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Optimal AdvisorAI

Simplifying AI for Firms & Financial Professionals

Leverage Time | Strengthen Client Relationships | Drive growth

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the financial services industry—and Optimal AdvisorAI is built exclusively to help financial professionals navigate that change.

Unlike general AI trainers or technology consultants, Optimal AdvisorAI focuses 100% on the financial services industry. Their entire mission is helping financial advisors, wealth management firms, and financial institutions understand, adopt, and apply AI in a way that is practical, compliant, and directly relevant to their business.

Every program, example, and tool is designed specifically for financial advisors, wholesalers, broker-dealers, and wealth management organizations. That means attendees don’t hear generic AI theory—they learn exactly how AI can be used inside a financial advisory practice.

Optimal AdvisorAI bridges the gap between emerging AI technology and real-world advisor application, helping firms move from curiosity to capability.

What Makes Optimal AdvisorAI Unique

100% Focused on Financial Services AI
AI training built exclusively for financial advisors, wealth managers, wholesalers, and financial institutions.

Compliance-First Approach
Learn how to responsibly use tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and AI assistants within the realities of regulated environments.

Immediate Practical Application
Advisors leave with prompts, workflows, and tools they can implement immediately in marketing, client communication, research, and practice management.

Increase Productivity Without Adding Staff
Discover how AI can reduce time spent on emails, meeting prep, market summaries, client follow-ups, and content creation.

Enhance Client Engagement
Use AI to create more personalized communication, better meeting preparation, and more consistent client touchpoints.

Modernize Marketing and Prospecting
Learn how AI can support social media, client communication, market commentary, and thought leadership.

Future-Proof Your Practice
Advisors who understand AI today will have a competitive advantage tomorrow. Optimal AdvisorAI shows how to stay ahead of the curve.

Ideal For:

  • Financial advisor conferences

  • Broker-dealer meetings

  • Advisor team trainings

  • Wholesaler education programs

  • Client and prospect events focused on technology and innovation

  • The Future of Wealth Management in a World of AI
  • What’s Possible with AI: How to Use AI to Increase Efficiency & Drive Growth
  • How to Grow Your Practice using AI: Find New Clients, Deepen Relationships and Improve Critical Thinking

“Like many others, we are unsure of what AI could bring to our practice. After some research, I contacted Optimal AdvisorAI and participated in several webinars and phone conversations. It became readily apparent that the Optimal team had spent the time understanding the power of AI and what it could bring to our business. We have begun particularly in communicating with our clients. We paid for our investment in the course in less than one week. Our opinion is that if you do not investigate and implement AI into your practice, then you will fall behind. We are thrilled to work with the Optimal AdvisorAI team and look forward to continuing partnership.”
Charles P. President / CEO Financial Advisor

“As the chairman of an Association Board consisting of 15 exceptionally busy executives from investment, technology, consulting, and legal firms, I wanted to thank my board for their dedication. At our annual Board strategy session, I invited Optimal AdvisorAI to educate us on how best to leverage AI. My goal was to give our Board the “gift of time” to enrich their personal and professional lives. The training exceeded our expectations! They revealed how AI could propel us forward not only individually but also in advancing our association’s mission, deliverables, and the industries we serve. Optimal AdvisorAI is empowering the next generation of leaders, enabling them to concentrate on critical thinking and problem-solving with AI solutions to answer the most important questions quickly and efficiently. Well done Optimal AdvisorAI!”
Serge B. Chairman of the Board

“Working with Optimal Advisor AI felt more like a partnership than hiring a services firm. They not only educated our team but also tailored their approach to meet the specific needs of each department. From internal research improvements to enhancing client marketing efforts, AI has now become an integral part of our operations. The immediate employee satisfaction and efficiency gains are proof of the value Optimal brings. I highly recommend them as a forward-thinking AI partner, especially in this rapidly changing landscape.”
Jordan R. Marketing Consultant for RIAs, Wealth Advisors, and Family Offices

Travels From:  Texas
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$10,001 to $15,000

Biography

David Itzkovits Co-Founder of Optimal AdvisorAI

David Itzkovits is the co-founder of Optimal AdvisorAI, a firm that has helped thousands of financial professionals integrate AI to save time, enhance client relationships, and drive growth. With over 3,500 hours and 7,500+ prompts with AI models, he translates AI’s potential into real-world applications that fit seamlessly into a financial professional’s daily practice.

Before launching Optimal AdvisorAI, David led high-performing business development teams as a CEO, selling directly to institutions and financial advisors. As a former private banker managing over $635 million in assets, he understands how advisors think, operate, and serve clients.

A globally recognized speaker, David challenges advisors to rethink how they work and unlock AI’s potential.

