Zeta Russell is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience and is the principal advisor at Tuggle & Russell, L.L.C., an independent firm based in Richardson, TX. She has been with Tuggle & Russell since 2003 and previously worked at Advisory Solutions Group. Outside of advisory work, she is involved in licensed insurance sales focused on annuities and life and health insurance. Tuggle & Russell, L.L.C. provides discretionary investment management and financial advice to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm emphasizes income generation through interest, dividends, royalties, and covered-call strategies, and also offers tax preparation and educational presentations.

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.

Paul Nouri is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Noble Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX. He has been with Noble Advisors since 2009 and also manages Noble Equity Capital Management, LLC, a healthcare-focused investment advisor affiliated with private funds. Since 2013, Mr. Nouri has served on the board of VDI, a veterinary diagnostic company, without compensation. Noble Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and supplementary financial planning services primarily for individual clients, including retirement account rollovers. The firm’s investment approach combines growth and income based on fundamental research, with frequent portfolio monitoring and aggregated trading across client accounts, and maintains an operating profile distinct from typical small advisory practices due to concurrent management of private investment vehicles and active involvement in business and tax planning.

David Fent is a CFP® and CFA® charterholder with 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Frost Investment Advisors, LLC and Frost Bank before founding Penn Street Capital Management LLC in 2017. Based in Dallas, TX, he is the sole advisor at his independent firm. Penn Street Capital Management provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, IRAs, trusts, estates, foundations, and endowments, typically requiring a $1,000,000 account minimum. The firm emphasizes long-term strategies and fundamental analysis to tailor portfolios based on client goals, risk tolerance, time horizon, and tax considerations.

Colby Harlow is the principal of Harlow Capital Management LLC in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 63 license and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at Arbco, LLC and Harlow Capital Management since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Secretary Treasurer on the board of CTW Companies. Harlow Capital Management provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, trusts, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm sponsors and manages private funds, including those focused on energy infrastructure, biotech, and aerospace, employing a disciplined, value-oriented investment process across separately managed accounts and private funds.

Michael Parikh is a CFP® with 22 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is the sole advisor and owner of M Street Capital, LLC, an independent firm based in Dallas, TX, where he has worked since 2015. His prior experience includes roles at P & W Global Advisors, Merrill, Commonwealth Financial Network, and Capital Navigation Group. M Street Capital provides financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, and estates, including high-net-worth clients. The firm combines fee-based financial planning with discretionary portfolio management through a wrap-fee program, utilizing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor strategies aligned with client goals and risk tolerances.

Robert Holman is a CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYST (CFA) and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®). The former is the gold standard for the investment management profession, and the latter is useful for advising on personal financial circumstances. I'm "The Defensive Advisor" because it is essential to understand when markets are conducive to building opportunistic profits and when risk-taking should be minimized. Former positions: • LPL Financial Advisor • TD Ameritrade Investment Consultant • Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Robert is a registered investment advisor and fee-only financial planner. His investing curiosity brought real understanding of investing, surpassing what can be learned in an academic setting. His investing beliefs center around knowing the signs of the times, what should be done about them, and seeking to build wealth in both up and down markets. Robert is a summa cum laude graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. He belonged to the honor societies Phi Kappa Phi (Overall Collegiate), Beta Gamma Sigma (Finance), and Beta Alpha Psi (Business). Robert was a member of Pi Sigma Epsilon (Management) and volunteered his time as an advisor to SCORE (U.S. Small Business Administration Consulting). Robert resides in Dallas, Texas, with his amazing wife Karen and three wonderful daughters, Beth, Nancy, and Emily. He is the Stewardship Leader for his local church and an active volunteer in many church ministries, including divorce recovery and marriage counseling. Read Robert’s 2-minute biweekly stock market insights report here:  https://www.defensiveadvisor.com/blog

Alex Andrade is a Series 65-licensed advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Bulle Rock since 2006. Bulle Rock serves as investment manager to a private pooled investment vehicle and provides discretionary portfolio management to individual clients and trusts. The firm manages a long-short equity fund focused mainly on healthcare and consumer sectors, alongside long-only separately managed accounts that may include client-imposed restrictions.

