Neal Patel is a financial advisor at MRM Financial Advisors, LLC in Frisco, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at MML Investors Services, LLC, MassMutual Life Insurance Company, Park Avenue Securities LLC, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Memorial Hermann Health System. MRM Financial Advisors, LLC provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm uses a long-term, diversified investment approach with strategic asset allocation, disciplined rebalancing, and tax-aware recommendations, and it incorporates third-party managers and private investment opportunities when appropriate.

Franklin Parker is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Directional Advisors since 2020 and previously spent six years at Bright Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of financial advising, he is the founder and chairman of Sailingstone Technologies, LLC, a software development and software-as-a-service company. Directional Advisors provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individual clients, trusts, estates, nonprofits, and business entities. The firm employs a goals-based investment process that incorporates business-cycle analysis and tactical risk controls, managing approximately $43 million in client assets.

Jordan Pence is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at MHA Financial Corp. He has held roles at several firms, including Advisors Resource and BFC Planning. Outside of his advisory work, Pence is involved in managing fixed insurance products through ARC Insurance Agency and serves as managing partner overseeing operations at Wealth Concepts Inc, a fixed insurance business. MHA Financial Corp provides financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach using a core-and-satellite framework, combining passive index/ETF exposures with active management, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment services.

Careena Patel is a financial advisor with Wealth Benefit Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Pinnacle Wealth Management, LLP, Kingswood Wealth Advisors, PNC Investments, and BBVA-affiliated firms. She also provides financial planning services through Pinnacle Wealth in London. Wealth Benefit Advisors, LLC offers investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/retirement plans, focusing on customized portfolio management and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs various methods such as asset allocation and technical analysis, combining turnkey asset management programs and separately managed accounts to align with clients’ objectives and risk profiles.

Logan Wakumoto is a financial advisor at McClure Capital Advisors, Inc. in Frisco, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining McClure Capital Advisors, he worked at State Farm and Automated Testing Solutions. McClure Capital Advisors provides investment management services to individuals and institutional clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm primarily manages portfolios by selecting and monitoring third-party subadvisors using ETF strategies, with discretionary management options available.

Stephen Shannon is an advisor at Panteles Advisors with Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and three years of industry experience. He has worked at Panteles Advisors since 2022 and previously spent one year at Citigroup Global Markets. Outside of advisory work, Shannon is the founder and manager of Colo Development Partners, a commercial real estate firm, and serves as a board member of the North Texas Community Foundation. Panteles Advisors serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations with discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm uses a strategic asset-allocation framework combined with multiple analytical approaches to customize portfolios and manages approximately $108 million in assets across about 39 client relationships.

David Piccolo is a financial advisor with Piccolo Investment Consulting, LLC in Denton, TX, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Piccolo Investment Consulting since its founding in 2014. Outside of advising, he receives royalties from oil and gas production. Piccolo Investment Consulting provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting to individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes tailored portfolios using stocks, bonds, ETFs, and mutual funds, and serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth households, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations.

Sean Kelleher is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at Riverchase Wealth Management, LLC in Flower Mound, TX. He previously worked at Kelleher Dean Tax Advisors, LLC for five years and has been with Riverchase Financial Planning, LLC for 15 years. Riverchase Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement plan sponsors, providing financial planning, discretionary investment management, retirement plan consulting, as well as tax preparation and IRS representation services. The firm emphasizes documented investment policy statements, tax-conscious strategies, and fiduciary roles for employer plans.

Benjamin Jones is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Wave Wealth Management, LLC in Frisco, TX. He has been with Wave Wealth Management since 2016 and began working with WRM Strategies in 2025. He is also a licensed insurance agent and owns WRM Strategies LLC, a passthrough entity for insurance commissions. Wave Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach grounded in fundamental analysis, supplemented by technical and cyclical methods, and offers additional services such as tax preparation, bookkeeping, and securities-backed lending.

Joel Hays is a financial advisor at DFS Advisory with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Bfc Planning and Securities Management and Research Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he is a shareholder and agent producer in an insurance and financial services agency involved in the sale of casualty, life, health insurance, and annuities. DFS Advisory is an SEC-registered investment adviser providing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $144 million in assets and constructs customized portfolios using both internal management and unaffiliated independent managers, emphasizing a primarily long-term investment approach with ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews.

