Retirement plans services manager/consultant

Eric C. Droblyen, CPC, QPA

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Saint Petersburg, FL 33701

E-Mail: *************@*****.***

Phone: 727-***-****

OBJECTIVE To contribute twelve years of retirement plan experience to an organization offering opportunity for personal development and professional advancement

QUALIFICATIONS • Strong expertise in the areas of plan design, ERISA compliance and administration

• National and regional speaker on retirement plan issues

• Service on national committees related to retirement plan affairs

• Complex relationship management experience

• Product development and project management experience

• Experience managing and training professional staff

• Industry credentials and licenses

• Extensive experience drafting and maintaining qualified plan documents

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

2008 to present Aegis Retirement Plan Services LLC…………..Saint Petersburg, FL

Owner/President

Responsibilities • Provide third-party administration (TPA) services to plan sponsors

• Deliver outsourced ERISA compliance solutions to TPAs and investment advisors

• Non-qualified plan administration

Accomplishments • Established company designed to provide expert ERISA compliance solutions to employers, TPAs and investment advisers

• Delivered ERISA compliance solutions to hundreds of plan sponsors

2007 to 2008 401k ASP……………..…………………………..Saint Petersburg, FL

ERISA Consultant

Responsibilities • Serve as the chief ERISA advisor to clients and staff

• Ensure administration practices and forms timely comply with regulatory requirements

• Investment advisor sales support, including plan design and presentation support

• Plan document preparation and maintenance

Accomplishments • Defined company’s ERISA consulting and document services

• Designed and implemented new plan installation process

• Developed plan design and fiduciary assistance tools for advisors and plan sponsors

2006 to 2007 Aerojet / Retirement and Benefits………….……Rancho Cordova, CA

Compliance Specialist

Responsibilities: • Maintain the legislative and regulatory compliance of company retirement programs

• Establish in-house compliance procedures, policies and documentation

• Serve as ERISA technical lead for company’s defined benefit plan outsourcing project

Accomplishments: • Defined the role and scope of a newly-created Compliance Specialist position

• Drafted numerous compliance procedures and policies designed to improve retirement program governance

Eric C Droblyen, CPC, QPA

2006 to 2006 Deloitte Tax LLP / Employee Benefits Group….……....Cleveland, OH

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities: • Provide employee benefits consulting to small, middle-market and Fortune 100 clients

• Draft qualified plan documents, participant disclosures and government reporting

Accomplishments: • Completed ERISA compliance reviews for several Fortune 500 clients

2004 to 2006 Ceridian / Retirement Plan Services Group….….Saint Petersburg, FL

ERISA Compliance Advisor

Responsibilities: • Serve as lead ERISA consultant for Ceridian RPS clients

• Provide design and compliance consulting to prospective and current clients

• Train and mentor less experienced staff

• Draft external and internal communications related to new legislation and regulations

Accomplishments: • Developed and implemented a new ERISA consulting services product

• Developed specifications for new Roth 401(k) product

2002 to 2004 MetLife / Retirement Plan Group………...…………..Saint Louis, MO

Sr. Qualified Pension Consultant

Responsibilities: • Serve as lead consultant for most technically complex cases

• Underwrite new business prospects to ensure platform compatibility

Accomplishments: • Led the project responsible for restating client plan documents for GUST, restating over two hundred (200) plan documents

• Developed advanced testing procedures for plan testing and reporting group

1996 to 2002 Charles Schwab & Co. / Retirement Plan Services…….Richfield, OH

Senior Client Services Representative

Responsibilities: • Manage and train a team responsible for the completion of plan testing and reporting

• Complete advanced plan testing and reporting

• Provide ERISA technical support to administration and sales groups

Accomplishments: • Designed and led personnel training for new “small market” compliance department

• Led the development of a new ADP/ACP nondiscrimination testing process

• Recipient of Schwab Excellence in Service Award, 3rd quarter 2000 and 3rd quarter 2001

DESIGNATIONS & American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA)

PROFESSIONAL • Certified Pension Consultant (CPC) and Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA) accredited

ASSOCIATIONS

National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)

• Series 7 and 63 (currently inactive)

SPEAKING Successful DC Plan Design Case Studies, ASPPA Annual Conference, October 2008

ENGAGEMENTS 401(k) Plan Design, Florida Symposium for Financial Planning Professionals, August 2008

Mergers and Acquisitions – A Plan Sponsor’s Perspective, Western Benefits Conference, July 2007

EDUCATION College of Business Administration, University of Akron....Akron, OH

• Bachelors of Science in Accounting, May 1996

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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