David is a CFA Charterholder with a Bachelor of Science from McGill University and an MBA from Ivey Business School at Western University.

Craig Kirkpatrick Co-Founder of Optimal AdvisorAI

Craig Kirkpatrick brings over three decades of experience in the financial services sector. As co-founder of Optimal AdvisorAI, his firm has engaged thousands of financial professionals through their courses and presentations to help professionals save time, enhance client connection and drive growth. Craig’s perspective is backed by over 3,500 hours and 7,500 prompts working directly with AI models.

Prior to Optimal AdvisorAI, Craig co-founded two alternative mutual fund companies and served as a consultant to asset management firms and investment advisors, emphasizing innovation in the sector.

Additionally, Craig contributes as an advisory board member to the U.C. Berkeley Extension Personal Financial Planning program, influencing the development of future financial advisors.

His interests also include blockchain technology and asset tokenization, for which he has earned certifications. A University of California, Berkeley alum, Craig holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance.

 

Presentations

The presentation opens with a glimpse into how top advisory practices will operate in the very near future, capabilities that fundamentally change what’s possible in both business development and client service. Then we address the reality: AI will handle 60–70% of current advisory tasks within 5–7 years, and the economics of serving a significant portion of today’s client base are shifting dramatically. The question becomes: what about everything AI can’t do? That’s where the real value lies, and where forward-thinking advisors are already repositioning their practices. This presentation is about understanding how the industry evolves, recognizing what’s ahead, and positioning your practice for where wealth management is heading, and it concludes with two critical questions each advisor needs to ask in navigating this changing environment.

Key Takeaways

The Pattern and What’s Coming – See how technology has repeatedly shifted the advisor value proposition over 25 years and why the AI wave follows the same pattern but at a scale and speed the industry has never seen before.

Client Expectations Are Shifting – See why clients increasingly expect a level of personalized service and how the advisors who navigates this change, will differentiate themselves.

Which Skill Will Separate the Best Advisors? – Understand which parts of the advisor relationship AI cannot replicate and which advisor skills will become irreplaceable.

Does Specialization Still Matter? – See why coordinating across a client’s full financial plan becomes more valuable as AI handles technical work in multiple areas.

Early Adopters Will Have the Advantage – Understand where AI agents stand today, where they are headed, and why the advisors building AI fluency now will be positioned to lead.

The presentation opens with a clear picture of how AI is already transforming the day-to-day workflows of financial advisors, and how much time is being left on the table.

This interactive session shows how financial professionals are using AI today, to save hours each week, communicate more effectively with clients, and build a more efficient and compliant practice.

From drafting personalized emails and summarizing research reports, to preparing for client meetings and crafting LinkedIn posts. Attendees leave with immediate, actionable AI techniques tailored specifically to the financial advisory workflow. This is not a theoretical session. It is a hands-on look at what is possible today.

Key Takeaways

Save Time on Routine Tasks – Learn how to reclaim 1–5 hours per week by using AI for emails, research, document review, and client communication.

Enhance Client Engagement – Discover how to deliver personalized, high-touch communication across your entire book of business, not just your top clients.

Drive Business Development – Use AI to identify prospects, prepare for meetings, handle objections, and generate referrals more effectively.

Consume Content Faster – Summarize whitepapers, earnings calls, regulatory updates, and competitor materials in minutes, not hours.

Increase Efficiency – Summarize long documents, extract insights and reduce repetitive tasks across research.

Adopt AI with Confidence – Understand how to use AI in a compliant way with prompting techniques you can apply the same day

The presentation opens with a glimpse into how top advisory practices will operate in the near future, highlighting capabilities that redefine what’s possible in business development and client service.

Then we shift to what can be implemented TODAY. Through live demonstrations across three key growth areas, attendees see how AI is already being used by advisors to find new clients, deepen relationships, and improve strategic decision-making.

The session closes by explaining what AI agents are, where the technology stands today, and how emerging agents will accelerate practice growth, giving advisors who build AI fluency now a meaningful head start.

Key takeaways

Finding and Attracting New Clients – Learn how advisors are using AI to identify high-quality prospects, research their situations, and create outreach that feels personal.

Strengthening Client Relationships – Discover how AI helps advisors stay connected across large books of business, communicate personally at scale, and create client experiences that deepen trust and drive referrals.

Using AI as a Strategic Thinking Partner – Explore how AI can provide alternative perspectives, challenge assumptions, and support more confident, well-rounded guidance.

The AI Agent Future – Understand how AI agents differ from today’s tools and what becomes possible as these systems mature.

Areas of expertise

  • AI for Client Acquisition
  • AI for Practice Growth
  • AI Marketing
  • AI Productivity
  • AI Client Engagement
  • AI Business Development
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