AI is moving fast in wealth management, but most Advisors still aren’t ready

In this episode of The WealthTech Podcast , Host Mark Wickersham sits down with John O’Connell, Founder of The Oasis Group, to break down what’s really happening at the intersection of AI, data, and modern wealth tech infrastructure.

From dirty data and disconnected systems to the rise of AI-first platforms, this conversation gets into what advisors and family offices must do now to stay competitive.

🔑 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why bad data = bad AI outcomes (and how to fix it)
✅ Why firms need to own their data
✅ The shift from AI tools → AI agents → digital workers
✅ How to think about AI adoption, compliance, and ROI
✅ Why integration and workflows will make or break your tech stack

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ArQ63f2wPWo

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📢 Connect with Us:
🔗 John O'Connell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnokoconnell/
🔗 The Oasis Group: https://theoasisgrp.com/
🔗 Mark Wickersham: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markwickersham/
🔗 Asseta AI: https://www.asseta.ai/

About John O'Connell
John is a thought leader in AI, best practice workflows, WealthTech, data, and cybersecurity in the wealth management market. I am a keynote speaker at numerous industry conferences about AI, technology, and sales. I've written a bestselling book and has been in the FinServ and FinTech spaces for over 3 decades.

John's hobbies include tabletop gaming, completing puzzles or models, xBox gaming, or just reading a great book when not at work.

About The Oasis Group
The Oasis Group assists enterprise RIAs, RIA Aggregators, Broker-Dealers, Trust Organizations, and Family Offices solve their most complex growth challenges. We bring best practice workflows, the industry's leading AI knowledge, and deep experience in wealth technology, data, and cybersecurity to our customers.

Our thought leadership includes our award winning research, AI WealthTech Map, 170,000+ subscriber newsletter, twice monthly webinars, and my articles in industry publications.
Please check out my firm at www.TheOasisGrp.com and my book at .

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About The WealthTech Podcast:
The WealthTech Podcast is bi-monthly family office technology and best practices focused podcast hosted by family office technology expert Mark Wickersham. Mark interviews the movers and shakers in the family office and wealth management industries sharing their years of experience and insights into the topics that are important to the industry. The podcast is produced by Brad Oliver.

The WealthTech Podcast is brought to you by the generous support of Asseta AI.

About Asseta AI
Asseta AI is The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built accounting and bill pay platform designed for family offices managing complex, multi-entity wealth. Asseta AI brings modern architecture and intuitive design to a market long underserved by traditional enterprise systems.

To learn more please visit www.asseta.ai

Disclaimer
The information provided on The WealthTech Podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal, or investment advice. All opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not reflect the views of their employers, affiliated organizations, or sponsors.

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In this episode of The WealthTech Podcast, host Mark Wickersham sits down with Mike Muniz, Chief Strategy Officer at Canoe Intelligence, and Dennis Mangalindan, Director of Family Office Sales, to discuss one of the most persistent operational challenges in the family office world: managing alternative investment data.

Together they explore how technology, AI, and automation are transforming the way family offices manage private market investments and unlock insights from complex data.

In this episode, we cover:

✅ Why managing alts data has historically been one of the biggest operational headaches for family offices
✅ How AI is transforming back-office workflows
✅ Why leading family offices are treating data as a strategic asset rather than an operational burden
✅ The role of APIs in building a modern wealth tech stack
✅ The democratization of private markets and what it means for wealth managers
✅ How new infrastructure and technology are enabling scale in private markets

As always we end the podcast on a personal note with three questions that have nothing to do with WealthTech.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lDNMa1ZNHXM

About Michael Muniz

Mike is Chief Strategy Officer at Canoe Intelligence and has over 15 years experience at institutional consulting and financial technology companies.

Mike graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duke University with a B.A. in History and Markets & Management.

About Dennis Mangalindan

Dennis is Senior Director of Family Office Sales at Canoe Intelligence and is a family office technology veteran with nearly two decades of experience in the space.

