Joshua W. Desha

Risk Strategies Company

I've been in the Employee Benefits world since 2007 and I'm excited to now partner with Risk Strategies as Vice President of Business Development.  My years in this industry have taught me a lot, and the most important lesson I've learned is this:  More than anything else, employees, employers, C-level executives, owners, and HR leaders deserve a partner who...

💪 Understands the Benefits world and keeps up with innovation.
💪 Takes the time to really get to know (and WANTS to know) their company/industry/business.
💪 Willingly walks their clients through a REAL and INNOVATIVE long-term strategic benefits system based upon the needs of their employees, and the company financially.

The sad fact is that the vast majority in this industry never take the time to do these things for and with their clients. It's one of the reasons benefit rates are consistently increasing, employee satisfaction is at an all time low, and brokers are forced to move from carrier to carrier begging for a better deal. 

If you are a company and you are looking for a partner, a real partner, that will walk with you through this minefield of Employee Benefits, then let's talk.

Vice President of Business Development

The Leadership Lighthouse

The Leadership Lighthouse aims to be a beacon of hope, visibility, and leadership within each and every community. We help leaders lead.

Head of Operations

🔥 Helping Employees reduce their healthcare costs (Access to Doctors, Therapists, and 425+ generic drugs at NO COST) 🎯 Allowing Employers the chance to lower overall Health Insurance Spend 🙌🏼 🙏🏼 Benefits Nerd 🤓

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗺 𝗜❓𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 “𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲” 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁❗



I am one of the leading employee benefit experts on Linkedin. As an accomplished professional, I've worked with individuals and corporations alike.  
 
I believe to be genuinely GREAT you MUST stand out and be different!

Leaders in our industry should...
 
👊🏼 Stop being boring and ordinary!
👊🏼 Learn what matters to others FIRST.
👊🏼 Know your customer's story and needs better than they do.
👊🏼 Figure out how to put it all together for a long term/sustainable business strategy.
 
► 𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
 
🔥Worked with hundreds of different businesses on strategic benefits planning.
🔥Led a team of 21 offices to business growth of 218% within 12 months.
🔥12-time Presidents Club winner in 2 different industries.
🔥I've started 2 companies from the ground up.
🔥11 Industry Elite Award trips.
🔥Took a team of young salespeople and turned them into the highest producing team in the company's history.

► 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆:

💰  I'm somewhat of an Employee Benefits sharp-shooter.  Being in the business since 2007, I've seen it all.  
💰  I can speak in movie quotes and still get my point across.

💰  I'm an all-around good guy.  :)  And hey, that seems to be missing in today's world, right?
 
► 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆:

☎️   512-876-4677
📩   jdesha@risk-strategies.com
💬   DM me here on Linkedin
🐤   Carrier Pidgeon (just tell it to go to "THAT DUDE" and it will get to me)

Director of Sales

Revive Health is Virtual Healthcare 2.0.  Stop spending so much money on healthcare and health insurance. We facilitate rapid and easy access to affordable, quality care and prescription medications. Our membership plans start at less than $1/day.

GregGillies.com

The Evolved CEO is a world class healing, alignment, and expansion process for high-achieving Business Leaders & Founders looking for more love, happiness and balance in their lives . 

Visits - www.TheEvolvedCEO.com  to learn more

TheEvolvedCEO - healing, alignment and transformation processes for Business Leaders

Helping Business Leaders and Founders Transform every area of their lives so they can experience an abundance of Success, Love, and Happiness

Executive Performance & Transformation Coach, Intuitive Advisor & Mentor

Perform Media Group P/L

Perform Media Group is a boutique business advisory and growth strategy company 

Appointments by invitation only 

Please DM Greg if you have questions

Business Advisor, Growth Strategist 

The Cash Back App

Developed the largest Franchise Territories in Australia

The Cash Back App is an award winning B2B Service Company that provides small to medium businesses with an incredibly powerful New Loyalty App that features the world's first ZERO FEE mobile payment platform which business owners instantly fall in love with.

Multi-Franchise Owner

Exponential Results

We help Franchise Groups to Dominant Local Online by Building Multi-Location Sales and Marketing Strategies

Strategy - Infrastructure - Technology - Data - HyperLocal Area Marketing - Customer Service Excellence - Client Advocacy

Years of Intellectual Property sit behind the founders of Exponential.Online with a passion for helping business owners through Online Infrastructure, Technology and Data Driven Lifecycle Marketing. 

