Jayanth Kabad is a CFP® professional with 40 years of industry experience, affiliated with JayKay Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Houston, TX. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2008 and has been with JayKay Wealth Advisors since 2003. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for the Jayanth and Kanchan Kabad Private Foundation and is writing a memoir. JayKay Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm typically manages client accounts on a discretionary, long-term basis using modern portfolio theory and model portfolios, with access to third-party money managers and unified managed account wrap programs.

Paresh Jain is a financial advisor at OPPOQUEST with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at OPPOQUEST since 2013. Prior to that, he was affiliated with Texas Southern University for five years. OPPOQUEST provides investment management services to individual and business clients, focusing on portfolio management through a range of model strategies and customized mandates. The firm employs a bottoms-up fundamental analysis approach and incorporates diversified asset classes, including ETFs and options-based strategies.

Robert Cruces is a financial advisor at M&A Wealth with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at several firms, including Brookstone Wealth Advisors and Gradient Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is also involved in insurance sales through Standard Capital Financial. M&A Wealth provides financial planning and portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a variety of investment approaches tailored to client objectives and manages private pooled vehicles, including multi-asset and private-credit funds.

Chung Wu is a CFP® with 24 years of experience in financial advisory. He founded Chung Wu Investment Group, LLC in 2014 after working at Wells Fargo Advisors and A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. He serves as the general partner and manager of the CWIG Total Return Fund, LLC. Chung Wu Investment Group, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, overseeing approximately $147.5 million in discretionary assets. The firm offers tailored portfolio management with a focus on asset allocation, tactical reallocation, and uses a variety of investment vehicles including derivatives and private fund management.

Elizabeth Soto Delgadillo is a CFP® professional with 39 years of industry experience. She currently serves at Verus Financial Group and has previously worked at firms including IFP Securities, Independent Financial Partners, LPL Financial, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Westpark Wealth Advisors, and IMS Securities. Verus Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm employs client-specific Investment Policy Statements and manages accounts using modern portfolio theory combined with qualitative analysis for digital assets.

Dilip John is a financial advisor at M&A Wealth with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase. He is also involved with P&C Life Insurance Agency, LLC. M&A Wealth provides financial planning and portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a variety of investment approaches including internally developed model portfolios. The firm also serves as adviser and affiliated sponsor to private pooled investment vehicles and offers additional services such as retirement plan advice and educational workshops.

Eric Miller is a financial advisor with Increase Consultants LLC in Missouri City, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial LLC from 2016 to 2018 and Equitable Advisors from 2010 to 2016. Outside of advising, he is president of Increase Life Company of America, an insurance agency. Increase Consultants LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, not-for-profit plans, endowments, corporations, and other business entities, managing approximately $14.5 million in assets for around 200 clients. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentally driven, globally diversified investment approach using separately managed accounts and strategic asset allocation, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Milton Thiel Jr. is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving at Trinity Neches since 2016. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and participates as a board member for the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority and the Fort Bend Grand Parkway Toll Road Authority. Trinity Neches offers discretionary private wealth management, financial planning, and corporate retirement plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a blended investment process incorporating fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and manages customized portfolios on a discretionary basis aligned with client goals and risk tolerance.

Matthew Silvey is a financial advisor at Texas Family Wealth, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Texas Family Wealth, he worked at the YMCA and held various roles including positions at Sunny's Pizza and Wings and Clay & Company. Texas Family Wealth serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement plans by providing customized wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs a fiduciary, customized investment approach combining fundamental and technical analysis, typically focusing on long-term strategies and offering a distinctive wrap fee program that includes bundled transaction costs.

Michael Kuznicki is a financial advisor at Ridgeback Capital Management with 27 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked with firms including Ohio National, Genworth, and John Hancock. Kuznicki is also a principal of a CPA firm. Ridgeback Capital Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable institutions by offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party money managers and model portfolios. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and primarily utilizes sub-advisors for discretionary trading and portfolio oversight.

Michael Mc Laughlin is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at ANCAP Financial with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Eagle Strategies, NYLIFE Securities, and Lochton Capital. ANCAP Financial provides fee-only financial planning and wealth management services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a passive, asset-class approach with mutual funds, ETFs, and outside managers, and also offers retirement plan consulting and advisory services.

