About Us
Due Diligence Works, Inc. (DDW):
DDW is an independent firm focused on Product Research. We help Broker-Dealers, RIAs, and Wealth Firms provide research and documentation on their product shelf supporting both home office obligations and Financial Professionals. Regulations and client-centric strategies have made our services not only a best practice, but a must in the industry.
DDW researches thousands of products and recommends the best ones for your firm, Financial Professionals, and clients. Our clients tell us, It just makes sense and Why would you want to do this alone?
Over 120 years of industry knowledge, over 80 years of due diligence experience and growing
This is what we do. Due Diligence is hard to do as a part time job, it’s a mind set, needs focus, you need to find out what you don’t know.
When a regulator walks in and asks for your file and records, now it's one phone call away. You don’t have to worry about training new hires, attrition, and rehires (this is how knowledge gets lost).
An independent firm is not beholden to product providers or internal affiliates, you keep the relationship, let the due diligence firm do the leg work and sometimes be the bad guy
There are economies of scale that can be gained in the industry. 100% of due diligence internal costs are driven by number of products not the size of your sales force. We can bring higher quality at a better cost.
Download Material
Meet Our Founders
Michael C. Freeman
President and Co-Founder
Michael C. Freeman is the President and Co-Founder of Due Diligence Works, Inc. He started the firm to take his years of experience in the Bank Channel, Wire House, RIA, and Platform Providers to create a better way.
"Regulatory scrutiny is at an all time high and increasing. There is so much inefficiency and redundant work being done in the industry to comply with the new rules...
Michael C. Freeman
President and Co-Founder
Michael C. Freeman is the President and Co-Founder of Due Diligence Works, Inc. He started the firm to take his years of experience in the Bank Channel, Wire House, RIA, and Platform Providers to create a better way.
"Regulatory scrutiny is at an all time high and increasing. There is so much inefficiency and redundant work being done in the industry to comply with the new rules. By providing a service exclusively dedicated to Due Diligence, the work can be done at a higher quality, with more scale, and more strategic value allowing your organization to focus growth.”
Prior to Due Diligence Works, Inc, he was the Managing Director, Head of Investments for Citi / Smith Barney. He was responsible for Managing the Product Offering, Due Diligence, Views on the Markets, and the Wealth Specialists teams. His Product Management responsibilities include due diligence, management, and distribution of a broad offering including: Mutual Funds, Annuities, Insurance, Capital Markets, Alternatives, Financial Planning, Retirement, Managed Accounts, Brokerage Cash Management, and Lending Products.
Prior to joining Citi, Mr. Freeman was a Managing Director at Ameritrade. In his last role at Ameritrade he was responsible for the Investing Clients and Branch Management. He also held senior roles as Head of Products for Institutional and Investing Clients, Chief Operating Officer of Ameritrade Advisory Services, LLC, and as Director of Amerivest Investment Management, LLC (Robo Advisor). Prior to Ameritrade, Mr. Freeman was involved in several start up organizations both in the US and Europe; prior to which, he was a Management Consultant with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Freeman holds an M.B.A. with honors from Boston University, and a B.S. from Lafayette College.
Jack M. Cramer
Co-Founder
Jack M. Cramer has been consulting with banks, broker-dealers, insurance companies, and mutual fund companies since 1997.
His primary focus has been developing training, marketing, and coaching programs that increase sales by maximizing the efforts and talents of front-line Brokers, their Sales Managers, and the Executive Management Team...