When Dennis is not working with family offices he can be found DJ'ing his daughter's dance parties.

About Canoe Intelligence

Canoe has reimagined the future of alternative investments with cloud-based, machine-learning technology for document collection, data extraction, and data science initiatives. We transform complex documents into actionable intelligence within seconds and empower allocators with tools to unlock new efficiencies for their businesses.

Our mission is to unlock efficiencies in alternative investment processes by introducing purpose-built automation into the workflows of institutional investors, asset servicer

About The WealthTech Podcast:
The WealthTech Podcast is bi-monthly family office technology and best practices focused podcast hosted by family office technology expert Mark Wickersham. Mark interviews the movers and shakers in the family office and wealth management industries sharing their years of experience and insights into the topics that are important to the industry. The podcast is produced by Brad Oliver.

The WealthTech Podcast is brought to you by the generous support of Asseta AI.

About Asseta AI
Asseta AI is The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built accounting and bill pay platform designed for family offices managing complex, multi-entity wealth. Asseta AI brings modern architecture and intuitive design to a market long underserved by traditional enterprise systems.

To learn more please visit www.asseta.ai

Disclaimer
The information provided on The WealthTech Podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal, or investment advice. All opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not reflect the views of their employers, affiliated organizations, or sponsors.

The WealthTech Podcast makes no representations as...

What does it really take to build, staff, and modernize a family office?

In this episode of The WealthTech Podcast, host Mark Wickersham sits down with Brian Adams, Partner at Mack International, to explore the people side of family offices.

Brian shares insights from working with single-family offices across the country, helping them hire C-suite leaders and navigate one of the biggest constraints in the industry: finding and retaining the right talent.

The conversation covers why family office roles are uniquely complex, how peer-to-peer communities accelerate learning, and why next-generation leadership is reshaping technology expectations.

They also discuss:
✅ Why talent remains the #1 challenge for family offices
✅ The real cost of launching and operating a family office
✅ How technology decisions get made (and why ownership is often unclear)
✅ The growing role of AI — and why adoption is still early
✅ Data privacy concerns slowing AI implementation
✅ How next-gen leaders are driving modernization
✅ The different types of family office structures
✅ Why peer communities are critical for professional managers

And as always we end the podcast on a personal note with Three Questions That Have Nothing To Do With WealthTech.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8zdonqYCmFk

About Brian Adams

Brian Adams is a Partner at Mack International. Brian specializes in C-suite executive search and talent strategy, helping single-family offices recruit leadership that aligns with both cultural and strategic needs. He is the host of The Mack Podcast, where he shares insights and trends shaping the family office landscape.

About Mack International

Mack International is a premier boutique retained executive search and strategic human capital consulting firm that specializes in serving family offices, family enterprises, and wealth and investment management clients on both national and international levels. The firm focuses on C-suite and senior-level executive search, helping ultra-high-net-worth families and their organizations identify and recruit leaders who are not only highly skilled but also a strong cultural fit for each unique client.

About The Mack Podcast

The Mack Podcast is a show dedicated to ex

About The WealthTech Podcast:
The WealthTech Podcast is bi-monthly family office technology and best practices focused podcast hosted by family office technology expert Mark Wickersham. Mark interviews the movers and shakers in the family office and wealth management industries sharing their years of experience and insights into the topics that are important to the industry. The podcast is produced by Brad Oliver.

The WealthTech Podcast is brought to you by the generous support of Asseta AI.

About Asseta AI
Asseta AI is The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built accounting and bill pay platform designed for family offices managing complex, multi-entity wealth. Asseta AI brings modern architecture and intuitive design to a market long underserved by traditional enterprise systems.

To learn more please visit www.asseta.ai

Disclaimer
The information provided on The WealthTech Podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal, or investment advice. All opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not reflect the views of their employers, affiliated organizations, or sponsors.

The WealthTech Podcast makes no representations as...

