With more than 20 years of experience in finance, James Dixon of Mountain Brook, Alabama, is managing director of the southeast region at Stifel Nicolaus & Company in Birmingham. A graduate of the University of Alabama with an MBA, James Dixon underwent training at the SIFMA: Securities Industry Institute of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. 

A collaborative program between the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and Wharton Executive Education, the SIFMA: Securities Industry Institute provides securities professionals with information on the latest trends in a diverse array of fields, from finance and economics to management and marketing. 

Led by Jeremy Siegel, PhD, author of Stocks for the Long Run, faculty at the SIFMA: Securities Industry Institute help students broaden their perspective as they share field-based knowledge and insight. The institute offers training on numerous investment topics, with session titles including Using Technical Analysis to Improve Portfolio Performance, Your Leadership Blueprint, Strategize to Win, Fundamentals of Market Returns, and Advanced Scenario Planning. 

To learn more about the SIFMA: Securities Industry Institute, visit http://www.sifma.org/institute.