Brian Phillips is a financial advisor with Phillips Ray Capital Management, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 29 years of industry experience, including 24 years with his current firm. Phillips Ray Capital Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, using customized investment policies and a range of instruments tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Tempest Williams is the principal advisor at The Tempest Financial Group PLLC in Fort Worth, TX, with 13 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and previously worked at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) from 2016 to 2019. Outside of financial advising, Williams owns and manages Storm Catering & Smoked Meats, a catering company specializing in smoked meats. She also serves as an officer of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Alumni Association, supporting her alma mater and local schools. The Tempest Financial Group provides comprehensive financial planning, insurance strategies, and consulting primarily through virtual engagements for individuals, high-net-worth households, and business owners. The firm emphasizes a planning-led approach and fundamental analysis to guide asset allocation and investment recommendations, offering services such as retirement and estate planning, tax planning, business succession, and educational seminars.

Bradford Sylve is a CFP® professional with 30 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with DFW Wealthcare Advisors, LLC since 2017 and is also the owner of DFW Strategic College Funding Solutions, which offers college admission and financial aid planning. Additionally, he operates a CPA practice providing tax and accounting services and sells various insurance products. DFW Wealthcare Advisors is a fee-based financial planning and investment management firm serving individual clients and retirement plans. The firm employs fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory in portfolio construction, offers discretionary and non-discretionary management, and provides ERISA plan consulting with limited-scope 3(21) fiduciary advice.

Duane Francis is the sole advisor at Francis Capital Management, Inc., an independent firm based in Flower Mound, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2005. Francis Capital Management provides investment and wealth management services to individuals, families, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages discretionary, customized portfolios using fundamental and technical analysis, focusing on long-term investments in individual equities, fixed-income securities, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Matthew Mckinney is a financial advisor at Arcon Wealth Management with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Arcon Wealth Management since 2007. In addition to his advisory role, he is active as a licensed insurance agent, focusing on non-variable insurance products. Arcon Wealth Management, operating as Impact Investments, provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes market efficiency and asset allocation, implementing long-term investment strategies across a range of asset classes while operating under discretionary trading authority with quarterly reviews.

Tory Giddens is a financial advisor at Fort Eagle Wealth Management with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Fortis Capital Advisors, Westlake Wealth Management, and Edward Jones. Giddens also engages in fixed insurance product sales on a limited basis. Fort Eagle Wealth Management is an independent advisory firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and other advisers. The firm offers tailored portfolio management, financial planning, and insurance products, employing investment strategies informed by Modern Portfolio Theory and a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analyses.

Ryan Sawyer is the sole advisor at Sawyer Investment Management Company and holds the CFA® designation along with a Series 65 license. He has 12 years of industry experience and previously worked at Chapman Hext / White Rock Advisors and runs an accounting firm, Ryan A. Sawyer, CPA, PLLC. His accounting firm provides audit and business management services. Sawyer Investment Management Company is an independent, state-registered advisory firm serving individual investors with discretionary portfolio management. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis, concentrating client assets primarily in publicly traded bank holding companies, and constructs tailored investment plans based on clients’ risk tolerance and goals.

Shane Wilkins is the sole advisor at Wilkins Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Fort Worth, TX. He holds a Series 65 credential and has three years of experience in financial advising. Wilkins also works as a Management Analyst for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he applies Lean Six Sigma methodologies and serves as an instructional cadre for process improvement projects. Prior to his advisory role, he spent three years at Fordham University. Wilkins Advisors serves private individuals, families, trusts, small businesses, retirement plans, and other business entities, providing financial planning, discretionary asset management, and portfolio supervision. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach combining value-oriented and passive strategies, guided by fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, with services tailored through client-specific Investment Policy Statements.

Lucian Ioja is a financial advisor with Oris Wealth Designs LLC in Southlake, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with seven years of industry experience. He has been with Oris Wealth Designs since 2020 and also maintains a role at Fountainhead Capital Management, LLC. Outside of investment management, he is a self-employed insurance broker licensed since 1998, focusing on long-term care, disability, life, and annuities insurance products. Oris Wealth Designs LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts and estates. The firm constructs portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerance and offers standalone financial plans or plans bundled with advisory services.

Richard Stroud is the principal advisor at Stroud Investment Consulting with 47 years of industry experience. He previously worked at UBS Financial Services and JPMorgan Securities. Stroud holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is also a licensed insurance agent, dedicating a portion of his time to insurance sales. Stroud Investment Consulting is an independent, single-advisor firm offering discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to individuals, families, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm employs a mix of quantitative and qualitative analysis, modern portfolio theory, and charting to construct diversified portfolios across various securities.

Ricardo Rivas Alas is the sole advisor at Lambda Wealth Management LLC in Fort Worth, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been in the financial advisory industry since 2025. Prior to founding Lambda Wealth Management, he has worked at Corning Optical Communications LLC for several years in various roles. Alongside his advisory duties, he maintains a full-time engineering management position at Corning Optical Communications. Lambda Wealth Management LLC provides continuous investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to build diversified portfolios, primarily advising on traditional investment vehicles without recommending alternative investments or charging performance-based fees.

Laurie Sepanski is a financial advisor at LTS Financial Group in Ft. Worth, TX, with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including FRIE Financial Group, Rhodes Securities, and Meinen Financial Services. LTS Financial Group provides ongoing portfolio management tailored to individual and business clients’ goals, time horizons, and risk tolerances. The firm combines multiple analytical approaches and manages accounts on a discretionary basis, with regular reviews and detailed reporting.

