An accomplished and results-focused Senior Leader and Business Performance Architect I have extensive experience scaling up, aligning, and optimizing operations and offerings to ensure growth, profitability, and overall success for commercial, property, and casualty insurance groups. ✔Skilled at vetting prospective partners and potential producers, influencing buy-in and engagement, and closing contracts with C-suite leaders and stakeholders✔Broad background in commercial surety, driving continued growth and expansion of new and vertical business while retaining profitable clients✔Proven trainer, mentor, and coach committed to building a positive and engaging corporate culture✔Laser focused on customer experience and service ensuring a continuous evolution of offerings, benefits, price, and value to best serve our clientsEssential in growing our agency from $16M to $125M in premiums. Effective training to ignite producer performance, and relationship-building to attain aggressive financial goals.In addition, I have led significant scale-up transformations, expanded the agency into new target markets, and delivered a 98% client retention rate. But I am most proud of the exceptional leaders I have mentored and coached who achieved rapid success under the rigor of my training and development programs. Building highly effective training programs for both the classroom and online learning environment, I have helped accelerate the careers of numerous ambitious producers, preparing them to better serve their clients and attain financial goals.An active industry leader and President of several professional associations and community groups, I have served on advisory boards for FCCI Insurance Group, West Bend Insurance, and United Fire & Casualty Surety Board. In addition to 30 years of insurance industry leadership, I have a Bachelor's degree from ISU, CRIS designation, and received my certificate of achievement after completing the Leading Leaders Leadership Transition Program at the Pipeline Institute. Interested in networking, beneficial partnerships, and leadership engagements to drive improvements to and awareness of the insurance industry. Connect with me via LinkedIn messaging.