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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 2025-12-11
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-12-11

Branch Locations

1212 Hwy 6, Sugar Land, TX 77478 • United States

1111 Eldridge Pkwy, Houston, TX 77077 • United States

Disclosures

1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy Yes
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Pruco Securities Llc Houston TX 02/2023 11/2024
Inspire Jiu-Jitsu Academy Houston TX 01/2022 09/2022
Uber Technologies, Inc. Houston TX 09/2022 02/2023
Invincible Fitness, Cypress Cypress TX 08/2021 01/2022
Shyam Bhatia Fitness, Fitness With Freedom Cypress TX 12/2019 02/2023
Real World Classroom Houston TX 04/2019 10/2019
Illinois Institute Of Technology Chicago IL 08/2016 12/2019
The Prudential Insurance Company Of America Houston TX 04/2023 11/2024
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc El Segundo CA 11/2024 10/2025
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 11/2024 10/2025
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Sugar Land TX 11/2025 Present
Bank Of America, N.A. Sugar Land TX 01/2026 Present
  • 02/2023 → 11/2024
    Houston, TX
  • 01/2022 → 09/2022
    Inspire Jiu-Jitsu Academy
    Houston, TX
  • 09/2022 → 02/2023
    Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Houston, TX
  • 08/2021 → 01/2022
    Invincible Fitness, Cypress
    Cypress, TX
  • 12/2019 → 02/2023
    Shyam Bhatia Fitness, Fitness With Freedom
    Cypress, TX
  • 04/2019 → 10/2019
    Real World Classroom
    Houston, TX
  • 08/2016 → 12/2019
    Illinois Institute Of Technology
    Chicago, IL
  • 04/2023 → 11/2024
    The Prudential Insurance Company Of America
    Houston, TX
  • 11/2024 → 10/2025
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    El Segundo, CA
  • 11/2024 → 10/2025
    Schaumburg, IL
  • 11/2025 → Present
    Sugar Land, TX
  • 01/2026 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    Sugar Land, TX
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

I*3228283 Entity Type: N/A Name of OBA: Houston Coffee Collective Address: Houston, Texas, 77007 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Board Member Employee Start Date: 12/01/2025 Number of Hours: 1, Monthly Number of Hours during trading: 0, Monthly Duties: Connect with business owners and local community Serving as council, attending board meetings, representing the organization.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2023-04-11
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2023-04-11
Other Names
  • Shyam Bhatia
  • Shyam Umesh Bhatia

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