Robert (Rob) King

Experience

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  Travelers

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1992

  Director of IT

  Worked for RFC Intermediaries, a reinsurance brokerage subsidiary of the St. Paul Companies (now Travelers) with 20 offices throughout the US. Progressed through positions as a Developer, Systems Analyst, IT Manager, and finally Director of IT. Led all application development, analysis, project management, infrastructure, and IT support functions. Established first internal data center for the company, transitioned all company systems from external provider, and moved the data center to Atlanta as part of a corporate headquarters relocation. All systems successfully transitioned to Atlanta on schedule despite a 95% turnover in IT staff. Show less

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  Comdisco

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  Sr. Consultant

  Provided Business Impact Analysis and Disaster Recovery planning services to clients throughout the eastern United States. Clients included Lehman Brothers, Carrier Corporation, Alamo, IHG, Hoechst Celanese, First American National Bank. Earned corporate "Team of the Year" recognition.

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  Aon - Aon Services Group

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2002

  VP Shared Services Technology

  Aon was the second largest ($8.82B revenue) insurance broker worldwide, providing risk management, retail, reinsurance and wholesale brokerage, specialty services, and human capital consulting services. VP, Shared Services Technology Support – Aon Services Group (2001 – 2002)Led a cross-functional team of 30 professionals organized to support roughly 1,700 front office users located in over 40 wholesale, specialty MGU, and reinsurance broking locations nationwide. VP, National IT Director – Aon / Swett & Crawford (1997 – 2001)Managed all IT services for the largest wholesale insurance broker in the nation during a period of extremely high growth. Swett & Crawford was a subsidiary of Aon Corporation.Project Manager – Aon / Alexander Howden North America (1995-1997)Led all technology-related projects for this Wholesale Broker/Managing General Agent. Show less

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  Technology Services

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Independent Consultant

  Provided technology consulting services to client base (small businesses and home users) including hardware acquisition, local area networking, ISP connectivity, programming, security/patch management.

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  American Safety Insurance

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Director, Information Technology

  American Safety was a specialty insurance company that underwrote environmental and excess/surplus lines coverages for niche markets in the United States. 2005 gross written premium of $237 million.Brought in to turn around a failed policy administration system implementation initiative. Completed successfully on schedule. Led IT unit comprised of 27 staff (10 internal, 17 contract/offshore) in support of all lines of business. Responsible for all IT units: Application Development, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, and Infrastructure. Utilized offshore development and testing resources for peak and non-core project workloads. Show less

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  Crawford & Company

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Technology Deployment Manager

  Crawford & Company is the world's largest independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, with a network of more than 700 offices in 63 countries.Joined Crawford to deploy enterprise-wide $11 million claims adjudication system to all US field operations. Planned and directed first system deployment in Houston, which was completed successfully and on schedule.

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  QBE North America

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2014

  VP Information Technology, Consumer & Affiliated Agencies

  QBE Insurance Group Limited is Australia's largest international general insurance and reinsurance group, and one of the top 25 insurers and reinsurers worldwide with operations in 49 countries.Led IT teams totaling up to 43 staff in support of all business units within a high growth division. Heavily matrixed to line of business executive management. Responsible for Application Development, Business Analysis, Project Management, and Quality Assurance functions for this division. Performed due diligence for two major acquisitions and integrated the acquired IT organizations. Also involved in planning and performing two divestitures. Planned and managed to an operating budget of $6.5 million. Show less

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  KING TECHNICAL ADVISORS, LLC

  Jan 2014 - now

  Consultant

  Providing IT consulting support and planning services to small businesses in the Atlanta area. Services include:• Security and application patch management services• Equipment acquisition and configuration for new staff• Server performance and capacity planning• Project initiation (hardware/software migrations, technology research, upgrades)• Analysis and resolution of end user application issues