Jake Rodriques, CFP®

With a background in Investment Banking and Athletics, I came to realize that my true calling was helping authentic people, with substantive situations, live life to the fullest.

A fascination of stories is the basis for my fully comprehensive and customized approach to each client that I encounter. No one individual, family, or company has the same story, and I use a planning-focused approach to solving the exclusive challenges of all of my personal and corporate clients.

As a Millennial Financial Advisor with Blue Collar roots, I use the Classic Wealth Management Principles instilled upon me to execute a modern, 21st Century approach to every client's unique scenario.

Acting as the personal CFO to my clients, I utilize a specialized network of strategic partners to develop, implement, and monitor tailor-made financial solutions for each individual scenario. I am fully committed to protecting the financial well-being of everyone that I work with, while also working to safeguard their ability to enjoy the lifestyles that they have worked so hard to create.

With trust as the foundational element of my practice, the Global Resources and Intellectual Capital of Morgan Stanley allows me to ensure that every one of my clients solutions, is theirs, and theirs alone.

I look forward to learning more about you, and helping you to fulfill your vision of a successful life.
Services Include
Securities Agent: CO, OH, NC, MN, IL, CT, CA, WV, VT, VA, IA, GA, TX, PA, NH, HI, DC, UT, MO, MI, MD, WY, SC, MA, FL, WI, OR, KS, AL, IN, ME, KY, AZ, WA, SD, NJ, DE, RI, NY, NV; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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Awards & Recognition

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    CFP® - CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNNER™
    Jake Rodriques, a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley earned the CFP® certification in 2019. The Certified Financial Planner™ designation is awarded to candidates who have demonstrated experience in the areas of Education, Investment, Tax, Retirement, Estate and Insurance planning. CFP® professionals must accrue several years of experience related to delivering financial planning services to clients and pass a comprehensive exam before calling themselves a CFP® Professional and are held to strict ethical standards to ensure financial planning recommendations are in the best interest of their clients.
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    Pacesetter's Club at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (2021 - 2025)
    Jake Rodriques, a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley, has been named to the Firm’s Prestigious Pacesetter’s Club (2021-2025). This accolade recognizes consistent excellence in providing a wide range of investment products and wealth management services to clients. In addition to demonstrating leadership through best practices of wealth management, Morgan Stanley's recognition programs acknowledge the highest professional standards and first class client service.
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    Qualified Plan Financial Consultant – QPFC
    Jake Rodriques, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley, earned the QPFC certification in 2024. This credential is issued by National Association of Plan Advisors. The program provides an understanding of general retirement planning concepts, terminology, distinctive features of qualified plans and the role of retirement plan professionals. It is the professional credential for financial professionals who sell, advise, market or support qualified retirement plans. QPFC is for professionals with two to three years of retirement plan experience. A candidate will be expected to demonstrate a general proficiency of plan administration, compliance, investment, fiduciary, and ethics issues.
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    Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams (2024-2025)
    The Intersect 360 Group at Morgan Stanley was named to the
    Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams ranking (2024-2025).

    Jake Rodriques, Financial Advisor, is a team member of The Intersect 360 Group at Morgan Stanley.

    2024-2025 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams
    Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2023-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in March of year prior to the issuance of the award.
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    Workplace Advisor - Equity Compensation
    Workplace Advisors are financial advisors who receive rigorous training and education on company specific plans to service their clients’ needs. As an Equity Compensation workplace advisor at Morgan Stanley, Jake can help you determine how your equity awards fits into your overall goals and financial strategy.
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    Financial Planning Specialist
    As a Financial Planning Specialist at Morgan Stanley, Jake is committed to providing customized advice on financial planning, He can conduct a comprehensive analysis of a client's financial situation and work towards developing and implementing a plan that fits their goals.
    Notice: Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Pacesetter’s Club members must meet a number of criteria including performance, conduct and compliance standards, revenue, length of experience and assets under supervision. Pacesetter’s Club membership is no guarantee of future performance. CRC # 6064989

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WORKPLACE FINANCIAL BENEFITS WITH MORGAN STANLEY AT WORK

Our mission is to help your company elevate your workplace financial benefits—helping you to attract and retain top talent. Our end-to-end solutions support your company and employees at any stage of growth through a powerful combination of modern technology, insightful guidance, and dedicated service.

