Chris Wyrtzen (Managing Director - Executive Benefits)

Biography

As a co-founder of EBS, Chris manages all aspects of client service and outcomes, as well as drive the information technology initiatives for EBS’s proprietary financial models. Chris has invested 30 years in the executive benefits field. Formerly, he was a Managing Director of Retirement Capital Group; an SVP-Consultant for Clark Consulting; a Principal of Lyons Compensation & Benefits; a consultant in estate and business continuity planning with the “M” Financial Group; a Strategic Planner with PepsiCo; and a Systems Analyst with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance.

Chris earned his BA in psychology from Clark University and an MBA with distinction from Cornell University. A lifelong learner, he’s active in the Northeast Human Resource Association and World at Work. Chris and Marybeth, his wife, put four children through college, then left the suburbs for the vibrancy of urban Boston. Chris ran his first Boston Marathon in 2016, whetting his appetite for more. The Wyrtzens travel annually to Europe with extended family and plan to visit all 44 European countries.

Executive Benefit Solutions

Independent and single-focused, Executive Benefit Solutions (EBS) works closely with client companies to improve the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of benefit programs for key employees and professionals. Business relationships among our principals and senior staff stretch back 25 years in the executive benefit sector. Purpose-driven and intertwined, these relationships form a culture built on shared values, workstyles, and commitment to excellence. Clients have come to count on EBS for sophisticated consulting, plan solutions and administration services, enriched further by our history of working together at leading benefits firms: Compensation Resource Group, Retirement Capital Group, Clark Consulting, and Lyons Compensation & Benefits.

Capitas Financial

Capitas Financial, Inc. is a national organization made up of 16 regional processing centers, 130 point-of-sale professionals and 250-plus back office support specialists who offer a multi-carrier insurance product portfolio, along with unbiased consultative assistance to financial professionals and their clients. Capitas Financial is a national firm, based in Minneapolis, MN with a footprint that includes all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Capitas delivers the strength of a national organization coupled with unrivaled local customer service.