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Colorado, United States

• Lead acquisition and growth outside of California and develop market strategies for one of the nation’s leading general agencies.
• Oversee sales operations in the Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma markets.

Colorado

• Oversee sales operations in the Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma markets for one of the nation’s leading general agencies.
• Develop market strategies to promote sales growth and support company objectives across each region.
• Educate insurance agents and their customers on a variety of topics, from national and state legislation and healthcare reform to business solutions and risk management.

Greater Denver Area

• Successfully launched Colorado market in 2005 and Texas market in 2019.
• Collaborated with operations team to support company goals in Colorado and Texas markets.
• Facilitated beneficial new carrier partnerships and maintained existing carrier relationships.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Lead Help on Demand, a software platform I co-founded that provides on-demand technology within the insurance and health care industry.
• Oversee management team in charge of day-to-day sales, operations and customer care.
• Provide guidance as needed to ensure exceptional customer support across the 43 states served by Help on Demand.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed individual and small group medical and specialty sales in all UNICARE markets, overseeing sales support, telesales, agent licensing and technical support units.
• Engaged in executive level strategic planning, budgeting and product development, marketing and agent recruitment, development of agent commission, creation of bonus and incentive programs, and extensive public.
• Oversaw sales efforts with strategic partners, e-commerce partners, direct sales and alternate distribution channels, successfully managing a distribution network of over 28,000 agents and 26 general agencies.
• Led sales organization to #1 position within WellPoint/Anthem for profitable Individual and Small Group membership growth in 2004.
• Grew Individual and Small Group membership from 330,000 to over 450,000 members in two years.

• Served as executive sales manager, executive sales director and regional vice president over the region including Colorado, Texas and Illinois.
• Successfully launched Colorado office in 1995 and led expansion efforts into other markets.
• Led the largest small group sales organization in the Colorado market to a membership of over 125,000, representing 30% of Colorado’s small group market.

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