Kirk Drees

About Kirk Drees

Accomplished, Experienced Healthcare ExecutiveBackground features strong academic preparation along with a record of consistent excellence in highly visible, responsible roles with a leading managed care company requiring strong quantitative/analytical ability and exceptional business development/management skills. Career demonstrates innovativeness, business leadership, strategic planning and execution, executive presentation skills and high level problem-solving ability. 20+ years as a record-setting National Account Executive with multiple Gold Circle Awards including Gold Circle Cabinet Board membership. Certified member of Cigna\'s Public Speaker Bureau for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Experience

1. Vice President, National Account Executive

   Cigna Healthcare

   Jan 2000 — Present

   Served as the lead point of contact between Cigna and many of the organizations’ largest, most complex and strategically significant national accounts. Areas of accountability included growth, direct sales, retention, profitability, account management, and customer service delivery across multiple lines of business (medical, dental, life, disability, wellness programs, and expatriate benefits). Developed and executed strategies which successfully introduced new products and services, maximized profitability of existing relationships, and laid the ground work for continued client relationship success.

Education

• University of Lynchburg

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Leadership
• Account Management
• Health Policy
• Direct Sales
• Strategic Planning
• Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts
• Medicare
• Customer Retention
• Customer Service
• Employee Benefits
• Healthcare
• Underwriting
• Crm
• Strategy
• Process Improvement
• Health Insurance
• Brokers
• Managed Care
• Disability Insurance