    Equity Solutions

    Equity ownership is a powerful motivator. Streamline equity management through our leading-edge technology and provide global audit-ready reporting and insights, alongside customizable participant experiences to engage and educate your employees on how to make the most of their benefits. Our global solutions support private and public companies at any stage of growth.

    • Equity Administration and Financial Reporting
    • Liquidity Events
    • 409A Valuation Services and Cap Table Management

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    Retirement

    For your employees, retirement is more than a date in the future—it's a milestone that takes time, hard work, and the right tools. Through our consultative process, we strive to assist with the management of your fiduciary responsibilities and risk, simplify plan management, and help you improve retirement readiness for your employees.

    • Defined Contribution Consulting
    • Solutions-Oriented Plans
    • Fiduciary Investment Oversight

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    Deferred Compensation

    Access a range of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation plan services or pick the ones that best fit your needs. We provide recordkeeping and plan design, portfolio construction services, and plan education for your executive talent. We help you determine the appropriate plan design and inform a funding strategy through a needs-based assessment and consultative approach.

    Services include:

    • Recordkeeping and Plan Design
    • Portfolio Construction
    • Wealth Management Services
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    Executive Services

    Our dedicated team provides concierge-level support for your executives' equity compensation plans, from 10b5-1 trading plans to form filing related to Rule 144 transactions, to access to wealth management and tax-optimization strategies, so helping them navigate their complex financial needs with greater confidence and certainty:

    • Equity Compensation Services
    • Equity Award Analysis
    • Specialized Solutions
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    Saving and Giving

    Saving and Giving benefits can make a real difference in your employees' lives as they can support the things that matter most to them—like saving for education and repaying student loans. Show that you are committed to your employees' priorities with leading-edge solutions that help them chart a path toward financial well-being.

    • College Savings
    • Student Loan Repayment and Refinancing
    • Charitable Giving
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    Financial Wellness

    We offer Financial Wellness with every solution we provide. Through a powerful combination of education, digital tools and guidance, Financial Wellness is designed to address the unique needs of your employees and empower their financial journey at every stage. Give your employees the confidence to take charge of their finances.

    • Financial Education
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Meet My Team

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Todd Gutkin

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Corporate Retirement Director, Financial Wellness Director, Senior Investment Management Consultant, Senior Portfolio Manager, Workplace Advisor- Equity Compensation
Phone:
(212) 613-6701(212) 613-6701
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Pierce Donegan

Registered Associate
Phone:
(212) 643-5743(212) 643-5743
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Jeffrey Isaac, CRPS®*

Business Development Director
Phone:
(212) 643-5856(212) 643-5856
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Edward J. Edelman

Senior Vice President
Phone:
(201) 264-2091(201) 264-2091
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Shatavia Milton

Portfolio Associate
Phone:
(212) 603-6248(212) 603-6248
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Christian Wennes

Registered Client Service Associate
Phone:
(212) 230-3730(212) 230-3730
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Elizabeth Harrigan

Wealth Management Analyst
Phone:
(212) 230-3515(212) 230-3515

About Todd Gutkin

Todd Gutkin is a Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor, Corporate Retirement Director, Financial Wellness Director, Senior Investment Management Consultant, Senior Portfolio Manager, and a Workplace Advisor - Equity Compensation with The Intersect 360 Group at Morgan Stanley.

As a Corporate Retirement Director (CRD), Todd Gutkin concentrates on plan design and implementation of 401(k), Defined Benefit Plans and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Programs.

