Prepared by Scott Walker, UpShift Collective
It starts with a 90-minute AI Adoption Roadmap that becomes your firm's AI Manifesto — then a wealth-management-specific training program for your team of 35, offered in three tiers.
Obermeyer Wealth Partners is not a typical wealth management firm. With $2.9B AUM, a No. 13 ranking on CNBC's Financial Advisor 100, and a fee-only fiduciary model built over four decades, the firm has earned its reputation the hard way.
This proposal responds to the training requirements Susan outlined through John Bogard at Section AI: build AI fluency across 35 staff, equip analysts and client-facing staff with applied skills, and give leadership the governance orientation needed to make confident decisions.
We recommend starting with a 90-minute AI Adoption Roadmap session, built on UpShift's AI Transformation Roadmap methodology. It becomes your firm's AI Manifesto and ties the training directly to business strategy. The $5,000 fee is credited back in full when you proceed with any training tier.
Susan outlined the following requirements in the brief shared through John Bogard. The program is built around these directly — nothing added, nothing missing.
General AI proficiency focused on Claude. What these tools are, how to use them effectively, and how to use them responsibly. Explicit coverage of data privacy, fiduciary obligations, and what information should and should not go into AI tools.
Prompt engineering, AI for research, writing, and analysis. Primarily for analysts and client-facing staff who already have use case ideas in progress and are ready to go deeper.
AI strategy, risk management, and vendor evaluation for senior leadership and compliance. Decision-readiness, not just awareness. A separate track for Ali Phillips and the senior team.
The same expert delivery and wealth management customization runs through all three tiers. What changes is depth, reach, and the support that sustains adoption after the live sessions end. Most firms at your stage choose the Core Program.
A strong start, not the finished journey. Designed to graduate into the Core Program.
Everything Susan outlined. Our recommendation for Obermeyer Wealth Partners.
AI delivered deeper and embedded into real workflows. Ongoing champion support and the Section AI platform are separate optional add-ons (see Investment).
A $3,000 session minimum applies regardless of headcount. At 35 participants the per-person rate governs.
All tiers draw from the same wealth-management-specific module library. The Starter covers Modules 1–2. The Core Program runs Modules 1–4. The Comprehensive tier expands into deeper role-specific application across six sessions. Fiduciary and regulatory context is embedded throughout.
What AI is and is not. How large language models work in plain terms. The AI landscape in wealth management. Approved tools and the firm's usage policy. Data privacy rules, fiduciary guardrails, and what never goes into an AI tool.
Writing effective prompts. Moving from generic to specific outputs. Getting consistent, reliable results. Editing and validating AI content. Recognizing hallucinations and knowing when not to trust the output. Hands-on practice with real examples.
Analyst track: investment research, market synthesis, data summarization. Client-facing track: client communications, meeting prep, reporting. Compliance and ops track: document review, policy drafting, research support. Small-group, role-specific.
Building an AI habit. Identifying high-value use cases. Introduction to the AI Adoption Roadmap. Governance and vendor evaluation for leadership. The agent and automation landscape for the year ahead. Q&A and wrap.
Extended hands-on lab where each role group builds and refines real workflows from their day-to-day work, with live coaching. Output is a set of validated, firm-ready AI workflows.
Champion enablement, governance policy finalization, and the sustain plan. Sets up the internal advocates who carry adoption forward. Ongoing champion support continues as an optional add-on.
Core Program delivery: 4-week intensive (one session per week) OR 8-week embedded (more practice time between modules). Same content, same price — your team's choice of pace.
Before any training begins, we run a focused 90-minute session with Ali Phillips and Susan, built on UpShift's AI Transformation Roadmap methodology. We interview leadership on the business strategy, then map where AI creates real advantage.
The output is delivered within three days and becomes your organization's AI Manifesto: a clear, shared statement of opportunities, blockers, and the path forward. It is the strategic spine the entire training program is built on, which is what makes the training so much more impactful.
Add any of these components to any training tier. Everything is modular — build the exact package that fits.
Self-paced, role-specific learning with financial services compliance content and trackable progress. The scalable layer that reinforces fluency between and beyond the live sessions. The 100-user license covers your team of 35 with room to grow.
Pay for what you use. Scale support to actual demand rather than a fixed bundled fee.
Payment terms: 50% upon engagement confirmation, 50% at program launch. All components can be contracted together or independently.
A 90-minute session with Ali Phillips and Susan. We deliver your AI Manifesto and path forward within three days. The $5,000 is credited back in full when you proceed with any training tier.
With the strategic foundation set, choose Starter, Core, or Comprehensive. Susan confirms headcount and preferred start date.
If the ProfAI platform is part of your package, confirming before June 15 locks the $15,000 flat rate and saves $60,000.
Engagement confirmed. 50% deposit received. UpShift begins content customization for wealth management.
First module delivered on the agreed start date. Office hours calendar shared with participants in advance.