Daniel Rickard

Selected work. Advice portals, operating models, CRM, workflow and AI delivery—built inside the constraints of real advice businesses.

Published outcomes

Proof in the operating layer

45%faster onboarding after connecting portal workflows and secure sign-in
30%less administrative drag through clearer, tracked handoffs
6teams working from one live operational reporting layer
30+advice-tech and portal implementations across the sector

These are selected, anonymised delivery outcomes published through Luminair Capital.

01 / Portal product

Advice portal and onboarding layer

Constraint

Client information, documents and next actions were fragmented across forms, email and internal systems.

Operating approach

Connect secure identity, client data capture, document exchange, CRM records, adviser visibility and task routing as one product.

Result

A calmer client experience, clearer staff handoffs and a published 45% reduction in onboarding time.

02 / Workflow visibility

Automation that exposes the work

Constraint

Delivery status lived in inboxes, individual task lists and team memory. Leaders could not see bottlenecks early.

Operating approach

Define ownership and lifecycle states first, then add task routing, SLA signals, exception handling and reporting.

Result

Less manual coordination, 30% less administrative drag and six teams operating from the same view.

03 / CRM architecture

CRM as an operating model

CRM work starts with relationships, advice stages, ownership and reporting—not a field list. I shape the client and household model, advice pipeline, integration boundaries and lifecycle events so the platform can support the firm after launch.

Current executive work includes technology leadership at Verse Wealth, alongside founder-led delivery through Luminair Capital.

04 / AI workflows

Small, auditable leverage

The useful AI layer is rarely one large assistant. It is a set of controlled micro-workflows around meeting preparation, review preparation, summarisation, document follow-up, missing-information checks, knowledge retrieval and task routing.

Each workflow needs a clear source, owner, review point and failure path. The objective is less operational drag without blurring adviser judgement or accountability.

How the work moves

  1. 01
    Map

    Trace the client journey, staff workflow, data ownership and constraints.

  2. 02
    Shape

    Define the product, architecture, decision rights and smallest durable release.

  3. 03
    Ship

    Build, integrate and test with the people who will operate it.

  4. 04
    Steady

    Watch adoption, resolve edge cases and leave the team with a maintainable system.

Bring the constraint

Most work remains anonymised because it sits inside live advice businesses. If you have a portal, CRM or workflow problem, send the current state and the outcome you need.