Dante Preston
Richmond,VA
Summary
Dynamic, results-driven leader with over 6 years of leadership experience maintaining seamless business operations. Smoothly administers budgets, trains staff and monitors procedures to maximize efficiency and balance objectives with operational requirements.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Underwriting Department Manager
Elephant Insurance
Richmond, VA
01.2020 - Current
- Managed resources and staffing levels to meet production, compliance, and project objectives, optimizing department operations.
- Identified and met team and individual development needs, instilling problem-solving, continuous improvement and decision making-making skills.
- Partnered with our executive leadership team for mentoring that lead to performance improvement of staff, ultimately leading to key business metrics being achieved.
- Developed and monitored key performance metrics, aligning business unit performance with overall company objectives and strategy.
- Leveraged data analytics to support and focus problem-solving and process improvement efforts, in line with key measure, business goals and strategic initiatives.
- Worked cross-departmentally with operations, product, compliance and pricing to align strategic goals.
Underwriting Supervisor
Elephant Insurance
Richmond, VA
07.2017 - 01.2020
- Leader of day to day underwriting operations including developing and maintaining a staff of 16 underwriting personnel
- Identified and implemented cost-savings measures, thereby improving the company's financial health.
- Fostered a team based environment by mentoring new team members, conducting regular performance reviews, and developing plans to rectify deficiencies
Senior Underwriter
Elephant Insurance
Richmond, VA
06.2013 - 07.2017
- Utilized knowledge and experience to resolve problems, identifying needs and employing logic and deductive reasoning to implement long lasting solutions.
- Managed multiple priorities in a dynamic environment, making independent decisions under time constraints with minimal supervision.
- Negotiated and built consensus for resource needs, problem solving, and solutions with peers, subordinates, and management within and beyond the business unit.
Education
Certificate of Leadership - Organizational Leadership
Elephant Leadership Program
Richmond, VA03.2016
Associate in Insurance (AINS) - Insurance And Risk Management
The Institutes
01.2016
Skills
- Resource & staff management
- Team & individual development
- Problem solving & decision making
- Continuous improvement initiatives
- Performance management
- Business performance management
- Project management
Timeline
Underwriting Department Manager
Elephant Insurance
01.2020 - Current
Underwriting Supervisor
Elephant Insurance
07.2017 - 01.2020
Senior Underwriter
Elephant Insurance
06.2013 - 07.2017
Certificate of Leadership - Organizational Leadership
Elephant Leadership Program
Associate in Insurance (AINS) - Insurance And Risk Management
The Institutes