Jed Cohen Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• FIAB is a health benefits compliance platform, focused on fiduciary process and documentation. Our system guides employers through establishing, documenting, and maintaining a robust fiduciary process to demonstrate.
• Product Development: Successfully led the development of a patent-pending SaaS platform, overseeing the technical team from inception to implementation, empowering employers to navigate health benefits compliance.
• Thought Leadership: Co-authored an authoritative 80-page manual on strategic fiduciary management of employer-sponsored health and welfare benefit plans, 130+ knowledge base articles contributing to industry best.
• Data Expertise: Established a comprehensive database containing details of 70,000+ national employer-sponsored benefit plans, and designed benchmark reports for actionable insights and data-driven decisions.FIAB grew.

• CLIENT COMPANIES:
• Kate Dawson Design - A tech-enabled home decor and design business specializing in making homes LOOK like a million bucks, at a fraction of the price! (www.katedawson.com)
• Operational Efficiency: Streamlining processes to enhance overall efficiency. Identify bottlenecks, eliminate redundant tasks, and optimize to improve productivity.
• Leadership Development: Coaching current and future leaders within the organization, ensuring continuity of leadership excellence.
• Customer Satisfaction: Improve customer experience by optimizing customer-facing processes. Ensure that operations align with customer expectations and feedback.
• Project Management: Ensure that key projects are executed successfully, on time, and on budget.

Detroit, Michigan, US

• National non-profit fellowship program for aspiring entrepreneurs. Active in 14 U.S. cities. Assumed oversight of three departments. Directed P&L, annual audit, departmental budgeting, and cash flow projections..
• Increased annual application volume 71% by identifying and removing barriers in fellowship application process.
• Improved employee engagement (eNPS) 27% and retention by redesigning the new-hire onboarding, standardizing salary bands across 14 markets, and establishing annual 360-degree review processes.
• Achieved the diversity goal (Fellowship class makeup was 50% people of color) by using recruiting data to redesign the selection process and implementing unconscious bias training.
• Saved 22% YoY by collaborating with Programs Team to reduce Training Camp costs; generated RFPs from multiple universities, compared facilities, considered fundraising opportunities, and relocated organization's.
• Completed the organization's first clean, on-time financial audit by selecting a new auditor and reviewing the required materials with an experienced Board member in advance of submission.

Chicago, IL, US

• Health tech company providing point-of-care education and advertising. Integrated people, technology, and processes after acquisition of competitor. Oversaw the design, build-out, and move to a new 55K sq-ft office.
• Scaled New York office from 40 to 150+ employees in under 1-year, in support of a $5.5B valuation, by designing and implementing an optimized interview process.
• Improved the onboarding experience by establishing office orientation, policy review, welcome gifts, meetings with each department manager, and equalizing perks between headquarters and N.Y. office.
• Saved 21% in hotels and 88% in food costs by selecting preferred hotels, contracting a new lunch vendor, and bringing the snack program in house.

New York, NY, US

• Early crowdfunding platform. Raised Seed and Angel funding. Led keynotes and panel discussions at Harvard, Columbia, New York University, The World Bank, and SXSW. Negotiated terms of acquisition. Produced white.
• Featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Economist, and Entrepreneur Magazine.
• Reduced website “shopping cart abandonment” after generating user feedback and remodeling the interface to improve UI /UX.
• Received multimillion-dollar press and promotional airtime and gained notoriety via partnerships with Chrysler Group, A&E Television, Ovation TV, and the U.S. Department of State.
• Co-authored an authoritative whitepaper on equity crowdfunding, raised the company’s visibility and was invited to advise SEC on changes to proposed rules.

New York, NY, US

• Boutique residential real estate brokerage. Recruited and managed sales team. Authored the training manuals and led week-long training modules.
• Increased revenue 650% by streamlining client prequalification and lead distribution.
• Grew the team 350% by redesigning the recruiting process and increasing retention rates.
• Increased collaboration, morale, and employee retention by recommending a 33% split to share commissions more equitably among the cooperating agents.