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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
  • IL RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

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

Orland Park, IL • 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
University Of St. Francis Orland Park IL 08/2017 05/2020
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Orland Park IL 07/2017 09/2020
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Rolling Meadows IL 08/2020 11/2021
Upper Iowa University Fayette IA 08/2016 12/2016
Moraine Valley Community College Palos IL 01/2017 05/2017
Quality Glass Block Morris IL 05/2017 08/2017
Avantax Advisory Services Orland Park IL 06/2020 09/2020
Merrill Lynch Chicago IL 06/2019 08/2019
Strategize Wealth Management Orland Park IL 05/2018 08/2018
Bank Of America, N.A. Rolling Meadows IL 08/2020 11/2021
Strategize Wealth Management Group Orland Park IL 11/2021 Present
Avantax Investment Services Inc. Orland Park IL 11/2021 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Orland Park IL 11/2021 09/2025
Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc Orland Park IL 11/2021 09/2025
Strategize Tax Llc Orland Park IL 01/2023 Present
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Orland Park IL 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 08/2017 → 05/2020
    University Of St. Francis
    Orland Park, IL
  • 07/2017 → 09/2020
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Orland Park, IL
  • 08/2020 → 11/2021
    Rolling Meadows, IL
  • 08/2016 → 12/2016
    Upper Iowa University
    Fayette, IA
  • 01/2017 → 05/2017
    Moraine Valley Community College
    Palos, IL
  • 05/2017 → 08/2017
    Quality Glass Block
    Morris, IL
  • 06/2020 → 09/2020
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Orland Park, IL
  • 06/2019 → 08/2019
    Merrill Lynch
    Chicago, IL
  • 05/2018 → 08/2018
    Strategize Wealth Management
    Orland Park, IL
  • 08/2020 → 11/2021
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    Rolling Meadows, IL
  • 11/2021 → Present
    Strategize Wealth Management Group
    Orland Park, IL
  • 11/2021 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services Inc.
    Orland Park, IL
  • 11/2021 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Orland Park, IL
  • 11/2021 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc
    Orland Park, IL
  • 01/2023 → Present
    Strategize Tax Llc
    Orland Park, IL
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Orland Park, IL
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2021-11-26 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Orland Park, IL
    Orland Park, IL
    Orland Park, IL
    Dallas, TX
  • 2020-10-18 → 2021-11-30
    Chicago, IL
  • 2020-06-15 → 2020-09-10
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Orland Park, IL
Other Businesses

1) STRATEGIZE TAX LLC POSITION: TAX PREPARER 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: 80 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/09/2023 ADDRESS: 10431 LOUETTA LANE, ORLAND PARK IL 60467, United States DESCRIPTION: I prepare taxes using a PTIN, I facilitate the processing of tax returns for the public, I assist in the collection of payment of tax return fees from the public. 2) STRATEGIZE TAXES AND 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. 3) Strategize Wealth Management Group; Vice President; Business management - payroll, training, office, general admin, hiring. As a whole, the business is primarily involved in investment and tax advice. ; IR; 120; 11/16/2021; 15255 S 94th Ave Orland Park IL 60462;  I can offer investment advice and products to clients. Specifically, I work on payroll, run training sessions, hire advisors, manage office availability/schedule time to have office space, oversee all business operations of SWMG, provide compliance reviews.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2018-07-02
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2018-07-02
Other Names
  • David Michael Charnot
  • David M Charnot

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