Michael Kniess

Mark Nicholas is a financial advisor at Transform Retirement with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Newport Group Consulting, Pai Trust Company, Employer Retirement Investment Advisors, and Plan Administrators. Transform Retirement provides advisory services to sponsors of employer-sponsored retirement plans as well as individual clients and families, offering investment management and financial planning. The firm emphasizes pension and profit-sharing plan consulting, serving in technical fiduciary roles and typically employing diversified fund menus and strategic allocations tailored to client goals.

Nathan Barington is the sole advisor at Barington Capital Management, LLC in Green Bay, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 17 years of industry experience. He has led Barington Capital Management since 2016. Barington Capital Management provides discretionary investment supervisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm emphasizes long-term holding strategies supported by charting, fundamental, and technical analysis, while maintaining flexibility for short-term trading when appropriate.

Kenneth Melotte is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He founded Melotte Financial Advisors in 2016 after working at Confluence Wealth Management LLC. The firm serves individuals and families, offering comprehensive financial planning, retirement and IRA consulting, portfolio management, and estate and lifetime gifting analysis. Melotte Financial Advisors combines a long-term strategic asset-allocation approach with an optional Tactical Growth strategy, utilizing a mix of low-cost index funds and selective active strategies to manage risk and enhance returns.

Joseph Martin is a CFP® and CFA® charterholder with 14 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at GoalBridge Wealth Management, LLC since 2018 and previously spent three years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. GoalBridge Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with comprehensive financial planning. The firm’s investment process integrates multiple analytical methods and focuses on a long-term trading horizon tailored to each client’s objectives.

Mark Flatow is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with 18 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Revise Capital LLC in Green Bay, WI, and has previously worked at firms including Drake & Associates, Inscription Family Office, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and UBS Financial Services. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a portfolio manager at Associated Bank’s trust company. Revise Capital LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and manages a pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a blend of quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis with both long- and short-term trading strategies, focusing on customized and concentrated portfolios.

John Kopp is a financial advisor at Kopp Financial with 12 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He also works full time as the Director of Enterprise Applications at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, an IT management role unrelated to investment advising. Prior to this, he worked at Ellucian for six years. Kopp Financial provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes diversified portfolios with a preference for low-cost index-style investments and fundamental analysis, tailoring strategies to clients’ risk tolerance, income needs, and time horizons.