miEdge Appoints Darin S. Vick as Chief Sales Officer

Insurance industry veteran joins miEdge leadership team.

2013-05-22

NEW BOSTON, MA, May 22, 2013 (Press-News.org) miEdge, business intelligence system for Insurance Professionals, today announced a key addition to its leadership team with the hiring of Darin S. Vick as Chief Sales Officer. With over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, Mr. Vick will focus on continued growth of the miEdge system.

Mark J. Smith - ACIC, CIC, Founder and CEO of miEdge said, "Darin is a well-respected leader in the Insurance Technology space and brings a wealth of talent to miEdge. Darin will lead the miEdge sales team across the country and help miEdge maintain and grow its industry leading position. I am delighted that Darin wants to be part of our exciting journey.

Prior to joining the miEdge team, Darin Vick was serving as VP of National Accounts at Prospx, a commercial and employee benefits insurance social business platform. Mr. Vick has also held a variety of positions at USI Insurance. He began his career as Sales Manager with USI working closely with the production team and carrier partners to drive growth in the Portland and Seattle offices. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2001 and in 2004 was named President and CEO USI Northwest.

Darin Vick said, "miEdge is a dynamic, growing company, I am proud to be joining them and leading the Sales team as we continue to innovate and provide the most compelling product in our market today. I will continue to work with agency and carrier partners across the country to deliver the cutting-edge miEdge technology that helps them grow their business."

As Chief Sales Officer at miEdge, Mr. Vick will focus on continued sales growth as well as product and service diversification of the miEdge business intelligence system. He is uniquely suited to this role due to his leadership roles in the launches at other technology firms including Succeed Management Solutions, which developed a web based risk management center offered to brokers and carriers. He is also the past President of the Oregon Association of Health Underwriters. Darin holds a BS in Science from the University of Portland and currently resides in Portland, OR.

About miEdge
miEdge is the premiere business intelligence provider for insurance industry employee benefits professionals. Insurance agents, brokers, vendors and carriers subscribe to the cloud-based miEdge business intelligence system, utilizing sophisticated search engine technology to find potential customers, and effectively manage the compliance of their current clients. The unique miEdge subscriber portal provides quick and easy to learn tools to search, sort and save relevant insurance business intelligence data. For more information, please visit www.miedge.biz.

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