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CAROL YVONNE RANSOM Sutterfield

Advisor at GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC

ARDEN HILLS, MN | Fort Smith, AR

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 7, 2002 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC
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: Jan 30, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Jan 30, 2001
First registration: Feb 7, 2002
Dual registered: no
Other names: CAROL YVONNE KIRK|CAROL YVONNE RANSOM
IAPD individual key: 4218018

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
GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Jan 4, 2017	n/a	yes	ARDEN HILLS, MN\|Fort Smith, AR	Current employment
GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 27, 2015	Dec 31, 2016	no	FORT SMITH, AR\|FORT SMITH, AR\|ARDEN HILLS, MN\|ARDEN HILLS, MN	Previous registration
GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Dec 23, 2013	Jan 27, 2015	no	FORT SMITH, AR\|ARDEN HILLS, MN	Previous registration
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Sep 16, 2002	Oct 15, 2013	no	FORT SMITH , AR\|FORT SMITH, AR\|PARIS, AR	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Feb 7, 2002	Aug 22, 2002	no	LITTLE ROCK, AR	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
GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	Dec 31, 2016	Jan 4, 2017	4	Firm change	Other
GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Jan 27, 2015	Jan 27, 2015	0	Firm change	Other
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 15, 2013	Dec 23, 2013	69	Firm change	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Aug 22, 2002	Sep 16, 2002	25	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
152665:127701:MN:2015-01-23	Jan 27, 2015	Jan 27, 2015	ARDEN HILLS, MN	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 23, 2013 to Jan 27, 2015factForm ADV
→ GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 27, 2015 to Dec 31, 2016factForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 16, 2002 to Oct 15, 2013factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 7, 2002 to Aug 22, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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