Todd Zint had a plan. Back in 1998, after three and a half years as one of 24 meeting planners for Santa Ana, Calif. — based technology company Ingram Micro, he knew that the only way he could move up in his meeting planning career was to leave the company. So, he took a position at Newport Beach, Calif. — based Equitable Distributors, LLC (the wholesale distribution arm of Equitable) as manager of meeting planning, not only moving up the ladder as a planner but beginning his specialization in the financial services sector. Two years later, he hit pay dirt when AXA Financial purchased Equitable and he was asked to be director of meeting planning. The catch? The position was located in New York.

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