J. Nick Paloukos

J. Nick Paloukos Email and Phone Number

Founder and Managing Partner @ Finvisor
San Francisco, CA, US
J. Nick Paloukos's Location
San Francisco, California, United States, United States
About J. Nick Paloukos

20+ years designing and managing employee benefit packages. 10+ years consulting and repeat early-hire at startups (Rippling, Gusto, SimplyInsured) looking to enter and scale in the benefits space. With emphasis on advising product & engineering on building out benefits UI/UX, managing benefits advising sales teams, and insurance plan/suite curation. Directly I have designed hundreds of benefits packages; by proxy, through plan curation at companies like Gusto and Rippling, I have designed thousands. National Producer License Number: 316987

J. Nick Paloukos's Current Company Details
Finvisor

Finvisor

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Founder and Managing Partner
San Francisco, CA, US
Website:
finvisor.com
Employees:
35
J. Nick Paloukos Work Experience Details
  • Finvisor
    Founder And Managing Partner
    Finvisor
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
  • Iquoteca.Com
    Founder
    Iquoteca.Com Dec 2010 - Present
    Newport Beach, California, Us
  • Finvisor
    Founder & Managing Partner
    Finvisor Jan 2019 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
  • Rippling
    Benefits Leadership
    Rippling May 2019 - Mar 2024
    San Francisco, California, Us
    First 100 hire — reporting to CRO. Focused on taking processes and programs from 0 to 1 (and ultimately graduating them to long-term teams). Including...- Benefits Leadership & Training- Insurance Plan Curation- Benefits Advising (Sales & Renewals)- External Broker Partner Management (Brokerage)- General Agency Negotiation & Development- PEO: Member of initial PEO task force (along with VP of Sales and GM of PEO) --- Designed initial Ancillary Insurance Portfolio--- Trained initial PEO sales team--- Member of yearly PEO-Renewal task force- Cross-functional partner with Product, Operations, Customer Success, Support, Accounting, Marketing, & Legal- Manned internal Rippling slack channel #ask-ppl-benefits (where over 1500 employees asked questions about their benefits)- Stakeholder in Rippling's own benefits package offering (including negotiation and setup of its pre-PEO level-funded coverage). Part of a sales team that increased ARR 17,500%. Part of a PEO team that took membership from 0 to deep into the tens-of-thousands, building what is now one of the largest PEO's in the nation.Thankful to have worked with such incredible executive leadership & supporting teams at this generational company.
  • Gusto (Formerly Zenpayroll)
    Leading The Benefits Advising Teams
    Gusto (Formerly Zenpayroll) Apr 2015 - Feb 2019
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Broker Hire #1 (Benefits Hire #2)Advised product launches and managed Benefits Advising Teams that grew Gusto's benefits business from $0 to $30 Million in ARR--- Product Building (Engineering, Product, and Design) ---- Advisor for all major product launches [New Plan, BOR, Renewals, & Employee Enrollment]- Articulated philosophy and design of all major benefits products- Provided source material and QA for algorithmic plan selector- Broker Advisor during pilots and testing for all major benefit product launches--- Insurance Product Curation ---- Approved all insurance products sold- Curated suite of insurance plans chosen by thousands of small businesses- Led insurance product selection in expansion of benefits business to 24 states--- Leadership---- Hired, Trained, and Managed Gusto's first Benefits Sales Team [BOR] - Hired, Trained, and Managed Benefits Advising Team (it's top team by avg ARR) [New Plan]- Team quarterly attainment in recent role: 116%, 168%, 78%, 146%, 130%, 113%, 126%, 117%, 103%, 120% (more importantly, thousands of businesses now offer benefits to employees)- Team's missed quarterly quota only once in 4 years--- Training ---- Built Gusto's Benefits Advising training program- Delivered Benefits training to Broker Hires & Cross-functional teams (e.g. L&D, PM, PMM)- Wrote or Edited Gusto's Benefits Web Content--- Culture ---- Wrote Script & Hosted a bi-weekly company-wide meeting (State of Gusto)- 1 of 2 sales leaders on "Management Attributes" interview team
  • Simplyinsured
    Benefits Product & Advising
    Simplyinsured Oct 2012 - Jul 2014
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Hire #1.Managed Sales, Support, and Underwriting during the company's infancy. Created the company's underwriting system. As the company grew into a nationwide presence managed sales in it's two largest markets (CA & TX).
  • Freestyle Life And Health
    Broker - Owner
    Freestyle Life And Health 2002 - 2010

J. Nick Paloukos Skills

Employee Benefits Insurance Health Insurance Life Insurance Cobra Disability Insurance Sales Management Start Ups Medicare Workers Compensation Management Health Savings Accounts Benefits Administration Employee Benefits Design Group Insurance Long Term Care Brokers Payroll Long Term Care Insurance Universal Life Individual Life

J. Nick Paloukos Education Details

  • California State University, Fullerton
    California State University, Fullerton
    Finance
  • Mission Viejo High School
    Mission Viejo High School
    General Studies

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