About
Meet Scott Thiel
Twenty years of explaining complicated things clearly — first in a broadcast edit bay, now in retirement planning.
Licensed Pension & Retirement Planner
From the NFL Network edit bay to retirement planning
As a licensed Pension and Retirement Planner, I work to help you and your loved ones take control of your financial future. Our visits together will accurately estimate your retirement income, explore your pension options, and create customized income and investing strategies. Whether you’re just starting out or nearing retirement, my tools and guidance are built to make planning simple and stress-free.
Before financial services, I spent eleven years as a lead video editor at NFL Network. If you watched the channel during football season, there’s a decent chance you saw something I cut. The job was always the same: take a mountain of raw footage and find the three minutes that actually tell the story.
I moved into financial services for a reason that’s personal. I watched people I cared about make retirement decisions in a fog — signing documents they didn’t fully understand because nobody took the time to explain them. Pensions, annuities, Social Security timing. Big, permanent, irreversible choices, made quickly, under pressure.
That’s the gap I’m trying to close. I’m not the advisor with the biggest office or the flashiest marketing. I’m the one who will sit down, draw it out on paper, and make sure you understand the tradeoff before you sign anything.
My full suite of licensed financial services
- Financial account advisory built around your risk profile
- Accurate pension assessments — including Oregon PERS lump sum vs. monthly elections
- 401(k), 403(b), and 457 account management
- Tax-free strategies, account rollovers, and Roth conversions
- Cash value (IUL and whole life) and term life insurance with living benefits
Credentials
- Investment Adviser Representative — Series 65
- CRD #8138056, registered in the State of Oregon
- Investment advisory services through Encompass More Asset Management LLC
- Life insurance & annuity licensed in Oregon; products offered through Ohlson Group
- Member, Safe Money Places® Agent Network
Why credentials matter here
Holding a Series 65 and working under a registered investment adviser means I’m held to a fiduciary standard when I give investment advice. You can verify my registration and any disciplinary history at any time through FINRA BrokerCheck and the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure database.
Scott Jason Thiel · Licensed Pension & Retirement Planner
11
years at NFL Network as a lead video editor
20+
years making complicated things clear
OR
licensed & registered in Oregon
Membership
A proud member of the Safe Money Places® Agent Network
The Safe Money Places® Agent Network is a national organization of independent, like-minded financial professionals who operate under the Safe Money Places® philosophy.
The network’s mission is to educate the public about safe money products and how they can help keep wealth intact — providing income vehicles during retirement, helping preserve estates, and in some cases doing both.
You can visit the educational site at www.SafeMoneyPlaces.com for more information.
Watch: Why I left broadcast for this
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2:14 · Retirement, explained in plain English
How I actually work
I keep a deliberately small practice. That’s on purpose — it’s the only way I can know my clients’ situations well enough to give an answer instead of a disclaimer.
Plain English first
If I can’t explain it simply, I don’t understand it well enough to recommend it. That’s the standard.
One decision at a time
Retirement planning is a sequence, not a firehose. We work through your picture in order of what matters most.
Written, not verbal
You leave every planning session with something in writing you can reread at home — and share with your spouse or kids.
Let’s talk about your situation
The first conversation is free and there’s no obligation.