Larry Schumer has joined Buck Consultants' Boston office as a Principal in the Compensation practice.
Schumer most recently served with Salary.com as Vice President of New Product Development and Corporate Development. He has held VP Human Resources positions for two companies with over 10,000 employees including Teradyne. Schumer has also spent 20 years in HR consulting principally with PricewaterhouseCoopers. His areas of expertise are total HR strategy, executive pay, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and business development.
Schumer received his bachelor´s degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
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Kenneth Lining has joined Buck Consultants' Chicago office as a Director in the Retirement practice.
Lining most recently served with Invesmart, Inc. as a Managing Actuary. He previously was a Consulting Actuary with Watson Wyatt. Lining has more than 20 years of consulting experience. His areas of expertise include actuarial and funding strategy issues, plan design and administration, mergers and acquisitions, and client relationship management.
Lining received his bachelor´s degree in mathematics/computer science from Ball State University. He holds an MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College. He is a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, an Enrolled Actuary, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a member of the American Society of Pension Actuaries.
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Lawrence Engel has joined Buck Consultants' Dallas office as a Director in the Health and Welfare Advantage practice.
Engel most recently served with Mercer HR Services, where he was responsible for implementing health and welfare outsourcing arrangements for clients with up to 25,000 employees. His expertise also includes ongoing administration of health and welfare programs. He previously served with J.C. Penney, where he developed healthcare budgets and paid time off programs, managed a benefits call center, and implemented an internal defined benefit administration system.
Engel received his bachelor´s degree from The University of Kansas and holds an MBA from Michigan State University. He holds the CEBS designation and is past president of the Dallas/Ft. Worth chapter of CEBS.
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Greg Whittle has joined Buck Consultants' Atlanta office as a Director in the Health and Welfare practice.
Whittle most recently served with Deloitte Consulting as a Senior Manager, responsible for the health and welfare practice in its Southeast region. He previously served as Health and Welfare Practice Leader for Arthur Andersen. Whittle has nearly 20 years of consulting experience, including financial analyses, underwriting, vendor search and selection, and compliance consulting.
Whittle received his bachelor´s degree from Miami University (Ohio) and his master´s degree from Georgia State University. He holds a Georgia insurance license for life, accident and disability insurance.
Buck Consultants, an ACS company, is a leader in human resource and benefits consulting with more than 1,500 professionals worldwide. Founded in 1916 to advise clients in establishing and funding some of the nation´s first public and private retirement programs, Buck is an innovator in the areas of retirement benefits, health and welfare programs, human resource management, compensation and employee communication. News and other information about Buck Consultants is available at www.buckconsultants.com. Buck is an independent subsidiary of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.