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.

Henry Smith is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 25 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at HV Capital Advisors LLC since 2012, based in Dallas, TX. HV Capital Advisors LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a multifaceted investment approach, combining fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis, and offers a wide range of investment options managed in-house.

Mohammed Merchant is a financial advisor at INAEYA Wealth Management LLC, holding a Series 65 credential with five years of industry experience. Prior to his advisory role, he spent four years retired and engaged in volunteer work. INAEYA Wealth Management offers discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term investment focus, tailoring portfolio construction and supervision to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

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.

Stephen Hozie is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Hozie Consulting, an independent firm based in Coppell, TX. Prior to founding Hozie Consulting, he worked at Mills Wealth Advisors, LLC from 2017 to 2018. In addition to his advisory role, Hozie is a licensed CPA and provides tax preparation, accounting, and financial analysis services through his CPA firm. Hozie Consulting serves individual clients, including business owners, executives, retirees, and their families, offering wealth management, financial planning, portfolio management, and accounting services such as tax return preparation and fractional CFO work. The firm emphasizes a long-term, market-based investment approach using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with portfolios constructed for value and tax efficiency.

Clayton Kohl is the sole advisor at Sunsage Capital Management in Grapevine, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at Sunsage Capital, LLC since 2001. Sunsage Capital Management provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate and institutional clients. The firm employs a proprietary combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct portfolios emphasizing growth and dividend-growth equities and substantial foreign exposure, with a notable focus on direct foreign and private-market securities.

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.

Michael Awosemusi is a financial advisor at Empowerment Financial Advisors LLC in Irving, TX, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Edward Jones and Brandon K. Moore Financial, LLC. He serves on several nonprofit and civic boards in the Irving area, including the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce and the Baylor Scott and White Irving Foundation. Empowerment Financial Advisors provides asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individual, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis along with modern portfolio theory, offering tailored investment strategies and ongoing supervision, including discretionary trading when authorized.

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.

Vishnu Gupta is a financial advisor at NEK Financial Inc in Irving, TX, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with NEK Financial Inc since its founding in 2015. NEK Financial Inc provides discretionary investment management for individuals, families, IRAs, corporate entities, trusts, and other legal business entities, tailoring portfolios to clients’ objectives and risk profiles. The firm employs an institutional-style options trading approach focused on delta-neutral strategies, using technical and cyclical analysis with performance-based compensation.

Michael Kremer is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Therawealth, LLC and has prior experience at firms including Fidelity Investments, Strategic Advisers, Inc., and Eagle Strategies LLC/Nylife Securities LLC. He is also a licensed insurance agent involved in non-registered insurance products. Therawealth, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and estate-planning services. The firm emphasizes a long-term trading orientation and employs various methods of analysis while requiring client approval for transactions.

William Hubble is a Certified Financial Planner® with 25 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Sequoia Private Wealth Management, LLC since 2015. Sequoia Private Wealth Management provides fee-based discretionary investment management and employee benefit plan advisory services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm’s investment approach is grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and utilizes a long-term, buy-and-hold asset allocation strategy primarily implemented with passively managed mutual funds and model portfolios aligned with clients’ written investment policy statements.

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.

Craig Turner is the sole advisor at Ranchwood Capital Management in Coppell, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. Prior to founding Ranchwood Capital Management in 2017, he worked at Bell Helicopter - TEXTRON for eight years. He is also involved in Ranchwood Outdoors, a landscaping business serving the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Ranchwood Capital Management is an independent, single-advisor firm that provides discretionary portfolio management for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients. The firm employs a long-term, value-oriented equity strategy focused on capital preservation and concentrated positions, managing separately tailored accounts rather than broad diversification.

Paul Streiber is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at PRS Wealth Management in Coppell, TX. He has worked at PRS Wealth Management since 2009, with prior roles at Heritage Financial Planning and Talis Advisory Services. PRS Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on discretionary portfolio management and customized financial plans. The firm employs Modern Portfolio Theory to build client-specific allocations and uses a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income instruments, and annuities, with an investment approach that includes margin and options trading.

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, with over seven years of experience in financial consulting and training. His prior roles include positions at Kaplan Professional Middle East and IFT (Financial Training), as well as experience in research and banking sectors. He is also involved in financial training activities alongside his advisory work. Astute Consulting, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management services tailored to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing technical analysis and primarily exchange-traded funds within customized model portfolios. The firm emphasizes individualized trade execution and offers both performance-based and asset-based fee arrangements.