WealthNGen’s Investment Team offers decades of award winning investment experience
An Experienced Team
The value that your investment team can provide you is directly related to the depth of their market knowledge and the length of their investment experience, as well as having the freedom to make choices not bound by company affiliations.
A Generation of Experience
WealthNGen’s investment team has over 50 years of investment experience in managing millions of dollars in assets on behalf of our clients. With this many years of experience, chances are, we have seen just about any market situation. Our portfolios are created and managed by people with the knowledge and experience to make complex decisions about the market.
Not Limited by Affiliations
We don’t hold any allegiances to any of the big investment firms and our independence allows us to choose from an entire universe of investment options. Most of our competitors are using investments provided by firms that pay them the most to implement a particular set of investments into their portfolios. WealthNGen provides the best investment options available to you, regardless of where they come from.
Meet our investment team.
Steven Gasparini
Chief Operating Officer
Steven is responsible for the daily operation of WealthNGen and works with our CEO, James Warring, to ensure a seamless investment experience for our clients. He also performs investment research and portfolio allocation with our director of investments, Joseph Kantakevich. Steven also serves as financial analyst and ranking member of the EagleStone Tax & Wealth Advisors investment committee. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Duke University.
Little known fact: Steven was a varsity swimmer during his time at Duke where he earned multiple school and ACC records.
Joseph Kantakevich, CFP®
Director of Investments
Joseph is a Certified Financial Planner and leads the Investment committee at WealthNGen. Joseph entered the financial services industry as a financial consultant at Wells Fargo Advisors. After leaving Wells Fargo Advisors, he started his own financial practice, JWK Financial Group, and joined EagleStone Tax & Wealth Advisors in 2012. Joseph graduated from the College of William & Mary with a BBA in finance.
Little known fact: Joseph was drafted in the 13th round of the Major League Baseball Amateur draft by the Seattle Mariners where he pitched for 3 seasons.
Tarun Mehta, JD, MBA
Chief Compliance Officer
Tarun has worked in the financial industry for over a decade. He manages the firm’s compliance program and requirements as they pertain to the SEC/FINRA regulations and monitors ongoing regulatory developments in the industry. Tarun also assists as an informal, in-house counsel to WealthNGen, assisting with legal document review and other matters. Before joining WealthNGen, Tarun was CEO of Outsource Compliance Resources, an SEC/FINRA compliance and technology/operations consulting firm. Previous posts held by Tarun include Financial Analyst and Chief Compliance Officer with R&M Wealth Management Services, LLC and Due Diligence Analyst at H. Beck, Inc. He also serves as Chief Compliance Officer at EagleStone Tax & Wealth Advisors in Rockville, Maryland.
Little known fact: Tarun is fluent in 5 languages and an avid chess player. (However, he is 0-3 against Steven.)
James Warring, CPA/PFS, CFP®
Chief Executive Officer
Jim brings over 30 years of investment experience to WealthNGen. Prior to launching WealthNGen, James worked in tax and wealth management in the Washington DC metro area, including KPMG (formally Peat Marwick), and Arthur Andersen (now Accenture). In 2007, he founded his own tax and wealth management firm, EagleStone Tax & Wealth Advisors. James attended Towson University where he graduated magna cum laude with a BS in accounting and financial planning. Jim is the 2015 Smart CEO Money Manager of the Year recipient for the Washington, DC area.
Little known fact: Jim has acquired multiple scuba diving certifications and has been on dives in multiple locations in Central America and the Caribbean.