Meet our team:
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Thomas J. Reavis
Tom is the Founder of WWFS. Please click HERE to view full Bio.
Jeannette Rohn Showalter, CFA
After graduating from University of Connecticut (BS) in 1974, Jeannette received her MBA (Magna Cum Laude) in Finance from New York University in 1978. She was awarded the internationally respected investment designation of CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) in 1983 and now serves on the Board of the local Naples chapter. Jeannette has had broad exposure to many facets of investing. Early in her career she was a Risk Arbitrageur (VP at Paine Webber, NYC); a management consultant (Touche Ross, NYC); a Private Placement lending officer (Equitable Life, NYC); an institutional money manager for a $500 million non- trust equity portfolio and internal corporate finance specialist (People's Bank, CT.) and money manager for one of the wealthiest families in the US. She has also taught Investments at the graduate level at Sacred Heart University, CT. Jeannette is the Money and Investing columnist for Florida Weekly and her column appears across diverse Florida cities including Naples, Palm Beach and Fort Myers. Her interest in commodities was partly birthed from her expansive travels and personal international experiences. Jeannette has built two orphanages in India and adopted a child from China. Her two children are now in college, one of whom was awarded a service academy appointment at USMMA in Kingspoint, NY.
William G. Reavis
Bill Reavis manages operations, compliance, oversees trading, head of business developement and is the registered Branch Manager with the National Futures Association for WWFS DBA of Postrock Brokerage, LLC. Some of his responsibilities involve ensuring that trading operations are efficient in terms of using as few redundancies and latency as possible for WWFS accounts. He is responsible for ensuring customer accounts are properly managed and is liaison for the WWFS team to ensure we are effective in terms of meeting customer requirements. Bill reviews all reports for accuracy, ensures advertising is within industry standards and office bookkeeping is in order. Bill has been with WWFS since 2008 but was raised with a futures industry backround and he has an inate understanding of futures and trading systems.
Bill is a military veteran ( Navy) with advanced technical training. While in the military, Bill received many awards including the Navy/ Marine Corp. Achievement Medal for his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as numerous Letters of Accommodation from his Commanding Officer. His technical training has helped him excel and pay attention to the intricacies of systematic trading. Bill graduated with honors from Western Illinois University in Business Management and Economics; Bill served as President of the Veterans Club and served on the academic review board.
Bill is registered with the NFA and holds a FINRA series 3 and 30 license as an Associated Person (AP) & Branch Manager of Worldwide Futures Systems.
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Tyler Wood
Tyler Wood was the founding principal of The Integrated Solutions, Inc. in Naples, Fl. Registered with the CFTC and FINRA with series 3, 7, 63 and Florida Health, life and annuity licenses. Mr. Wood has successfully raised tens of millions of dollars in the past eleven years for several alternative investment products for clients in over 10 countries. Previously, Mr. Wood served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Tuono Corporation and the Tuono Alpha Energy Fund. He also served as an Associated Person of TIF Fund Management for the Triumph Investment Master Fund.
Past endeavors include the creation, architecture and marketing of VisibilityConcepts.com and HedgeFundAction.com to generate accredited investor traffic from 20-25 countries per month. In doing so, Mr. Wood developed relations with hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, multi-national companies, family offices, foundations, niche traders and private clients collectively holding billions of dollars in assets. He also managed the assets and the development of Hansen Investments S.A., a fund of several managed trading accounts in the U.S., Europe and Central America.
Mr. Wood is an associated person with Worldwide Futures Systems. He also consulted with individuals in the international financial arena, and with private clients in the development of trusts, IBC's, and foundations for corporate, international investment portfolios. Mr. Wood facilitated the purchase and creation of a European bank and the charter of an international private interest foundation. His international business education includes studies in Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, and New Zealand. He received a Bachelor's degree in marketing from Salve Regina University in Newport Rhode Island.
Specialties
Business Development, International Finance, compliance, and various aspects within the hedge fund, Managed Accounts, Alternative Investments, Insurance, and wealth management industries.
Victor Chu
Victor Chu has 26 years of experience in the financial industry. Mr. Chu served as the councilor of the International Association of Registered Financial Planners (IARFP, Asia Pacific) & Chief Representative of their Taiwan Office and lecturer of the “Financial Planning Course” for the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance. He also served as the Lecturer of the “Fund Investment Course” at the Center of Investment and Asset Allocation for the National Sun Yat-Sen University. Mr. Chu has given over 700 lectures for financial related seminars, presentations, and training programs including the IARFP training programs and the Registered Financial Planners training classes in the National South China University of Technology & Foshan University, GZ, China.
Mr. Chu served many senior positions over his career. Notably the Chairman and President of Union Securities Investment Consulting Co., Ltd (A subsidiary of the Union Bank of Taiwan); He also served as Associate Director of 3A Asia Ltd. (Subsidiary of SYZ Bank of Switzerland). Most recently he served as the Director of Business Development for Harris Fraser International with offices throughout southeast Asia. He is very pleased and excited to be working with his long time associate and personal friend Robert Tai to head up the Asia branch office of Worldwide Futures Systems.
Robert Tai
Robert Tai has over a decade of senior work experience with a number of Taiwan and Hong Kong based institutions. He provided investment strategies and technical analysis as the Head of research for the United Overseas Bank (UOB Securities Investment Consulting Enterprise of Taiwan) before he served as the Senior Manager of UOB Asset Management. Thereafter Mr Tai became the Portfolio Manager and Research Manager for Masterlink Securities (A listed company in Taiwan). He also served as the Senior Vice President of Thornton Financial Group, a Hong Kong based company as well as General Manager in Shenzhen of the Quanta Financial Group. His expertise in alternative investments has led him to Worldwide Futures Systems along with Victor Chu to head up the branch office expansion into Asia.
Mr. Tai received his undergraduate and Masters degree in Applied Mathematics from the TsingHua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. He also completed the Business Program for Executive Management from the Business and Management Institute, Taiwan University in Taipei. His professional qualifications include the Hong Kong Securities Institute (HKSI) Licensing Examination for Securities and Asset Management. He also holds the Futures Specialist designation from the Chinese National Futures Association
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