Michael G. Velasco

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, resident Michael G. Velasco balances a demanding profession in the insurance industry with a range of hobbies and community service activities. Working at New Gate One Insurance Services, LLC, in sales and consultation, Michael G. Velasco provides analysis on sophisticated insurance options for a number of high-profile New York City clients. Outside of work, Michael G. Velasco relaxes by spending time with his family, playing several sports, and practicing his marksmanship with the New Jersey Shooting Clays Association.

In his athletic pursuits, Michael G. Velasco mixes a personal regimen of golf, sport fishing, and paddle tennis with work coaching local youth in amateur baseball and high school basketball, in addition to the time he spends umpiring recreational softball games. Apart from his work with young athletes, Michael G. Velasco contributes to his community through his role mentoring patients with brain injuries and irregularities at Specialized Children's Hospital. Michael G. Velasco also sponsors Christmas dinners at this pediatric hospital. His charitable contributions additionally include an administrative role for the April A. Stumph Foundation for Children with Skin Diseases, and volunteer work at St. James Church and in the Children's Unit of Morristown Memorial Hospital.

Prior to his current work with New Gate One Insurance Services, LLC, Michael G. Velasco holds professional experience ranging from work in financial analysis to investment research. At Evalueserve Inc., a global firm specializing in specialty service outsourcing, Michael G. Velasco provided both brokerage and engagement services to the company's Fortune 1000 clients. Before his work with Evalueserve Inc., Michael G. Velasco served as a Senior Vice President in the investment departments of both Deutsche Bank Securities and U.B.S. Investment Bank, where he cumulatively generated more than $7 billion in notional derivative contracts. Michael G. Velasco has also worked as a Senior Accountant for Shearson Lehman Brothers and the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, in whose alumni association he retains an active membership. Additional organizations with which Michael G. Velasco maintains an affiliation include the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association; Lubin School of Business-Pace University; The 2010 Black Book of Outsourcing; and the Vermont Captive Insurance Association.