Lecturer Bio
                  
                    Adam Bergman
                    
Adam Bergman is a the founder and CEO of IRA
Financial Technologies, a custodian and leading 
provider on self-directed retirement plans. Mr. Bergman
is also the owner of two leading pension administration
IRA Financial Group and IRA Financial Trust are the 
market's fastest growing providers of self-directed 
retirement plans. IRA Financial has helped over 17,000 
clients take back control over their retirement funds and 
invest over $4.6 billion of retirement funds into alternative 
asset investments.
He is the author of 8 books on self-directed retirement 
plans and a leading voice in the self-directed retirement 
market. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes.com and is 
a member of the Forbes Finance Council. 
He has been interviewed on CBS News and has been 
quoted in over one hundred and thirty major news 
publications—among them Businessweek, CNN Money, 
Forbes, Bloomberg, USA Today, and American Lawyer—
in the area of retirement tax planning. 
Prior to starting IRA Financial, Mr. Bergman was a tax 
and ERISA attorney at White & Case LLP, Dewey 
LeBoeuf LLP, and Thelen LLP, three of the most 
prominent corporate law firms in the world. He received 
his B.A. (with distinction) from McGill University and his 
law degree (cum laude) from Syracuse University 
College of Law. He then went on to receive his Masters 
of Taxation (LL.M.) from New York University School of 
Law. He is a member of the Tax Division of the American 
Bar Association and New York State Bar Association.