William J. Wiggins
**** ********** ****** * ******* =, WA 98144 e-mail -
***************@*****.*** Contact# 206-***-****
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
. Health & Welfare benefit and cost and risk analysis
. Compliance and Health Reform integration)
. Self-insured plan design
. Vendor oversight
. Compensation and risk analysis
. HR project management and plan integration
. Retirement plan administration
. Total Rewards
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PLAN EXPERIENCE
. PPO/Traditional/EPO medical
HSA/HRA Plans
. LTD/STD/Life/LTC
. International Medical, Life &
Disability plan administration
. Dental
. Self-funding
. Workers Compensation
. DC, DB, and 401K retirement plan
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Senior Benefits Analyst, - 2010 - Current
Group Heath Cooperative Human Resources, Benefits & Compensation
Division, - March 2009 - Current
. Plan administration for 7200 benefit eligible employees of 4
collective bargaining units and non-union employees.
. overseeing adherence to all statutory obligations for benefits
administration, including deduction process, legal guidelines
and federal regulations related compliance and adherance to all
components of Health Reform.
. Detailed analysis and management of plan performance cost
containment measures, and implementation of new vendor and new
business requirements.
Large Group Sales Consultant - 2009 - 2010
Managed book of business in excess of $11M dollars in annual premium.
Closed largest total replacement prospect sold in 2010.
Senior Business Development Consultant, - 2007 - 2009
Kaiser Permanente, - National Benefit Design and Program Management
December 2007 - March 2009
. Lead Consultant for national benefit standardization team.
. Served as lead consultant to project team tasked with creating a
national self funded product standardization national benefits
in the self-funded market segment across all Kaiser regions.
. Created and managed pilot value driven prescription drug
piloting program for chronic conditions.
. Ancillary projects included: Medicare Advantage and CMS
compliance; and Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP)
program management.
Benefit Manager
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. - Benefits and Compensation Division, March
2006 - December 2007
. Health & Welfare and Retirement plan administration and vendor
management of $17M annual cost self-funded plan for multi-
national employee population of 12,000+ 2 collective bargaining
units and non-union employees for International employee
population and US. Non US locations included Canada, France,
Thailand, Vietnam, and Peru.
. Quarterly competitive compensation and benefit analysis for
talent acquisition.
. Management of HRIS and Crystal audit reporting; escalated
appeals; maintenance of on-line benefit portal; and Health &
Welfare compliance, employee communication (i.e. Summary Plan
Descriptions, New Hire brochures, Open Enrollment brochures,
etc.
. Implementation of first employee wellness and total rewards
program.
. Weekly new hire orientation and on boarding including I-9
verification, compliance training, and open enrollment project
management.
Benefit Consultant,
Mercer Health & Benefits - Enterprise Market Segment, - 1999- 2006
. Benefit-consulting services for clients for multiple clients.
. Competitive benefit cost analyses of employee benefit plans for
both fully insured and self funded clients.
. Worked with all Health and Welfare lines of business
specializing in Value Driven and International benefits for
clients with multinational employee populations.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Experience
Product Manager
Premera Blue Cross, 1997 - 1999
. Product development for Dental; Prescription Drug; products and
Alternative Care networks.
. Managed integration of state and federal mandates, and
legislative updates into contracts and certificates.
. Evaluation and performance monitoring of assigned products, and
ongoing analysis of competitive market intelligence.
Senior Account Executive, 1990 - 1999
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Responsible for marketing,
sales, renewal negotiation, retention and associated account
management activity for large fully and self funded municipal clients
including Federal Employee Program, Cook County, Chicago Board of
Education, Public School Teacher's Pension Fund of Chicago, and
Chicago Teachers Union
. Maintenance of book of business in excess of 157,000
lives/$11.5M annual revenue dollars
. New product sales and renewal contract negotiations
. Implementation and project management, technical and creative
writing of employee and marketing communication collateral.
. Blue Max Sales award recipient 1994 thru 1998.
EDUCATION
. Gloucestershire University formerly College of St. Paul's and
St. Mary's, Cheltenham, England
Baccalaureate, Economics.
. Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration
. Haitian American Institute, Port-au-Prince Haiti
Studied at institute with field work at American Consulate
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
. Washington Alliance of Health Underwriters (WA
. Insurance Women's Association of King County
. Group Health Association of America
CERTIFICATIONS
. Licensed Health, Life, & Disability Producer in Washington
State, and State of California.