In this episode of The WealthTech Podcast, host Mark Wickersham speaks with Gareth Lewis, Founder and Co-Chief Executive at Delio, about the state of private markets technology today and the infrastructure that will be needed if the market continues to grow.

Gareth explains why the industry’s first wave focused on product access and point solutions, and why the next phase is about something deeper: infrastructure, operating systems, and true digitization. While many platforms look modern on the surface, much of private markets still rely on fragmented systems and manual workflows behind the scenes.

This conversation covers:

• Where private markets are today in the digitization journey
• Why legacy systems and narrow solutions fall short
• The case for product-agnostic “pipes and plumbing”
• Why there won’t be winner-takes-all solution
• How GPs are rethinking digital experience as they expand into wealth channels
• Why the future of alternatives is likely decentralized, flexible, and configurable

As always we end the podcast on a personal note with three questions that have nothing to do with WealthTech The Cardiff Edition.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yFtV3ZkK7bc

About Gareth Lewis

Gareth Lewis is Founder and Co-Chief Executive of Delio. Before launching Delio, Lewis was a qualified Chartered Accountant and held corporate finance roles at Ernst & Young and Convex Capital.

About Delio

Delio helps firms maintain complete control of their alternative investments capabilities. Our 'OS approach' enables firms to stay agnostic across product channels while tailoring workflows to their specific needs.

Our white-label operating system (Core OS) leverages configurable, low-code tools and modules to streamline the technologies and workflows needed for compliant, efficient, and scalable distribution and reporting.

Delio's non-conflicted, collaborative approach means we work where you need us—either end-to-end or embedded via API—covering the aggregation, structuring, distribution, administration, and reporting of alternative investments.

Find out more at www.deliogroup.com or email us at team@deliogroup.com.

About The WealthTech Podcast:
The WealthTech Podcast is bi-monthly family office technology and best practices focused podcast hosted by family office technology expert Mark Wickersham. Mark interviews the movers and shakers in the family office and wealth management industries sharing their years of experience and insights into the topics that are important to the industry. The podcast is produced by Brad Oliver.

The WealthTech Podcast is brought to you by the generous support of Asseta AI.

About Asseta AI
Asseta AI is The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built accounting and bill pay platform designed for family offices managing complex, multi-entity wealth. Asseta AI brings modern architecture and intuitive design to a market long underserved by traditional enterprise systems.

To learn more please visit www.asseta.ai

Disclaimer
The information provided on The WealthTech Podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal, or investment advice. All opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not reflect the views of their employers, affiliated organizations, or sponsors.

The WealthTech Podcast makes no representations as...

In this episode of The WealthTech Podcast, host Mark Wickersham sits down with Shaun Parkin, founder of Hall Road Investments and the voice behind The Family Office Sherpa.

Shaun shares a candid, experience-driven look at why many family offices struggle with governance, technology, and change management—and how small “workarounds” often create long-term risk, inefficiency, and technical debt.

Drawing on his work advising single-family offices across Australia and APAC, Shaun explains:

• Why governance—not portfolio performance—is often the real bottleneck
• How Excel and manual processes quietly undermine oversight and scalability
• What modern family offices should expect from reporting, data, and AI
• Why every family office needs a clear owner for implementation and change

As always we end the podcast on a personal note with Three Questions that Have Nothing to Do with WealthTech the down under edition.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sAf4GDHJe1g

About Shaun Parkin

Shaun is Principal of Hall Road Investments and has over 20 years of family office focused experience.. Prior to establishing Hall Road, Shaun spent seven years at Boston-based asset manager, State Street Global Advisors where he had numerous roles including Australian Head of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and national head of relationships for Insurance, Endowment, and Family Office clients.

He also held roles in capital markets and middle office with Lonsec, Shaw Stockbroking in Sydney and GLG Partners and JP Morgan in London. He also had a small Mongolian detour which is worth having a chat about.

Shaun is also creator of The Family Office Sherpa, a family office focused podcast and newsletter.

https://www.thefamilyofficesherpa.com/the-podcast

About Hall Road Investments

Assisting Single and Multi Family Office teams looking for an outside view on investments, operations & technology.

