Eric Hickok is the principal of Hickok Advisory, LLC and holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses with five years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Wells Fargo and has been involved in various business activities including tax preparation and legal services through Hickok Tax and Hickok Tax Law. He also maintains an active real estate license. Hickok Advisory, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management along with financial planning and consulting services for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm tailors investment strategies to client objectives, offering both long-term and short-term approaches with regular account reviews for allocation and tax opportunities.

Douglas Andrey is a financial advisor based in San Jose, CA, with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and serves as the sole advisor at his independent firm. Prior to founding his advisory practice, he worked at Kaplan for 12 years and OrthoFX for three years. In addition to his advisory role, he is head of operations at OmniIndex.io, a data analytics tool focused on unstructured data. His firm provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advice to individual clients, constructing customized portfolios primarily using stocks, ETFs, and bonds. The firm employs fundamental analysis and a generally long-term investment strategy, with weekly account reviews and flexibility for shorter-term trading when appropriate.

Mark Liu is a financial advisor at Ardent Capital with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Ardent Capital since 2005 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Ardent Capital provides discretionary portfolio management for affluent individuals, corporations, and trusts, overseeing investments in brokerage and IRA accounts under limited power of attorney. The firm emphasizes asset allocation across various asset classes with a focus on long-term holdings and uses third-party research to inform investment decisions.

Jie Shen is the sole advisor at Jie Shen, CFA, with eight years of industry experience. He holds the CFA designation and works full-time at Google as the North America Operation Lead, managing customer support and relationships. His firm provides investment advice and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients with a minimum asset size of $500,000. The firm focuses on long-term strategic asset allocation across equities and fixed income, employs periodic rebalancing and tactical adjustments, and conducts client reviews at least quarterly. It also offers investment education seminars to help clients understand investment principles and risks.

Kenneth Symons is a CFP® professional with over two years of experience at KRS Tax & Investments Inc., an independent firm based in San Jose, CA. He has been with the firm since 2015, serving as its sole advisor. KRS Tax & Investments Inc. provides portfolio management services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on asset allocation, selection, and ongoing monitoring. The firm employs a long-term investment approach guided by customized Investment Policy Statements and utilizes a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, real estate funds, annuities, and select international securities.

Anandi Krishnamurthy is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Akrish Financial Advisory, an independent firm based in Cupertino, CA. Her prior experience includes roles as a self-employed advisor and at Wade Financial Advisory. Akrish Financial Advisory provides comprehensive financial planning and investment advice to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm develops customized, tax-aware, low-cost portfolios using a Core + Satellite investment approach and offers services on fixed, project, or hourly fee arrangements without managing client assets or providing discretionary portfolio management.

Ajay Agrawal is the principal of Ajay Agrawal, a state-registered investment management firm based in Fremont, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 18 years of industry experience, including roles at Envestnet Asset Management and SagePoint Financial. Outside of his advisory work, Agrawal serves as Managing Director of Taj Funds, a private investment fund focused on hard money lending and startup funding. His firm provides discretionary investment management and qualified retirement plan consulting to plan sponsors, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The investment approach combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis through tactical allocation strategies and custom portfolio management across a broad range of instruments.

Brooks Sackett is the president of Chief Capital Management, Inc., an independent firm based in San Jose, CA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 28 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, Sackett is a licensed insurance agent in California and Washington and has been involved in insurance brokerage since 1984. Chief Capital Management provides discretionary investment supervisory services and hourly financial planning consultations to individual clients. The firm employs fiduciary-investing principles and uses Morningstar data to select no-load, lower-expense mutual funds within a fundamental, long-term investment strategy.

Anand Sethuraman is a financial advisor at Investcraft Advisors LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Verb Surgical Inc. and Apple Inc. prior to his current role. Investcraft Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management focused on equity-oriented strategies for individuals, small businesses, and institutional clients. The firm employs fundamental and technical analysis, actively uses equity derivatives and other higher-risk trading techniques, and manages a small client roster with assets under $10 million.

James Hanson is the sole advisor at James P. Hanson Accountancy Corporation in San Jose, CA, holding the PFS™ and Series 63 designations with 31 years of industry experience. He has managed his own firm since 1975 and has worked with Independent Financial Group since 2011. His firm combines accounting and tax preparation services with financial planning and investment advisory. James P. Hanson Accountancy Corporation provides investment advice primarily through consultations integrated with its tax and accounting practice. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering tailored recommendations that typically include publicly traded no-load mutual funds and stocks.

Yi Ching Tsai is a financial advisor at Shalom Global Capital Group LLC in San Jose, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Shalom Global Capital Group in 2020, Tsai worked at Polaris Greystone Financial Group and TD Waterhouse Investor Services Inc. Outside of advisory work, Tsai manages several investment properties in Texas and California. Shalom Global Capital Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm customizes portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerance, employing a variety of analytic methods and investment strategies, and maintains a focus on high-net-worth and institutional clients.