Carlisle Wysong is the sole advisor at Chalk Creek Partners, LLC, a registered investment adviser based in Fort Worth, TX. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 63 license and has six years of industry experience. Prior to founding Chalk Creek Partners in 2017, he spent a year traveling. Chalk Creek Partners manages approximately $29 million in assets and serves individuals, trusts, limited partnerships, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis along with long- and short-term strategies, including options and derivatives, and acts as investment manager to a private pooled fund that pursues long/short, multi-asset approaches.

Kevin Stadtler is the principal of Stadtler Capital Management, LLC in Fort Worth, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He has led Stadtler Capital Management since its founding in 2011. The firm provides discretionary investment advisory services primarily to private pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, registered investment advisors, and other institutional clients. Stadtler Capital Management follows a value-oriented equity approach focusing on large- and mid-cap stocks, incorporating fundamental and technical analysis as well as derivatives strategies, and serves as investment manager to a private partnership formed in 2024.

Michael Kremer is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Therawealth, LLC, having previously worked at firms including Eagle Strategies LLC/Nylife Securities LLC, Strategic Advisers, Inc., and Fidelity Investments. Kremer is also a licensed insurance agent offering non-registered insurance products on a limited basis. Therawealth, LLC advises individual and high-net-worth clients with services including portfolio management, financial planning, and estate planning. The firm provides non-discretionary portfolio management based on a written Investment Policy Statement and employs various analytical methods, emphasizing a long-term trading orientation.

Brandon Daniel is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Atai Capital Management LLC in Bedford, TX, bringing three years of industry experience. He has held roles at Askeladden Capital, Tocqueville Asset Management, Ciera Bank, Breach Inlet Capital, and has teaching experience at the University of Texas at Arlington and Coffeyville Community College. Outside of his advisory work, he conducts research on specific companies, industries, and trends. Atai Capital Management LLC serves a small client base including individuals, family offices, and institutions, providing discretionary asset management focused on fundamental analysis and long-term strategies. The firm operates as a solo practice with roughly a dozen clients and manages approximately $1.33 million in assets, offering publicly presented performance results and utilizing performance-based fee arrangements.

Yashar Samandarli is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Black Sea Investment Group and also holds an engineering management position at Pioneer Natural Resources. Additionally, he works as a real estate agent through HSTEX LLC. Black Sea Investment Group, established in 2023, provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, trusts, and select corporate entities. The firm employs a research-driven approach focused on asset allocation, diversification, security selection, risk management, and regular portfolio reviews.

Byron Green is a CFP® with 47 years of industry experience and has been the sole advisor at Green Investment Management, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX since 1995. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and leads his firm in providing discretionary portfolio management services. Green Investment Management offers model-based portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as other registered investment adviser firms. The firm focuses on asset allocation with a broad range of models that integrate fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, and utilizes specialized strategies including defined-maturity bond ETF ladders and managed-risk buffer ETF approaches.

Before founding SharpEdge Financial, Joel achieved a lifelong dream of playing professional hockey. This unique career path has helped him build the confidence and resiliency needed to launch a financial planning firm. Joel is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP®) and helps his clients with a variety of complex financial planning topics. His specialization in working with young professionals, and especially young attorneys, stems from being married to a former Big Law attorney, now in-house counsel. In fact, prior to his wife, Courtney, leaving Big Law, Joel built a detailed financial plan that gave him and Courtney the confidence they needed to navigate her transition to in-house counsel. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗛𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 Joel spent his youth in Quebec, Canada, where he balanced school and hockey up until he was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2008 NHL Draft. He signed his first professional contract in 2010 and moved to the United States to play for the Avalanche’s affiliate team in Cleveland, OH. This is where he would eventually meet the love of his life, Courtney. Like many professional athletes, his career had highs and lows. To prepare for life after hockey, he pursued a bachelor’s degree during his downtime away from the rink. After playing for seven different teams over nine years, Joel’s last stop was Allen, TX, where he and his family decided to plant roots. Immediately after hanging up his skates, Joel entered the financial services industry and started selling life and disability insurance. His primary focus was to help his clients protect their wealth. He eventually morphed into a more complete financial planner and started advising his clients on how to build wealth as well as how to protect it. Even though he is now a fee-only financial advisor (i.e., he does not receive a commission for selling products), he still keeps that same approach to financial planning: prioritize defensive planning to protect assets, then strategically go on the offensive to grow wealth. Fast forward to today, Joel and Courtney have two boys, Julien and Luca, and a goldendoodle named Harley. He still spends considerable time at the hockey rink either watching, playing, or coaching. And when time allows, he trades his hockey stick for a golf club or a pickleball paddle.

Murtaza Shahbazker is a CFA® charterholder and principal of Astute Consulting, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Flower Mound, TX. He has experience in financial training and consultancy through roles at Astute Consultancy FZ-LLC and Kaplan Professional Middle East, among others. Outside his advisory role, he is involved in financial training and consultancy activities. Astute Consulting, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, creating customized portfolios based on documented client goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance. The firm’s investment approach relies primarily on technical analysis and implements strategies largely through exchange-traded funds and actively traded portfolios, with daily account monitoring and trade-level client notifications.