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Richmond, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Va

Product and industry expert on eliminating the barriers to make retirement solutions better, more accessible and more portable. Micruity is unlocking actual retirement benefits from their number one source of retirement savings, defined contribution plans.

Virginia, United States

Richmond, Va

Consulting services for designing and delivering retirement security within or outside of defined contribution plans. Providing hands-on expertise on the convergence of product design, technology and product/plan administration to asset managers, technology providers, insurers, plans, and administrators.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Vice President / Income Products – Led product development, sales and strategy for Retirement Income Solutions. Provided expertise and leadership on the confluence of in-plan lifetime income design, administration, compliance and connectivity. Responsible for product roadmap, program execution and delivery of new solutions and enhancements. Provided thought leadership with industry presentations, webinars and testimony to regulatory agencies. DST recognized as market-leading income middleware solution and is sole distribution platform for best-selling defined contribution income product.

Vice President / Product Leader – Hand-picked to launch the complex marriage of lifetime income investments to defined contribution plans based on breadth and depth of product and system knowledge, leadership skills, and execution focus. Was key leader in building industry standards to ease adoption. Industry leader in lifetime income product integrating product on 8 recordkeeper platforms supporting 50 plan launches and 40% growth.

Vice President / Fixed Annuity Product Manager — Product leader for $30B inforce block of Fixed Deferred Annuities, Fixed Immediate Annuities & Structure Settlements with responsibilities for new product development, launch, and pricing. Captured $6B in total sales over three years growing Fixed Deferred Annuity sales year to year through expanded distribution into new channels with customized proprietary designs.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Quality leader for Product and Financial groups with over 75 projects completed directly or as mentor in 2 years. Projects released $236 million in capital and generated $17 million in net income through expense reduction or efficiencies.

Various U.S. Locations

Manager/Internal Consultant — Held a number of field positions before moving to Headquarters where I provided on-site business analytics on inventory management, distribution and workflow. Led HQ team dispatched to national “hotspots” to resolve inventory and backlog emergencies. Contributions to savings and productivity were recognized when named as Service Division Support Associate of the Year in 1998.

Loring Afb, Me

Decorated Air Force Captain. Managed war and peace time flight line operations and was deployed to forward location in preparation for and in support of the first Gulf WarOfficer / Aircraft Maintenance — Responsible for all personnel, aircraft, supplies and equipment required for meeting flying demands in peace time or during times of war including deployment, support on location and re-deployment. • Controlled night shift of 173 people; scheduled and met intense flying demands of Gulf War-determined airworthiness and maintenance priorities on 22 B-52 bomber & 10 refueling aircraft; not a mission missed. • Managed 180 people and 19 KC-135R aircraft in a demanding production environment with P&L responsibility of $1.5 M maintaining Air Force-high of 95% equipment reliability rates.

B.S., Aerospace Engineering

Masters, Business Administration