Todd earned his CRD designation after advanced training and examination, focusing exclusively on the corporate retirement plan marketplace. The curriculum involves in-depth study of plan design, investment strategy, plan administration, plan sponsors' fiduciary issues, and other related retirement topics. Todd is a CRD in New York City. Less than 2% of Morgan Stanley's advisors qualified for this prestigious designation as of December 2023.

Todd offers plan sponsors extensive experience, knowledge, and guidance with Plan Evaluation and Design, Vendor Selection, Investment Reviews, Fee benchmarking, Educating Plan Participants on such topics critical to retirement, and more.

Todd achieved his Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS®) credential in 2011, which is awarded by the College for Financial Planning for advisors focused on creating, implementing, and supporting retirement plans for businesses. The core areas of focus include IRAs, plans for small businesses, defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans and plan sponsors' fiduciary issues.

In addition, Todd earned the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC®) credential in 2014, the result of a comprehensive program which helps financial advisors gain knowledge and experience on the entire retirement planning process, including pre - and post- retirement needs, distinctive tax and estate planning strategies for a retiree, and more.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2009, Todd worked for Merrill Lynch as a Vice President within the Corporate Benefits and Institutional Services team for 12 years, focusing on the small to mid-size retirement market. Todd currently resides in Morristown, NJ with his wife Lynn and their three children.
Securities Agent: WI, CA, VT, VA, CT, CO, SD, NY, MO, KY, DE, WY, SC, PA, OH, IL, IA, OR, NV, GA, IN, UT, WA, TX, MD, AL, NH, HI, MN, MI, ME, MA, RI, NJ, KS, DC, AZ, WV, NC, FL; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures

About Pierce Donegan

Pierce joined Morgan Stanley as a Virtual Engagement Associate in 2019, after two years at Merrill Lynch as a Financial Advisor. Since moving to Wealth Management in 2021, his responsibilities include administrative, operational and issue support resolutions, along with relationship management.

Pierce is a graduate of Rutgers University, with a degree in Economics and a minor in Human Resource Management. Pierce and his fiancée currently reside in Hoboken, New Jersey, and enjoy traveling, golfing and spending time with their families.

About Jeffrey Isaac

Jeffrey joined Morgan Stanley in 2022 with over 20 years of experience selling and servicing retirement plans and 25 years in financial services. With prior experience in business to business sales with MassMutual and ADP, and an advisory role with a UBS Institutional Consulting Group team, he is well versed in plan design, investments and plan benchmarking. He holds the Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS®)* designation through the College for Financial Planning. Jeffrey lives in Merrick, NY with his wife and two children.

*This role cannot solicit or provide investment advice

About Seth Coren

Seth Coren leads a team of diverse professionals who help families of significant financial means address the complex challenges of managing their wealth. Seth and team are strategically focused on the intersection of Wealth Management and the Workplace, working closely with Morgan Stanley institutional consultants to deliver multi-channel participant education and engagement. Seth’s team includes five CFP® professionals, two CFA charterholders, three CRPS® professionals, 2 CRPC® professionals, and the group has been recognized by both Forbes and Barron’s magazines.

In his 25th year at Morgan Stanley, Seth has received multiple national recognitions for his accomplishments. Throughout his career, Seth has consistently been invited and willing to share his perspective on a variety of wealth management topics with MS colleagues and industry peers.

Seth is a graduate of Duke University and speaks proficient Japanese. He lives in NYC with his wife and three children. Since 2017, Seth has served as President of PSLL-NYC, a community institution since 1956, offering year-round baseball and softball programming to over 600 children on the East Side of Manhattan.

• 2023 Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State by State
• 2023-2024 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams
• 2018-2024 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor
• Panelist at the 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018 Barron’s Top Advisory Team Summit

Source: Barron's.com (March 2023) Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State ranking awarded in 2023. This ranking was determined based on an evaluation process conducted by Barron's during the period from Sept 2021 - Sept 2022.

Source: Forbes.com Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor (Awarded 2018-2024). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.

