Mr. McCord has over 30 years of experience in the pension and investment industry. He has conducted assignments for both qualified and nonqualified retirement plans in the areas of plan design, administration, vendor searches, and investment of plan assets and is responsible for the retirement consulting practice. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McCord served as a consultant with Johnson & Higgins. His experience also includes ten years as manager of a major financial services company s regional pension services office. During that time, he worked extensively with the development of plan asset investment strategies. Mr. McCord has provided services to both large and small companies such as BJ Services, National Oilwell Varco, Veritas DGC, Offshore Logistics, Hydril and Targa Resources. Mr. McCord received his B.A. degree from Rutgers University.