Wes was born in Baton Rouge, LA and moved to Bountiful Utah in 1987. He attended Bountiful High School where he was an All-State baseball and football player. Wes continued his football career in college where he played running back and kick returner at BYU in 1997-1998. After serving a 2-year mission for his church in Scotland, Wes returned home and transferred to Southern Utah University where he earned his B.S. in Marketing in 2003 and his MBA in 2004 and finished his football career.
Wes started his Career as a Financial Advisor in 2004 with the Torchmark Corp. He was quickly promoted to a Sales Manager. In his first 2 years, Wes’ team the nation in total production. Wes was promoted to a Regional Manager position in Phoenix, AZ. In 2008, Wes moved his family back to Utah and took a position at Northwestern Mutual as a Managing Director. Over a 6-year period, Wes recruited, coached and mentored a team of financial advisors, one of which became a perineal top 20 advisor in the company. Wes also leaned on his experience as an MBA in working with closely held businesses, doing planning in risk management, business buy sell agreements, succession planning, key person planning, executive benefit planning, and Premium Finance.
Wes is married to his high school sweetheart Kiersten, and they have 4 wonderful sons. Wes is a passionate father who loves to donate his time coaching and mentoring his sons and other young men. Wes is a Varsity Football Coach at his local High School. Wes is a family man first who loves to work hard and play hard. Wes loves to snowmobile in the winter and golf in the summers!