Doug Field
CEO • Growth Executive • Thought Leader
Doug Field is a highly-seasoned business growth executive who has spent 35 years growing businesses and communities serving the healthcare, financial health, employee benefits & retirement plan, and HR industries. He offers in-depth market expertise, business growth experience, and connections with a focus around employee benefits, retirement plans, health care consumerism, health innovation, and financial health trends and initiatives.
He also has deep experience in business formation and leadership, with an entrepreneur and CEO background. He currently leads an advisory and business development firm, the SouthField Group. Prior to this, he built leading communities and event businesses serving the employee benefit & retirement field – Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Advisor (www.benefitnews.com) – and a leading thought leadership and event community around healthcare consumerism: The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism.
Doug has more than 35 years of business building experience. In this span of time, he has acted as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and President of businesses in a diverse set of industries. He holds a B.A. from The Ohio State University and was an active leader of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
Eric Palefsky
Business Development Manager
Eric Paefsky is a results driven sales, business development and marketing executive with a 20+ year track record of successfully authoring and executing go-to-market strategies that have exceeded annual sales objectives. Expertise with all size organizations from small, start-up companies to Fortune 500. Able to quickly deliver results that position a company for immediate and long term growth through a keen understanding of the retail/wholesale industry, excellent account management practices and by forging strong, sustainable executive level relationships. Expert presenter and negotiator, confident team leader with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Expertise in major account development, portfolio management and strategic planning
• Business development and prospecting
• Marketing expertise and brand development • Team leadership and mentoring; staff development and training
• Lead contract negotiator
• Budget and expense control
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