James Christopher Trudden

Paul Biggin is the sole advisor at BIGGIN, INC., an independent firm based in Melville, NY. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations and has four years of industry experience. He has been with BIGGIN, INC. since 2012. BIGGIN, INC. provides personalized investment management primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, using both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and utilizes a variety of strategies, including option writing, while coordinating with clients’ outside professionals as needed.

Michael Reidlinger is a financial advisor at Mountain Creek Capital, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He has held the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Axa Advisors, LLC from 2010 to 2018 before founding Mountain Creek Capital in 2018. Mountain Creek Capital provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and economic analysis to tailor portfolios, incorporating equities, bonds, mutual funds, limited partnerships, and options strategies, with integrated risk management and regular account reviews.

Jonathan Fischer is the principal advisor at Fischer Advisors LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Credit Suisse and S3 Partners before founding his independent firm in 2024. Fischer Advisors LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a combination of long- and short-term trading strategies along with access to private placements and venture capital opportunities. The firm employs an Investment Policy Statement tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance and manages all assets on a discretionary basis.

Siegfried Huhn is the principal of HF Advisory Services, LLC, an independent advisory firm. He holds a Series 65 designation and has four years of industry experience, while operating HF Advisory Services since 1999. In addition to providing investment advice, he is a Certified Public Accountant offering tax preparation and accounting services. HF Advisory Services provides investment advisory services to individual and corporate clients, including pension plans, managing accounts on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. The firm employs a bottoms-up security selection process, utilizing mutual funds, fixed income securities, and individual equities, and offers clients flexibility in portfolio allocation.

Jon Nixon is a Series 65 credentialed advisor with over 13 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Jon A Nixon CPA PC, an independent firm specializing in accounting and tax services. Nixon also owns consulting and tax preparation firms serving international organization employees and operates as a financial operations principal for multiple FINRA member firms. Jon A Nixon CPA PC primarily offers accounting and tax services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and small businesses, coordinating tax and accounting matters with clients’ investment arrangements. The firm refers clients to third-party money managers for investment advice and asset management, maintaining a distinctive structure that focuses on its CPA practice rather than direct asset management.

Joseph Guterding is the sole advisor at The Compounding Co, an independent advisory firm based in Baldwin, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since its founding in 2026. Prior to this role, he has experience in healthcare and education sectors, including positions at New York Home Health Care and St. John's University. The Compounding Co primarily serves individual clients, focusing on young professionals in the early stages of wealth building. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning, optional ongoing advisory membership, and financial education through seminars and workshops, emphasizing long-term diversified investing and non-discretionary planning.