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Charles L. McCain

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As a freelance writer, he has written complex reports for corporations and consulting firms along with writing hundreds of blog posts and dozens of magazine articles. His articles and blog posts have appeared on such sites Salon.com, the BBC and the History News Network. He has written numerous book reviews as well as reviewing more than one hundred and twenty books on his YouTube site.

Charles spent twenty-two years in the financial services industry. He had a successful career as a stock and municipal-bond broker and through years of study became an expert in wealth management. His other work in financial services includes senior client manager, trust officer, bank executive and nine years as a consultant to the top banks and brokerage fir As a freelance writer, he has written complex reports for corporations and consulting firms along with writing hundreds of blog posts and dozens of magazine articles. His articles and blog posts have appeared on such sites Salon.com, the BBC and the History News Network. He has written numerous book reviews as well as reviewing more than one hundred and twenty books on his YouTube site.

Charles spent twenty-two years in the financial services industry. He had a successful career as a stock and municipal-bond broker and through years of study became an expert in wealth management. His other work in financial services includes senior client manager, trust officer, bank executive and nine years as a consultant to the top banks and brokerage firms in the United States including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bessemer Trust, TIAA-CREF, Fidelity Investments and Morgan Stanley.

He has broad expertise in global financial markets, sales and sales management training, creating both blended and distance learning programs, and devising certification programs.

Mr. McCain is a gifted listener, talented writer in every media and a captivating speaker. He has worked as a broadcaster and has coached numerous sales persons and executives in the art of speaking and presenting.

Charles is a lifelong student of the maritime and military history of World War Two in the European theater. Because of his deep knowledge, he frequently speaks and writes about that traumatic era. He holds a degree in European History from Tulane University.

Mr. McCain has written multiple works including a memoir of his unusual youth and subsequent college years– The Frat House Fire Escape Plan: Sigma Nu, Tulane, and the 1970s. He is an eighth generation South Carolinian and a storyteller in the finest tradition of Southern writers.

His first novel, An Honorable German, a World War Two naval epic told from the point of view of a German naval officer, was published in the US in hardback in 2009 by Hachette Book Group and subsequently issued in paperback. Little Brown and Co. published his novel in Canada and the UK. His novel was purchased by more than 500 libraries in the English speaking world and translated into Japanese, Danish, Czech & Polish with other languages pending.

In 2011, the United States Library of Congress deemed An Honorable German “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant” and recorded it for preservation and for the ‘talking books’ program of the National Library Service for the Blind. Based on the quality of his work, Mr. McCain was invited as a guest speaker to the South Carolina Book Festival and the Virginia Festival of the Book.

After surviving a bout with cancer 6 years ago, Mr. McCain is working as a consultant and writing a novel featuring a Royal Navy officer in World War Two. He lives in Washington, DC.

Energy Efficiency and Green Business: Charles spent several years advising the Commercial Real Estate Division of Energy Star on how to create links between Energy Star officials and Wall Street wealth managers, foundations, and charitable institutions. During that time he developed a deep personal interest and subsequently became an expert in energy efficiency. ...more

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