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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Personal Financial Specialist32 years in industry

WILLIAM BRIAN PUCKETT

Advisor at EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES

ST PETERSBURG, FL | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 21, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 2, 1994earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 32derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Personal Financial Specialist
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 2, 1994
First registration: Mar 21, 2002
Dual registered: no
Other names: W BRIAN PUCKETT|WILLIAM PUCKETT
IAPD individual key: 2447457

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Independent wealth	Sep 8, 2023	n/a	yes	ST PETERSBURG, FL\|OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	Current employment
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 28, 2005	Aug 16, 2006	no	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	Previous registration
ALIGN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Former SEC adviser	May 24, 2004	Dec 31, 2023	no	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK\|ST. PETERSBURG, FL	Previous registration
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC.	n/a	Mar 21, 2002	Mar 28, 2005	no	OKLAMOMA CITY, OK	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
ALIGN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Dec 31, 2023	Mar 28, 2005	-6,852	Firm change after gap	Other
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Aug 16, 2006	Sep 8, 2023	6,232	Firm change after gap	Other
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC.	ALIGN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Mar 28, 2005	May 24, 2004	-308	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 8, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ALIGN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 24, 2004 to Dec 31, 2023factForm ADV
→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 28, 2005 to Aug 16, 2006factForm ADV
→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 21, 2002 to Mar 28, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 31, 2023
Advisor changed firm
William Brian Puckett left Align Wealth Management, Llc for Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (registered 2005-03-28)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago