User:Dougmearslelandgold

Doug Mears completed his prep schooling in Massachusetts and pursued his graduation from Colby College, Waterville Maine with dual degrees: German & Business Administration. In his early years, Doug Mears was an actor and have appeared in over 35 national as well as regional commercials from 1983-1990. Mears joined the commodity brokerage industry in 1990 and has held several key profiles in a long professional career spanning over 20 years. He worked as a Senior Account Executive with American National Futures Corporation from 1990-1995 and Statewide Commodity Brokerage Corporation from 1995-1998. In 1998, along with a partner, he started his own firm- Tiger Financial Corporation with offices in Atlanta, Thousand oaks, Santa Monica and Chicago. He sold 50% of his company in 2007 and launched Leland National Gold Exchange, a precious metals company and was a part of the company till 2011. He parted ways with the company at the end of 2011 and has been working as an independent financial consultant since then.