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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 speaking and involvement in the agent community.• 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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