John E. Peterson recently joined Post Oak Private Wealth Advisors after leaving Wells Fargo Advisors and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) professional. He has focused on providing investment advice and quality service for his clients for more than 30 years. He works to empower individuals with the investment knowledge and resources needed to make intelligent decisions for both business and retirement. In that process, he cooperates with his clients' existing tax and legal advisors.John served two years at the U.S. Naval Academy studying Oceanography. He then attended Villanova University and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. The next 14 years he worked as a professional Civil Engineer, constructing electric generating stations both fossil and nuclear. Simultaneously, he spent several of those years providing services as a tax consultant. He then left those fields of endeavor to pursue his financial career. In sharing his knowledge over the years, John has conducted periodic seminars on a variety of financial topics. He was also the featured speaker at the tenth national Black MBA Association meeting in Houston. Active in his church, John has volunteered for a variety of ministries at St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Church and in the community. John and his wife Merrilee reside in Houston and are proud parents of five sons who recently had all served in the United States Marine Corps extending over a period of 13 ½ years.Opinions and comments expressed by LinkedIn Members are those of the persons submitting them and do not necessarily represent the views of the creator of this profile or their firm.