Novia management and staff are seasoned professionals with long-term experience in working with employers on medical benefit issues.
Eric Olson, President and Chief Executive Officer - Mr. Olson, whose background includes experience as a chief financial officer and president, is one of the founders of Novia. He has been responsible as a chief executive for companies with diversified insurance, agency, and other service operations since 1990.
2005 - Present: Co-founder, President and Board Member, Novia CareClinics, LLC.
1997 - 2006: Co-founder, President and Board Member, Novia Underwriters, Inc. and Novia Holdings, Inc.
1993 - 1997: President and Board Member, Vasa North America, Inc.
1990 - 1996: President, Vasa Brougher, Inc.
1996 - 1997: Executive Vice President, Seaboard North American Holdings, Inc.
1983 - 1990: Chief Financial Officer, Brougher Insurance Group, Inc.
Joe Wright - Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer -
Mr. Wright's background involves a blending of technology applications to meet business needs for various industries. An experienced businessman and president of his own software technology company, he brings extensive operational and business management skills to the Novia team.
2009 - Present: Chief Operations Officer, Novia CareClinics, LLC
2004 - Present: Mayor, City of Beech Grove
1996 - Present: President, Bravura Systems, Inc.
1994 - 1996: Chief Financial Officer, Moorfeed Corporation
1990 - 1994: Director of Information Systems, American Legion National Headquarters
1986 - 1990: Information Systems Manager, Moorfeed Corporation
1985: Systems Developer, Mel Simon & Associates
1979 - 1984: Systems Analyst, RCA
John B. Bridge, Executive Vice President and General Counsel -
2006 - Present: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Novia CareClinics, LLC.
1997 - 2006: General Counsel and Secretary, Novia Holdings, Inc. and Novia Underwriters, Inc.
1999 - Present: Partner, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun, Indianapolis, Indiana.
1996 - 1998: Of Counsel, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun.
1984 - 1996: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, VASA North America, Inc.
1983 - 1984: Corporate Counsel and Secretary, Resort Condominiums International, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
1981 - 1983: Associate Corporate Counsel, Inland Container Company, Indianapolis, Indiana.
1978 - 1981: Associate, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, Indiana.
1975 - 1977: Associate, Shearman & Sterling, New York, New York.
Jack Hewett, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer - Mr. Hewett has worked for a number of years as financial officer of a managing general underwriter and has served as a financial and operations officer of a casualty insurance company.
2005 - Present: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Novia CareClinics, LLC.
1999 - 2006: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Novia Underwriters, Inc.
1995 - 1999: Group Business Controller, Vasa North America, Inc.
1992 - 1995: Divisional Controller, Tree of Life, Inc.
1984 - 1992: Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Operations, Vasa North Atlantic Insurance Company
1982 - 1984: Certified Public Accountant, Ernst & Young
Lanny Green, Vice President - Mr. Green has extensive experience in the medical benefits industry having formally served as a chief marketing officer of a large managing general underwriter and has been involved in the operations of a third party administrator. He has first-hand knowledge of the issues and challenges that face employers and benefit administrators.
2005 - Present: Co-founder and Vice President of Sales, Novia CareClinics, LLC.
1997 - 2006: Co-founder and Vice President, Novia Underwriters, Inc.
1996 - 1997: Vice President, Midwest Region, Vasa Brougher, Inc.
1993 - 1995: President, Vasa North Atlantic Insurance Company.
1982 - 1992: Vice President, Vasa Brougher, Inc. (and its predecessors).
1979 - 1982: Sales, Midwest Administrators, Inc.
