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Joo Hong Kim is a financial advisor at Solomon Investment Consulting, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, with 25 years of industry experience. He has held roles at the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center and the Pacific Business Exchange Golf Club. Kim holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Solomon Investment Consulting is a fee-only, single-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $27.8 million across about ten client relationships, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning based on valuation and fundamental analysis, with a performance-based fee option available to qualified clients.

Nelson Wu is a financial advisor with Open Square Capital, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Open Square Capital since 2015 and at Open Insights Capital since 2022. Open Square Capital provides discretionary portfolio management to a limited number of high-net-worth individuals through separately managed accounts and manages a private investment limited partnership. The firm employs a value-oriented, fundamental analysis approach with a long-term investment horizon, focusing on concentrated, high-conviction positions.

Dominic Waechter is a financial advisor at MDW Capital Management Corp. in Los Angeles, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. He has worked at Hammelman Capital Management LLC and currently maintains roles in accounting at DLD Accountancy, LLP, and in real estate brokerage and property management. In addition to his advisory work, Waechter is a licensed life insurance agent. MDW Capital Management Corp serves individual and high-net-worth clients through a single-advisor practice that oversees approximately $12.5 million in assets. The firm employs a referral and oversight model, matching clients with third-party discretionary managers and monitoring those externally managed portfolios without directly trading client accounts.

Stephen Kim is a financial advisor with Sierra Madre Partners LLC in Cerritos, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience, including 12 years with Sierra Madre Partners. Sierra Madre Partners provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on a proprietary global all-cap strategy aimed at long-term capital appreciation. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical research and manages accounts on a discretionary basis with client-specific investment guidelines.

Jeffrey Bronchick is a CFA® charterholder and registered investment adviser affiliated with Cove Street Capital, LLC, where he has worked since 2011. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in Hermosa Beach, California. Cove Street Capital, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, high-net-worth clients, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a research-driven, fundamental value investment process with concentrated portfolios and offers customized advisory arrangements, including negotiated performance-based fees for eligible accounts.

I’m John C. Pak, a Certified Financial Planner™ and founder of Otium Advisory Group. My mission is to help time-starved professionals—those who barely have time for lunch—cut through the noise and finally feel confident about their financial future. With a clear, no-fluff approach to retirement readiness, I create simple, effective strategies designed to fit real life—not a textbook. I believe financial planning shouldn’t feel like a second job, so I focus on what matters most, eliminating the jargon and complexity that gets in the way. Aside from my life-long devotion to personal finance, my other passion point is teaching. I've been presenting retirement literacy courses at select Southern California Universities since 2014. I believe… - If you are open to the idea of prioritizing, organizing, and purging, you will save time and money. - If you change the way you see things, you will change the way you do things. - If you find someone to go along with you on your financial journey, you will have more success. Take advantage of the complimentary consultation. I look forward to sharing my vision of how we can get you to the finish line.