About The WealthTech Podcast:
The WealthTech Podcast is bi-monthly family office technology and best practices focused podcast hosted by family office technology expert Mark Wickersham. Mark interviews the movers and shakers in the family office and wealth management industries sharing their years of experience and insights into the topics that are important to the industry. The podcast is produced by Brad Oliver.

The WealthTech Podcast is brought to you by the generous support of Asseta AI.

About Asseta AI
Asseta AI is The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built accounting and bill pay platform designed for family offices managing complex, multi-entity wealth. Asseta AI brings modern architecture and intuitive design to a market long underserved by traditional enterprise systems.

To learn more please visit www.asseta.ai

Disclaimer
The information provided on The WealthTech Podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal, or investment advice. All opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not reflect the views of their employers, affiliated organizations, or sponsors.

The WealthTech Podcast makes no representations as...

In this episode of The WealthTech Podcast, host Mark Wickersham sits down with Parker Ence, CEO and Co-Founder of Jump, to explore how AI is transforming the advisor meeting lifecycle—from preparation to follow-up and beyond.

Parker shares Jump’s founder journey, why advisor meeting notes became one of the fastest-adopted AI use cases in wealth management, and how advisors are reclaiming 1–3 hours per day by automating administrative work.

The conversation also dives into:

✅Why AI meeting assistants are seeing faster adoption than other advisor AI tools
✅How Jump uses AI to improve advisor presence, follow-up, and client experience
✅What compliance, privacy, and PII protection really look like in AI workflows
✅The rise of agentic AI and what “AI coworkers” could mean for advisors
✅Insights from analyzing over million anonymized advisor–client conversations
✅Why advisors think they listen more than they do—and what the data reveals

As always we end the podcast on a personal note with three questions that have nothing to do with WealthTech.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y4nS3yRQPD0

About Parker Ence

Parker Ence is the CEO and Co-founder of Jump AI, the leading Advisor AI solution for financial advisors. Parker is a 4x technology CEO with experience in fintech, data, AI and briefly at Google Cloud AI.

Parker received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelors in Economics from the University of Utah.

About Jump Advisor AI

Jump is the industry’s leading advisor AI solution, enabling registered investment advisor (RIA), broker-dealer, and enterprise teams to cut meeting admin by up to 90% while elevating the advisor and client experience. Jump automates meeting prep, note taking, compliance documentation, CRM updates, client recap email, financial data extraction and follow-up tasks, allowing advisors to process meetings in just five minutes – not 60. Jump is made for advisors,100% customizable, deeply integrated with the tech stack and designed with safety and compliance in mind.

About The WealthTech Podcast:
The WealthTech Podcast is bi-monthly family office technology and best practices focused podcast hosted by family office technology expert Mark Wickersham. Mark interviews the movers and shakers in the family office and wealth management industries sharing their years of experience and insights into the topics that are important to the industry. The podcast is produced by Brad Oliver.

The WealthTech Podcast is brought to you by the generous support of Asseta AI.

About Asseta AI
Asseta AI is The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built accounting and bill pay platform designed for family offices managing complex, multi-entity wealth. Asseta AI brings modern architecture and intuitive design to a market long underserved by traditional enterprise systems.

To learn more please visit www.asseta.ai

Disclaimer
The information provided on The WealthTech Podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal, or investment advice. All opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not reflect the views of their employers, affiliated organizations, or sponsors.

The WealthTech Podcast makes no representations as...

In this episode of The WealthTech Podcast, host Mark Wickersham sits down with Kartik Srinivasan, President of the Advyzon Institutional.

Kartik shares why Advyzon expanded into the family office segment, what makes Auria different, and how purpose-built workflows, entity modeling, and deeply integrated CRM capabilities are transforming how UHNW firms operate. From the challenges of best-of-breed tech stacks to the hidden costs of weak integrations, Kartik offers a candid look at what truly drives efficiency—and what holds firms back.

