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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC advisernot on rosterRAUM under $100M

GUARDIAN POINTE PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC

CRD 284460

BRIGHTON, MI

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Relationships: 15
Dated events: 8
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 20, 2016 to Nov 7, 2022
33 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Firm class: former SEC adviserderivedabsent from the latest SEC roster
Regulatory AUM: $30.5MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2022-11-07); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $30.5M
Private client RAUM: $30.5MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 100%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 11
Advisory employees: 11
Offices: 7Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 256
Individual clients: 193
SEC number: 801-110920
CRD: 284460
Filings on the tape: 33
First filed: Jul 20, 2016
Latest filed: Nov 7, 2022
Organised: Limited Liability Company, Michigan

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
BRIGGS, RONALD, JOHN	PRINCIPAL, CHIEF INVESTMENT STRATEGIST, AND CO-MANAGING MEMBER	D	yes	07/2016	Jul 20, 2016	Nov 7, 2022
Kisser, Richard, Ayers	PRINCIPAL, CHIEF OPERATION OFFICER, INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVE ADVISOR, AND CO-MANAGING MEMBER	D	yes	07/2016	Jul 20, 2016	Nov 7, 2022
KISSER, KYM	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	Na	no	01/2017	Jun 29, 2017	Nov 7, 2022
MOORE, JERRY BRUCE	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	no	03/2022	Mar 31, 2022	Nov 7, 2022

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
CAITLIN JOHN, LLC	n/a	Independent wealth	$215M	Y	yes	n/a
A SMARTER WAY TO INVEST, INC.	n/a	Asset manager	$150M	Y	yes	n/a

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Troy	Mi	United States	3	no
Oviedo	FL	United States	1	no
SOUTH DAYTONA	FL	United States	1	no
Turnersville	Nj	United States	1	no
Ridgefield	Wa	United States	1	no
n/a	n/a	n/a	1	no

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2021	Mar 31, 2022	$30.5M	$30.5M	11	11	7	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 31, 2021	$23.4M	$23.4M	11	11	7	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 31, 2020	$11.9M	$11.9M	12	8	6	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 29, 2019	$23.3M	$23.3M	8	6	5	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 30, 2018	$15.5M	$15.5M	10	8	7	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 29, 2017	$0	$0	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2021	$30.5M	$23.4M	30.6%	$23.3M	9.3%	11	11	7	7

Teams out

two or more advisors whose registrations ended here and began at one firm together: a fact of two dates, not a prediction

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
SIMPLYRIA ADVISOR NETWORK	4	Dec 20, 2022	Mar 21, 2023	BRIGHTON, MI	Firm absorbed	RIA to RIA	80.0%

Relationships

Affiliated with (2)

→ SIMPLYRIA ADVISOR NETWORKRegistered adviserother investment adviser, control, common control
factForm ADV
→ A SMARTER WAY TO INVESTRegistered adviserother investment adviser, control, common control
factForm ADV

Controls (2)

← BRIGGS, RONALD, JOHNOwnerPRINCIPAL, CHIEF INVESTMENT STRATEGIST, AND CO-MANAGING MEMBER, ownership code D, individual
Jul 20, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
← Kisser, Richard, AyersOwnerPRINCIPAL, CHIEF OPERATION OFFICER, INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVE ADVISOR, AND CO-MANAGING MEMBER, ownership code D, individual
Jul 20, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV

Owns (2)

← KISSER, KYMOwnerCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Jun 29, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
← MOORE, JERRY BRUCEOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 31, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV

Moved with (1)

→ SIMPLYRIA ADVISOR NETWORKRegistered adviser4 advisors, firm absorbed, same day
Dec 20, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023factForm ADV

Registered with (8)

← DAVID HAROLD KISSERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 18, 2017 to Dec 20, 2022factForm ADV
← SCOTT JAY KARLAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 2, 2017 to Dec 20, 2022factForm ADV
← PAUL EDWARD COMPEAUAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 27, 2018 to Dec 20, 2022factForm ADV
← Neil Alan KaplanAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 12, 2017 to Dec 20, 2022factForm ADV
← Nathan Daniel MeyerAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 20, 2020 to Dec 20, 2022factForm ADV
← Carol Marie DeweyAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 17, 2019 to Jun 2, 2022factForm ADV
← Harold Alfonzo GreenAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 6, 2017 to Jul 2, 2019factForm ADV
← AmyJo Young McElfreshAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 29, 2017 to Feb 1, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 20, 2022
Firm absorbed
Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, LLC's advisors moved to Simplyria Advisor Network (Brighton, MI): 4 of 5 registered, on the same day
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
4 advisors
Occurred
Dec 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Scott Jay Karl left Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, Llc for Simplyria Advisor Network (registered 2022-12-21)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Dec 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
David Harold Kisser left Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, Llc for Simplyria Advisor Network (registered 2022-12-19)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Dec 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Paul Edward Compeau left Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, Llc for Simplyria Advisor Network (registered 2022-12-21)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Dec 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Neil Alan Kaplan left Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, Llc for Simplyria Advisor Network (registered 2022-12-21)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Dec 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Nathan Daniel Meyer left Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, Llc for Simplyria Advisor Network (registered 2023-03-21)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jun 2, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Carol Marie Dewey left Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, Llc for Gradient Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-06-15)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jul 20, 2016
First Form ADV filing
Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:a80eb213-5e0e-0ebc-b844-5a8da4423a17
First observed: Jul 20, 2016
Last observed: Nov 7, 2022 47 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

GUARDIAN POINTE PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC

CRD 284460

BRIGHTON, MI

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Data as of Nov 7, 2022 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:31 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

BRIGGS, RONALD, JOHN

PRINCIPAL, CHIEF INVESTMENT STRATEGIST, AND CO-MANAGING MEMBER

yes

07/2016

Jul 20, 2016

Nov 7, 2022

Kisser, Richard, Ayers

PRINCIPAL, CHIEF OPERATION OFFICER, INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVE ADVISOR, AND CO-MANAGING MEMBER

yes

07/2016

Jul 20, 2016

Nov 7, 2022

KISSER, KYM

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

01/2017

Jun 29, 2017

Nov 7, 2022

MOORE, JERRY BRUCE

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

03/2022

Mar 31, 2022

Nov 7, 2022

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

CAITLIN JOHN, LLC

n/a

Independent wealth

$215M

yes

n/a

A SMARTER WAY TO INVEST, INC.

n/a

Asset manager

$150M

yes

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Troy

United States

Oviedo

United States

SOUTH DAYTONA

United States

Turnersville

United States

Ridgefield

United States

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2021

Mar 31, 2022

$30.5M

n/a

2020

Mar 31, 2021

$23.4M

n/a

2019

Mar 31, 2020

$11.9M

n/a

2018

Mar 29, 2019

$23.3M

n/a

2017

Mar 30, 2018

$15.5M

n/a

2016

Mar 29, 2017

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2021

$30.5M

$23.4M

30.6%

$23.3M

9.3%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

SIMPLYRIA ADVISOR NETWORK

Dec 20, 2022

Mar 21, 2023

BRIGHTON, MI

Firm absorbed

RIA to RIA

80.0%