Brandon Lee Ulmer

Employer firm

Gradient Securities, LLC CRD 127701

$608M regulatory AUM 251 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

Financial planning
Portfolio management (individuals)
Pension consulting
Selection of other advisers

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

Current Employers

Gradient Securities, Llc

4105 Lexington Avenue N Suite 380, Arden Hills, MN 55126 • United States

Current Registrations

Authority	Category	Status	Date
OH	RA	APPROVED	2026-06-01
NC	RA	APPROVED	2026-01-15
OK	RA	APPROVED	2025-12-05
OR	RA	APPROVED	2025-10-13
NY	RA	APPROVED	2025-10-09
LA	RA	APPROVED	2025-09-23
MI	RA	APPROVED	2025-08-15
CO	RA	APPROVED	2025-06-05
GA	RA	APPROVED	2025-05-09
CA	RA	APPROVED	2025-03-31
WA	RA	APPROVED	2024-12-17
FL	RA	APPROVED	2024-11-12
AL	RA	APPROVED	2024-10-17
AR	RA	APPROVED	2024-10-01
IL	RA	APPROVED	2024-09-18
IA	RA	APPROVED	2024-09-18
WI	RA	APPROVED	2024-09-18
MN	RA	APPROVED	2024-08-05

OH RA
APPROVED

Since 2026-06-01
NC RA
APPROVED

Since 2026-01-15
OK RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-12-05
OR RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-10-13
NY RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-10-09
LA RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-09-23
MI RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-08-15
CO RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-06-05
GA RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-05-09
CA RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-03-31
WA RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-12-17
FL RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-11-12
AL RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-10-17
AR RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-10-01
IL RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-09-18
IA RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-09-18
WI RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-09-18
MN RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-08-05

Branch Locations

4105 Lexington Avenue Suite 380, Arden Hills, MN 55126 • US

4105 Lexington Avenue N Suite 380, Arden Hills, MN 55126 • United States

Gradient Advisors, Llc

4105 Lexington Avenue N. Suite 225, Arden Hills, MN 55126 • United States

Current Registrations

Authority	Category	Status	Date
MN	RA	APPROVED	2024-12-03

MN RA
APPROVED

Since 2024-12-03

Branch Locations

4105 Lexington Avenue N. Suite 225, Arden Hills, MN 55126 • 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

Organization	City	State	From	To
Cetera Advisor Networks Llc	El Segundo	CA	08/2015	05/2022
Commonwealth Financial Network	Waltham	MA	05/2022	07/2024
Fps Financial, Inc.	New Brighton	MN	05/2022	07/2024
Gradient Securities	Arden Hills	MN	07/2024	Present
Gradient Advisors, Llc	Arden Hills	MN	12/2024	Present

08/2015 → 05/2022

Cetera Advisor Networks Llc

El Segundo, CA
05/2022 → 07/2024

Commonwealth Financial Network

Waltham, MA
05/2022 → 07/2024

Fps Financial, Inc.

New Brighton, MN
07/2024 → Present

Gradient Securities

Arden Hills, MN
12/2024 → Present

Gradient Advisors, Llc

Arden Hills, MN

Previous Registrations

2022-06-01 → 2024-07-22

Commonwealth Financial Network

New Brighton, MN
2018-04-16 → 2022-06-03

Cetera Wealth Services, Llc

Minnetonka, MN

Edina, MN

Other Businesses

1). MINNESOTA PUBLIC NOTARY; NOT INV RELATED; VARIOUS LOCATIONS; PUBLIC NOTARY; START 10/2022; 0 HRS PER MONTH; 0 HRS DURING SECURITIES TRADING HOURS; NOTARIZES DOCUMENTS AS NEEDED OR REQUESTED.

Exams

Code	Exam	Date
S66	Uniform Combined State Law Examination	2017-12-28

S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination

2017-12-28

Designations

Certified Financial Planner

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