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DataPath names John Robbins Jr. president and CEO

March 10th, 2011
John Robbins, Jr.

John Robbins, Jr.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – John Robbins, Jr., has been named president and chief executive officer of Little-Rock-based DataPath after the death of founder John Robbins, Sr.

DataPath, founded in 1984, is a management-owned, privately held company based in Little Rock, that produces software solutions for administering employee benefit plans. Our clients include employers, third party administrators, benefit consultants, Plan Service Providers, banks, certified public accountants, insurance companies, and insurance agencies.

John Robbins, Jr., who has served as DataPath’s vice president and director of healthcare payment solutions for the past four years, has been with the company since 1996 and is known in the employee benefits industry for his development of the myResourceCard credit card in close partnership with national credit-card companies. The card has several patents on it and is a leading healthcare payment platform for many large companies across the country.

In 2007, Robbins helped form the national association SIGIS, Special Interest Group for IIAS Standards (www.sigis.com). He has served SIGIS as an elected member of the management committee. Robbins has presented at several national industry conferences, including seminars with the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC).

Since health reform, he has been recognized as an authority on consumer driven healthcare and has been interviewed frequently by local television and radio stations. Robbins has been named a “40 Under 40” leader by Arkansas Business and is a 2010 graduate of Leadership Arkansas.

Prior to joining DataPath, Robbins worked with an actuarial firm providing defined benefit and 401(k) administration and testing. He graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in mathematics from Christian Brothers University in Memphis.

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