I’m a CFP® (fiduciary financial advisor) and CDFA® who helps busy professionals, pre‑retirees, and retirees simplify complex financial lives. My work focuses on tax‑savvy wealth management, including equity compensation strategies and retirement income planning, so clients can grow and use their wealth in ways that support the life they want to build. I pay close attention to how career decisions, benefits, and family responsibilities intersect, especially for clients balancing their own retirement goals with support for aging parents or children. Clients often come to me with multiple accounts, company stock, and big questions about “what’s next,” and we work together to create a clear plan, regular check‑ins, and a decision‑making framework that feels calm, collaborative, and easy to maintain. Maia Wealth is an an independent Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).

Michel Klus is a financial advisor at Synergos Capital Management with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. since 2024. His prior roles include positions at the Texas Permanent School Fund and entrepreneurial ventures such as Transcendent Roofing and Rated To Roll. Synergos Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing a diverse range of securities including equities, fixed income, ETFs, real estate funds, commodities, private placements, and venture capital. The firm employs a combination of charting, cyclical, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analyses, using both long-term trading and options strategies under written investment policies.

Gulseren Mutlu is a financial advisor at Monies Wealth LLC in Austin, TX, with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked in various roles including tax valuation consulting, forensic economics, and serving on the Travis County Appraisal Review Board. Mutlu also maintains an active role as an insurance agent and provides expert testimony and econometric analysis related to financial damages and valuation. Monies Wealth LLC is an independent registered investment adviser offering personalized investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families, and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a structured discovery process and diversified portfolio construction based on fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, with regular portfolio reviews and services tailored to client needs.

Alex Bossert is a financial advisor with Bossert Capital LLC in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Granite House Capital Management and KBAB 1960 Investments LLC. Outside of advising, Bossert is involved in a small, non-investment-related rental property business. Bossert Capital provides discretionary asset management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities with a long-term investment horizon. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, value-oriented approach focused on common equities, while retaining flexibility to use derivative contracts and options, and offers both performance-based and standard fee structures depending on client qualifications.

Brian Ziarnick is the owner and president of Ziarnick Financial LLC, a state-registered investment adviser based in Wimberley, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he provides bookkeeping services for two small businesses. Ziarnick Financial LLC primarily operates as a solicitor for Austin Wealth Management and as a life insurance agency. The firm employs a top-down investment process using fundamental, quantitative, charting, and cyclical analysis but does not currently exercise investment discretion or hold client assets.

Lewis Weil is the sole advisor at Lewis Weil Co., an independent firm based in Austin, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 11 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his current firm, he worked at Money Positive, LLC for nine years and operated Lewis Weil Aquarium Maintenance for three years. He has also been involved with the Financial Planners Association of Austin, the Operator Foundation, and Nerd Nite - Austin. Lewis Weil Co. provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individual and family households, combining written plans with ongoing implementation under one agreement. The firm uses a primarily passive investment approach focused on diversified index mutual funds and ETFs, offering ESG/SRI options and automated rebalancing through its custodial relationship with Betterment.

Yogesh Modak is a financial advisor at Semper Sursum Investments LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 designations. Prior to founding Semper Sursum, he spent 11 years at Clearbridge Investments. Semper Sursum Investments LLC offers discretionary investment management primarily through separately managed accounts, using a fundamental, bottom-up process with multi-year horizons and scenario analysis. The firm serves clients globally with varied strategies, including equities, fixed income, derivatives, and specialized exposures such as Bitcoin ETFs and distressed securities, and provides no-cost educational seminars for clients and prospects.

James McGrath is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, operating through Financial Strategies, Inc. in Dripping Springs, TX. He has been associated with Financial Strategies, Inc. and Financial Management Group, Inc. since 1984. In addition to advisory services, he provides tax planning and preparation at the same location as his advisory business. Financial Strategies, Inc. serves individuals, trusts, estates, charities, retirement plans, and businesses, managing approximately $19.4 million in client assets. The firm employs a Core+Satellite investment approach combining passive core holdings with selected active managers and individual securities, and offers financial planning alongside investment management.

Taylor Finch is a CFA® charterholder and the principal of Finch Capital Management LLC in Austin, TX, with four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Century Management for nine years and currently serves as a consultant and adjunct lecturer, educating students on large-cap investments. Finch Capital Management LLC is an independent SEC-registered adviser managing approximately $58.6 million in discretionary assets for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and other advisers. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term investment approach and provides tailored portfolio management and regular client reporting.

Khadir Richie is a financial advisor at Richie Capital Group in Austin, TX, with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Richie Capital Group since 2015. Richie Capital Group serves foundations, endowments, pensions, family offices, trusts, business entities, and high-net-worth individuals, providing discretionary portfolio management through separately managed accounts and privately offered pooled investment vehicles. The firm manages a private long/short equity fund and offers proprietary strategies based on fundamental, bottom-up research to build concentrated equity portfolios designed for long-term capital appreciation.

Lily Ho is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience in financial planning and advisory services. She is currently the sole advisor at JPL Wealth Management, an independent firm she has led since 2023. Prior to this, she worked at J.K. Financial Services Inc. and JPL Financial and Insurance Services Inc. Outside of her advisory role, she is also involved as an independent insurance agent and a licensed real estate agent. JPL Wealth Management provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on customized investment policies and asset allocation with predominantly non-discretionary advisory relationships. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analysis, and occasionally employs sub-advisers through Schwab’s Managed Account programs.

