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Frederick Pearson is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. He operates as a self-employed advisor through his independent firm, Pearson, Frederick, Norman Jr., based in Poway, CA. His firm provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual investors, focusing on IRA accounts. The investment strategy centers on income through dividend-paying stocks and ETFs, with a smaller allocation to growth equities managed under a strict money-management framework.

John Malaney is a financial advisor at Engineering Financial Independence, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has a background as a Program Manager at General Atomics, where he worked for fourteen years. Engineering Financial Independence, Inc. provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $5.0 million across a small number of relationships. The firm offers a free subscription service featuring general investor commentary, and employs an investment approach that includes fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, quantitative methods, long-term equity strategies, options trading, mutual funds, ETFs, and fixed income.

Earl Wong is a financial advisor at Spirit Global Investment Advisors, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Spirit Global since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he manages One Road Media Ventures, focusing on developing and distributing global media projects with an emphasis on partnerships in Asia. Spirit Global Investment Advisors serves family offices, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and institutional investors with integrated wealth management, combining public-market portfolio management, alternative fund access, and institutional-grade digital asset services. The firm employs a manager-of-managers approach with significant allocations to alternatives and digital assets, primarily targeting sophisticated and institutional mandates.

Scott Melbrod is the principal advisor at Taxable Wealth in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. Before founding Taxable Wealth in 2019, he worked at M Wealth Management, LLC and National Planning Corporation. He is also a managing member of SH Partners, LLC, a real estate management business. Taxable Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, also serving corporate and business clients. The firm uses a passive investment approach focused on low-cost index funds combined with fundamental analysis, offers portfolio management including third-party managers, and sponsors affiliated private real estate investment vehicles.

John Goodrich is a CFP® and ChFC® with 25 years of experience in financial advising. He has been the principal of Goodrich Financial Group, LLC in Escondido, CA since 2006. Outside of advising, he owns a single-family townhouse rental property in San Diego. Goodrich Financial Group provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, and select corporate clients. The firm employs a blend of asset allocation and multiple analytical methods, using both long- and short-term strategies and active instruments such as options and margin transactions.

Christopher Ward is a financial advisor with Ward Capital Management LLC in Escondido, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Ward Capital Management in 2014, he worked at Chronos Corporation, FFEC Wealth Partners LLC, Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc., Quick & Reilly, Inc., and A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Ward Capital Management provides investment advisory and retirement plan services to individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, institutional retirement plans, nonprofits, foundations, corporations, small businesses, and churches. The firm manages portfolios using a single stock model supplemented by bonds and employs both fundamental and technical analysis, while also offering fiduciary consulting and participant education for plan clients.