Our Team

Steve Stravolo, CPA

Steve Stravolo, a financial adviser and CPA, is the owner of Stravolo Wealth Management in Spartanburg, SC.  He graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting in 1990 and then from the University of South Carolina with a Master of Accountancy in 1991.  Upon graduation, Steve and his wife, Kim (also a CPA) worked for international accounting firms.  In 1994, Steve and Kim started their own accounting firm.

According to Steve, "We knew we had to break the mold of the traditional CPA model.  So, we revolutionized the way we worked with our clients.  We helped our business clients establish goals and develop strategies to pursue those goals".  These business advisory services helped connect Steve and Kim to other like-minded CPAs who were also providing business consulting.

Since 2000, Steve has networked with other CPAs who seek to add value to their clients - going above and beyond traditional tax and accounting services and helping clients not only look at the past but plan for the future.

In 2002, Steve began providing financial planning to his clients.  “Ultimately, we could help our individual clients and business clients with the rest of their lives”, Steve says.  “We noticed a real gap between what our tax clients were getting from financial advisors and what they really needed, so, we added customized planning in order to help close that gap.”

Stravolo Wealth Management has established a growing network of CPAs who help their clients with business planning, retirement planning, tax planning and estate planning.

Steve is active in the community and in sports.  He enjoys bicycling, exercising, golfing, hiking, swimming and the outdoors.  He is involved with his church and chairs its finance committee.  He and his wife have four active children – two sons and two daughters.  They enjoy traveling to new places as well as visiting their house in Myrtle Beach to relax.

Larry Hart

Larry Hart is is an investment adviser representative and a registered representative with Financial Network Investment Corporation.

He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and a minor in Industrial Psychology.

Larry has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry. He provides market research, fund research and financial product research to the Stravolo Wealth Management team and Market Committee. He also provides training and support to participating CPA firms.

Prior to becoming a financial adviser, he was in the human resource management field for 5 years.

Larry and his wife, Cindy, live in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  Larry enjoys bicycling, gardening, cross country skiing and woodworking (having recently finished renovating their previous home in Easton, PA) and traveling to Pennsylvania to visit family, friends and clients.

Dean Kasparian

Dean Kasparian is one of the leading experts in market analysis.  His research and work as President of AIQ Systems led to the development of the first artificial intelligence-based trading software program.  Dean has devoted over 20 years to the science and study of quantitative market analysis.  Using proprietary systems and approaches to market strategies and tactical asset allocation, he has acquired and honed a unique blend of skills.  Dean’s proven software development expertise, coupled with his experience in both trading and investing has given him a deep understanding of the financial marketplace.  Areas of specialization include technical and fundamental market analysis, trading system development tools and group / sector analysis techniques.

In 2005, Dean was recruited to PerTrac Financial Solutions (formerly Strategic Financial Solutions) as Chief Operating Officer. PerTrac is the world’s leading asset allocation and investment analysis software provider for money managers, hedge funds or family trusts.

Dean's next venture led him to OnlineAdvisors Inc., where he applied his technical and managerial knowledge to the Advisory and Management side of the business by working with a large investment manager on the west coast with $1.5 billion in assets under management. 

Through these experiences, Dean has become more active on the management side, applying tactical asset allocation to money management strategies.  According to Dean, “I feel that managers should do a better job at managing risk expectations, while participating in market fluctuation”.  His broad knowledge in the areas of technical, fundamental, economic, and inter-market analysis, give him a firm foundation to base his approach to portfolio management.  Dean’s top-down approach starts with international equity, bond and commodity markets, along with economic data and inter-market analysis and then finishes in the area of subsurface style analysis.  This research allows Dean to respond quickly to changes in market trends across various styles as well as asset classes. The goal is to position assets within the most promising asset classes.

Dean has appeared frequently as a guest on many national financial television and radio programs.  He is often quoted in trade news and magazines and is a featured presenter on the national lecture circuit, speaking on market analysis and designing and testing trading systems. 

An enthusiastic skier, cyclist and soccer player, you’ll find Dean, his wife and two kids spending most of their leisure time outdoors in the mountains around their home in the Reno/Lake Tahoe area.

Kim Stravolo, CPA

Kim Stravolo is a CPA and an investment adviser representative with Stravolo Wealth Management, LLC.

She is employed by Upstate CPAs, P.A., a public accounting firm in Spartanburg, SC. 

Kim graduated from Columbia College in 1991 with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting.  She earned a Master of Taxation degree from the University of South Carolina in 1992.

Kim is a taxation specialist with 20 years of experience in individual tax, corporate tax and estate tax issues.  After graduating from the University of South Carolina, she worked for Ernst & Young, LLP as a tax preparer.  Then, in 1994, she and her husband, Steve, started their own CPA firm in Spartanburg, Stravolo & Company, P.A., where she served as partner in charge of tax services.

Kim and her husband Steve have two sons and two daughters.  Kim is active in her church and is an avid runner.  She enjoys cooking and spending time with her family.

Mike Irvin

Mike Irvin is the Operations Manager of Stravolo Wealth Management.  He is a registered representative with Financial Network Investment Corporation.  Mike is a licensed insurance agent and is the coordinator for long-term care and life insurance.  Mike has been preparing individual tax returns since 2002.

Prior to joining Stravolo Wealth Management in May 2007, Mike worked as a financial planner in Richmond, VA.  He also worked as a management consultant and business coach, teaching classes on management skills at the University of Richmond.

Mike was born and raised in Memphis, TN.  He graduated summa cum laude from Baylor University in Waco, TX with a double major in Religion and Greek.  He has a Master of Divinity and a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies and Greek.  Mike served as a pastor in Virginia for 10 years.

Mike and his wife, Holly, have 3 daughters and live in Spartanburg.  Mike is an avid runner and is active in his church.

Jennifer Smith

Jennifer Smith joined the Stravolo Wealth Management team in January 2008, and she is responsible for paperwork during client transition, along with client requests and communication.  Jennifer also assists with compliance issues and organizing the Annual Client Event and periodic CPA training sessions.

Jennifer was born and raised in Spartanburg, SC.  When clients call in to the office, they are always greeted by Jennifer's friendly voice.