Sean Kernan is a native of Coppell, TX and lives in nearby Southlake. He and his wife Erica have been married since 2000 and have two young children (Clare and Simon). His family is active in their faith at home and at Good Shepherd Catholic Community in Colleyville. Sean graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1997 with a degree in Economics and served as an Army officer for five years after graduation. He was stationed mostly at Fort Hood, TX and Buckley Air Foce Base, CO (near Denver), but luckily also briefly at Fort Jackson, SC – just long enough to meet Erica, who is a native of Greenville, South Carolina.

Sean has always had a passion for personal finance and investing. Upon leaving the Army as a captain in 2002, he started his financial planning career at Edward Jones Investments in his hometown. After building the foundation of his business, he moved it to Morgan Stanley in 2005 to give his clients access to a much wider array of services and strategies. After a year at the firm, he was asked to serve as the Financial Advisor-in-Charge of a new office in Southlake. He also earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification in 2006 – further evidence of his commitment to the financial planning profession. As he continued to grow the business, Sean became aware of and drawn to the independent practice model.

After careful consideration and planning, Sean established his own practice on September 3, 2009. He was and is excited and grateful to continue many of the relationships from those first seven years in business. He relishes the opportunity to help families focus on what matters most to them – without the complications that can arise when a large financial services firm is a third party to the client-advisor relationship. He invested time to find other advisors who complement his skills and interests but share the same approach to helping people; this team approach ensures that someone is always available to provide timely assistance.

Sean also serves as the Branch Manager and Chief Compliance Officer for 360 Wealth Management’s (360WM) network of over 60 independent advisors. In this role, he oversees the compliance function and helps guide the direction of the group. 360WM developed from a collaboration between three fellow advisors – Sean, Chad Atkins, and Brandon Day – to help independent advisors share resources and compliance support. It has grown to have its own support staff in place to help manage its day-to-day operations.