Stacey Parnum

Qubera Wealth Management is a fee-only fiduciary RIA in Pasadena, California, serving clients nationally since 2012. I work mainly with tech executives and professionals who hold RSUs, ESPPs, and concentrated company stock, along with physicians, business owners, and women in tech. The core of the practice is planning around equity compensation and the tax strategy that goes with it: timing vesting and sales, reducing a concentrated position without triggering unnecessary tax, and using tools like exchange funds, oil and gas deductions, QSBS, and Qualified Opportunity Zones where they fit. Portfolios are built with quantitative models and factor-based frameworks, and my own retirement assets are invested in the same strategies I build for clients. I offer hourly planning starting at $350, comprehensive plans from $1,600 to $7,500, and ongoing management on a published fee schedule. No commissions, no product sales. Every client has my direct line, and I sign a fiduciary pledge for each one. Qubera Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, 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.

Sevada Zadooryan is a financial advisor at LPL Financial with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including Mechanics Bank, CUSO Financial Services, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Bank of America. LPL Financial is a national broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plan participants, banks, trust companies, and other institutions. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, including financial planning, model portfolio programs, and institutional platforms, supported by a large network of investment adviser representatives.

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.

Adam Klein is the sole advisor at ABK Management LLC, an independent firm based in Encino, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 11 years of experience, including a two-year tenure at Brentwood School prior to founding his current firm. ABK Management provides tailored portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to individual clients and families. The firm employs an active, two-step investment approach focused on asset allocation informed by macroeconomic and client-specific factors, combined with fundamental security selection, and typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis.

Juan Salazar is a financial advisor at Fiducia Wealth Management in Pasadena, CA, with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at LPL Financial LLC for 10 years. Salazar also owns an insurance agency offering life, health, disability, long-term care, fixed annuities, and property and casualty insurance. Fiducia Wealth Management serves individual investors, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and retirement plans with discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm combines Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental analysis to build diversified portfolios and employs options strategies in some accounts.

Bruno Calisto Miranda is the sole advisor at BMCM Finance, an independent firm based in Glendale, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has five years of industry experience, including over a decade at First Quadrant LP. In addition to investment management, he provides tax advice and preparation services as an enrolled agent. BMCM Finance offers discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, institutions, and pension plans, with an investment approach that includes broad asset class exposures and the use of derivatives for volatility pricing and capital efficiency. The firm also provides tax advice and commodity trading services.