John E Hamel II

Prior to founding Austec Business Transitions & Austec Wealth Management, John spent eight years with a Colorado Registered Investment Advisor full-service financial planning firm serving the needs of affluent individuals. John has extensive experience working with business owners in wealth management and their companies.

 “We are passionate about helping clients experience a better, more rewarding and mutually beneficial way of investing.”

John also has family members and relatives, past & present, that have owned from small to very large companies.  Some of these individuals have done exceptionally well and others have learned from valuable disappointing experiences they brought to the next venture.  John is very familiar with the unique dynamics that surround family businesses. 

John spent seven years with Genworth Financial Advisors in Chicago, IL, a federally registered RIA that was a wholly owned subsidiary of Genworth Financial (formerly part of GE Capital), as an analyst, operations and investment committee member. While there, John was awarded the Genworth Compass Chairman’s Award in 2006, which is the highest award of recognition given to a Genworth employee and the Genworth Team Award in 2002.  Working with over 1,100 CPA's and accountants during this period the RIA experienced significant growth of over 30% per year with assets growth to nearly $3 billion through significant changes in sales, operations, processes and procedures.  Much of this success was facilitated by working in a collaborative team environment.