Patrick Lyons has more than a decade of experience as an investment professional. Currently a portfolio manager at NCM Capital Management Group, Inc., Lyons earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Florida A&M University and an M.S. in Management (Finance Concentration) from North Carolina State University. He is author of Map Your Financial Future: Starting the Right Path in Your Teens and Twenties. His investment and personal finance advice has been featured in Black Enterprise magazine, WHUR 96.3 (Washington, DC), the Bev Smith Show, WJZ (CBS Affiliate), WNCN (NBC Affiliate) and Bloomberg Radio. He serves as the stocks editor for msfinancialsavvy.com and does a weekly personal finance segment on WYMM 1530 AM (Jacksonville, FL). Lyons has also taught business finance at Wake Technical Community College and conducted workshops on personal finance for several schools and organizations.