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Peter T. Lyman

Founder and Managing Principal

Peter T. Lyman is the founder and managing principal of Worksite Resources and is insurance licensed in the areas of life, health, disability and annuities, with more than twenty five years of worksite marketing industry experience in enrollment design and field sales management.  As the Founder and Managing Director of The Benicom Group, Inc., he directed a benefits consulting firm delivering e-commerce solutions to carriers, brokers, third party administrators and individual clients.  Peter was responsible for hiring, training and supervising large enrollment teams throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean for Employee Benefit Services of New York, Canada Life, TBG of Canada, MetLife and The Benicom Group, Inc. He was also the Founder and Managing Director of TBG, Canada, a provider of insurance related supply chain management services to the Canadian national government, as well as a consultant to Canada Life and Metropolitan Life in large case development.  Peter has worked extensively in the Caribbean, pioneering U.S. worksite marketing design and implementation in overseas markets. 

Over the course of eight years, as Managing Director of Field Operations for Employee Benefit Services of New York, Peter was in charge of training and supervising for over two thousand insurance professionals instructing a three (3) day course in voluntary and ancillary benefits and how they work in conjunction with core benefits. A “Benefit Communication” course was also taught in conjunction with the voluntary benefits training. 

Peter studied American history and Political Science at Gettysburg College and the University of Colorado at Boulder, and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force

Professional Organizations

Peter is an original member of The Benefits Marketing Association, the first exclusively global e-commerce focused insurance trade association, and is also an active member of The National Association of Life and Health Underwriters and the National Association of Independent Financial Advisors.  Recognized in the worksite marketing industry for his extensive knowledge, Peter speaks at industry trade association meetings nationally on worksite products and benefit communications technologies, including international worksite marketing and enrollment. You can contact Peter directly at ptlyman@worksiteresources.com 


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Ed Ryska 
Managing Principal 
Ed has 35 years of experience in Property Casualty Risk Management, Sales and Regional Management.  He has held Executive Officer positions in four California Workers’ Compensation Carriers and with two National Carriers.  His responsibilities included: spearheading sales and marketing efforts; designing new insurance and managed care products and their support systems; insurance services management.  Ed was involved in the development of the Workers Compensation/ Employee Benefit 24hr Managed Care product.

Ed speaks at employer and industry conferences nationwide.   Ed is a California Licensed Insurance Agent/Broker, Property/ Casualty, Accident and Health, Life (# 0C15738).

Education

Master of Science - Management, Northern Illinois University/University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Management, Northern Illinois University

Professional Organizations

Sacramento Safety Center Board of Trustees & Directors (1987-2003) § Chairperson Sacramento Safety Center Board of Directors (1999/2000) § National Safety Council Board of Directors (1988-1997) § National Safety Council Board Executive Committee (1988-1993) § National Safety Council Public Safety Vice President (1988-1993) § National Safety Council Risk Management Committee, Chairperson § National Safety Council Consumer Product Advisory Committee § Professional Member, American Society of Safety Engineers § Certified Hazard Control Manager #1569 § Certified Safety Executive #702 § National Safety Management Society # 3894 § Associated General Contractors of California - Health and Safety Committee § Licensed Insurance Agent/Broker # 0C15738  § Recipient of the NSC’s Distinguished Service to Safety Award for 2000 

You can contact Ed directly at eryska@worksiteresources.com

 

 

Ken Farrington

Eastern Regional Manager

Ken has more than twenty years in the worksite marketing arena in the role of a CEBS,

Project Manager and Consultant. Licensed in the areas of Life, Health & Variable Annuity. A proven leader in the areas of advanced worksite marketing case implementation of large case enrollments. Ken has directed groups in the private sector, as well as State & County agencies regarding Federal employee mandates and compliance issues. He has directed the benefits administration and communication of core & voluntary group products to employees with an emphasis on IRC Section 125/ Flex plan implementation as well as POP. He has functioned as a liaison between HR and department managers to ensure that management and the general population clearly understood the process of utilizing their benefits in relation to Health & Welfare 

plan communication and execution. Ken studied at the New England Institute of Technology. 

 

Professional Organizations:

 

Original member of the Benefits Marketing Association.

 

Ken spends his leisure time with family and coaching AAU Basketball