14 years of experience 

“The most important lesson I learned early on in business was to ‘Always do what’s in the best interest of the client and everything else will take care of itself.”

Curtis grew up in a town of 2000 people outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He met his wife Michele in the summer before their junior year of high school. They married a few years later and have been together for more than 29 years. Two of their four children are college graduates now and on their own.

Work has always been enjoyable for Curtis and he starting working his first job at age 14. He worked on a farm handling large feeder equipment and later working summers pouring concrete. 

Working 30+ hours a week along with taking classes, in 1986 Curtis earned a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

After college, he became general manager of a restaurant in Lincoln. Five years of long hours prompted Curtis to look for a business of his own.

“Owning a small business was great training to be an entrepreneur with total responsibility for the business — from finances to human resources to purchasing and keeping customers satisfied.”

With an educational background in mathematics and his entrepreneurial desire, Curtis began his career in financial services at Morgan Stanley in 1999.

“I could call on many of the same skills: to look ahead and be proactive in the long-term management of financial resources.”

Now as a Financial Advisor with RBC Wealth Management, Curtis can draw on 14 years of business management plus more than 13 years as a financial advisor.