Kenneth Freeman

Experienced Adjunct Professor Of Finance with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, Valuation, Corporate Finance, and Private Equity. Strong education professional with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick.

Ken Freeman understands how Wall Street works. From its powerful allure and its intensity, to the skills and connections it requires of young people with ambitions of working there.

At Rutgers Business School, he demonstrated his drive, graduating with a 4.0 grade point average as a finance major. For inspiration, he kept a collection of famous quotes taped to the ceiling over his bed so they were the last words he saw every night. When he graduated, he wasn’t disappointed: He went to work at Deutsche Bank as an investment banking analyst.

"I just wanted to get out there and get a job and make money," said Freeman, who graduated in 2003 and now draws on his Wall Street experience to prepare Rutgers students for jobs in the world’s largest investment firms.

Freeman spent nearly three years working as an associate at Value Architects Asset Management after Deutsche Bank. He decided to leave Wall Street in 2011 after the 2008 financial crisis "dried up business" and began exploring different options, including life as a consultant and an entrepreneur. He became a real estate broker, acquired a laundromat and contemplated opening a gym.

Freeman has a philosophy that he lives by: Take every opportunity that’s offered to you. So when his former finance professor Ben Sopranzetti called and asked if he could teach financial modeling, his reply was immediate: Of course, he could.

His first job at Rutgers Business School was teaching financial modeling to MBA students. He also teaches corporate finance to undergraduate business students. And last year, he took on the responsibility of teaching a mandatory financial modeling course for students in three-year-old Road to Wall Street Program.

With Road to Wall Street, the idea was to supplement the mentoring, the mock interviews and career guidance the program offers with practical training that would equip students with skills as well as polish. "They’re learning the exact same skill set that’s being taught to analysts," Freeman said.