Michael Overley

Experience

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  Benton Harbor Area Schools

  Jan 1995 - Aug 1998

  Payroll Accountant
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  Secant Technologies

  Sept 1998 - Mar 2001

  Service Technician
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  MedBill Corp.

  Jul 2001 - Mar 2005

  Administrative Support Coordinator
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  School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan

  Mar 2005 - Aug 2005

  Consultant

  http://scha-mi.org/

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  MERS of Michigan

  Aug 2005 - now

  Build and maintain relationships as the key contact for a public, non-profit corporation that administors pension and retirement-related benefits to municipal entities in an 18 county region in southwest Michigan. Provide and facilitate ongoing needs analysis for municipalities within the region.Determine the demand for products and services offered by municipalities and identify potential customers and competitors.Act as a liaison with customer to strengthen and broaden relationships by delivering additional solutions. Interactions involve controversial situations, inter-group coordination, customer negotiations, collective bargaining, and collaboration with senior management.Provide technical expertise and support to qualify the opportunity, scope, needs and potential solutions for prospects and clients.Advance marketing programs and image through personal contact with municipalities and their member associations. Assist in development, planning and execution of product launch activities. Providing strategic and tactical marketing input based on regional opportunities. Show less Assist employers, employees, and unions at the municipal level to structure sustainable employee benefit plans that will provide high quality benefits at costs that are within their budget restrictions. Our program offerings include:1) Defined Beneft- a lifetime pension benefit. MERS handles all of the investment of assets and administration of the plan.2) Defined Contribution- a qualified retirement plan where both employer and employee can contribute funds into an account where the employee is responsible for their own investment management3) Hybrid- combines a modest Defined Benefit plan that the employer contributes to with the flexibility of a Defined Contribution plan. 4) Investment Services Program- our professional fund management and lowered investment fees help municipalities who want to retain control of plan administration without the burden of asset and investment management5) 457(b) Deferred Compensation program MERS also offers Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) solutions including:1) Health Care Savings Program- tax-favored, employer sponsored, medical savings account for employees to cover post-employment health care2) Retiree Health Funding Vehicle- medical trust that allows municipalities to save and grow assets to offset thier retiree health care liability3) Group Life & Disability- provides quality life, accidental death & dismemberment, and short & long term disability insurance Show less

  • Regional Manager

    Sept 2009 - now

  • Benefit Plan Advisor

    Aug 2005 - Sept 2009