Austen joined Security Financial Management in 2015. He holds the designation of Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®). He graduated from the A.B. Freeman School at Tulane University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management while also lettering 4 years for Tulane's football team. He continued his postgraduate education at the University of Stirling in Scotland earning a MS in Business Management.
Austen is active with the Orange County East Rotary Club and St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park.
He holds the Series 7, Series 66, life, health, and variable annuity licenses.