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benefitsCONNECT Announces New Vice President of Operations

benefitsCONNECT, a leader in online benefits enrollment and administration, is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Mike Goodman to Vice President of Operations.

2012-08-17
RANCHO CORDOVA, CA, August 17, 2012 (Press-News.org) benefitsCONNECT , a leader in online benefits enrollment and administration, is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Mike Goodman to Vice President of Operations.

As Vice President of Operations, Mike will create a strategic and unified approach to operations that will focus on the utilization of shared resources. Most recently, Mike has proven to be an asset to benefitsCONNECT as the Director of Client Services. During his tenure with the Client Services team he has provided excellent leadership, and with the help of his stellar managers, he has streamlined the Support, Implementation, and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) teams. Mike has played an integral part in developing a leadership approach that allows benefitsCONNECT to run efficiently, and he has provided exemplary customer service to clients and prospects.

"benefitsCONNECT is the most versatile and resourceful platform in our marketplace. To maintain that distinction, we set the highest standards for the quality of our services," says Mike. "As Vice President of Operations, I look forward to maximizing the effectiveness of our technology and our people. We are dedicated to not only maintaining, but expanding our reputation in the marketplace as the most trusted benefits enrollment and administration solution."

Mike joined the benefitsCONNECT team in 2010, after a successful 13 year career in human resources management. As a HR professional, Mike managed benefits administration in both small companies and Fortune 100 organizations. During those years, he became an expert user of multiple benefits, payroll, and human resource information systems. Prior to his HR career, Mike worked in the technology field as a systems administrator and technical project manager.
"Mike has been an essential part of our management team and we are excited for Mike to step into this new role," says Ja'Nene Kane, President/COO.

benefitsCONNECT a web-based benefits administration and enrollment system, provides HRIS functionality to the employer and employee, payroll and vendor data integration, consolidated billing, employee benefits and statements, employee self-service and communications, manager self-service and communications, broker commission tracking, as well as COBRA and FSA/HRA tracking. Enrollment and eligibility data is exchanged electronically though an advanced, EDI-enabled, Software as a Service (SaaS) platform.

About Transcend Technologies Group, Inc.
Founded in 2001, Transcend Technologies Group, Inc. (dba benefitsCONNECT ) is a privately held company that specializes in Internet-based software applications for the health insurance and benefits industry. Transcend licenses benefitsCONNECT for benefits administration and online enrollment and agencyMANAGER for agency management functionality, and has established clients across the United States who entrust their book of business to benefitsCONNECT products. For additional information, visit http://www.benefitsCONNECT.net, or contact Sales at 916-421-4000 or sales@benefitsCONNECT.net.


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[Press-News.org] benefitsCONNECT Announces New Vice President of Operations
benefitsCONNECT, a leader in online benefits enrollment and administration, is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Mike Goodman to Vice President of Operations.