_pb_social_media_follow][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":235045,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-230892","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n