Ryan Sawyer is the principal of Sawyer Investment Management Company in Colleyville, TX, holding the CFA® designation and Series 65 license with 12 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Chapman Hext / White Rock Advisors and Commuter Capital, LP. He also owns and manages an accounting firm, Ryan A. Sawyer, CPA, PLLC. Sawyer Investment Management Company provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual investors, focusing on concentrated portfolios of publicly traded bank holding companies. The firm develops personalized Investment Policy Statements and combines fundamental analysis with a specialized sector focus, managing a modest number of accounts with integrated accounting expertise.

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.

David Zeballos is a financial advisor at Campeones FC LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to founding Campeones FC in 2026, he worked at Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. for three years and TD Ameritrade for ten years. Campeones FC provides ongoing portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on equities, ETFs, and options-based growth and income strategies within a modern portfolio theory framework. The firm emphasizes individualized portfolio management, documenting client risk tolerance and conducting regular account reviews.

Jeremy Heimbigner is an Executive Planning Consultant at Fidelity Investments, where he has been serving since 2025. He specializes in assisting high-level professionals in developing comprehensive wealth plans tailored to their unique goals. Jeremy has extensive experience in the financial services industry, having held various roles at Fidelity Investments since 2014, including Benefits & Planning Consultant, Executive Services; Retirement Solutions Representative; Investment Solutions Representative; Retirement Representative; and Financial Representative. Prior to joining Fidelity, he worked as an Associate Financial Planner at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC from 2011 to 2014 and completed an internship at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney from 2009 to 2010. He holds a California Insurance License.

Emory Hoover is the sole advisor at Hoover Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Flower Mound, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has eight years of industry experience, having founded the firm in 2015. Hoover Capital Management provides asset management and investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm employs a Global Value Opportunities strategy that integrates quantitative screening with fundamental analysis and offers institutional portfolio management alongside typical individual and trust services.

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 at Atai Capital Management LLC with four years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Askeladden Capital, Tocqueville Asset Management, and Ciera Bank. He also has experience in academic settings, having worked at the University of Texas at Arlington and Coffeyville Community College. Atai Capital Management LLC is an independent, single-advisor firm serving individuals, family offices, and institutions with discretionary asset management. The firm focuses on fundamental analysis and long-term strategies, managing portfolios across a variety of securities and offering performance-based fee arrangements and public performance reporting.

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.

Wheeler Pulliam is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal at Xponify, Inc., an independent firm, and has prior experience with Cetera and Edward Jones. He is also an independent insurance agent. Xponify, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, using a modern portfolio theory approach and preparing written Investment Policy Statements for each client. The firm manages portfolios of mutual funds, fixed income, equities, ETFs, and insurance products, and offers fixed-fee financial planning engagements.

Gabriel Pelphrey is a financial advisor with Stewarded, LLC in Southlake, TX. He holds the Series 66 designation and has 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Stewarded, he worked at Lion Street Financial and Northwestern Mutual. Pelphrey is also owner of Strategic Legacy Partners, LLC and Verity Capital, which focus on deferred compensation services and introducing institutional investors to alternative investments. Stewarded, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and consulting to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm also offers retirement plan consulting for nonqualified executive benefit arrangements, blending multiple analytical approaches and option strategies in its investment process.

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 the sole advisor at Astute Consulting, LLC in Flower Mound, TX. He has professional experience spanning various roles since 2016, including positions at BMA Capital Management Limited, Kaplan Dubai Limited, and his own financial-education business, Astute Consultancy FZ-LLC. Astute Consulting, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management. The firm utilizes technical analysis and primarily invests through exchange-traded funds, offering tailored portfolios and performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Jill Taylor Gordon is the sole advisor at Taylor Financial Consulting in Lantana, TX, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 24 years of industry experience. She has led her firm since 1996 and also serves as CEO of two separate businesses: a home construction and remodeling company and a dealer in gold and silver coins and bullion. Taylor Financial Consulting provides portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and businesses. The firm emphasizes fundamental security analysis and a combination of short- and long-term investments, managing client accounts on a non-discretionary basis and utilizing third-party tools from Buckingham Strategic Partners for asset allocation, reporting, and rebalancing services.

Jeffrey Steiner is the principal of Second Opinion Financial and holds a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Prior to founding Second Opinion Financial in 2022, he worked at UT Southwestern Medical Center for 15 years. He is also co-owner of Two Pugs Publishing, a self-publishing education business he has been involved with since 2012. Second Opinion Financial, established in 2023, provides investment management, financial planning, and educational seminars primarily to individuals, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a passive investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services alongside subscription-based planning and monitoring.

James Still is a CFP® professional with 13 years of experience in financial advising. He has led JASI Financial, Inc. since 2012 and concurrently works as a consultant with Andrea M Still, CPA PC, a non-investment related CPA firm. JASI Financial, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and retirement plan sponsors and participants. The firm employs a buy-and-hold, long-term investment strategy focused on diversified asset allocation using primarily low-cost, passively managed funds and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Samir Patel is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Askeladden Capital Management LLC since 2015. Askeladden Capital is an independent, single-advisor firm that provides discretionary portfolio management through separately managed accounts and manages private funds for institutional clients such as trusts, family offices, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach focused on micro-, small-, and mid-cap equities over a multi-year horizon and incorporates AI-assisted research tools in its process.

Britton Taylor is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience and operates Taylor & Taylor Financial Services in Keller, TX. He has been associated with Taylor & Taylor Financial Services since 2000 and is also involved with the Church of God a Worldwide Association and the United Church of God. Additionally, he provides tax preparation services as a sole proprietor. Taylor & Taylor Financial Services offers comprehensive financial planning and investment advice primarily to individual pre-retirees and retirees, as well as corporations and trusts. The firm employs a detailed planning process to create individualized plans covering retirement, tax, estate, and risk management, and manages portfolios across various asset classes.

Damon Wykrent is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience and operates as the sole advisor at Wykrent, Damon, an independent firm based in Flower Mound, TX. Since 2009, he has also maintained a consulting and expert witness practice unrelated to investment advisory services. Wykrent, Damon manages approximately $21.3 million across 21 client relationships, serving individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach is grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing broad diversification through mutual funds and ETFs, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management along with comprehensive financial planning services.

Christopher Weimer is the principal of Weimer Financial Advisors LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Southlake, TX. He holds a Series 65 credential and has over 30 years of experience in business, primarily with Enterprise Holdings Inc. before founding his advisory practice in 2025. Weimer Financial Advisors LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm offers both ongoing advisory engagements and one-time project consultations, employing a long-term investment approach supplemented by tactical portfolio adjustments, and uses a fee model based on negotiated fixed, subscription, or hourly planning fees.

Grant Augustini is a financial advisor at Vivid Wealth Management LLC in Southlake, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. He has worked in financial services since 2018, including roles at New York Life Insurance Company and Vivid Financial Group. In addition to his advisory work, Grant spends approximately half of his time as a licensed insurance agent. Vivid Wealth Management LLC provides investment advice to individuals and high-net-worth clients by recommending and coordinating with third-party money managers rather than managing portfolios directly. The firm assists clients in selecting appropriate managers, handling account paperwork, and monitoring performance, while operating through formal referral relationships.