Alois Pirker is a senior analyst at Aite Group, LLC, specializing in wealth management and separately managed account technology, advisor-focused platforms and tools, and data warehousing.

Mr. Pirker has been widely quoted in the mainstream press, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times (FT’s Professional Wealth Management), Reuters, Dow Jones, CNNmoney, CNBC, USA Today, and Newsday, as well as industry trade publications including American Banker, US Banker, Euromoney's Alternative Investment News, Registered Rep., Investment News, Wall Street Letter, Wall Street & Technology, Banking Technology, Securities Industry News, Ignites, FundFire, and On Wall Street.

He has presented his research at major conferences, including FRA Separately Managed Accounts Technology and Operations Summit, the American Banker and Money Management Institute Separately Managed Account Conference, and the Wall Street & Technology Executive Forum on Transforming Client/Advisor Interaction with Real-Time Information.

Before joining Aite Group, Mr. Pirker was an analyst within Celent's Securities & Investments Group where he published several studies and advised clients on new strategic technologies in the financial services marketplace.

Prior to Celent, Mr. Pirker served as an associate director of investment solutions at UBS Wealth Management in London, where he developed business requirements and managed the delivery of various initiatives targeted at the launch of UBS' separately managed accounts business throughout Europe. Before assuming this role, he spearheaded a team of business analysts responsible for all data warehousing/reporting requirements for the implementation of UBS' European wealth management platform.

Before moving to London, Mr. Pirker also served as a data architect within UBS' enterprise data warehouse program in Switzerland.

Mr. Pirker holds BS and MS degrees (Diplom-Ingenieur) in applied computer science from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria. He also studied at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, where he wrote his master's thesis on data management. He is fluent in English, German, and proficient in French.