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Manager

Mike Cochran has been in management positions in the employee benefits field for over 25 years.  He has extensive experience with all types of plans of corporations, public school districts, hospitals, non-profit organizations and state and local governments.  After earning his master’s degree in 1975, he taught at Brevard College in North Carolina, then went to work in Southwestern Life’s Group Health and Pension division in Dallas.  He started VALIC’s in-house third party administrator in 1986 and ran this operation successfully for 7 years.  During this time period he served on the national LOMA Pension Committee and served as chairman in 1992.  He became president of Pension Consultants & Administrators in Austin in 1993, which grew from having 10,000 employees covered by its plans to over 80,000 in 1999

Manager

John Pesce has a career that includes owning and managing a successful third party administrator, serving as head of marketing for two of the largest TPAs in Texas serving public school districts, and extensive financial planning and investment experience.  Mr. Pesce is a Registered Investment Advisor with the National Association of Securities Dealers, has numerous other investment and insurance licenses, has completed all courses offered in the Certified Financial Planner program and serves as a financial planner for many superintendents, city managers and other individuals.

Other Professional Staff

Jaime Barraza - Data Manager and Information Technology
Scott Hauptman - Financial Services Consultant and Investment Management
Chris Jamail - Professional Advisor Specializing in Public Education Markets
Blake Rhodes - Professional Advisor Specializing in City and Public Education Markets