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Basil Rouskas began his corporate career after successfully completing an Air Force high security classification intelligence information assignment for NATO in Europe. 

His corporate career started in a medium size engineering and manufacturing company operation serving the telecommunications business.  Subsequently he worked for the Risk Management and Safety Engineering division of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, where he performed Risk Analyses and Risk Management programs for numerous client corporations operating in the Energy, Textile Mfg. Pharmaceuticals, Construction, Health Care, Transportation, Instrument Mfg, Electronics, Computer Services and Fiber Optics transmission.  He was promoted several times and managed several professionals in their training and development as well as in their analytical reports.  

Subsequent to his Risk Management assignments, he was promoted as a Regional Manager in one of Chubb’s underwriting divisions, responsible for Business Development, Agent Relations, Field Engineering Supervision, Rating & Policy Issuance, including high value Claims negotiations and settlement. 

He completed his corporate career in the International Division of Chubb where he negotiated contracts with overseas insurers, developed new insurance products and ultimately managed a portfolio of diverse risks in excess of $10 million as the top Zonal Underwriting Officer of the Caribbean Zone. 

Mr. Rouskas is an experienced presenter, trainer, coach and facilitator with clientele in a diversified cross section of industries and companies.  He has facilitated Strategic Planning retreats and Senior Team Development processes.  Furthermore, he has designed and collected data utilizing surveys of executive and professional behaviors along the dimensions of competencies required for successful contribution to the organization.  He has extensive experience in providing coaching to executives and professionals regarding their 360-degree feedback data and assisting them to drive personal change and to increase the effectiveness of their team.  

Additionally, in consultation with client companies, has effectively translated business initiatives in concrete competencies and skills by designing development processes that are delivered through highly customized training programs or through individual coaching programs. 

Mr. Rouskas has delivered numerous presentations on 360 feedback and executive / professional development to several professional organizations including the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the National Human Resources Association (NHRA), the Business Marketing Association, the Association of HR Officers in the Flavor and Fragrance Industry, and various State Chapters of Financial Executives’ Associations.    

He has also taught at several institutions of higher learning and has been a lecturer, consultant and leadership development instructor since 1993 at the S.C. Johnson (MBA) Graduate School of Business at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. 

Over the 18 years in the consulting business he has served numerous clients in a variety of industries and in companies of all sizes.  Some representative clientele includes General Electric, Chemical Bank (currently Chase), Foster Wheeler, Nabisco, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Schering Plough, Warner Lambert (currently Pfizer), Cornell University, Euler –ACI, Bristol Myers Squibb, Masco Industries, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ, Chubb, Summit Bank (currently Fleet), Rutgers University, Operation Smile, Prudential, Woodward Clyde, Alpha Net Solutions, Nitta Casings, Barclays Bank, Recruit USA and several smaller organizations.   

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