The conversation also dives into the AI revolution reshaping wealth management. Kartik explains how agentic AI, document intelligence, and data-rich platforms will streamline alternative investment operations, modernize client reporting, and unlock new levels of productivity.

As always we end the podcast on a personal note with three questions that have nothing to do with WealthTech.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AKn_ATLHjf0

About Kartik Srinivasan

Kartik is President of Advyzon Institutional where he is responsible for developing capabilities to serve the needs of wealth managers serving HNW and UHNW clients. Prior to joining Advyzon, Kartik spent seven years at Schwab where he served as Managing Director of 3rd Party Integrations and Partnerships. Kartik started his professional career at Morningstar, where is served for 12 years in a variety of roles in the advisor software business.

Kartik earned his BBA in Finance and Economics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his MBA in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Economics from the University of Chicago – Booth School of Business. Kartik enjoys traveling, skiing and hiking with his family in his spare time.

About Advyzon's Auria

Providing data-driven insights is essential in guiding clients toward a secure financial future. Family offices face the challenge of addressing complex financial needs while navigating potential risks and delivering clarity in their decision-making process.

Built on Advyzon's proven technology foundation, and elevated with enhanced features and an elegant interface, Auria unifies complex data and sophisticated capabilities in a platform designed specifically for ultra-high-net-worth family offices. By providing a single source of truth for all

About The WealthTech Podcast:
The WealthTech Podcast is bi-monthly family office technology and best practices focused podcast hosted by family office technology expert Mark Wickersham. Mark interviews the movers and shakers in the family office and wealth management industries sharing their years of experience and insights into the topics that are important to the industry. The podcast is produced by Brad Oliver.

The WealthTech Podcast is brought to you by the generous support of Asseta AI.

About Asseta AI
Asseta AI is The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built accounting and bill pay platform designed for family offices managing complex, multi-entity wealth. Asseta AI brings modern architecture and intuitive design to a market long underserved by traditional enterprise systems.

To learn more please visit www.asseta.ai

Disclaimer
The information provided on The WealthTech Podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal, or investment advice. All opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not reflect the views of their employers, affiliated organizations, or sponsors.

The WealthTech Podcast makes no representations as...

In this episode of Mark Wickersham sits down with Michael Thrasher, Founder of Modus News, to unpack why independent media matters in the family office ecosystem.

Michael shares his founder journey from Institutional Investor to launching a bootstrapped newsletter built for family offices—not about them. The conversation explores the shifting media landscape, the attention economy, accountability journalism, and how technology (including AI) is reshaping family office operations without replacing the human element.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IYxo3kRxeRE

About Michael Thrasher
Michael Thrasher is the founder and editor of Modus, a weekly newsletter for family-office professionals. Modus is also an independent media company, empowering it to do impartial and assertive journalism. Thrasher was previously a senior reporter at Institutional Investor magazine and is based in New York City.

About Modus News
Modus is a new independent media company that publishes a weekly newsletter, short and long-form articles, opinion essays, and more for family-office professionals. For more information visit - https://www.modus.news/

About The WealthTech Podcast:
The WealthTech Podcast is bi-monthly family office technology and best practices focused podcast hosted by family office technology expert Mark Wickersham. Mark interviews the movers and shakers in the family office and wealth management industries sharing their years of experience and insights into the topics that are important to the industry. The podcast is produced by Brad Oliver.

The WealthTech Podcast is brought to you by the generous support of Asseta AI.

About Asseta AI
Asseta AI is The Intelligent Family Office Suite™, a purpose-built accounting and bill pay platform designed for family offices managing complex, multi-entity wealth. Asseta AI brings modern architecture and intuitive design to a market long underserved by traditional enterprise systems.

To learn more please visit www.asseta.ai

Disclaimer
The information provided on The WealthTech Podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal, or investment advice. All opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not reflect the views of their employers, affiliated organizations, or sponsors.

The WealthTech Podcast makes no representations as...