Management Insurance

DAMIEN G. BARR, ARM-P, CRIS, CSE

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Cross Plains, WI 53528

608-***-****

****.******@*****.***

Associate in Risk Management, Associate in Risk Management - Public

Entities

Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS), Receiving Chartered Property

Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)

Certified Safety Executive (CSE)

Business Continuity and Interruption &Continuity of Operations Programs

training and certification

Summary of Outstanding Achievements:

Results-driven Insurance/Risk Management Professional with over 15

years of experience of developing and managing enterprise wide

insurance/risk management programs. Overseeing and directing all

insurance risk management programs including loss control/loss

prevention activities and align strategy with the organization's

overall objective. My excellent history of communicating to business

units and stakeholders the statistical analysis of insurance policy

and coverage's, and accomplishments of turning risk into reward,

reducing organizational risk, improving efficiency and lowering the

Cost of Risk therefore increasing net income. Strong relationships

with brokers and large insurance providers throughout the U.S. to

effectively develop and negotiate multi-state insurance policy

portfolios.

Summary of Outstanding Achievements includes:

. Lowered the Total Cost of Risk for all organizations and entities,

thus increasing profits

. Developing Risk Management and Insurance Programs enterprise wide

for highly diverse and complex organizations

. Developing enterprise wide claims management and litigation

management system

. Developing asset and exposure identification and measurement system

enterprise wide for all organizations and entities

. Developing enterprise wide assessment of alternative risk

transferring and risk financing for all corporate and affiliates

exposures

. Developing contract management system enterprise wide for all

organizations

. Developed and managed multi-billion dollar Owner Controlled

Insurance Program Infrastructure project, with a multi-million

dollar savings. Develop and manage Owner Controlled Insurance

Program for high speed rail project

. Managed Insurance/Risk management assessment of multi-million dollar

Merger and Acquisition Assessments

. Development of business continuity plans, disaster recovery, and

emergency response for Business Units

Public Risk Management Experience 2007 - Present

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT)

Manager of Risk Management

Section Chief of Risk, Safety, and Facilities

. Administer complex programs to protect WIS DOT, its agents and

employees from physical and fiscal losses

. Develop Risk Management and Insurance Programs agency wide for

highly diverse and complex divisions and operations

. Direct, oversee and manage a budget of > $20 million and a staff of

20 employees, including a liability manager, workers compensation,

safety and loss control, damage claims, facility and security staff.

. Manage agency wide claims management and litigation management.

Consult and direct divisions regarding liability, tort liability

claims, construction defect claims and sovereign immunity issues for

self-insured departmental/statewide workers compensation, third-

party liability, environmental liability, and claims, railroad

liability claims. Subrogate highly complex claims. Attend and manage

depositions for claims against DOT and DOT employees

. Develop all insurance and indemnification specifications for all

operations

. Manage all insurance and bonding reviews, policy interpretations and

negotiations for all operations

. Develop enterprise wide contractual review of all bids and contracts

for liability and contractual transfer.

. Develop enterprise wide exposure and asset assessment and instituted

control measures throughout the agency to mitigate losses

. Assess and determine the adequacy of accruals/reserves for self-

funded liability claims

. Negotiate and procure insurance policies for specialized property

and casualty exposures, bonding, railroad liability insurance,

environmental and pollution insurance and develop and administer

mega owner controlled insurance program (OCIP) projects.

. Developed, negotiated and manage two Owner Controlled Insurance

programs for two 1.9 billion dollar infrastructure projects and high

speed rail project

. Status: Current position, reorganization, and downsizing of

government operations.

Private Industry Risk Management Experience 1994 - 2007

Developed and established multiple risk management departments;

implemented control measures, procedures and financing. Negotiated and

tailored insurance packages for a number of employers and clients of

employers engaged primarily in service related industries including

construction, real estate, service, and industrial industries.

. Risk Manager, General Dynamics Information Technology-Department of

Defense Program Office, Fairfax, Virginia. Established Enterprise

Risk Management Model and directed baseline objectives for

international operations. Defined and documented program tolerance

and risk communication strategy. Reviewed contracts and documented

contract risk and framework for government acquisitions. Government

Acquisition 101 & 201 Certified. Performed and managed process

improvement activities. Status: Contract position

. Corporate Risk Manager, The Construction Resources United Corp

(CRU), Korey Homes, LLC and RAACE (Non-Profit), Forest Hill,

Maryland. Identify and analyze all exposures enterprise wide,

developed and managed enterprise wide risk management program,

policies, and procedures including bonding and risk financing for

all lines of coverage for all operations, companies and developments

and LLC's. Developed and manages contract management-contractual

transfer, establish outside counsel defense of claims, claims

management-litigation management for all Tort liability claims,

construction defect claims and workers compensation and contractual

and third party claims and proactive loss-control programs and

policies. Consulted with customers on insurance and risk management

policies. Status: Left before Corporate downsizing

. Corporate Risk Manager, Montecito Property Company LLC, Montecito

Acquisitions, Montecito Investment Company, Jacksonville, Florida.

Implemented control measures to reduce losses and risk financing.

Perform risk and insurance assessments for asset and entity

acquisitions. Developed and managed enterprise wide risk management

program, policies, and procedures. Managed and negotiated efficient

and effective bonding, risk financing for all lines of coverage

including Directors and Officers Liability and Fiduciary Liability,

Alternate Risk Transferring vehicles (OCIP's) for all operations,

companies and acquisitions. Consulted with customers, investors and

banking institutions on insurance and risk management issues,

interpretations and law and claims. Developed contract management-

contractual transfer process, claims management-litigation

management for all Tort liability claims, Workers Compensation and

contractual and third party and construction defect claims and

proactive loss-control programs and policies. Status: Left before

Corporate Downsizing

. Corporate Risk Manager, Tappe Construction, Inc. and subsidiaries

(Acorn Lumber & J.B.T. Real Estate), Eagan, Minnesota. Instituted

policies and procedures that saved the company >$1 million through

alternative risk transferring techniques, managed insurance

portfolio and bonding, managed claims management-litigation

management for all Tort liability claims, self-insured Workers

Compensation and contractual and third-party claims, construction

defect claims and proactive loss-control programs and policies.

Status: Corporate Downsizing

. Corporate Risk Manager, McAllen Construction, Inc., McAllen Texas.

Identified and analyzed all exposures enterprise wide, developed and

managed enterprise wide risk management and insurance program and

policies. Managed all Tort liability claims, third party claims and

construction defect claims, and workers compensation claims. Managed

all lines of coverage and risk financing for company and

subsidiaries. Managed all loss control and safety staff for all

operations.

Education

LACROSSE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science, Occupational Safety, and Health Management

Professional Activities

. Part Time college teacher in "Insurance" "Risk Management" and

"Business Continuity" at Madison Area Technical College (MATC),

Madison, Wisconsin (2008- Current)

. Provided weekend classes for individuals seeking to achieve the

ARM, ARM-P designation and General Risk Management courses for

Hartford College, Bell Aire, MD (2005 - 2006)

. Taught one-day intensive ARM exam review sessions throughout the

country for Wickstrom Insurance & Risk Training Center, Overland

Park, KS (2006 - 2007)

. Author, "ARM Questions & Answers: A Review," RM/Insight, Fall

2005 and Spring 2006

. Member: Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), Public Risk

Management Association (PRIMA) World Safety Organization (WSO),

International Risk Management Institute (IRMI), American Society of

Safety Engineers (ASSE), Toastmasters

. Member of Big Brothers and Sisters Society

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