Ryan Munoz is a financial advisor with Clairalpha Advisors LLC in Frisco, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Transc3nd and American Legacy Solutions. Munoz is involved with multiple related businesses including Realta Investment Advisors, Inc. and Trinity Tax Strategies, LLC, which provide investment advisory and tax consulting services. Clairalpha Advisors LLC offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm utilizes a portfolio construction approach based on modern portfolio theory, employing long-term and income strategies tailored to client risk profiles, and delivers investment management through a co-advisory managed-account platform.

Melissa Summitt is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience. She has been the principal at Golconda Capital Management, LLC since 2005. Golconda Capital Management provides advisory services to a private pooled investment partnership and individual clients. The firm manages the pooled vehicle through a fundamentally driven, concentrated long/short equity strategy focused on small- and micro-cap stocks, while offering non-discretionary, advice-only services that emphasize diversified, low-cost index exposures for individual investors.

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.

David Caviness is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in financial advisory. He is the principal of Caviness Wealth Management, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2011. Caviness is also involved as a YouTube Partner, producing content related to investments. Caviness Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities. The firm manages approximately $59 million in discretionary assets and offers tailored portfolios alongside comprehensive planning services, including retirement, estate, charitable, education, and corporate tax planning.

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.

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.

Anthony Tseng is the sole advisor at Caishen Financial, operating under Grand Investment Group LLC. He holds a Series 65 designation and has two years of industry experience. Outside of financial advising, Tseng owns and operates two restaurant businesses, Comfort Foods Group LLC and Mr. Teppan LLC. Caishen Financial serves pooled and institutional clients, as well as individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and other business entities. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial planning services, utilizing a variety of analytical techniques and investment strategies.

Jefferson Wang is a CFP® and Series 65-registered financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is the principal of Gordon Oak Financial, LLC, an independent firm he has been with since 2020. Prior to that, he worked at Cain Watters & Associates and Price Waterhouse Coopers. He is also an accountant and may provide accounting-related advice in addition to financial planning. Gordon Oak Financial serves individuals and small- to mid-size employers by offering comprehensive private financial planning and an employer program focused on employee planning. The firm operates on a fee-only basis without discretionary portfolio management or AUM-based fees, emphasizing long-term investment guidance, educational seminars, and workshops.

Ashish Shah is the sole advisor at Shah Tax and Financial Planning in Frisco, TX, holding a Series 65 credential with seven years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2016, he worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise for one year. Outside of investment advising, he operates a tax preparation and filing business. Shah Tax and Financial Planning offers investment management alongside financial planning and tax accounting services for pooled, institutional, and other clients. The firm employs a primarily passive, asset-allocation approach with non-discretionary account management and integrates tax-efficiency into its planning, providing clients with written or electronic plans and ongoing updates.

Paul Wildberger is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Integrity Private Wealth Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2018. Before that, he spent four years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he manages personal rental properties. Integrity Private Wealth Advisors serves individual clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities, offering comprehensive portfolio management through a wrap-fee program and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a multifaceted investment approach combining fundamental, technical, sector, and cyclical analysis with various strategies, managing portfolios primarily on a non-discretionary basis.

Jetmir Ahmeti is the principal of Ahmeti Wealth Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Richardson, TX. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory work, he maintains active Property & Casualty and real estate salesperson licenses in Texas and offers those services to clients. Ahmeti Wealth Management provides portfolio management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $3.2 million in client assets and employs a discretionary, customized investment approach that incorporates fundamental analysis and macroeconomic factors.

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.

David Tobin is a financial advisor at Sabana Capital Management, LLC in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Sabana Capital Management since 2011. Sabana Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charities, corporations, and other entities. The firm uses a quantitative, multi-factor investment process focused on large-cap stocks and employs technical analysis and option strategies to manage risk and adjust market exposure.

Mike Kurz, CIMA®, CFP®, CAIA, CPWA®, RMA® Chief Executive Officer – Financial Planner Mike has spent 25 years in the world of Wealth Management in counselling Investors and Financial Advisors. His professional experience includes coaching on investment advisory programs, private equity, hedging strategies along with formalized Financial Planning and he often speaks at wealth management events, conferences and workshops. Mike shares that, "The greatest pleasure in helping others encompasses using technical knowledge strengthened by creativity and shared experiences to inspire my audience to develop their personal call to action." Education and Certifications Mike completed a Masters in Legal Studies with an emphasis in Wealth Management at Texas A&M University School of Law and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Leadership and Learning in Organizations program at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College. Mike earned his B.B.A in Finance at Midwestern State University and is an Investment Advisory Representative. In addition, he is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER TM designee, Certified Investment Management Analyst® professional, a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designee and a Certified Private Wealth Advisor® professional. Mike previously served as the founder and President of the North Texas Investment Management Consultants Association Chapter. In addition, Mike provides volunteer Financial Literacy Education and Research in group presentation. Outside of the boardroom or classroom, Mike enjoys cycling on both mountain bikes and road bikes along with playing golf often.

Michael Aussieker is the sole advisor at OH Cap Asset Management, an independent firm based in Frisco, TX. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 63 license, with two years of industry experience and seven years managing his own advisory firms. OH Cap Asset Management is a fee-only advisory firm serving primarily individual clients, as well as small businesses, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm integrates fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis with risk assessment tools like Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) and employs proprietary models for portfolio management and consulting services typically found at larger firms.

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.