winners' circle Invested in Technology Past Retirement Plan Advisers of the Year discuss their 'tech support' T echnology resources for retirement plans and retirement plan advisers have increased dramatically over the last decade and a half. Whether all of the new entrants to the technology space have been improvements could be debated, depending on whom you ask. Retirement plan advisers and advisory firms that embrace technological advances do, however, have the upper hand. Advisers can use the latest tools and platforms to better serve their clients and plan participants, to strengthen client retention and to boost their own earning power. Technology allows for more collaboration with clients and creates a clearer path for financial goals-based planning. These are the opinions of three previous winners of the PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year Award: David Griffin of Atlanta Retirement Partners/LPL in Atlanta; Steve Wilt of CAPTRUST in Akron, Ohio; and John Mott of Graystone Consulting, a business of Morgan Stanley, in Houston. 20 | planadviser.com March-April 2020 Art by Wren McDonaldhttp://www.planadviser.com