Michael Heridia is the sole advisor at Rubicon Investment Management & Analytics with 28 years of industry experience. He has held his current role since 2015 and also maintains an independent insurance sales practice dating back to 1997. Rubicon provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and trading services primarily focused on individual equity markets for U.S. high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, and trusts. The firm employs proprietary quantitative, technical, and fundamental research methods within its CANTATA framework, emphasizing active, shorter-term trading with trade-management tools.

Joseph Feste is a financial advisor at KM Capital Management, Ltd. in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with KM Capital Management since 2014. KM Capital Management serves a small base of primarily high-net-worth individual clients through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, sub-advisory services to a private pooled investment vehicle, and offers additional administrative services such as bill-pay and bookkeeping. The firm focuses on wealth preservation and risk management using diversified, cost-efficient exposures and leverages third-party sub-advisers and technology to support tax-aware portfolio management, with a notable role in private markets including private fund investments and direct private placements.

Erik Drewry is a financial advisor at Hackett Financial Group, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including Ameriprise and Lodestar International LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved with Neutron & Carbon Technologies, an R&D technology incubator, and owns 8fold Ventures LLC, a private placements business. Hackett Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs an asset-allocation framework focused on global diversification, low cost, and tax efficiency, managing discretionary portfolios that include ETFs, structured banknotes, and reverse convertibles, alongside separately compensated tax preparation services.

Finance has been an interest and passion of mine as long as I can remember. As a child, my dad would teach me about investing and I was fascinated that I could earn a little bit of money and then it could grow on it’s own. Those simple principles were built on throughout my childhood and studying finance in college was a natural fit. I graduated from Texas A&M University with Bachelor degrees in both accounting and finance. Upon graduating, I limited my job search to my beloved hometown (Austin) where the woman I love (Kaimey) was living. I accepted an auditor position with the state government and traveled around Texas performing financial and compliance audits. Even though it wasn’t my dream job because everyone hates auditors, I took a lot of pride in working with my clients instead of against them. In those years while auditing, Kaimey and I were married, I obtained my CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) designations, and we added twins to our family, Hudson and Harper. When life settled down a bit after the twin infant/toddler years, I decided to shift careers and focus on my passion of personal financial planning. I was fortunate to join a fee-only financial planning company where I advised high net-worth clients and managed other planners. This was a good home to me for several years, and during that time I added my CFP® (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™) and LHIC (Life and Health Insurance Counselor) designations to my other credentials. In 2018 we felt God calling us to something new for our family. I took a leap of faith to leave my comfortable job and start my own business. And Avant Financial Advisors was born! We are excited to use this company to help others and make our clients’ dreams become financially possible. Hudson and Harper are teenagers now and keep our family’s free-time full! We love supporting them in their activities and being involved in their school. We spend lots of time outside: hiking, biking, being on the lake, and exploring around Austin. We love to travel and discover new-to-us places in this big, beautiful world, but coming home always feels great too.

Mark Abraham is a financial advisor at II Technology, LLC in Austin, TX, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at II Technology since 2015. Prior to that, he was involved with Abraham Trading Company for over two decades. II Technology serves individuals, registered investment advisors, institutional investors, and investment companies by providing systematic asset management, discretionary sub-advisory services for the ARMOR Core Risk-Managed ETF, and subscription-based data licensing. The firm employs a proprietary research methodology called Inductive Inference Technology™ to support its quantitative, rules-based strategies focused on systematic risk management and diversification.

Mark Tracy is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at KM Capital Management, Ltd. in Austin, TX. He has been with the firm since 2005. KM Capital Management serves a select group of primarily high-net-worth individuals through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and also acts as sub-advisor to a private investment fund. The firm focuses on wealth preservation and risk management using diversified, cost-efficient strategies and provides additional administrative services such as bill-pay and bookkeeping.

Robert Requard is a financial advisor at Iron River Capital LLC with six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at B. Riley Wealth Advisors, National Asset Management, and Breckenridge Financial LLC, where he also serves as a licensed insurance agent. He is a board member of Trilogy Innovations, a non-investment-related business. Iron River Capital serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plans with portfolio management, account monitoring, and financial and estate planning. The firm typically provides discretionary, long-term portfolio management with an emphasis on mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, annuities, and Treasury-inflation-protected bonds, and offers personalized investment services including third-party manager oversight and a client e-newsletter.

Scott Hackett is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience. He is the founder of Hackett Financial Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2006 following a brief tenure at Equitable Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he works as an independent insurance agent. Hackett Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm manages discretionary portfolios using a diversified, asset-allocation approach focused on risk tolerance, employing ETFs, structured products, and fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Kristen Leclair is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving at 994 Group and MJR Financial, LLC. She has previous experience with Kestra Financial Services, Inc. Kristen serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including Well Aware and St. Michael's Day School in Austin, TX, and volunteers as a driver for senior citizens. 994 Group provides investment management, financial planning, and business consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and small businesses. The firm combines Fundamental Analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to construct diversified portfolios, offering discretionary and non-discretionary management and access to third-party money managers, including Dimensional Fund Advisors.