Lynch Bennett IV

Experience

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  Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2012

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Improved the reliability of existing curriculum assessments by developing a numeric value system to quantify qualitative results.• Designed assessments to determine the efficacy of the engineering curriculum and then collected, synthesized, and analyzed the resultant data.• Recorded and logged data into Excel spread sheets and databases.

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  The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

  Editorial Apprentice

  • Awarded an additional summer fellowship for excellent performance during the term of the apprenticeship. • Meticulously fact-checked and edited articles and book manuscripts for the William and Mary Quarterly and Omohundro Institute Press.

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  College of William and Mary

  Aug 2013 - May 2014

  Teaching Assistant

  • Gained management experience by managing a productive classroom environment. • Cultivated strong professional relationships with students and faculty members to successfully teach in a team-centered environment.• Honed public speaking and presentation skills by engaging and holding the attention of college students on Friday mornings.

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  The Rainmaker Companies

  May 2015 - Jul 2015

  Marketing Intern

  •Drafted public relations materials such as press releases and partner biographies for the company’s website.•Designed client logos.•Researched prospective clients and assigned those prospects the product that would most relevant to their needs in a proprietary client database. •Processed client satisfaction surveys and documented results using Microsoft Excel.•Edited and improved educational and instructional materials.

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  Franklin Madison

  Jul 2015 - Oct 2019

  • Managed the new product development pipeline by sourcing and contracting new products, and then coordinating internal efforts across with Operations, IT, Sales, Marketing, and Client Services teams to bring new insurance products in house and successfully launch them in the financial institution marketplace.• Assisted sales team and client management team on business to business sales calls, answering prospects’ questions and demonstrating products to clients.• Sourced and launched an innovative digital life insurance product, leading contract negotiations from first draft to execution.• Supported sales and strategy teams by analyzing the competitive landscape, equipping the teams with knowledge of competing products and distributors.• Served as primary business liaison with four insurance carriers, coordinating new product builds and the ongoing support of those products.• Demonstrated and sold life insurance solutions to clients in a business to business sales environment.• Managed launch of highly successful hospital indemnity insurance product.• Developed sales collateral and support resources for insurance sales to financial institutions Show less •Managed new product development process by coordinating with Operations, Marketing, and Sales departments to ensure successful and on-schedule product launches for two insurance products.•Assisted sales teams on business to business sales calls, answering prospects' questions as the subject matter expert and demonstrating products to prospective clients.•Managed a customer survey research project by researching and vetting vendors, developing survey questions, and coordinating between in-house departments and vendors to successfully launch survey.•Served as primary business liaison with three insurance carriers, coordinating new product builds and the ongoing support of those products.•Researched and recommended superior insurance products for marketing and administration.•Provided competitive market analysis to Marketing Strategy and Sales teams.•Provided training and support to Sales team. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  • Product Marketing Analyst - New Product Development

    Mar 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Product Marketing Associate - New Product Development

    Jul 2015 - Mar 2017
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  NaviHealth

  Oct 2019 - Aug 2020

  Product Manager

  • Managed the analytics platform product road map.• Oversaw the release of multiple new reporting features from ideation to market launch, and post-launch improvement.• Worked with customers to learn and understand customer and business needs and turn those learnings into features and products.• Functioned as a product owner in an agile (Scrum) setting for multiple software feature teams managing the product backlog for each team.

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  Senior Market Advisors

  Aug 2020 - Dec 2023

  • Managed a team of project managers and IT professionals.• Helped plan technology stack road map balancing business needs with team capacity and budgets.• Implemented new corporate project intake process.• Researched, contracted, implemented and trained organization on Jira project management software.• Sourced and managed vendors and outside developers to assist our team on application builds. • Transitioned a Medicare sales organization from a waterfall project management framework to an agile framework, training employees to plan projects, maintain backlogs and think and create tasks and tickets in terms of user stories.• Served as project manager for large Salesforce application integration to support Medicare Advantage sales.• Managed on shore and off shore software development teams.

  • Director Of Technical Operations

    Mar 2021 - Dec 2023

  • Director of Project Management

    Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
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  WellSky

  Dec 2023 - now

  Senior Product Manager

  • Led the development and execution of the analytics roadmap, transforming the platform from basic data storage and export to a robust data-as-a-product model.• Delivered actionable business insights through data, driving strategic decision-making across the organization.• Collaborated with internal departments, including sales, marketing, and operations, to align analytics solutions with business goals.• Partnered with external stakeholders to identify needs and deliver tailored business intelligence solutions.• Spearheaded initiatives to enhance data accessibility and usability, improving overall data-driven decision-making capabilities.• Managed cross-functional teams to deliver analytics projects on time and within scope, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Show less