Helping advisers scale their advice process.

Alex Gassner

Co-Founder / CEO

Alex is a seasoned entrepreneur and operator with a sharp focus on scaling high-performing advice businesses.

He began his career in financial services as a paraplanner and financial adviser. He then went into practice development management and had a stint with KPMG in their advice auditing team. His main business became building and running paraplanning firms that have supported hundreds of advisers across Australia. With deep insight into the operational and compliance challenges advisers face every day, Alex has made it his mission to remove the friction that slows them down.

Before co-founding Paradino, Alex led Scale Up Paraplanning, where he pioneered streamlined workflows that delivered thousands of Statements of Advice, giving advisers back their time to focus on what matters most; their clients.

A strong advocate for innovation in advice, Alex brings a unique blend of practical industry experience and a relentless drive to modernise the back office with smarter, scalable automation. At Paradino, he works closely with advisers to ensure the technology solves real problems, not imaginary ones, and that AI becomes a trusted co-pilot in every practice.

Outside of Paradino, you'll likely find him playing golf or training for a triathlon, travelling with family, or enjoying a coastal weekend getaway.

Josh Ratnarajah

Co-Founder / CTO

Josh is an experienced technologist with deep roots in the financial advice industry.

He has a formal background in finance and began his career in the financial advice industry, holding roles as both a paraplanner and a financial adviser. He later transitioned into advice technology at Midwinter Financial Services, where he helped re-architect core planning tools and built a sophisticated cashflow modelling engine.

Over the past decade, Josh has led global technology teams across the financial services sector, including as Head of Engineering for Climate at MSCI, and VP of Engineering at Real Capital Analytics in New York. He has developed large-scale enterprise SaaS products and led multiple major data and cloud transformations.

At Paradino, Josh combines his adviser-first mindset with cutting-edge AI and technology innovation to turn real-world pain points into smart, intuitive automation tools that make advice better and faster.

When he's not building the future of advice, you'll find him playing guitar, enjoying the beach, or cooking up Italian feasts for his young family in Sydney's Inner West. On a Sunday afternoon, you might find him down at the local craft brewery with his pup, sipping on an IPA.