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Matthew Scoll

Weatogue,Connecticut

Summary

Performance-driven Vice President of Fortune 100 Company. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage, develop, grow, and lead teams through change. Committed to consensus building. Architect and leader of initiatives. Demonstrated personal and organizational development and advancement over a prolonged period. Ready for challenges and focused on meeting future demands.


Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Vice President & Claim Chief Privacy Officer

Travelers
06.2018 - Current
  • Lead Privacy strategic operations for Travelers' 12,000 Claim employees.
  • Collaborate across enterprise with with legal, technology, operations, and cybersecurity leadership to ensure consistent and complete compliance within constantly evolving legal and regulatory landscape.
  • Oversaw Claim's yearlong preparations for CCPA/CPRA and subsequently promulgated comprehensive privacy laws in multiple states.
  • Proactively prepare and protect Claim personnel from external threats and internal pitfalls that potentially compromise proprietary and personal information.
  • Represented organization at industry conferences and events.
  • Partner with large network of vendors to ensure contractual coverage related to data ownership and obligations associated with responding to and bearing legal responsibility for data breaches and other misappropriation of sensitive data.

Vice President & Associate Group General Counsel

Travelers
07.2015 - Current
  • Markedly increased depth and breadth of expertise and responsibilities in Travelers' 1,300 member Claim Legal organization, going from leading one team of attorneys and paraprofessionals to three.
  • Associate Group General Counsel for Workers’ Compensation (largest writer in industry), Fraud, and Strategic Support Services.
  • Lead Claim Legal's Quality Management program.
  • Developed and expanded initiatives related to innovation, mentoring, and cross-training for legal professionals across company.
  • Actively involved as member and mentor in multiple DE&I networks.
  • Increased and enhanced utilization of data and analytics to drive KPI improvement and measure productivity.
  • Achieved team-leading employee engagement metrics.
  • Monitored industry trends, keeping current on latest changes and competition in industry.
  • Established and maintained strong relationships with colleagues, vendors and strategic partners.
  • Created succession plans to provide continuity of operations during leadership transitions.
  • Oversaw tripling of Fraud team fueled by successful affirmative litigation efforts and partnerships with Travelers Investigative Services.
  • Spearheaded and managed restructuring of paralegal reporting and workflow.
  • Drove employee engagement during COVID-necessitated remote work and reentry into hybrid work environment.

Managing Counsel

Travelers
07.2009 - 07.2015
  • Managed group of 10 secondary leaders—three of whom were promoted to managing counsel.
  • Rebuilt Staff Counsel’s lowest performing office into one of organization’s best and its largest stand-alone location.
  • Responsible for 5 locations, 41 direct reports, and total census of as many as 163.
  • Primary case handling, training, and marketing contact for five claim service centers and employers/brokers/agents on as many as 8,700 concurrently handled matters.
  • Increased file capture rate year over year with several large customers moving business from outside counsel to our office.
  • Built group that became industry leader in shaping law and increasing indemnity/expense savings on NFL and other sports claims.
  • Worked closely with several Travelers-insured law firms to earn their confidence in handling sensitive and high-risk employee claims.
  • Office recognized with Staff Counsel Diversity Award.
  • Lead for Claim Legal Training Initiative.

Education

J.D. - Law (Pre-Law)

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
05.2001

Fellowship - International And Comparative Law

Taras Shevchenko National University
Kyiv, Ukraine
10.2000

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations & Russian

Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
08.1997

Skills

  • Accomplished Collaborator across Diverse Groups
  • Engaged Leader and Developer of People
  • Skilled Navigator of Change and Growth Management
  • Effective Communicator
  • Subject Matter Expert
  • Organization Builder
  • Analytical Advocate
  • Proactive Problem Preventer and Solver

Affiliations

  • Greater Hartford Legal Aid
  • HCHE Career Beginnings

Certification

  • Licensed California State Bar No. 217392
  • Connecticut Authorized House Counsel No. 901604

Languages

Russian
Professional Working

Personal

Playing Volleyball, Learning Bass Guitar, Traveling, and Following L.A. Sports Teams

Timeline

Vice President & Claim Chief Privacy Officer

Travelers
06.2018 - Current

Vice President & Associate Group General Counsel

Travelers
07.2015 - Current

Managing Counsel

Travelers
07.2009 - 07.2015

J.D. - Law (Pre-Law)

University of Iowa

Fellowship - International And Comparative Law

Taras Shevchenko National University

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations & Russian

Brigham Young University

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