2023-2024 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Management Teams
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2023,2024). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
Securities Agent: MT, IL, IA, AK, NJ, NC, MO, MI, KS, IN, AZ, WI, SC, ME, VA, ND, LA, FL, DC, CO, MN, MD, DE, CT, VT, TX, NV, HI, GA, UT, OH, MA, WV, RI, OR, KY, PA, NY, CA, AL, SD, NH, WY, WA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures

About Scott Coren

Scott joined Morgan Stanley in 2012. He has 23 years of experience in the financial services industry having worked on both the buy- and sell- sides of Wall Street as an equity analyst and investor.

Scott leads The Intersect 360 Group’s investment team. He is responsible for security and manager research and selection, as well as portfolio and risk management.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Scott worked as an equity analyst at Millennium Management LLC, a global investment management company. Before that he spent four years at Endeavour Capital Advisors, a long/short equity financial services sector fund, where he was responsible for the firm’s bank research and investments. Scott spent the first part of his career as a Managing Director and analyst in the equity research department of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1995 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Scott is a CFA charterholder since 2000.
Securities Agent: WA, NV, IA, KY, IL, HI, FL, VA, UT, SC, OR, MI, MD, MA, CO, CA, VT, SD, PA, NY, IN, GA, WV, OH, NJ, ND, KS, DC, MO, ME, AK, WI, TX, NH, DE, CT, AL, MN, RI, NC, AZ, WY; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative

About Amanda Voie, CFA*, CFP®*

Amanda joined Morgan Stanley in 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia, and has over 18 years of experience in wealth management. She is a CFA®* charterholder and a CFP®* professional. Amanda is responsible for relationship management, financial planning, and strategic partnership management.

Amanda graduated from Texas A&M University in 2004, and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. After many years in Manhattan, she and her husband Chris relocated to Houston, where they reside with their daughters Allison and Caroline. Amanda is an active member in the community, volunteering primarily via her children’s school PTO and sports teams. In her spare time, she enjoys playing tennis, cooking, and most of all, time with her family.

*This role cannot solicit or provide investment advice

About Michael C. Ganley, CFP®*

Michael is a Wealth Management Associate at Morgan Stanley. He joined the firm in 2010 and brings over 13 years of wealth management experience to the team. Michael earned his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification* in 2017. He has worked in several areas within wealth management at Morgan Stanley including Institutional Investment Consulting, Financial Planning, and the Advisory sales desk.

Michael is responsible for supporting the team with financial planning, investment manager and fund analysis, performance reporting, and cultivating meaningful relationships with both clients and employees of the firm.

Michael is a graduate of Fairfield University with a degree in Finance and a minor in Mathematics. He currently resides in Morris Plains, NJ with his wife and daughter and enjoys traveling, playing golf, and fitness.

*This role cannot solicit or provide investment advice

About Shatavia Milton

Shatavia joined Morgan Stanley in 2005 and brings over 18 years of experience to the team. She began her career as a Service Associate in Branch Operations. Her responsibilities on the team include administrative, operational and issue support resolution.

She attended Macon State College and is the proud mother of her daughter Myeh. Her hobbies include spending time with family, traveling and photography.

About Kevin Oakes, CFP®*, CRPC®*

Kevin joined Morgan Stanley in 2019 after five years at Merrill Lynch. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®)* and has 10 years of experience in the Wealth Management industry.

Kevin is a Financial Planning Specialist, Charted Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC®)*, Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS®)*, and supports the team as a relationship manager and financial planner.

He graduated from Rutgers University in 2014 with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and currently resides in New Jersey with his wife and daughter. They enjoy traveling, skiing, and spending time at the Jersey Shore with their families.

*This role cannot solicit or provide investment advice

About Christian Wennes

Christian joined Morgan Stanley in 2022 as Client Service Associate. Originally from Los Angeles, he graduated from the University of Southern California in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and an emphasis in Finance. Christian holds Series 7 and Series 66 licenses, and is now a Registered Client Service Associate.
Christian moved to the East Coast in 2022, and currently resides in Manhattan. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing golf, skiing, and cheering on his USC Trojans!
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