Keith Hutson is a financial advisor at Eubank, Hutson & Associates, LLC in Plano, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with 23 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Addington Financial Group for six years and has been with Eubank, Hutson & Associates since 2015. Eubank, Hutson & Associates serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and single-subject consulting. The firm’s investment approach combines technical and fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory and includes the use of options and other derivative strategies, tailoring portfolios to client objectives under discretionary authority.

Sudhir Pai is a financial advisor with MyTimeEquity, LLC in Plano, Texas, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. He has served in various roles at firms including Saxony Capital Management and Emerson Advisors, and manages several non-investment businesses such as CPA firms and consulting entities. Pai is also involved in life insurance and business consulting through Surely Now LLC. MyTimeEquity is a discretionary registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutions and private funds. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, proprietary research, and AI-based tools to manage portfolios that include equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and alternative investments, and sponsors pooled investment vehicles focused on late-stage and pre-IPO opportunities.

Khushbu Trivedi is a financial advisor at MyTimeEquity with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining MyTimeEquity, Khushbu worked at Sage IT and Visam Technologies, Inc. from 2019 to 2023. MyTimeEquity, LLC is a discretionary registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as institutions, private funds, and special purpose vehicles. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, proprietary research, and third-party data including AI-based tools to manage portfolios across equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and alternative investments.

Vincent Lombardo is a financial advisor with CPR Financial & Insurance Services, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. He has served as an independent insurance agent since 2010 and is the owner and officer of Vinou Corporation, a consulting company established in 1993. CPR Financial & Insurance Services provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate plans. The firm integrates investment management with insurance brokerage activities and utilizes multiple platforms and sub-advisors to implement customized investment strategies.

Derek Atkinson is a financial advisor with FQI Capital Management LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at FQI Capital Management since 2018 and previously at DSA LLC and First Financial Equity Corporation. FQI Capital Management serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension, profit-sharing, and corporate clients. The firm employs a blend of quantitative models, systematic technical timing, and fundamental sector selection, using derivatives and option strategies within discretionary portfolio management and advisory consulting.

Andrew Hickey is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Clear Sky Financial, LP since 2018 and previously spent 12 years at LPL Financial LLC. Hickey is also a licensed insurance agent, dedicating a portion of his work to this role. Clear Sky Financial provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a diversified investment approach using a broad range of securities and model portfolios, and it operates both as a manager for other advisers and by appointing sub-advisers.

Evan Koch is the sole advisor at EDK Advisory in Frisco, TX. He holds the PFS™ designation and Series 65 license and has 21 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at J.E. Simmons & Co. and Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC. He is also involved with an affiliated tax and accounting practice, EDK Tax Services PLLC. EDK Advisory serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm constructs customized portfolios using diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and selected individual securities, managing accounts on a discretionary basis with a focus on long-term strategies complemented by tactical adjustments.

Steven Wachs is a CFP® professional with 39 years of industry experience. He has worked at Legacy Consulting Group since 1999 and Perryman Securities, Inc. since 2004. Based in Plano, TX, Mr. Wachs holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Legacy Consulting Group provides portfolio management, financial life planning, and special project consulting for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities, managing approximately $366 million in discretionary assets. The firm uses a combination of quantitative research, qualitative manager due diligence, and a multi-level capital allocation framework to build portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks, and alternative strategies.

Jefferson Henderson is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Cultivar Capital, Inc. since 2013, where he serves as one of two advisors. Cultivar Capital, Inc. is a fee-only registered investment adviser that offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA 3(21) plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and a registered investment company. The firm manages the Cultivar ETF and uses long-term, asset-allocation driven strategies incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, ETNs, and individual equities across diversified risk models.

Tori Ten Hagen is a financial advisor at Brindle & Bay Financial Advisors, LLC in Frisco, TX, holding a Series 65 credential with four years of industry experience. Prior to her current role, she worked at Belay Inc. She is also a licensed life insurance agent, providing insurance sales and policy reviews. Brindle & Bay Financial Advisors offers financial planning and discretionary portfolio management for individual and high-net-worth clients, using tailored strategies based on clients’ goals, risk tolerance, and time horizons. The firm employs a dynamic asset allocation approach and retains discretion over portfolio implementation and monitoring.