Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer Mike Sullivan is joined by Mike Shanahan, President and CEO of HM Employee Benefits and Risk Management (HM), to discuss the recent acquisition of HM, OneDigital’s first acquisition to integrate property and casualty (P&C) into their suite of offerings. In this short episode, you’ll hear insights into the importance of cultural alignment and the value of getting in at the ground level to help build the future of OneDigital’s P&C division.
Mike Sullivan, Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer, utilizes more than three decades of leadership experience in the insurance and distribution space to manage OneDigital’s strategic growth initiative’s via acquisition and partnership. He is also responsible for the firms efforts in expanding into adjacent markets and lines of business. Since 2000, Mike has helped position Digital as the largest and most innovative brokerage solution for small- and medium-sized employers across the United States.Mike began his career with MassMutual, where he spent 13 years, most of them as regional vice president of sales in the mid-Atlantic region. In 1997, he joined NYLCare, and later Aetna, as vice president of East Coast national account sales. Briefly before joining OneDigital, Mike worked with a Colorado Springs-based VC-funded technology infrastructure company.
After receiving a bachelor's degree in history from Amherst College, Mike earned a master's degree in business administration from George Mason University, which included international course work at Oxford University in England.
Michael Shanahan has served as Chairman, President and CEO of HM Employee Benefits and Risk Management (HM), a OneDigital Company, since 2004. Prior to joining HM, Mr. Shanahan was Executive Vice President at Lockton Companies, Director of Marketing at Engineered Support Systems, Inc. and a Sales Representative for the St. Louis Blues Hockey Club.
Mr. Shanahan holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Marketing) from Saint Louis University.