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We are a health benefits captive providing self-funded solutions to small and mid-sized employers. Our self-funded medical group captive bands employers together to fund their benefits the way much larger Fortune 500 companies do.
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The Roundstone Leadership Team
Mike Schroeder
Founder & PresidentMichael A. Schroeder has served as President of Roundstone since 2005. Mike offers more than twenty-five years of management experience, and has a proven track record of building and leading fast-growing, innovative insurance businesses.
Prior to Roundstone, Mike served as Vice President and General Counsel for an insurance company while it transitioned into a NASDAQ listed AM Best A-rated insurer. He founded a medical malpractice underwriter and drove rapid growth prior to its acquisition. Mike also held senior executive positions with a worker’s compensation insurer, a non-standard auto insurer, and served as an associate of a Cleveland law firm.
A frequent speaker and author, Mike is known for his innovative thinking in the insurance industry. He received his Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University College of Law and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Tulane University.
Jasmine Bibb
Director of Customer ExperienceAs an experienced health insurance professional, Jasmine has acquired a diverse skillset of experiences that include small, mid-size and large employer strategic initiatives, new business development, client management, market research, and product development.
As Director of Customer Experience, Jasmine is responsible for facilitating ownership of customer experience excellence throughout the organization. She works closely with all internal business units, clients and advisors to ensure Roundstone’s vision for customer experience excellence strategically aligns with the expectations and goals, that contribute to a sustainable mutual relationship.
Jasmine received her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Ursuline College, and a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies from Ohio University.
Chad Buskirk
Chief Accounting OfficerIn his role of Chief Accounting Officer, Chad Buskirk brings decades of accounting and insurance-related experience with competencies in self‐insurance, property and casualty, workers
compensation, cost-containment, and the regulatory environment.
Prior to joining Roundstone, Chad served as Director of Accounting for a health insurance administrator that was a multi-year winner of the Weatherhead 100 Award for Northeast Ohio’s fastest growing companies. In this role, he managed an Ohio-licensed multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) for more than six years as well as the administrator’s self‐insured program.
In addition, Chad was involved in the start‐up and/or management of multiple healthcare-related businesses. Earlier in his career, Chad spent four years in the public sector of accounting. Chad received his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace College.
Rob Hamilton
EVP of SalesRob Hamilton has served as Executive Vice President of Sales for Roundstone since 2016. Rob maintains direct oversight of the sales team including channel strategy, pipeline and product development, recruitment, and training while maintaining an industry-leading client retention rate.
Rob offers over 25 years of executive sales leadership experience and P&L responsibility. Rob’s expertise in the wholesale distributor market has proven invaluable in working with benefits advisors across the nation to expand Roundstone’s footprint.
Rob received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from Eastern Illinois University. Originally from the Chicago area, Rob has lived in Cleveland, Ohio since 1999.
Beth Snyder
Chief Operating OfficerBeth joins Roundstone as an entrepreneurial leader with more than 25 years in operations management and consulting for high-growth companies. In her role as Chief Operating Officer, Beth brings a passion for helping others grow and a systems mindset to our Claims, Underwriting, and IT teams. She works collaboratively across teams to facilitate continuous improvement of systems and processes.
Beth most recently served as Vice President of Operations for Tech Elevator, where she led the scaling of infrastructure and teams to support 50% year-over-year growth and a 95% employee retention rate. She was a founding leader of Vox Mobile, a technology services company focused on mobile innovation.
Beth received her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. She is proud of her “Midwest nice” roots in Michigan, Chicago, and now Cleveland, where she lives with her husband, two teenage daughters, and their 6-year-old shepherd mix. She loves reading novels, running, hiking, and traveling on summer weekends in the family RV.
Terri White
Director of MarketingTerri joins Roundstone with a track record of success in the technology industry through modern digital marketing, branding, and demand generation programs. Previously, she served as Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Information Builders and has also held strategic communications and marketing management roles at Antenna Software (now Pegasystems).
A results-driven and passionate marketing leader, Terri is responsible for branding initiatives and directing Roundstone’s marketing organization to retain and grow its employer client base and advisor relationships.
Terri received a bachelor of Science in Finance from The Ohio State University. In addition to being a marketing nerd, she loves rock and roll, anything Italian and NY Times Crossword puzzles. Having recently relocated to the CLE from NYC, Terri is happy to be “back in the Buckeye”.
Chris Zirke
General CounselChris comes to Roundstone from the Gertsburg Law Firm, where he was the Chief Operating Officer, overseeing Marketing, Operations, Finance and Administration. Prior to stepping into the COO role, Chris’ practice was focused on franchise law – counseling and advising both franchisors and franchisees throughout their respective business cycles.
Previously, Chris was the Vice President and General Counsel at Corporate United, Inc., one of the largest private sector group purchasing organizations. Chris oversaw all legal operations and
drove efficiencies across teams. Before that he led all RFx events for KeyBank’s Corporate Real Estate department and negotiated third-party sourcing contracts across multiple lines of business for the bank.
Chris is an avid Cleveland sports and Seinfeld fan (Festivus, anyone?). He serves on the leadership team at Grace Church in Middleburg Heights and lives in Berea with his wife and children.
Your Roundstone Sales Team
Ryan Audin
Regional Practice LeaderRyan is responsible for several states including; ID, MT, OR, WA, and WY.
Eddie Castro
Regional Practice LeaderEddie's territory includes DC, DE, KY, MD, VA, and WV.
Pete Dalpiaz
Regional Practice LeaderPete's territory includes IA, KS, MN, ND, NE, OK, SD and UT.
Kenny Fritz
Regional Practice LeaderKenny's territory covers OH, MI, and IN.
Taylor Neill
Regional Practice LeaderTaylor's territory is the state of Texas.
Tim Ott
Regional Practice LeaderTim covers several states including MA, ME, NH, VT, RI, and NY.
Robert Pace
Regional Practice LeaderBob's territory covers the states of WI, IL and MO.
Jack Schroeder
Regional Practice LeaderJack's territory covers the states of PA, NJ, and CT.
David Smith
Regional Practice LeaderDavid's territory covers the states of NC and SC.
Steve Sullivan
Regional Practice LeaderSteve's territory covers FL, GA and TN.
Sam Walters
Regional Practice LeaderSam's territory includes AZ, CA, CO, HI, NM, and NV.
Ian Woidke
Regional Practice LeaderIan's territory includes AL, AR, LA, and MS.