David R. Uhlmann | Certified Financial Planner | Synergos Advisory

About

Planning for People Who Want to Understand Their Decisions

Many STEM professionals prefer to remain actively involved in their financial decisions. Synergos provides the analysis, structure and ongoing guidance to help you make those decisions with greater clarity.

You remain engaged. The advice becomes more structured. The goal is not to take financial decisions away from you. It is to give you a disciplined framework for evaluating them.

Who Synergos Is Designed For

The firm primarily works with professionals who are actively building wealth and navigating increasingly interconnected financial decisions.

Technologists & Engineers

Professionals managing growing portfolios, equity compensation, employee benefits, taxes and competing financial priorities.

Researchers & Technical Leaders

People who value evidence, structured analysis and understanding the trade-offs behind a recommendation.

Executives & Entrepreneurs

Professionals whose financial decisions increasingly involve concentration risk, taxes, business interests and long-term planning.

A Systems-Oriented Approach to Financial Planning

Financial decisions rarely exist in isolation. Investments, taxes, equity compensation, cash flow and long-term goals all interact.

How I Think About Planning

I have always enjoyed working with people, numbers and technology. Financial planning brings those interests together.

My approach is built around simplifying complexity, identifying the decisions that matter most and using deeper analysis when it can improve the quality of a decision.

Experience Across Finance and Technology

For nearly two decades, I have worked with entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, technologists and researchers on financial planning and investment decisions.

Before becoming a financial advisor, my career included financial technology, investment analytics and operations. That experience continues to influence how Synergos approaches systems, data and decision-making.

Credentials & Education

Professional training combines financial planning, portfolio management, finance and economics.

Professional Credentials

  • CFP® CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional
  • AAMS® Accredited Asset Management Specialist℠
  • APMA® Accredited Portfolio Management Advisor℠
  • Series 66 – Uniform Combined State Law

Education

  • Master of Science, Finance
    Golden Gate University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Economics and International Relations
    University of California, Davis

Professional Experience

A career spanning financial advice, investment analytics, technology and entrepreneurship.

2011–2019
Financial Advisor & Franchisee

Ameriprise

2007–2011
Financial Advisor

Edward Jones

2005–2006
President & Founder

Photon Power

1995–2004
Director, Global Support Desk

Morgan Stanley Capital International and Barra Inc.

Professional Affiliations

Professional organizations provide additional standards, education and independent credential verification.

NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor 

National Association of Personal Financial Advisors

XY Planning Network 

Fee-only financial planning network

Financial Planning Association 

Professional financial planning association

Fee Only Network 

Directory of fee-only financial advisors

Good planning should make complex decisions easier to understand. 

Synergos combines structured analysis, technology and ongoing advice to help you make financial decisions with greater clarity and discipline.

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