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.

Stephen Hill is a financial advisor with Eagle Financial Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Financial Advisors since 2015 and also manages Stephen F. Hill & Associates LLC, an investment advisory firm he founded in 2003. Outside of advisory services, he is involved with an insurance agency affiliated with Eagle Financial Group. Eagle Financial Advisors is an independent advisory firm with a seven-advisor team serving individuals, trusts, corporations, and other entities. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning services, and assists clients in selecting third-party managers, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis in its investment approach.

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.

Brian Neff Sr. is a financial advisor with Fiduciary Wealth Management, LLC., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Fiduciary Wealth Management since its founding in 2017 and also leads an independent insurance brokerage, Insurance Suite, LLC, which he co-founded in 2006. Fiduciary Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans by providing financial planning, participant account advice, and referrals to third-party money managers. The firm emphasizes a model that combines third-party manager referrals with discretionary oversight of participant accounts and maintains an affiliation with insurance activities through its principal.

Pranav Shingala is a financial advisor at Prudent Prosperity with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. He previously worked at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. for ten years and has held roles at several other firms including MyTimeEquity, LLC and Tax Planning Consultants LLC. He also owns Prudent Wealth Solutions, LLC, a firm providing accounting and tax preparation services. Prudent Prosperity offers investment management services primarily to pooled vehicles and institutional clients, while also providing subscription-based and customized financial planning, tax, and estate planning services to individual households. The firm’s approach combines Modern and Post-Modern Portfolio Theory with a focus on long-term, tax-aware ETF allocations and selective use of alternative investments.

Narasimha Vulisetti is a financial advisor at Y2K Financial LLC in Frisco, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. He has worked at Y2K Financial since 2020 and concurrently serves as a systems architect in software development at Bank of America. Prior to his advisory and banking roles, he spent nine years at Pegasystems Inc. Y2K Financial LLC provides financial planning and investment consultation primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on written plans and allocation guidance rather than ongoing portfolio management. The firm uses fundamental analysis and a Modern Portfolio Theory framework with a Core + Satellite approach, emphasizing globally diversified, tax-efficient, low-cost investment vehicles.

Jose Medina is a financial advisor at J I Medina Investments, LLC in Frisco, TX, with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Guardian Life, Fidelity Investments, Symmetry Financial, Infosys, and Revature. Outside of financial advising, he provides junk removal services as an independent contractor. J I Medina Investments offers investment advice and financial planning to individuals, small businesses, and non-profit organizations. The firm’s investment approach integrates fundamental and technical analysis, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, and options, with portfolios managed on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Michael Doyle is a CFA® charterholder and principal of Legacy Harbor in Plano, TX, with 21 years of experience in the financial industry. He also owns and operates Michael B. Doyle, PC, providing accounting, tax, and CPA services, as well as the Law Offices of Michael Doyle, PLLC, offering attorney services. Michael has been active in these professional roles since the early 1990s. Legacy Harbor is an independent advisory firm serving individual, high-net-worth, and corporate clients with discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, offers access to third-party managers, and invests across a range of asset classes including mutual funds, equities, fixed income, ETFs, REITs, and select alternatives such as agricultural commodities.

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.

David Cannon is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with seven years of experience in financial advising and accounting. He is the sole advisor at David Rhodes Cannon, C.P.A., LLC, a firm he has led since 2023, following eight years at Cain Watters & Associates, LLC. David Rhodes Cannon, C.P.A., LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, and accounting and tax-preparation services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses written investment policy statements to document client objectives and constraints and emphasizes well-diversified investment strategies with both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Karen Ehmke is the principal of Springwood Financial Advisors, an independent firm based in Dallas, TX. She holds the PFS™ designation and a Series 65 license, with 22 years of industry experience. Since 2004, she has led Springwood Financial Advisors, which she operates as a single-advisor firm. Springwood Financial Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, small businesses, and corporate pension plans. The firm emphasizes a long-term, evidence-based investment approach using low-turnover passive funds and model portfolios, and offers additional services including accounting-affiliated tax support and employee benefit plan consulting.

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.

Lance Riddle is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience and the sole advisor at Optimal Wealth Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX. He has led the firm since 2009 and also works as an independent insurance agent. Optimal Wealth Advisors serves individual investors, including many high-net-worth clients, providing financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a relatively conservative investment approach focused on asset allocation frameworks and tailors strategies based on client goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon.

James Crank is the managing partner of J C Texas Investment Advisors, Ltd., an independent firm based in Dallas, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 22 years of experience in investment advisory services. Prior to founding his firm in 2003, Mr. Crank has been involved in multiple business ventures, including real estate and oil and gas partnerships, and serves as co-trustee for several family trusts. J C Texas Investment Advisors, Ltd. provides discretionary investment advisory services primarily through separately managed accounts to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional accounts. The firm’s investment approach is based on fundamental analysis and typically involves concentrated equity and fixed-income portfolios designed to align with each client’s objectives and risk profile.

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.

Kelley Douglas is a financial advisor at StoneBridge Wealth Management, LLC in Frisco, TX, with 27 years of industry experience. He has held Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with StoneBridge since 2008. StoneBridge Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing primarily passive and evidence-based mutual funds and ETFs, with significant use of Dimensional Fund Advisors funds.

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.

Jonathan Mazur is a financial advisor with Luke Financial Company, LLC in Ft. Worth, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 20 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Zachary Financial, LLC and Luke Financial Company LLC since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, he operates JUNGLETREK, a career services firm, and is involved in the sale of life, health, and annuity insurance products as an owner and insurance agent at Zachary Financial, LLC. Luke Financial Company provides investment management and financial planning primarily for individual and high net worth clients. The firm employs a range of strategies including discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and educational seminars, and distinguishes itself by integrating insurance services and utilizing borrowing and derivatives in managed accounts.

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.