Alex Pape, EVP and Chief Product and Technology Officer, joined AssetMark after eight years building BlackRock’s wealth technology business, and he brings a rare profile to the role: a CFA and former investor who now leads product and engineering. His signature accomplishment this year is one of the wealth management industry’s first fully integrated Public/Private unified managed accounts, a single custodial account that holds semi-liquid private market funds from Apollo, Carlyle, KKR, and StepStone alongside traditional strategies, with one statement, consolidated reporting, minimums as low as $10,000, and no accreditation requirement for eligible strategies. He also leads Talk Tracks, an AI capability in the Advisor Portal that turns portfolio and market data into cited, client-ready talking points in seconds.