PARTNERS IN TRANSFORMATION
Why Clearview Partners?
Clearview Partners offers perspective, insight, and alternatives for an insurance industry facing external disruptors facilitating the need for transformation and modernization.
Transformation requires multi-disciplinary approach - strategy, operations, customer, product, distribution, people, process , and expertise... Clearview partners brings all of these capabilities under one umbrella!
Each partner has deep experience in their particular discipline, and/or is a thought leader in this space
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We bring both capabilities (help solve your biggest challenges), and ideation (thought leaders who can stimulate thinking about the future)
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We bring them all together to provide an unparalleled level of collaboration and value
Meet the Partners
Pioneering
Disruptors
Keita Demming
Head of Development and Innovation
The Covenant Group
Rahim Rajpar
Independent Marketing Consultant
CEO and FounderDenim Labs
Bold
Innovators
Managing Director of Altus Group
President and CEO
Pinpoint Global Communications
Josh Hollander
President and CEO
Horton International North America
James Galli
Independent Consultant
Founder and CEOMindset Digital
Nirva Dagli
Founder and CEOSpinnaker Analytics
Communications and Project Leader
Industry
Experts
Managing Partner
Clearview Partners
Managing Partner
Clearview Partners
Mark Singleton
Enterprise Strategy Consultant
Clearview Partners
Norm Trainor
President and CEO
The Covenant Group
Russ Bostick
Managing Partner
MVP Advisory Group
Mark Hug
Senior Advisor
Global Diversity Marketing
Robert Kerzner
Principal and Owner
Robert Kerzner LLC
Business Partners
Spinnaker Analytics
James Kerley
Trusted - Proven - Connected
James Kerley
Managing Partner
Jim Kerley is the former chief membership officer for LIMRA and LOMA, responsible for member relationship management for the 450 U.S. and Canadian members. He is also a member of the LL Global executive team that leads LIMRA and LOMA. Kerley brings more than 40 years of professional experience serving the financial services industry as manager, leader, consultant and advisor. He spent nearly 25 years with New England Financial, now part of MetLife, in senior marketing, professional development and sales management roles. He implemented New England’s first life insurance marketing relationships within the banking sector.
Over the years, Kerley has consulted with and trained thousands of sales managers and professional insurance advisors in areas of sales training, business development, client needs analysis, market segmentation, sales communications, lead generation and local market awareness building.
Paul R. Kessler
Managing Director of Altus Group
Paul R. Kessler
Paul Kessler is Founder and Managing Director of Altus Group LLC, a consulting firm specializing in increasing individual, team and organizational performance. He helps organizations maximize leadership and team performance under conditions of adversity and rapid change brought on by disruptive business environments. He has expertise in organizational transformation, leadership development, executive coaching, team effectiveness, and change management.
He is a co-author of Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition, which summarizes 25 years of research on individuals and teams performing at “The Edge” – the highest possible levels of performance. He has co-authored various articles including Leadership Lessons from the Race to the South Pole, and Using the Power of Resonant Metaphor to Increase Leadership Effectiveness. He is a featured speaker at conferences around the world and resides in Connecticut, USA.
Gregory Bailey
CEO and Founder Denim®
Gregory Bailey is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and former corporate executive with more than 25 years of experience working at some of America’s biggest and best-known insurance companies. In 2015, he left the corporate world of business attire to build Denim – a technology company that’s making marketing personal, at scale for insurance and financial services firms. Gregory has delivered keynotes and workshop style presentations internationally and frequently speaks on digital transformation, customer engagement, innovation, marketing, and technology topics. He has been named one of the 20 Most Creative People in Insurance by the National Underwriter and one of 15 People to Watch in Insurance Technology by Insurance Networking News. Gregory is the creator and host of the popular podcast called Denim Rivet, found on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Spotify and Stitcher.
Gregory Bailey
Debra Jasper, Ph.D
Mindset Digital Founder/CEO
Debra Jasper, Ph.D
Mobile, custom, fast and easy. That’s what it takes to meet the demands of today’s digital consumer. That’s why Mindset Digital Founder and CEO Debra Jasper helps Fortune 100 leaders around the world compete in an age of AI, charming chatbots, emotion analytics and more.
Named one of the top 12 female entrepreneurs in North American by Ernst & Young, Debra has given keynote talks in more than a dozen countries, from national sales conferences for major insurers and banks to top conferences, including LIMRA's Annual, Distribution and Marketing Conferences, the Australian Retail Global Internet Conference, GAMA International's LAMP and PubCon. Today, tens of thousands of professionals are enrolled in her firm's high-impact, scalable online programs in social selling and recruiting, writing in a mobile world and cybersecurity.
Before launching Mindset, Debra was an award-winning investigative journalist who launched at Ohio State the first social media fellowship for journalists in the world—working with CNN, 60 Minutes, The Washington Post and other top newsrooms. She has a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Leadership from Ohio State—and wrote her dissertation on the art of powerful micro storytelling
Bob Sullivan
CEO Pinpoint Global
Bob Sullivan
Appointed CEO in January 2002, Bob brings to Pinpoint Global an extensive entrepreneurial background with more than 37 years of experience in sales, marketing and general management, including serving as president and CEO of Integrated Computing Engines (ICE), a top global provider of broadcast and post production video and film special effects. Previously, Bob was vice president of marketing and business development for digital media pioneer Avid Technology and before Avid, Sullivan was vice president of marketing at Cadence Design Systems.
Mark Singleton
Enterprise Strategy Consultant
Mark Singleton
Mark Singleton is a financial services veteran with more than 25 years of senior management experience in the insurance sector — spanning COO, CFO, and CEO roles. For much of the last three decades, he has been focused on developing strategies and leading major transformation efforts, including turnarounds, startups, and new growth initiatives. Mark has been active in the M&A markets, as well as capital and reinsurance management, and he is well-respected in the rating agency and regulator communities. Among his notable areas of expertise are financial management, distribution management, innovation, and operational advancement. Mark is a frequent industry speaker on financial, risk management, and strategy matters and has served numerous non-profit industry and civic organizations.
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Wendy P. Weston
Communications and Project Leader
Wendy P. Weston
Wendy has more than 20 years of experience in financial services -- in key roles spanning communications, project management, marketing, product ownership, relationship management, and publishing. A widely respected professional, she is passionate about leveraging her wide skillset to serve industry clients and is relied upon as a go-to resource for successful project execution. For 19 years, she held positions of increasing responsibility with LIMRA, most recently leading its executive development curriculum. Prior to that, she was Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning flagship publication LIMRA MarketFacts and oversaw LIMRA's editorial function and style. Over her career, Wendy has written hundreds of feature articles, columns, newsletters, marketing messages, reports, and other key deliverables.