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Darryl Blecher
DRB Employee Benefit Services, Inc.
2400 Oxford Drive, Suite 414
Bethel Park, PA  15102
Work: 412-874-8103; Fax: 866-571-0331
June 1, 2006  PRESIDENT, DRB Employee Benefit Services, Inc.,
To Present                    2400 Oxford Drive, Suite 414, Bethel Park, PA  15102
Responsibilities
Consulting and Brokering Services for Health and Welfare Benefits
Clients: Penn State University; Carnegie Mellon University; 
Carbone Lorraine of North America; L.B. Foster; United Foundries
April 1, 2002VICE PRESIDENT AND TEAM LEADER, Aon Consulting, Inc.
To June 1, 2006 525 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  
Responsibilities
 1. Estimated 2006 revenue of $850,000; team revenue of $2,900,000
 2. Team responsibilities include practice leader for two VPs, one AVP
and two staff consultants
3. Financial leader for this team plus another practice leader's team of 
two AVPs and three staff consultants
4. Production of new clients
5. Retention of existing clients
  
March 1995    VICE PRESIDENT, Aon Consulting, Inc. (Merger of A&A)
To April 2002       625 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Responsibilities
1. Production of new clients
2. Retention of existing clients
August 1, 1994ASST. VICE PRESIDENT, Alexander & Alexander Benefit Services, Inc.
To March 1995620 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Responsibilities
1. Production of new clients
2. Retention of existing clients
3. 1995 revenue $439,000
March 1, 1994ACCOUNT MANAGER, Alexander & Alexander Benefit Services, Inc.
To August 1994620 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Responsibilities
1. Production of new clients
2. Retention of existing clients
3. 1994 revenue: $120,000
August 1, 1998NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER, Highmark BC
To March 1994 Fifth Avenue Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Responsibilities
1. Account manager for 22 groups, controlling 50 million dollars
2. Responsible for strategic business and action plans for core and
non-core business 
3. Responsibilities includes: Sales, Rating and Financial Settlements,
Benefit Analysis and Pricing, Current Cash Status, Collections, Renewals
and Syndication
Special Knowledge
1. Strategic planning for cost reductions. Knowledge of rating systems
2. Financial settlements  
3. Blue Cross Blue Shield Syndication Network
4. Hospital Differentials
5. Blue shield's UCR
6. Pricing of Benefits 
7. Knowledge of Life, STD, LTD; Stop Loss Insurance; Third Party
Administration
Janauary 1, 1987NATIONAL ACCOUNT SALES REPRESENTATIVE, Highmark BC
To August 1988 Fifth Avenue Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Responsibilities
1. Account Manager for 5 groups, controlling  4.2  million dollars 
2. Same responsibilities as above
3. 1996 $478,127; 1997 revenue $551,486
May 1, 1984SALES REPRESENTATIVE, Highmark BC
To January l987 Fifth Avenue Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
 Responsibilities
 1. Responsible for groups of 20 or less employees, 3,000 groups 
 2. Standardized Community Pool Benefits. Community Pool Rating 
 3. Sale of additional lines of business, i.e. Life, STD, LTD 
 Accomplishments 
1. 53 thousand dollar annualized premium 
2. Increased number of accounts by 10% 
3. Top salesperson for group Life Insurance and Disability Insurance
4. Increased number of accounts by 10%
March 1, 1979DIRECTOR, PROJECT BUSINESS, a division of Junior Achievement
To May 1984 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 
Responsibilities
1. Develop marketing strategies   
2. Administer total marketing program
3. Sell Project Business to companies and schools in the Southwestern Pennsylvania area  
4. Raise $104,000 in income by selling Project Business to Companies   
at $550 per consultant 
5. Prepare monthly budget and cash-flow statements.  Supervise consultant 
training and quality of product
6. Supervise manager and two secretaries   
7. Speak publicly   
8. Keep program in state of expansion
 Accomplishments 
1. Increased revenues from $33,000 to $104,000
2. Increased number of classrooms from 90 to 193
July 1, 1978ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PART-TIME STUDIES, Point Park College,
To March 1979 Pittsburgh, PA              
Responsibilities
1. Marketed in-house programs to corporate offices 
2. Established liaison between corporate and college communities 
3. Assisted in advisory and procedural activities related to enrollment
Sept. 1, 1976FIPSE, ADMINISTRATOR-INSTRUCTOR
To July 1978Parkersburg Community College, WV
Responsibilities
 1. Taught writing to mid-level managers at two business locations 
 2. Taught composition courses to college freshmen 
EDUCATION:
1973-1976Master of Arts: Creative Writing
 San Francisco State University 
1969-1973Bachelor of Arts: History
 Washington & Jefferson College 
1982COURSES:
 Marketing Management, MBA program 
University of Pittsburgh, 3 credits
Licenses and Credentials: 
Licensed to sell Health, Life, STD, LTD, Casualty (Stop-Loss) and                                
Legal Insurances; Secondary Teaching Credential 
Community Recognition:
IBM award of Community Non-Profit Management Training Program