Ron Watt Email & Phone Number

Lake Forest, Illinois

Create value for customers by developing comprehensive benefit solutions through Trustmark’s internal and external partnerships.Focused on leveraging not only our products and services, but the resources of our wholly-owned divisions and external business partners to create integrated benefits solutions for the unique and changing needs of our clients.• Supporting relationship, operations, and sales efforts with external business partners seeking to provide integrated benefit solutions to mutual clients.• Leading sales efforts through Trustmark divisions to leverage enterprise capabilities for new and existing clients, including voluntary benefits, wellness and engagement solutions.

Lake Forest, Il

Ron works to help companies, and their employees, control healthcare costs with wellness, engagement, and financial risk management via Trustmark’s LifeHealth & Wealth solutions by:•Supporting our sales force and business partners in communicating our comprehensive wellness, employee engagement, and financial risk management solutions.•Speaking at conferences, broker and client events about the “need” for wellness and employee engagement, and how our LifeHealth & Wealth solutions that can help with the rising cost of healthcare.•Staying in tune with market feedback to help develop the next iteration of our LifeHealth & Wealth solution.Prior Trustmark positions:2007-2011: Member of a cross functional New Growth Ventures team, consisting of high-performing leaders established to identify and pursue new business opportunities thru acquisition, partnerships, or building out existing capabilities.2004-2007: Created an enterprise office for Strategic Sourcing and Contract Management establishing best practice levels in sourcing, negotiations, and contract management.

Served in various Strategic Sourcing leadership positions starting with Ameritech, including merger & integration initiatives associated with the SBC merger, and departed while serving as the Executive Director (acting), IT Strategic Sourcing, (3/03 – 12/03) responsible for over $1.5 billion in annual contracts and a team of over 50 professionals. Chose not to accept the position on a permanent basis due to required relocation to San Antonio,Texas. Team members lead strategic IT initiatives through the use of cross-functional teams to meet or exceed business plan objectives. The team consistently exceeded objectives including client satisfaction, savings goals, meeting budget, supplier performance, and supplier diversity contributions.

M.B.A., Entrepreneurship

Activities and Societies: Fellowship - Instructed graduate students in Effective Business Communications under Dr. Joel Whalen.

B.A., Managment - Materials And Logistics

Activities and Societies: Completed three, 6 month, co-op assignments with Digital Equipment Corporation (1984 and 1985) and General.