Christopher Whittaker, Crpc® Email & Phone Number

Greater Denver Area

• Retirement plan relationship manager of around 70 regional clients with retirement plans ranging from $3M-$30M, totaling $600M AUM and over $2.3M in revenue. Also:
• Present plan metric reporting and periodic plan reviews to advisors and clients
• Provide plan design options and investment updates
• Educate clients on roles and responsibilities for maintaining a qualified retirement plan
• Review participant education materials and create communication plans
• Evaluate… Show more Retirement plan relationship manager of around 70 regional clients with retirement plans ranging from $3M-$30M, totaling $600M AUM and over $2.3M in revenue. Also:

Children's Hospital Of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

• Primary participant contact for the Children's Hospital of Colorado and Wyoming Medical Center's 403(b), 401(k) and 457 totaling 7 plans, over 7500 participants and around half a billion dollars in assets
• Provide consultative expertise to employees to increase enrollment, offer pre-retirement reviews, discuss investments, retain assets under management and educate participants
• Assist in developing the communication and education strategy for assigned plans
• Assist in maintaining… Show more
• Assist in maintaining & retaining existing client relationships
• Facilitate communication and education strategy by conducting group meetings and one-on-one employee/participant sessions including new hire orientations

• Project Manager who works directly with brokers, TPA’s and plan contacts to facilitate the transfer of assets, establish the plan on our recordkeeping system, coordinate the enrollment meetings and fully execute the.
• Work with plan trustees, plan administrator and broker to create the plan document for bundled plans by discussing plan provisions
• Case load of up to 30 different companies retirement plans at any given time
• Successfully… Show more
• Successfully transferred over $100MM from our competitors as well as created numerous Start-up plans in 2014 alone
• Distribute the blackout notice and participant fee disclosure to the plan to comply with DOL requirements

• Took up to 100 in-bound retirement plan (401k, 403b, 401a, 457) calls daily for GWRS as well as our institutional partners including J.P. Morgan, American Funds, MetLife, Emjay, Federated, Fifth Third, Franklin.
• Conducted Financial Transaction- Fund to Fund transfers, Rebalancers, Future Allocations
• Answered Participant calls regarding deferral changes, rates of return, fund information, balances, loans, taxes… Show more
• Answered Participant calls regarding deferral changes, rates of return, fund information, balances, loans, taxes and 1099-R, distribution and rollovers, statements, forms, online issues, changing personal information
• Additional responsibilities/projects include regulatory training conductor, Revised Participant notifications project, IRA focus group, "Increase Participant Balances" initial launch, Peer mentoring and trained to.

• Customized Comprehensive Plan Reviews (CPR's) by generating and compiling annual plan reviews, fund performance reviews, annual plan demographics, and fiduciary guides for 401(k) plans
• Assembled and shipped up to 100 CPR’s weekly for Client Relationship Managers (CRM's)
• Created and shipped to clients monthly marketing campaigns posters/fliers
• Fulfill orders for both custom and electronic enrollment kits (POD’s) for P/NP plans
• Maintain compliance files and correspondence… Show more
• Maintain compliance files and correspondence for CRM’s

• Worked directly with Plan Administrators, CRMs, TPAs and other Analysts to resolve client inquiries using internal systems to review adoption agreements, check progress of compliance submissions and answer clients.
• Helped plans submit year end questionnaire, ownership information and year end compliance forms to prepare for a signature ready 5500
• Answered up to 80 phone calls daily in a call center atmosphere**GWL Year-End Compliance Testing guarantees… Show more
• Answered up to 80 phone calls daily in a call center atmosphere**GWL Year-End Compliance Testing guarantees clients results through Jan 31st only requiring this position for one month Show less

• Built client relationships by providing company introduction and information, answering questions and effectively communicating at all stages with clients
• Obtained sub-contractor quotes for large hard bid projects (up to $5,000,000)Reviewed construction bids for scope of work; ensured appropriate level of details were included, accurate and complete

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Marketing

Engineering

High School