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Current Employers
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

1450 American Lane 6Th Floor, Suite 650, Schaumburg, IL 60173-2096 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
IL RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
TX RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
  • IL RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

1143 Essington Rd, Joliet, IL 60435 • United States

Frankfort, IL • United States

15255 S. 94Th Avenue Suite 200 Ste 200, Orland Park,, IL 60462 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Orland Park IL 09/2015 09/2025
Hd Vest Insurance Agency, Inc Irving TX 09/2015 04/2019
Strategize Insurance Agency Llc Frankfort IL 08/2016 Present
North American Compnay For Life Sioux Falls SD 01/2019 Present
Strategize Wealth Management Group Inc. Orland Park IL 04/2018 Present
Avantax Advisory Services Orland Park IL 04/2016 09/2025
Strategize Wealth Management Group Inc. Orland Park IL 04/2018 Present
Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services Orland Park IL 04/2019 09/2025
Eia/Fia Orland Park IL 11/2020 Present
Strategize Tax Service Llc Orland Park IL 01/2021 Present
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Joliet IL 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
Strategize Home Solutions Llc Joliet IL 01/2026 Present
  • 09/2015 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Orland Park, IL
  • 09/2015 → 04/2019
    Hd Vest Insurance Agency, Inc
    Irving, TX
  • 08/2016 → Present
    Strategize Insurance Agency Llc
    Frankfort, IL
  • 01/2019 → Present
    North American Compnay For Life
    Sioux Falls, SD
  • 04/2018 → Present
    Strategize Wealth Management Group Inc.
    Orland Park, IL
  • 04/2016 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Orland Park, IL
  • 04/2018 → Present
    Strategize Wealth Management Group Inc.
    Orland Park, IL
  • 04/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services
    Orland Park, IL
  • 11/2020 → Present
    Eia/Fia
    Orland Park, IL
  • 01/2021 → Present
    Strategize Tax Service Llc
    Orland Park, IL
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Joliet, IL
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
  • 01/2026 → Present
    Strategize Home Solutions Llc
    Joliet, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2016-04-05 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Joliet, IL
    Orland Park,, IL
    Dallas, TX
    Frankfort, IL
Other Businesses

1) Strategize Insurance Agency LLC~'NIR'~15255 S. 94th Ave.; Orland Park~IL~60462~Other~Owner~8/8/2016~20hrs~0hrs~Training and support for agents. 2) North American Company for Life; Non investment related; P.O. Box 5089~Sioux Falls~SD~57117~Insurance Agent~Agent~1/9/2019~2hrs~2hrs~I may sell fixed insurance product. 3) STRATEGIZE WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP INC., POSITION: Partner NATURE: Provides Financial Services INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 130 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 130 START DATE: 04/01/2018 ADDRESS: 10431 Louetta Lane, Orland Park IL 60467, United States; DESCRIPTION: Training and mentoring of independent professionals Board member. 4) STRATEGIZE TAX SERVICE LLC POSITION: SECRETARY/ADMINISTRATION NATURE: THE COMPANY PREPARES TAX RETURNS FOR THE PUBLIC AND ASSISTS THEM IN FILING THEIR RETURNS FOR A FEE INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 40 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 05/13/2022 ADDRESS: 10431 LOUETTA LANE, Orland Park IL 60467, United States DESCRIPTION: I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF THE TAX SERVICE COMPANY. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATION FOR THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. 5) STRATEGIZE TAXES & INVESTMENTS POSITION: DBA NATURE: DBA INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/02/2023 ADDRESS: 9538 W 147TH STREET, Orland Park IL 60462, United States DESCRIPTION: DBA. 6) NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: STRATEGIZE HOME SOLUTIONS LLC; INVESTMENT RELATED: NO; ADDRESS: SAME AS REGISTERED LOCATION; NATURE OF BUSINESS: REFERRAL MARKETING; START DATE: 1/2026 POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: OWNER; APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 2; APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 0; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: OWNER AND REFERRAL MARKETING FOR MORTGAGES;

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2016-03-28
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2000-07-26
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2016-03-28
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2000-07-26
Other Names
  • Trenda Bettenhausen

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