The Hyas Group provides fiduciary and investment consulting services to institutional asset holders including retirement and health and welfare plans sponsored by corporate, governmental and non-profit employers, foundations, endowments and nuclear decommissioning and restoration trusts.

Managed complex investment relationships with institutional retirement plan sponsor clients. Provided asset allocation, manager selection and monitoring and fiduciary advice to organizations resulting in optimized investment portfolios that met the sponsor’s risk and return objectives for both pension and defined contribution plans. Client plan assets ranged from $50 million to over $3 billion.• Identified need for articulating defined contribution initiatives and organized national forum of DC colleagues and senior management resulting in five strategic initiative taskforces which developed consulting and investment beliefs, marketing plans and client deliverables for assigned topics.• Initiated new relationships with multiple at-risk clients resulting in retention of high six figures in annual revenue and improved client relationships.• Crafted strategic marketing plan targeting DC and DB plans with assets over $250 million resulting in new relationships producing mid-six figures in recurring annual revenues.• Improved risk/return efficiency of DB portfolios resulting in lower volatility of contributions reported on company financials.• Applied best practice investment structures to DC investment menus resulting in savings of over $4 million in management fees, higher conviction in active manager skill and more efficient participant investment decisions.• Increased junior analyst understanding of investment, fiduciary and client relations resulting in improvement of their technical and client relations skills.

Started new institutional investment consulting practice to provide discretionary investment management services to 401(k), 403(b), 457, NQDC and SERP retirement plans.• Developed and executed strategic marketing plan to target small and mid-size retirement plans resulting in over 15 new client relationships producing mid-six figures in revenue.• Launched custom target date portfolios for client 401(k) plans and delivered custom communications to over 3,000 employees resulting in 85% adoption rate of custom portfolios. • Consolidated 403(b) client vendors resulting in annual cost savings of mid-six figures and simplified investment decision process for plan participants.

Progressed from junior investment consultant to Managing Director with oversight and service model delivery responsibilities for firm-wide services to retirement plan clients. Grew personal client base to over $3 billion in plan assets for 401(k), 403(b), 457, NQDC, SERP and defined benefit plans that produced over $1 million in annual revenues. • Named one of top 25 retirement plan advisers in the US based on client recommendations resulting in improved reputation for firm and credibility with plan sponsor community.• Developed vendor search questionnaire and evaluation process and conducted onsite vendor due diligence on over 15 providers for 401(k), 457 and 403(b) plans resulting in improved plan sponsor and participant services, open architecture investment menus and reduced fees for numerous client plans.• Crafted and delivered investment educational sessions for bi-annual client conference resulting in improved client knowledge, firm reputation and business retention.• Instituted internal peer review process resulting in higher quality client communications and advice.• Developed and delivered ERISA fiduciary training seminar resulting in greater investment committee member understanding of fiduciary duties and organizational risk mitigation.

Provided general defined contribution consulting including recordkeeping assignments and regulatory compliance for 401(k), 403(b), 457, ESOP, profit sharing, money purchase and NQDC plans.