Alireza Asayesh is the sole advisor at Sea Breeze Analytics in San Carlos, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. He has been self-employed since 2012 and also works as an integrated circuit electronic consultant outside of the investment field. Sea Breeze Analytics provides personalized investment management services to individuals and small businesses, combining fundamental, quantitative, and statistical analysis to implement strategic asset allocation and portfolio diversification on a discretionary basis. The firm operates as a fee-only adviser and serves both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients.

Zhaokun Yang is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Plutus Wealth Management. His prior experience includes roles at M Holdings Securities and FW Group, LLC, where he also engages in managing Chinese restaurant operations. In addition to his financial advisory work, he acts as a financial analyst for Wellspring Consulting, focusing on portfolio analysis and financial research. Plutus Wealth Management offers portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities. The firm utilizes a combination of technical and fundamental analysis across various strategies and provides performance-based fee arrangements and pension plan consulting services.

Tan Phan is a CFP® professional with 14 years of experience in financial services. He is the principal of TAN Wealth Management in San Francisco, a firm he has led since 2018. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Pruco Securities and Prudential Insurance Company of America for seven years. Phan also teaches graduate-level financial planning at Golden Gate University's Ageno School of Business and works as an independent licensed insurance agent. In addition, he provides home care services through Alameda County. TAN Wealth Management offers wealth management and comprehensive financial planning to individual investors, families, and small businesses, delivering one-time plans, hourly planning, and ongoing monthly retainer subscriptions. The firm partners with a third-party manager for investment implementation on a non-discretionary basis, focusing on a thorough discovery process and long-term asset allocation informed by macroeconomic and fundamental research.

Donald Bussmann is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Velmark Capital Management LLC. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has over 10 years of experience managing the firm, including proprietary trading and investment research. Based in San Francisco, he focuses on customized, active investment management and financial advisory services. Velmark Capital Management is a boutique firm providing bespoke discretionary separately managed accounts to individuals, families, and institutions. The firm combines portfolio management with financial planning and market advice, and it is registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor, enabling the use of futures, commodity, and FX strategies for qualified clients.

Jason Kim is the sole advisor at Rosasharn Investment Management, LLC, an independent firm based in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 11 years of industry experience. Kim is also president of Alpha Gaming, Inc., a business consulting firm. He has been involved with Knighted Ventures, LLC since 2012. Rosasharn Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a long/short equity and global macro strategy using fundamental and technical analysis across multiple asset classes, including derivatives and leverage, with some clients subject to performance-based fees.

Richard Holbrook is the sole advisor at Holbrook Global Strategies in Foster City, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Wells Fargo since 1998. Holbrook Global Strategies manages approximately $160 million, providing discretionary investment management primarily for individuals and families, as well as foundations, trusts, pension plans, and other institutional clients. The firm employs a global, long-term, and diversified investment approach across multiple asset classes, with portfolios tailored to client objectives and the capacity to include private placements and illiquid investments.

Adam Sharma is a financial advisor at Sharma Everyday Finance in Oakland, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior experience in health-care management and consulting, including roles at Central California Alliance for Health and San Francisco Health Plan totaling over a decade. Sharma Everyday Finance provides hourly financial planning, investment consulting, and portfolio management services for individuals and families, serving both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients without account minimums. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing low-cost, diversified allocations and tax-aware planning, with additional offerings that include financial education and group workshops.

Zahid Jafry is a financial advisor at Onus Observer LLC in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 66 designation with six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Rootlogix LLC, Zerodown, Merrill, EvaBot, and Stilt. Onus Observer LLC provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services, including non-discretionary advisory work for third-party managers. The firm customizes portfolios and plans based on client goals, time horizons, and risk tolerances, employing fundamental and cyclical analysis, and offers strategies such as option writing and cash-management platform recommendations.

Marc Werres is a financial advisor at Hinde Group LLC in San Francisco, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Hinde Group since 2015. Hinde Group provides discretionary investment management to individual and institutional clients through separately managed accounts, focusing on a value-oriented, concentrated equity strategy with multi-year holding periods. The firm employs primary fundamental research and uses derivatives, leverage, and cash allocations as risk-management tools, serving a small client base with portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and offering detailed performance reporting.

Byron Spain is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Savi Finance, an independent firm based in San Francisco, CA. He has no prior industry experience before founding Savi Finance in 2025 but held various roles in organizations including Claritas Rx, Bravado Network, and ProductPlan. Outside of his advisory role, he was involved with UC Irvine Recreation from 2016 to 2019. Savi Finance provides discretionary investment management, retirement planning, and financial planning services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a passive, evidence-based investment approach mainly using ETFs and model portfolios, with a subscription and hourly fee structure instead of asset-based fees.

