Daniel Lazarek

Dan Lazarek currently serves as the CFO and one of the two owners of Access Insurance Holdings, Inc. Since Dan Lazarek became CFO in 1999, Access Insurance Holdings, Inc. ranked as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the country on numerous occasions. Today, the company brings in roughly $400 million in annual revenue and employs more than 560 employees. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Access Insurance Holdings, Inc. currently operates in 12 states and is licensed in 21 more.

In 2001, just two years after Dan Lazarek became acting CFO, Inc. Magazine named Access Insurance Holdings, Inc. as the 13th fastest-growing privately held company in the United States. Two years later, Access Insurance Holdings, Inc. ranked 10th. In both 2009 and 2010, the company ranked in the top 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, Access Insurance Holdings, Inc. also ranked as one of the top 25 fastest-growing companies in Atlanta, Georgia.

In the years prior to his time at Access Insurance Holdings, Inc., Dan Lazarek served in a variety of executive and managerial roles at several telecommunications companies. Lazarek had consistent success serving as Executive Vice President at both Citizens Communications and WorldPort Communications, Inc. Responsible for profit/loss, Lazarek substantially increased revenue in his time at both companies. As Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of WorldPort, Dan Lazarek used “turnaround” management capabilities to grow the company’s $2-million monthly revenue to more than $5 million in just two years.

Along with his success creating profitable business models, Dan Lazarek also commits himself personally to raising money to help fight cancer. In 2010, he participated for the fourth time in the Pan-Mass bicycle race, which covers 192 miles in two days and helps raise money for The Jimmy Fund. In the four years he has participated, he has personally raised over $100,000 through contributions and his own individual donations. Dan Lazarek hopes to participate again in 2011.