Prior to joining full-time, Mr. Brackman completed a summer internship with Western Reserve Partners in the summer of 2006 during which he focused on mergers and acquisitions and real estate capital raising.

Mr. Brackman was the Chief Executive Officer and board member of First Miami Student Credit Union in Oxford, Ohio. During that time, Mr. Brackman co-founded Generation Y Credit Union Consulting, a marketing services company dedicated to providing unique youth marketing solutions. Mr. Brackman was also a board member of the Campus Credit Union Council, an organization promoting financial literacy on college campuses nationwide.

Mr. Brackman was graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business from the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University with a major in Accounting. While at Miami University, Mr. Brackman taught as a supplemental instructor for an introductory corporate finance course and was awarded with the Student Service & Leadership Award in 2006 for outstanding contributions to the academic and campus communities.

Mr. Brackman is a Friend of the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art and enjoys astronomy and golfing.