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Ryan Miyamoto is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Derive Wealth, where he has worked since 2016. Prior to this, he was with USAA Financial Advisors Inc. for six years and StashClass LLC for two years. Derive Wealth provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach using low-cost indexed funds combined with targeted sector or passive satellite holdings and offers a fixed advisory fee model without transaction commissions or performance-based fees.

Richard Cornfield is a financial advisor with Diversified Financial Management Group, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Diversified Financial Management Group since 2010. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in the sale of insurance company products. Diversified Financial Management Group is an independent registered investment adviser serving a broad clientele, including high-net-worth individuals, business owners, and clients nearing or in retirement. The firm recommends third-party portfolio managers and emphasizes asset-allocation strategies focused on capital preservation, while integrating financial planning and offering insurance and planning solutions such as life insurance, annuities, and life settlements.

Timothy Cheng is the principal of Cheng Wealth Management, LLC in San Dimas, CA, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the CFA® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Cheng has led his independent firm since 2014, applying his background in institutional research to his practice. Cheng Wealth Management, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and enhanced indexing with a focus on diversification, low-cost mutual funds, and the use of alternative assets, serving a small client base with quarterly portfolio monitoring and rebalancing.

Aleksandr Dyo is a financial advisor at Smart Portfolio with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at multiple firms, including Profectus Wealth Management and RGL Group Insurance and Financial Services, where he is a principal. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in managing and investing in qualified opportunity zone real estate assets and serves in leadership roles at several related business entities. Smart Portfolio primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and pension or profit-sharing plans, offering fee-based discretionary portfolio management and retirement plan investment services. The firm focuses on customized, rules-based, risk-adjusted strategies across various asset classes and integrates plan-level investment management with plan design through affiliated consulting and insurance services.

Maya Pocker is a financial advisor at Scout Wealth Advisors LLC in Pasadena, CA, holding a Series 65 designation. She has three years of industry experience, including roles at Scout Financial, Inc. and Tzohar LaTohar. Scout Wealth Advisors LLC provides discretionary asset management, comprehensive portfolio management, standalone financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and business entities. The firm uses a long-term investment approach with fundamental and technical analysis to build tailored portfolios, and offers integrated financial planning services covering investment, retirement, tax, estate, and charitable planning.

Nirav Desai is the sole advisor at Qubera Wealth Management, an independent registered investment adviser based in Pasadena, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience, including prior work at Conversant / ADS Inc. Outside of his advisory role, Desai manages a small portfolio of investment properties in Indiana and California. Qubera Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, investment companies, and corporate clients. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation using Modern Portfolio Theory, primarily employing low-cost index funds and selected individual securities, with global diversification and ongoing portfolio monitoring.