Award-Winning Series 99 Tutors serving San Diego, CA

Hi, my name if Karen Stevens. I graduated with a master's degree from Ashwood University in business administration. In addition, I hold an English teaching certificate. Since I graduated, I've taught or coached in several areas. However, my primary focus has been on Series licensing. I help students with all licenses such as SIE, 6, 63, 7 65.66, 24 and many more. Many students struggle with the concepts of the SIE exam. I can...

...as a national educator in investments for a Fortune 20 firm. My background includes having been licensed as a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, Certified Trust and Investment Advisor, Regulation 144 Specialist, Retirement Planning Specialist, Certified Senior Advisor, and a variety of other qualifications. In 2019, as I began tutoring and realized that it had been decades since I originally passed my securities licensing exams, I took the Securities Industry Essentials Exam (SIE), and...

...within the Treasury Group where I priced, hedged, executed, and made markets on OTC derivatives, structured product and warrants held by the coveted AAA balance sheet. This multi-year experience proved to be mutually beneficial both to my professional career, as it was for the bank's global securities businesses (particularly US Equities and Swiss Treasury) that I diligently represented resulting in increasing customer business and attractive risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC). My career trajectory continued...

I am highly passionate about teaching professional courses and helping students to be successful in their academics and career. My core subjects are business management, project management, agile development life cycle, Lean methodologies, and Six Sigma. I also help develop students knowledge and skills on Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, MS Access, MS Visio, MS Project and teach some of the most frequently used features, format, formulas.