Profile

I help organizations as they negotiate through the troubling waters of hazards, uncertainty, risk and insurance.

Managing risk in a professional manner has become an essential facet of corporate functioning. The potential consequences of error can be very large, even devastating, for a corporation, insurer or household. I feel fortunate to have chosen this field.

In twenty years, I have honed and broadened my skills and understanding over the course of hundreds of engagements, domestic and overseas. Corporations, public and not-for-profit organizations, insurers regulators and the media engage me. Over this time I have written over 100 articles and spoken at over 50 conferences.

My special expertise is in workers compensation; other corporate types of insurance; new risk management product design and implementation; information technology; and, risk communication.

Harvard College awarded me a BA cum laude (1968) and Harvard Business School an MBA (1973). I also attended the University of Ibadan, in Nigeria. Prior to entering the risk and insurance field in 1986, I worked on organizational development engagements state governments and universities.

Between 1985 and 1996, I was an executive and equity investor in two ventures, one early stage and one start-up, both bringing innovative practices to prevent and resolve work related injuries. Since 1996, except for a year with an insurance software vendor, I have worked as a consultant individually or in concert with other teams of consultants. My clients have included three of the ten largest workers compensation insurers in the world; also, a large number of medium sized and boutique organizations. Clients hire me usually to assess a new practice idea, or make operations more efficient, or to help them communicate with their constituency.

I have written articles for most of the high circulating periodicals in the risk and insurance field. Since 2003 I have written a regular workers compensation column for Risk & Insurance Magazine.