Maosong Fu is a financial advisor with Tianhu Investments in Foster City, CA, holding a Series 65 credential and four years of industry experience. He has prior work experience at Twitter, Inc. and currently works as a software engineer at Samsung Research America, where he designs and develops big data software. Tianhu Investments provides investment supervisory services and discretionary separately managed account management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a process-driven, systematic investment approach based on quantitative analysis and proprietary computer models to manage actively traded, diversified portfolios across multiple asset classes.

Brett Bucher is a CFP® professional with 26 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the sole advisor at Bucher Wealth Advisors, an independent firm he founded in 2010. In addition to his advisory role, he is also an insurance broker. Bucher Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans by providing asset management and financial planning, including separately managed account services and pension consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis in managing portfolios and offers advice primarily on a non-discretionary basis while using the Pontera® platform for held-away retirement accounts.

Robert Stutch is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Fidere in San Francisco, CA, where he has worked since 2009. He is involved in various technology projects, including a smart contract blockchain initiative called DXAnthus. Fidere primarily advises high-net-worth individuals, families, and estates, focusing on restructuring inherited estates, assisting clients during advisor transitions, and supporting technology founders anticipating liquidity events. The firm combines macroeconomic analysis with fundamental and technical investment approaches, offering comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and estate-management/family-office services, alongside an affiliated insurance unit.

Peter Lee is a financial advisor at GP Wealth Management, LLC in Alameda, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with GP Wealth Management since 2012. GP Wealth Management provides asset management and portfolio supervision for individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporate entities. The firm tailors portfolios to clients’ financial situations and objectives, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside strategic and tactical asset allocation.

Robert Beck is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with Lemniscate Partners Advisory LLC, where he has worked since 2026. His prior experience includes roles at ICONIQ Capital, Adero Partners, Private Management Group, Inc., Bryant Stibel, and Pepperdine University. Lemniscate Partners Advisory LLC is a newly established registered investment adviser that serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm focuses on clients such as fund partners, entrepreneurs, and technology employees with professional concentration exposures, offering personalized investment management alongside financial planning and access to independent third-party advisers.

Tony Pico is the sole advisor at Pico Associates in Oakland, CA, where he has worked since 2005, accumulating 21 years of industry experience. Pico Associates provides retirement income planning, portfolio management, and educational IRA services for individual and family clients. The firm emphasizes diversified allocations using mainly no-load mutual funds and ETFs, with ongoing monitoring and proprietary fund analysis conducted by the principal. It operates as a fee-only adviser with a primarily non-discretionary implementation model and serves a small client base.

Jeffrey Conn is an advisor at Phil Advisors LLC with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has experience at multiple firms including Fusion Laboratories LLC and BroadWest Partners, as well as roles at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He also writes business school case studies for Stanford University. Phil Advisors LLC provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to nonprofit organizations, foundations, and charitable entities, using a rules-based process supported by an online platform that tailors model-based strategies to each client’s financial data and liquidity needs.

I launched Focused Finances, a sole proprietorship, in 1994 and transitioned to Focused Finances, LLC, in 2004. My objective then and now is to help individuals and couples with their financial planning and investment needs. My advice and insight have been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oakland Tribune, the Huffington Post, Real Simple, and the Wall Street Journal, among others. I am a member of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), which is the premiere professional association for fee-only financial planners, and the XY Planning Network (helping advisors serve the other 99% effectively). I am a Certified Financial Planner™ and hold an MBA in Finance from California State University, Hayward (now CSU East Bay). I am also a well-trained and avid musician (my undergraduate degree is in music, and I pursued graduate work as well). I specialize in choral singing and an unusual Baroque instrument – the viola da gamba. I perform with the San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir, California Bach Society, participate in numerous vocal and instrumental music workshops, and informal musical gatherings. For me, music is an important touchstone; it’s one of the ways I keep my life in balance.

Joseph Presti is the sole advisor at Joseph M. Presti Investments in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Series 65 credential and has eight years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2017, he was self-employed for one year. Outside of his financial advisory work, Mr. Presti is a 50% owner and manager of HL Holdings LLC, a business involved in the production and design of clothing and household products. Joseph M. Presti Investments is a fee-based, state-registered sole proprietorship that provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and trusts. The firm employs a value and business-perspective investment approach with a multi-year horizon, focusing on long-term equity ownership identified through proprietary quantitative screens and detailed fundamental analysis.

Paul Roach is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience, operating Roach Investment Services since 2005 in San Mateo, CA. He holds Series 63 and 65 licenses as well. Outside of advisory work, he manages residential real estate investments as a property owner and landlord. Roach Investment Services provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and a variety of business and retirement plan clients. The firm develops customized asset allocations using individual securities and managed investments, serving a broader client base including small businesses and retirement-plan clients.