Tax-Optimized Planning Solutions was founded by a team of seasoned financial professionals who recognized a persistent gap in the third-party administrator industry. The most sophisticated business owners, those who had outgrown standard retirement planning, were too often handed off to TPA firms that lacked the technical depth, the actuarial credentials, or the willingness to design plans calibrated to each owner’s specific situation.
Our founders, Brent Gordon and Sergio Pessoa, both Certified Financial Planner® professionals, have spent the better part of two decades serving high-income business owners and their families. They built Tax-Optimized Planning Solutions to do one thing exceptionally well: design and administer qualified retirement plans that deliver measurable results, backed by credentialed actuarial expertise, strict regulatory compliance, and a client experience that respects the time and intelligence of every business owner we serve.
Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, our team is intentionally distributed across the country. Our partners, actuary, investment leadership, and operations professionals work from Albuquerque, El Paso, northern New Jersey, Illinois, and Texas. This national footprint gives us direct visibility into the regional industries we serve and allows us to support clients wherever their business is based.
Every plan satisfies the full framework: the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, DOL requirements, and PBGC oversight. Compliance is not a feature of our work. It is the foundation.
Credentialed actuarial analysis is rare in the TPA industry. With one of approximately 3,500 enrolled actuaries in the country signing every plan we deliver, our technical depth is the foundation of what we do.
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Across our advisory team, actuarial team, and operations leadership, Tax-Optimized Planning Solutions brings more than a century of combined financial services experience to every plan we design.
Community Commitment
Our team members are active in causes that matter to them. From advocacy for the National Kidney Foundation to volunteer work with American Rescue Dog out of Howell, New Jersey, from sports officiating that gives back to local athletic communities to involvement with state and regional professional organizations, the people behind Tax-Optimized Planning Solutions believe that the same care we bring to a client engagement should extend to the communities we live in.
Every plan we design reflects the experience and credentials of the team that builds it. Get to know the advisors, actuary, and operations professionals who will be working alongside you.
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