These are a small section of Brands we have worked with:
Kenshoo 
ReachLocal
Fastways Couriers
Hairfree Australia
Cosmetic Skin Therapies

With 25+ Years experience on across APAC in Digital, Technology, Process Improvement and Sales Strategy we believe the biggest way to make an impact to Individuals, Business Entrepreneurs and Corporations is in applying our expertise to Franchise Sector

At Exponential Results we love to partner with clients who are hunger to Evolve, Innovate and Break new ground both in business and personal life.... Because everyone will win that way

Attached: Franchise Groups Infrastructure Mind Map attached

Co-Founder

ReachLocal

We help Small to Medium Business Owners to Drive New Sales Leads by Implementing Proprietary Search Marketing Technology

Results as Regional Director:
From 0 - 280 Clients and an annual turnover of $6,000,000 media spend all within 20 months.. 38% Profit Margin

Our clients combined sales revenues growth was in the $10s of millions each year. Helping this many clients succeed along with the amazing experience my family and I had living in Singapore was definitely a highlight of my business journey so far. 

SPECIALTIES: 

•	Digital Transformation
•	Aggressive Growth ramping
•	Google, Yahoo, BING, Facebook, LinkedIn
•	Strategic Business Planning and Advice
•	Change Management
•	Solution Sales Training
•	Leadership Coaching and Mentoring


Member of the APAC Senior Leadership Team

Regional Director - Singapore

Kenshoo

Appointed Country Manager to drive growth , retention and market positioning of Kenshoo' SaaS based platforms across Australia and NZ..

Kenshoo is the Global leader in digital marketing software that engineers technology solutions for search engine marketing, social media marketing and online advertising. 

With campaigns running in more than 190 countries, Kenshoo clients include: 

CareerBuilder, Expedia, Facebook, Havas Digital, Hitwise, iREP, John Lewis, KAYAK, LendingTree, Omnicom Media Group, Resolution Media, Sears, Starcom MediaVest Group, Tesco, Travelocity, Walgreens, and Zappos. 

Kenshoo has more than 16 international locations and is backed by Sequoia Capital and Arts Alliance.

SPECIALTIES: 

•	Digital Transformation
•	Strategic Business Planning and Partnerships
•	Digital Marketing Software
•	Structuring Licence Agreement
•	Change Management
•	Leadership Coaching and Mentoring

Country Manager - AU/NZ

Built out a $14 million dollar run-rate Channel Business division across Australia & New Zealand 

Some of the brands Include: 

BHP Billiton, Tony Ferguson, BankWest, Coca Cola Amatil, NRMA, Jims Group, Leading Edge Group, Fastways Couriers, Fitness Australia


SPECIALTIES: 

•	Digital Transformation
•	Strategic Business Planning and Partnerships
•	Digital Marketing Software
•	Structuring Licence Agreement
•	Change Management
•	Leadership Coaching and Mentoring

Sales Director - Channel Partnerships

ReachLocal Australia & New Zealand

This was a Total Change in Career and the beginning of an amazing journey:

ReachLocal is the Global leader in Digital Marketing Solutions providing total digital marketing systems to clients and channel partners.


We offer the following services and solutions:

•	Search Engine Advertising
•	Search Engine Optimisation
•	Lead Conversion Software
•	Display and Remarketing
•	LiveChat 
•	Responsive Websites with Lead Conversion


Some of the brands I have worked both directly and indirectly: 

BHP Billiton, Tony Ferguson, BankWest, Coca Cola Amatil, NRMA, Jims Group, Leading Edge Group, Fastways Couriers, Fitness Australia

Digital Marketing Consultant

Horsell International

Horsell International was one of the leading privately owned Corporate and Sports Risk Insurance Brokers in Australia. (Acquired by PSC Insurance Group Pty Ltd)

Horsell Represented the following clients:

Australian Athletics, Basketball Australia, Swimming Australia, AFL, NRL, Golf Australia, Victorian Golf Association.

National Sales Director

Marsh

Marsh Ltd is the Global #1 Insurance and Risk Management corporation.

As Regional Sales Manager it was my responsibly to drive revenue growth, support and develop independent Insurance Brokers and maintain client retention.

Regional Sales Manager

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