Imagine a Canadian expat who moved to Texas and started a new business by faxing a five-page proposal to Chesapeake Energy. He got a yes in 15 minutes — then leveraged that success to scale his employee benefits startup into one of the nation’s fastest-growing firms. Meet Jim Watt—turnaround addict, “ass-bailing” specialist, and killer of the long sales cycle. Watch out—benefits just went full beast mode.
Jim is the founder and CEO of Ascendent Partners and a 35-year force in employee-benefit and insurance consulting. He built Employee Benefit Solutions, sold it to EPIC while running Southwest operations, then led global distribution growth at Cigna. A former chair of the Worldwide Broker Network and active Houston philanthropist, Jim turns complex benefit strategy into bottom-line advantage.
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