Experience

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  Parallel Concepts Inc

  • St Charles, Illinois, United States

  • President--Parallel Concepts Inc

    • Jun 2021 - Present
    • St Charles, Illinois, United States

    Parallel Concepts Inc is an agency which is a division of CCA Global Partners, Inc., a cooperative of independent businesses. We serve Members of CCA Global exclusively.

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  CCA Global Partners

  • VP Benefits & Insurance

    • 1997 - Present

    Cooperative supporting 2,600-member flooring and home furnishings businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada, with > $20 billion sales, as well as 70+ affiliated associations.

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  BizUnite

  • VP Benefits & Insurance

    • 2007 - Dec 2021

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  Parallel Concepts Inc Member Insurance Center

  • St. Charles, IL

  • V.P. Benefits & Insurance

    • 1997 - Dec 2021
    • St. Charles, IL

    Risk Manager, Insurance Advocate, and agency manager, providing Property & Casualty insurance and employee benefits programs for parent corporation, member companies, employees and subcontractors. Develop, market and manage programs meeting the risk profiles and needs of independent businesses in the retail and wholesale flooring, lighting, HVAC, general contracting, property management, grocery, non-profits, and other affiliated industries

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  Safety-Kleen

  • Elgin, IL

  • Risk Manager

    • 1988 - 1997
    • Elgin, IL

    Established and implemented worldwide corporate insurance program as company’s first risk manager. Managed 2,000+ third-party claims annually, first-party settlements, arbitration/subrogation activities, workers’ compensation/self-insurance qualification and management training. Oversaw outside counsel and litigation matters. Prepared and analyzed cash flow forecasts. Efforts resulted in reducing annual premium and claims expenditures by 90% (from $25M to $2.2M), while company tripled in size.

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  The Interlake Corporation

  • Lisle, IL

  • Senior Insurance Analyst

    • 1980 - 1988
    • Lisle, IL

    Fortune 500 manufacturer of primary metals, handling/packaging systems and special materials.Directed all facets of corporate insurance program including coverage/retention selection, subrogation and self-insurance filings and claims management. Developed loss & cash flow forecasts and analyses of investment alternatives.