Matt Zumbach is a CFA® charterholder and principal at Divergent Path Capital Management with prior experience at Northern Trust, Alight Solutions, Wall Street Prep, and AON Corporation. He currently serves as chief investment officer and president of the Baylor Oral Health Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. Divergent Path Advisors offers fee-only financial planning and non-discretionary investment consulting through fixed-fee, project-based written reports for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm provides customized, tax-aware strategic asset allocation advice without portfolio management or custody of client assets.

Brian Jones is the founder of Jones Capital Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Murphy, Texas. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has 19 years of industry experience, leading his firm since 2011. In addition to advisory services, he is licensed to sell life insurance in Texas, which he provides upon client request. Jones Capital Advisors offers customized investment management and financial planning to individuals, retirement and pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable foundations, and private operations. The firm employs an asset-allocation strategy tailored to each client’s risk tolerance and uses both fundamental and technical analysis across a range of domestic and international securities.

John Line is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience. He is the owner of John Line, CPA, Inc., and previously worked at Paladini Financial Advisors, LLC for 13 years. Outside of investment advisory, he provides accounting and tax preparation services through his CPA firm. John Line, CPA, Inc. serves primarily high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses model portfolios managed by unaffiliated sub-advisers and emphasizes diversification and long-term investment strategies.

Whitney Davis is a financial advisor at Davis Financial Services in Dallas, TX, with five years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including LPL Financial and Freeport LNG. Outside of her advisory work, Ms. Davis is the owner of Resurrezione, LLC, a non-investment-related business. Davis Financial Services provides discretionary asset management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach integrates behavioral, charting, cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis to create portfolios tailored to client objectives, managed on a discretionary basis with attention to tax-related strategies and periodic reviews.

Melissa Crockett is a financial advisor at IS Capital Management in Dallas, TX, with 30 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has worked at firms including Kovack Advisors, Inc. and Trustmont Advisory Group, Inc. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as president of The Independent Security Company, Inc., a fixed insurance agency involved in sales of fixed annuities and life and health insurance policies. IS Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with conservative, income-oriented portfolios, emphasizing dividend-producing securities such as preferred stocks and closed-end funds. The firm provides ongoing investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan rollover education, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analyses in portfolio construction.

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.

Alexis Buchholz is a financial advisor with BFG Wealth Management LLC in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining BFG Wealth Management, Buchholz worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2015 to 2019. Outside of advisory services, Buchholz is involved in insurance brokering through Buchholz Financial Group LLC and business consulting with BFG Capital Partners LLC. BFG Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, and business entities, managing approximately $32.8 million across about 56 client relationships. The firm employs fundamental analysis, quantitative methods, and modern portfolio theory to construct portfolios primarily from common stocks, ETFs/ETPs, and cash equivalents, offering a range of thematic strategies implemented on a discretionary basis.

Richard Corse is the principal of Westmont Capital Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX, with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Westmont Capital Advisors since 2012 and also leads Corse Consulting, Inc., a management consulting, investment banking, and litigation support firm he has operated since 1989. Westmont Capital Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plans, trusts, and estates. The firm offers customized, goal-based portfolio management and financial planning, using a range of investment vehicles and providing both discretionary and non-discretionary services.

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.

Scott Briney is a financial advisor at Capital Advice, LLC with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Capital Advice since 2019 and Cetera Advisor Networks since 2013. In addition to his advisory role, he is independently licensed to sell insurance products through various companies. Capital Advice, LLC provides discretionary investment management to individual clients and offers market-timing signals and sub-manager services to other registered advisers and institutional subscribers. The firm employs proprietary, model-based technical methodologies focused on trend, momentum, volatility, and market internals to manage fixed-income and equity strategies.

Todd Pniewski is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at TBMS Wealth LLC in Plano, TX, and has previously worked at Origin Financial and TH Wealth Management LLC. Pniewski also provides investment advice and financial planning through Elements Wealth, LLC. TBMS Wealth LLC offers financial planning and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and both active and passive strategies, focusing on low-cost, tax-efficient funds and regular portfolio reviews, while coordinating with clients’ attorneys and accountants on estate, tax, and risk-management matters.