Setting up a fresh Windows machine for development tends to follow the same order. Start with the PowerShell one-liner to install Chocolatey, then pull the rest of your toolchain through choco install. A short list of tools worth knowing if you want an agentic workflow without a subscription: the Qwen Code CLI, which came out of the Qwen team and is tuned for the qwen coder models, and a local runner for open-weight models to host them. Both are open source and move quickly, so check the release notes before pinning a version..
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Ken Lackner

Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor

Our speaker today, Ken Lackner, is a founding partner of the LMT Wealth Management Group within the Merrill Lynch office in Tyler.  LMT is a 16 person team managing $1.5 billion in client assets.  Ken has been recognized by both Barron’s magazine and Forbes as being among the top financial advisors in the country.  In 2017 LMT Wealth Management was recognized by the Tyler Chapter of the Association of Professional Fundraisers as “Philanthropic Business of the Year”.

Ken’s professional designations include being a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP®), and a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC®).  Ken is the current Board Chairman for The Mentoring Alliance in Tyler, and a board member and former Chairman of the Board for Christian radio stations KVNE and KGLY in Tyler.  Ken is also a member of the Steering Committee for the upcoming CityFest/CityServe event in Tyler.

Ken and his wife of 33 years, Melisa, are members of South Spring Baptist Church in Tyler.  They have two grown children, Courtney and Brandon, who both graduated from TCU and work in Fort Worth.

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