James Munchbach is a CFP® and ChFC® with 21 years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor at BayRock Financial, L.L.C., where he has worked since 2016, including a period from 2019 to present. Prior to this, he held roles at several firms including Tremont Street Advisors, Archetype Wealth Partners, and STA Wealth Management. In addition to his advisory work, Mr. Munchbach is a part-time Professor of Personal Finance at the University of Houston Bauer College of Business. BayRock Financial, L.L.C. provides fee-only investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, retirees, business owners, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm generally constructs diversified, long-term portfolios and integrates financial planning into advisory relationships, serving a client base notable for its inclusion of retirement plan clients and defined benefit pension plans.

Adam Beaty is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of industry experience. He is a founder and managing partner of Bullogic LLC and has been involved with Bullogic Wealth Management since 2018. Outside of financial advising, he previously operated Quantum Pest Control for 16 years. Bullogic Wealth Management is a small advisory firm serving individual clients and employer plan sponsors. The firm focuses on passive portfolio construction using low-cost index funds and ETFs, combined with fundamental and technical analysis, while also providing comprehensive financial planning and employee benefit-plan services.

David Teel is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Sweetwater Financial Advisors, LLC since 2001. Sweetwater Financial Advisors, LLC manages approximately $95.6 million for about 208 clients through a two-advisor team. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans and government clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and 401(k)/pension consulting. Their investment approach uses model portfolios primarily composed of mutual funds, ETFs, and individual equities, combining fundamental and technical analysis with active management strategies.

Thomas Chen is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Chung Wu Investment Group, LLC since 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in several family businesses, including investment partnerships and equipment sales operations, where he attends partners and board meetings. Additionally, he has worked part-time in marketing activities for a hydraulic equipment manufacturer in the oil and gas industry. Chung Wu Investment Group, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $147.5 million in discretionary assets and combines customized portfolio management with the operation of a private fund, employing a range of investment strategies including derivatives and tactical asset allocation.

Rajesh Chelapurath is the sole advisor at Ceera Investments, LLC in Bellaire, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 20 years of industry experience. He has led Ceera Investments since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, he is the owner and managing member of CeeChat, LLC, a mobile app development project focused on creating a social messaging application. Ceera Investments provides fee-only, discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, charities, retirement funds, and institutional and international clients. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes fundamental analysis and manager philosophy, offering strategies in capital appreciation, equity income, and fixed income, and manages approximately $392 million in regulatory assets.

Harris Hanson is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Texas Family Wealth, LLC and previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. for over a decade. Hanson serves as a board member and finance committee member for the Friendswood Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Texas Family Wealth, LLC provides customized wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fiduciary, long-term focused investment approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis, offering discretionary portfolio management and a distinctive wrap fee program that includes bundled transaction costs.

Robert Barton is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with Lifestyle Wealth and previously worked at Hobart Wealth and Prudential Financial Planning Services. Lifestyle Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, corporations, and other registered investment advisers. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, sub-advisory and third-party manager services, and publishes a monthly market commentary. Portfolios are personalized based on client suitability and may include proprietary and third-party models across various asset classes, with an active role as a model and signal provider to other advisers.

James Alfieri is a financial advisor with Platform Wealth Advisors in Missouri City, TX, holding a Series 66 credential and 27 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services and Hamilton Financial Advisors. Alfieri also serves as a principal and CPA at Hamilton Mercer Advisors, where he oversees office operations and performs accounting duties, and he is a volunteer treasurer for a nonprofit fire company. Platform Wealth Advisors offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, asset-class investing approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and supports advisory services through its affiliation with accounting and consulting practices.

Zachary Azra is a financial advisor at Early McClintic & McMillan, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Environmental Improvements, Inc. and Atlas Copco. In addition to his advisory role, he is licensed to sell insurance through unaffiliated companies and receives commission-based compensation for insurance product sales. Early McClintic & McMillan, LLC serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, retirement plan sponsors, and foundation trustees by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis in its investment process and participates in a wrap-fee Separately Managed Account program through Raymond James Consulting Services.