President, CEO, and Founder
Nexus Strategy, LLC
Timothy D. Welsh, CFP® is President, CEO and founder of Nexus Strategy, LLC, a leading consulting firm to the wealth management industry. Nexus Strategy’s primary focus is working with leading organizations to best market their products, services and technology to the independent Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) industry.
Prior to founding Nexus Strategy, Tim was Director of Business Consulting Services for Schwab Advisor Services where he led the development and marketing of practice management resources for independent RIAs. While at Schwab, Tim also held senior roles in Strategy, Marketing, Advertising, PR and Industry Content development.
Prior to joining Schwab, Tim was vice president at Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for marketing, product development and financial advisor training for the financial planning group.
Tim is frequently quoted in the wealth management media on a wide range of business management and industry topics. He is the author of a number of industry white papers, a regular columnist for RIABiz, ThinkAdvisor, and wealthmanagement.com, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events. Tim earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA in Finance from the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business.
Tim holds the Certified Financial Planner, CFP® designation, served as an elected member of the Financial Planning Association’s National Board of Directors and is celebrating his 30th year in the wealth management industry.
AI’s potential in wealth management is only as strong as the data that fuels it. Many firms are eager to implement AI tools for planning, prospecting, and operational efficiencies—but without clean, structured, accessible data, these initiatives can stall before they start.
In this session, we’ll explore how to assess whether your firm’s data is AI ready, identify the steps necessary to prepare your data infrastructure, and outline best practices for ongoing data management to support AI-driven growth. We’ll discuss common challenges wealth management firms face, including data silos across CRMs, custodians, and planning systems, and how to resolve them to enable AI tools to deliver meaningful insights and automation.
Whether you’re just beginning to explore AI or seeking to maximize your existing AI solutions, this session will help you build a strong data foundation to fuel innovation and scalable growth in your firm.