Brett has over 6 years of financial market experience. He attended Marquette University where he was a member of the AIM program and graduated with a degree in Finance and Business Economics. He is currently pursuing his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Brett became a CFA charterholder in 2025. He was formerly an adjunct professor at Carroll University, where he taught a finance course focused on the modeling and valuation of equity, fixed income, and derivative securities. He grew up in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and attended Brother Rice High School.