CHARLESTON, S.C., July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Benefitfocus,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT), a leading cloud-based benefits management
platform and services provider, announces the appointment of
Ken Haderer to the newly created
role of Executive Vice President, Global Operations. Haderer has
decades of experience leading world-class, global benefits
brokerage and consulting firms.
In this role, Haderer will leverage his deep industry and
operational experience to drive core process improvements and
evolve customer best practices. He will also further accelerate
adoption of BenefitsPlace™, Benefitfocus' new offering that unites
brokers, employers, carriers and suppliers on a single technology
platform.
"Ken joins Benefitfocus at a pivotal time in our growth and
transformation as the market-leading benefits platform," comments
Ray August, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Benefitfocus. "For over two decades, Ken has
built an impressive track record of accomplishments at some of the
industry's top firms. Adding Ken to our executive team demonstrates
continued investment in world-class talent. We are absolutely
committed to growing our market-leading position, strengthening our
customer and broker relationships and achieving operational
excellence. He will be a tremendous asset to our customers, a
strong ally with all of our broker partners and a great mentor to
our Benefitfocus associates."
Haderer adds, "Benefitfocus has the right strategy and
leadership to strengthen its position as the industry's leading
benefits platform. I'm excited to work alongside such a talented
team to deliver an exceptional customer experience and serve the
benefits community."
Prior to joining Benefitfocus, Haderer was President of
North America at Mercer, a
leading, global brokerage and human resources consulting firm. He
also previously served as Mercer's Chief Operating Officer and
oversaw its benefits administration business. Haderer led more than
5,000 colleagues who provided consulting, broking and other
professional services solutions to major U.S. and global employers.
Before joining Mercer, he was an Executive Vice President
overseeing Aon Hewitt's Global
Benefits Solution. Prior to that, Haderer led Aon's benefits
administration business and served on the Americas Executive
Committee. His extensive customer service, technology and
professional services background also includes Operations Leader at
Mellon/PWC and various customer service and operational roles at
Prudential and Verizon. Haderer will be based in the company's
Charleston headquarters.
About Benefitfocus
Benefitfocus (NASDAQ: BNFT) unifies
the entire U.S. benefits industry on a single technology platform
to protect consumers' health, wealth and lifestyle. Our powerful
cloud-based software, data-driven insights and
thoughtfully-designed services, enable employers, insurance brokers
and carriers to simplify the complexity of benefits administration
and deliver a world-class benefits experience. The Benefitfocus
platform is industry leading in reliability and peak response rate.
Learn more at www.benefitfocus.com, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Except for historical information, all of the statements,
expectations, and assumptions contained in this press release are
forward-looking statements. Actual results or performance might
differ materially from those explicit or implicit in the
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially include: our ability to
maintain our culture and recruit and retain qualified personnel;
reliance on key personnel; the need to innovate and provide useful
products and services; the immature and volatile nature of the
market for our products and services and other factors that could
impact our anticipated growth our ability to compete effectively;
management of growth; changes in government regulations;
fluctuations in our financial results; general economic risks;
privacy, security and other risks associated with our business; and
the other risk factors set forth from time to time in
our SEC filings, copies of which are available free of
charge within the Investor Relations section of
the Benefitfocus website
at http://investor.benefitfocus.com/sec-filings or upon
request from our investor relations
department. Benefitfocus assumes no obligation and does
not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as
required by law.
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