Joseph A. Hopkins

Over the past 8 years, Joe has focused his career on building strategic and consultative relationships with employee benefit brokers, population health consultants, and employer groups nationwide

In 2008, Joe built a national book of business by selling small-group major medical insurance at Alliance Health care. While at Alliance, he became the youngest floor manager at the company and was recognized for achieving and exceeding sales goals. Foreseeing the shift in major medical insurance, Joe took a leap into ancillary benefits with a focus on EAP and Employee Wellness at ACI Specialty Benefits. During his time at ACI, Joe earned two employee of the month awards for exceeding quarterly quotas and fattened his rolodex of contacts and leaders within the employee wellness industry. Joe became a product expert in the specialty benefits sector and quickly positioned himself for an opportunity at Cerner Corporation.

During the last two and a half years, Joe has been responsible for Cerner’s business development of Onsite Health Centers/Pharmacies, Employee Wellness and other population health solutions in the Western U.S. After earning Cerner’s rookie of the year award in 2013, Joe diligently worked to create and cultivate a strong and innovative network of industry contacts that include; Benefits Directors, Brokers/Consultants, Human Resources Directors, CIO’s, CEO’s and other program influences with employer groups of all size.

In February 2015 Joe and his wife Kristin found out that they are expecting their first child due on November 9th 2015.

Starting May 4th 2015 Joe has joined the team at the Vitality Group, Directing sales of Vitality's Employee Wellness Programs in California. Strategically working with employer groups of 1000 employees and larger to maximize their benefits programs to create a long term culture of health and productivity while having overall impact on the cost avoidance of their benefits spend.

Joe is the LinkedIn group owner of both “Population Health Employer” and “Wellness Proposals. In 2013,2014, and 2015 he was ranked in the top 1% of profiles viewed. Joe recently was asked to publish on LinkedIn where he wrote his first article titled "People Produce Success"

Joe takes great pride in being a strategic problem solver, a partner to his clients, and forward thinking industry thought leader and product expert.