Profile
Alex Thompson
Chief Product Officer
Alex Thompson is the Chief Product Officer at SMArtX Advisory Solutions, where he drives product vision, strategy, and execution across the firm’s award-winning managed accounts platform. With a focus on innovation and scale, Alex partners with technology, design, and client teams to deliver solutions that redefine how wealth management enterprises adopt and grow managed account programs. Under his leadership, SMArtX has pioneered new capabilities in unified managed accounts, alternative investments, and data-driven advisor tools, positioning the platform at the forefront of next-generation wealthtech.
Alex’s career spans nearly two decades of building financial technology and investment platforms. He joined HedgeCo Networks in 2009, where he focused on investment research and due diligence for alternative investments, eventually rising to the ranks of EVP at HedgeCo Securities. He went on to launch HedgeCo Investment Management, where he and his team identified talented but undiscovered hedge fund managers and managed a multi-strategy fund vehicle to provide them with seed capital. Earlier in his career, Alex was a product manager at JMT Software, developing solutions for electronic health records and medical research that required navigating complex data and regulatory environments, an experience that continues to inform his approach to wealth management technology.
Alex graduated magna cum laude with Departmental Honors in Finance from the University of Kentucky. His work reflects a commitment to transforming the wealth management landscape by building technology that empowers advisors, streamlines complex operational workflows, and creates better outcomes for investors.