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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)10 years in industry

Sean James Howard

Advisor at EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

SEATTLE, WA | GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 10, 2015 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Nov 9, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Nov 9, 2015
First registration: Dec 10, 2015
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: SEAN HOWARD|Sean James Howard|SEAN J HOWARD
IAPD individual key: 6472460

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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 16, 2026	n/a	yes	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO\|SEATTLE, WA	Current employment
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	Mar 31, 2025	May 29, 2025	no	BELLEVUE, WA\|SEATTLE, WA\|BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Sep 18, 2024	Mar 31, 2025	no	BELLEVUE, WA	Previous registration
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	National bd RIA	Sep 2, 2016	Nov 29, 2022	no	SEATTLE, WA	Previous registration
HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Dec 10, 2015	Jun 29, 2016	no	BELLEVUE, WA	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
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	May 29, 2025	Jan 16, 2026	232	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	Mar 31, 2025	Mar 31, 2025	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Nov 29, 2022	Sep 18, 2024	659	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd
HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	Jun 29, 2016	Sep 2, 2016	65	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
104555:112058:MA:2025-05-28	May 29, 2025	Jan 16, 2026	BOSTON, MA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 16, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 31, 2025 to May 29, 2025factForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 18, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025factForm ADV
→ RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 2, 2016 to Nov 29, 2022factForm ADV
→ HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 10, 2015 to Jun 29, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 29, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Sean James Howard left Strategic Advisers Llc for Empower Advisory Group, Llc (registered 2026-01-16)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Nov 29, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Sean James Howard left Rbc Capital Markets, Llc for Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors (registered 2024-09-18)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago