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Current Employers
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED 2025-12-22
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-12-22

Branch Locations

24523 W Interstate 10, San Antonio, TX 78257 • 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
Us Army San Antonio TX 05/2012 08/2019
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated San Antonio TX 11/2025 Present
Xantos Labs Austin TX 04/2020 07/2022
Spaced Ventures San Antonio TX 12/2021 02/2023
University Of Texas At Austin Austin TX 09/2019 05/2021
Attentive San Antonio TX 01/2022 12/2022
Crossover Health San Antonio TX 01/2023 11/2025
Assumable San Antonio TX 12/2023 Present
Romantasy Letters San Antonio TX 08/2025 Present
Guggenheim Partners, Llc San Antonio TX 06/2020 08/2020
Bank Of America, N.A. San Antonio TX 12/2025 Present
  • 05/2012 → 08/2019
    Us Army
    San Antonio, TX
  • 11/2025 → Present
    San Antonio, TX
  • 04/2020 → 07/2022
    Xantos Labs
    Austin, TX
  • 12/2021 → 02/2023
    Spaced Ventures
    San Antonio, TX
  • 09/2019 → 05/2021
    University Of Texas At Austin
    Austin, TX
  • 01/2022 → 12/2022
    Attentive
    San Antonio, TX
  • 01/2023 → 11/2025
    Crossover Health
    San Antonio, TX
  • 12/2023 → Present
    Assumable
    San Antonio, TX
  • 08/2025 → Present
    Romantasy Letters
    San Antonio, TX
  • 06/2020 → 08/2020
    Guggenheim Partners, Llc
    San Antonio, TX
  • 12/2025 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    San Antonio, TX
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

I*3282264, Entity Type: Entity Charitable, Name of OBA: Shams Foundation, Address: San Antonio, Texas, 78217, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: ["Board Member","Officer"], Employee Start Date: 01/01/2023, No Hours: 1 Monthly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Monthly, Duties: Currently there are no regular responsibilities - my wife runs it. This is a non-profit that my wife executes that I am president for (I just did the paperwork to get it started) and I am on the board. The purpose of this non-profit to coordinate and fund medical mission trips to do surgery on children with craniofacial congenital defects (cleft lip and palette as well as microtia (ears)). My wife is the primary operational / logistical / financial coordinator for the non-profit as she is the one coordinating trips, securing supplies, as well as performing the surgeries once in country. I*3279287, Entity Type: Entity For Profit, Name of OBA: Romantasy Letters, Address: San Antonio, Texas, 78217, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Owner, Employee Start Date: 11/05/2025, No Hours: 4 Monthly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Monthly, Duties: Similar to Assumable, my role for this business is responding to customer questions. RL sells a subscription based physical letter series. I*3305270, Entity Type: Entity For Profit, Name of OBA: American Sauna Association, Address: Austin, Texas, 78731, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Treasurer, Employee Start Date: 06/27/2025, No Hours: 0 Yearly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Yearly, Duties: I filed to establish this organization but no activities have taken place and I do not expect to spend any time on this organization. Membership organization to increase awareness and participation in sauna.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2025-05-19
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2020-09-11
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2025-05-19
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2020-09-11
Other Names
  • Louis Christopher Ortiz

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