Shidi Xu is a financial advisor at Shepherd Investment Management in Palo Alto, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Shepherd, Xu worked at BlackRock Investment Management, LLC for eight years. Xu is also the founder and managing partner of Shepherd Capital LLC, a non-operating entity. Shepherd Investment Management is a state-registered investment manager providing fee-based discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental, growth-at-a-reasonable-price equity approach focused on durable technology trends and adjacent sectors, with flexible account minimums and a high-conviction, unconstrained portfolio construction.

Sathish Veeraraghavan is a CFA® charterholder and principal at First Principles Investment Management LLC with three years of industry experience. He has prior experience at First Republic Investment Management Inc. and has held roles in business development and education, including positions at MetroMapper LLC and UC Berkeley Executive Education. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Head Learning Facilitator at UC Berkeley Executive Education and is involved in business development with MetroMapper LLC. First Principles Investment Management LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual clients through discretionary asset management and financial planning. The firm focuses on fundamental analysis and customized asset allocation, offering performance-based fee arrangements and regular portfolio reviews.

Russell Towne is the sole advisor at Towne Investments LLC in Campbell, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 22 years of industry experience. He has led Towne Investments since 2003. Towne Investments primarily serves individual clients, offering discretionary portfolio management and investment consulting focused on equities, with selective use of bond, commodity, and REIT funds. The firm manages approximately $17.9 million for around 32 clients and combines long-term equity ownership with quality and valuation metrics to guide investment decisions.

Hi! I'm Stanley, a fee-only financial planner based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I founded DRS Financial Partners to help equity-compensated tech professionals steer through the complexities of their equity compensation and ever-changing lives, committing to an objective approach and fiduciary standard. Fascinated with the stock market since I was young, I began my career at a boutique wealth management firm in SF and quickly discovered how rewarding it is to help people gain clarity around their finances and make decisions with confidence. Whether it's preparing for a liquidity event or starting a family, seven years of helping tech executives and early employees with their complex situations helped me appreciate just how important it is to build a solid financial foundation. During my time there, I earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation and CFA® charter, sat on the investment committee, and led the firm's financial planning efforts. Adopted from Okinawa as a baby, I grew up in Hawaii and fell in love with the Bay Area during a high school summer program. I graduated Cum Laude from Santa Clara University with a B.S. in Economics (Mathematical Economics concentration) and a Math minor. Outside of work, you can find me on one of the Bay Area's many beautiful hiking trails, unwinding with some video games, or keeping up with an F1 race weekend.

Vishwas Godbole is the sole advisor at Opulent Strategies, LLC in Saratoga, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with 21 years of industry experience. He has managed Opulent Strategies since 2004 and operates a separate business, Navin Systems, which has provided test equipment manufacturing, engineering consulting, and investment software development since 1986. Opulent Strategies offers discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small business or corporate accounts, focusing on options-based strategies designed to generate monthly cash flow. The firm uses technical analysis and real-time block trading to manage risk and adjusts positions regularly, with performance-based fees available for qualified clients.

Renee Snow is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 30 years of industry experience. She is the owner of ASL Financial, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Los Gatos, CA. Prior to founding ASL Financial, she worked at SagePoint Financial, Inc. and OsaiC Wealth, Inc. In addition to her advisory role, she teaches courses in transpersonal leadership and research methods at Sofia University. ASL Financial, LLC serves individuals, corporations, and pension or profit-sharing plans by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a technology-driven approach using the VISION2020 Advisor Managed Portfolios platform and acts as a sponsor of a wrap fee program, which is notable among independent advisers.

Long Nguyen is the sole advisor at sigma3capital LLC in San Jose, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with two years at sigma3capital and one year at Sigma3Tax LLC. He also owns and operates a 7-Eleven convenience store through Josemite Inc., a business he has managed since 2005. Sigma3capital LLC is an independent advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary asset management and financial planning. The firm manages approximately $17 million across 65 client relationships and utilizes fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, including option pricing techniques, to guide portfolio allocations and trade timing.

Danelle Jenetayeva is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at PI Wealth Plan LLC since 2018 and previously at YellowBrickRoad Financial Advisors, LLC from 2016 to 2018. She is based in San Jose, CA. PI Wealth Plan LLC provides wealth advisory and financial planning services to a small number of high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individual clients. The firm emphasizes sustainable and impact investing, integrates proactive tax planning, and offers specialized services such as divorce financial analysis and complex tax strategies through fixed fee arrangements.

John Hathaway is a financial advisor at Hathaway Financial LLC in San Jose, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with seven years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2018, he worked at Netflix for six years. Hathaway Financial LLC provides ongoing portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, tailoring Investment Policy Statements to reflect each client’s objectives and risk tolerance. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis, quantitative models, and modern portfolio theory, primarily recommending ETFs alongside mutual funds, fixed income, REITs, and other securities, with portfolios reviewed quarterly.