Robert F. Slimmon
		For 33 years Rob has designed, marketed and implemented fully-bundled retirement plan solutions for mid-sized public and private companies through two successful entrepreneurial firms he founded and built — one of which was acquired by a public company. Marketing both directly to clients and jointly with other investment professionals, Rob has achieved national recognition delivering turn-key programs encompassing all facets of compensation, benefit and investment planning. In addition to his extensive background designing retirement plans, Rob has consistently exploited technology to achieve tactical and strategic business advantage and as a means to drive enhanced productivity for his clients. His written and verbal communication skills have been demonstrated through publications, lectures and teaching. Finally, as an entrepreneur like many of his clients, Rob recognizes that the measure of business achievement is increased revenue or decreased expenses — yielding enhanced profitability and productivity. That is what his clients have demanded of him for 33 years; that is what he can deliver to your organization now.
		Overview: Retirement Plan Design and Engineering Successful retirement plan design starts with a company’s objectives. Rob has facilitated “white paper” strategic plan assessments for hundreds of companies, focusing and refining their goals, then developing the right program to achieve them. Comprehensive investment support breathes life into the design. Installation of complementary MIS systems insures continuing accountability. The breadth of Rob's experience facilitates challenge to the status quo and perspective on fresh alternatives. In this regard, he offers complete familiarity with and experience applying the following benefit and incentive programs: Target Benefit Defined Contribution 401 (k) & Safe Harbor Post-Retirement Medical Deferred Compensation Stock Options "Top-Hat" & Excess Golden Handcuffs Golden Parachutes Cash Balance Defined Benefit Phantom Stock Floor-Offset CrossTested (401(a)(4)) ESOP (leveraged) Investment Management Having designed and implemented the right plan, clients focus on investment alternatives consistent with the plan’s long term objectives. To facilitate “turn-key” daily valuation capabilities for clients and participants, Rob has been a founding principal in several Registered Investment Advisors, with extensive experience: Maintaining a full-featured electronic trading and execution system Managing individual investment portfolios Interfacing with most daily valuation systems, including Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, Trustmark & Datair Coordinating with individual portfolio management tools such as CAPTOOLS and WOW Designing analytical programs to monitor and recommend selected securities Communication Retirement Plans require carefully-crafted communication, balancing education and motivation against legal compliance and protection. To fulfill this mandate, Rob has: Supported other investment professionals’ marketing efforts through joint sales Prepared documents, Plan Descriptions and enrollment material for all plans listed above Designed, produced and delivered countless employee orientation and education sessions Generated plan statements integrated with clients’ other benefit programs Written two major textbooks and numerous articles [see below] Taught courses in Pension and Benefit Planning to investment and HR professionals Served as an “expert witness” in benefits matters Lectured to various professional organizations, including CPA and Legal groups Information Technology Critical to efficient retirement plan operation is integration of well-conceived IT support. The relational database platforms that Rob has developed provide: Retrospective, current and forecast costs Ability to perform “What If?” cost/benefit projection on an ad hoc basis Accountability for and analysis of the profitability of changes implemented Total employee communication potential, without predetermined format With strong skills in Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, Windows, Novell and Lantastic Networking, most Lotus programs, the Internet and Intranets and client-server configurations, Rob has also operated a full electronic investment trading system and several “daily valuation” programs. He co-authored and sold the first and primary national Daily Valuation system designed to accommodate participant self-direction. Business Education, Designations & Affiliations (Current and Former) Communication with employees about benefits and options is Fiduciary in nature. Further, the ability to assess outside vendors’ performance requires strong understanding of various financial vehicles and their legal implications. In support of these needs, the following credentials are relevant: Principal of SEC- & State-Registered Investment Advisors SEC / NASD Registered Representative Licensed Insurance Consultant Million Dollar Roundtable Chartered Life Underwriter American Society of Pension Actuaries Graduate Course In Advanced Estate Planning Wharton School CPE: Accounting & Finance Graduate Course in Advanced Pension Planning Estate Planning Council (multiple states) Business & Entrepreneurial Rob’s effectiveness on behalf of clients is enhanced by an entrepreneurial background, including: Building a 35-person, highly profitable consulting practice from scratch, starting without capital Responsibility for client plans covering 35,000 employees and their associated assets Joint marketing and distribution programs coordinated with other investment professionals Personal management of individual and ERISA investment portfolios Negotiating 2 acquisitions and a divestiture for his own business, as well as managing many for clients Selling one of his businesses to a public company and managing the transition & integration
		2000 - Present: Vice-President, NestEggs, Inc. Retirement Plan Services ... Pleased to be working side by side with his spouse, Connie, Rob will collect his 'nest eggs' while providing quality plan services for NestEggs' clients. 1999 - 2000: President, LB&A Retirement Plan Services, LLC., Jacksonville, Florida  ... Established via spin-off of the retirement plan division of northeastern Florida’s largest regional CPA Firm and merger with Benecon, Inc., this company’s mission is to coordinate the upgrade and conversion of the CPA firm’s retirement plan practice to a fully-bundled, daily valuation model, while expanding its dominant market share to larger clients. 1988 - 1998: President & Founder, Benecon, Inc., Fairfield, Connecticut - Jacksonville, Florida ... Established to capitalize on the late ‘80s trend toward outsourcing retirement plan functions, Benecon delivered superior results to over 100 mid-sized corporations and national law firms (including 5 of the 10 largest in Connecticut) via greater efficiency, lower costs and enhanced communication. Clients were typically organizations in which plan management requirements exceeded the resources and capabilities of in-house personnel. Projects ranged from the design, implementation and communication of specific retirement plans to the Fiduciary role of Investment Advisor to integrated management information systems. Benecon, Inc. was merged into LB&A Retirement Plan Services, LLC in early 1999. 1978 - 1987: President & Founder, Future Planning Associates, Inc., Burlington, Vermont ...  Focusing on the high- and highly-complex tax environment of the 70s & 80s, Rob organized Future Planning Associates to design and administer retirement plans for mid-sized companies. The firm rapidly grew to become the largest regional Third Party Administrator in the northeast, serving over 500 clients, 35,000 participants and extensive assets in benefit plans of public, private and not-for-profit organizations. Sold to a public company. 1975 - 1978: Manager, Life & Benefits Department, Fred C. Church, Inc., Lowell, Massachusetts ... Rob managed the life, pension and group insurance division of Massachusetts’ second-largest property-casualty insurance agency. Reporting to the President, he was responsible for personal production, staff & other producers, and budget. During his tenure, the division’s revenue doubled. 1972 - 1975: Estate & Pension Planning, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Waltham, Massachusetts ... Mr. Slimmon called on property-casualty insurance agencies and assisted them with the identification and development of life insurance and pension plan prospects.
		Pension Design for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses (Prentice Hall, 1982 and 1986, 450 pp.). A desk reference for professionals, both printings of this book were among Prentice Hall’s ten top sellers. Pension Design (Institute for Business Planning, 1990, 375 pp.). Another “how-to” book for professionals. Target Benefit Plans (CCH “Pension & Profit Sharing Guide”, 1978). The Future of HR Management in Law Firms (Journal of the ALA, 1991). “How To” integrate information technology, communication and budgetary considerations when designing a comprehensive benefits package.
		University of Illinois at Champain-Urbana (MA in Abnormal Psychology, 1972). Princeton University (BA, Cum Laude, 1971; University Scholar).