Check out John O'Connell's bylined article published in Advisor Perspectives by VettaFi, where he defines BPM, digs into BPMN, highlights integration benefits, provides a foundation for digital process automation, shares how to prepare for the AI-enabled future, discusses how to effectively adopt BPM, and more.
In our latest Peaks Perspective article, discover how audio deepfakes endanger wealth management firms, including what exactly is an audio deepfake, why wealth firms are prime targets, how to move from familiarity to verification, and more. Plus, access an in-depth deepfake-resilience checklist that serves as a practical framework to protect clients, staff, and the...
In this fast-paced, high-impact keynote, which will be presented at the Financial Planning ADVISE AI 2025 Conference, John O’Connell will demonstrate how wealth managers can harness the power of today’s top generative AI tools to supercharge their practice.
John O’Connell, Mark Gilbert of Zocks, Stacie Craddock of Integrated Compliance Advisors, and Jason Gross of Colorado’s Division of Securities for this webinar replay on best practices for implementing AI tools while staying compliant.
John O’Connell offers a critical perspective on two major launches in the financial planning tech space in RIABiz: RightCapital introducing a data automation tool intended to challenge incumbents eMoney and MoneyGuidePro by streamlining back-office data entry for advisors, and Advyzon debuting its new financial planning module in a saturated, fiercely competitive environment.
John O'Connell is quoted in this article from Financial Planning for his perspective on integrating AI into financial planning. He believes that every advisor should be actively exploring ways to streamline their processes with AI, emphasizing the potential to reduce manual effort and speed up the creation of personalized financial plans.
John O’Connell authored this article in ThinkAdvisor, where he delivers a critical message for the wealth management community: the recent Salesforce data breach, affecting up to one billion records, exposes the growing fragility of data security across the financial services ecosystem.
John O'Connell played a prominent role as the moderator of a wealthtech panel at the RIA Edge LA conference, covered in this WealthManagement.com article. He emphasized that "2026 is going to be the year of AI agents" and outlined critical readiness steps for firms considering AI agent adoption.
John O'Connell authored this article in Wealth Solutions Report, discussing how AI agents have transformative potential in wealth management by automating routine tasks and improving client interactions - but their effectiveness hinges on clear, structured workflows defined through Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN).
Watch this webinar replay with Joel Bruckenstein of T3 Technology Tools for Today, Ted Toso of Vi4 Wealth, and Janet Galloway of B&B Strategic Management where they explored practical strategies for simplifying performance reporting without losing critical detail.
