About John Fees

A proven entrepreneur and affinity marketing leader with direct experience building insurance technology ventures, specialty financial services firms, and developing partnership strategies for Fortune 500 brands. Specialties: Start-ups Affinity Marketing & Partnerships Collegiate marketing expertise including B2C and B2B Custom publishing and communication strategies Digital Marketing Strategic Sales and Business Development SaaS platforms Financial services marketing and distribution Insurance distribution Life-stage and life-event marketing Higher Education Education Finance His success in this arena has led to the sale of two prior business ventures, Y2M and Members Connect, to Viacom and JP Morgan Chase respectively. In 2009, Fees sought to bring these same groundbreaking strategies to the insurance industry by co-founding NGI Group LLC (www.nextgenins.com) a national specialty insurance holding company. NGI's ventures include: GradGuard™: with more than 450 college and university partnerships, GradGuard is the leading student benefits and insurance platform specifically designed for the collegiate market. GradGuard is the market leader in providing modern forms of tuition and renters insurance designed to reduce the risks of college life. Bindable™: the company operates an insurance technology and affinity distribution platform that enables trusted brands to further engage customers or members through a full-stack of tech services and digital products. MassDrive: initially launched in Massachusetts, the company now operates a national auto and home insurance comparison shopping platform and is the licensed agency for Bindable™.