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Nirav Desai is the sole advisor at Qubera Wealth Management, an independent registered investment adviser based in Pasadena, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience, including prior work at Conversant / ADS Inc. Outside of his advisory role, Desai manages a small portfolio of investment properties in Indiana and California. Qubera Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, investment companies, and corporate clients. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation using Modern Portfolio Theory, primarily employing low-cost index funds and selected individual securities, with global diversification and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

After 15+ years as a financial planner working for high net worth families and successful business owners, I decided to follow my dream of starting my own firm, to serve people like myself: ambitious, increasingly complex life, and curious to examine my relationship to money. A true high-touch concierge service to go beyond the numbers by understanding what you want from life and what motivates you. We specialize working with AAPI and underserved communities, to undercover your money story to get a deeper meaning of your values and priorities.

Hi, I'm Louis Guajardo. I’m the founder of Moonshot Planning, a financial planning firm built specifically for creators, freelancers, and self-employed professionals - the people traditional finance tends to overlook. My journey started when I saw firsthand how the industry dismissed talented creators who didn’t fit the usual model. I watched a young creator making more than many people twice her age, yet she had no retirement plan, no tax strategy, and no financial roadmap. When I asked how we could help her, I was told to just ignore her. That stuck with me. After passing my CFP® exam and launching my own firm, Brighter Days Planning, I realized I’d built something safe and predictable - like everyone else. But when that same creator came back, signed up, and started referring her friends after we built her plan, everything changed. I realized this wasn’t just a niche; this was the entire point. So I burned it down and rebuilt, and that’s how Moonshot Planning was born. Today, I’m committed to serving the creators, freelancers, and self-employed people that the rest of the industry has overlooked, helping them build personalized financial plans that actually fit their lives and careers. Outside of work, I stay active and creative. I train in jiu-jitsu and boxing, skateboard, draw, and listen to music, all of which help me stay balanced, focused, and energized both personally and professionally.

Kathleen Phan is a financial advisor with Stirlingshire Investments, holding Series 7 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at LPL Financial LLC and National Planning Corporation. She also sells variable annuities through RetireOne Investment Services LLC. Stirlingshire RIA LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and other entities, serving both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a diverse investment approach combining quantitative, fundamental, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses and offers access to a wide range of investment types, including mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, REITs, private placements, and alternative vehicles.

Prab Marwah spent a decade in startup growth marketing before becoming a financial advisor — which means he has strong opinions about burn and churn rates, a soft spot for founders, and a firsthand understanding of what it's like to be great at your job and still feel completely lost when it comes to your money. He works at RYSE Financial, a firm his mother Opinder founded in Southern California. It's a small, relationship-first practice that works with high earners in tech and healthcare, business owners, and solopreneurs — people with real income, real complexity, and not nearly enough hours in the day to figure out what to actually do with it. He takes the work seriously. Himself, a little less so. Outside the office, you'll find him deep in a golf round he definitely could've played better, rewatching an anime he's already seen twice, or rekindling his love for music and DJing. He's based in Los Angeles and works with clients both virtually and in-person. Securities and investment advisory services offered through Osaic Wealth, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Osaic Wealth is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of Osaic Wealth. Osaic Wealth does not provide tax or legal advice. Osaic Wealth, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA member broker-dealer serving a diverse client base that includes individual investors, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a range of investment tools and platforms to provide advisory and brokerage services through a large network of financial advisers.

Ryan Miyamoto is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience and currently operates as the sole advisor at Derive Wealth in Pasadena, CA. His prior work includes a two-year tenure at StashClass LLC before focusing on Derive Wealth since 2016. Derive Wealth provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach using low-cost indexed funds and targeted satellite holdings, with a billing model based on fixed advisory fees rather than asset-based percentages.