NEW JOB TITLE: Salt Lake City-based property/casualty practice leader for USI Insurance Services L.L.C.

PREVIOUS POSITION: Salt Lake City-based vice president of marketing and sales at WCF Insurance

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Returning to the exciting and ever-changing landscape of the insurance retail marketplace and contributing with the support and resources of a premier insurance brokerage like USI Insurance Services.

ON LEADERSHIP: One’s ability to effectively inspire others

CHALLENGES FACING INDUSTRY: Addressing the ever-changing demographics of the workforce and effectively attracting, developing and maintaining an emerging workforce of young professionals to this exciting (but not always thought-of) industry of insurance.

CRYSTAL BALL: The continual emergence of new technology risk, such as autonomous vehicles, drones, cyber liability, etc. … and the challenging task of how we underwrite, determine liability and adjudicate claims with respect to these types of risks.

WHAT SURPRISED ME: The vast amount of career opportunities within the industry.

ADVICE: Never burn a bridge. You never know who you could be working with or for in the future.

FAVORITE QUOTE: “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” — Jack Welch

OUTSIDE THE INDUSTRY, A DREAM JOB: Fly fishing guide HOBBIES: Hunting, fly fishing, cheering on my favorite sports team.

THING MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME: I’m fluent in Spanish!

DON’T LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT: Cellphone

BIGGEST OBSTACLE FOR WORK-LIFE BALANCE: It’s tough to get off the grid. We seem to have unlimited access to emails and other notifications via smartphones, tablets and wearable technologies.

CORPORATE IMPROVEMENT: More community outreach. We need to make giving back and serving our community a standard.

PET PEEVES: Self-victimization

WHEN I RETIRE: I’m going to spend as much time with my family as possible.

FAVORITE MEAL: Sushi

FAVORITE BOOK: “1776” by David McCullough

ON MUSIC: “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey

CAN’T-MISS TELEVISION SHOW: “Seinfeld”

BEST CITY: Salt Lake City

ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON: I spend a lot of time watching my sons play AAU basketball.

MONDAYS: Read the newspaper — it will quickly put into perspective and minimize the problems you think you have compared to the problems of others.