Carlton Thomas Ruppert Jr. (C. Thomas Ruppert)

President / CEO



Profile

 

PROFESSIONAL RESUME

THOMAS CARLTON INSURANCE SERVICES LLC
President / CEO – 2023 to Present
California Agency License # 6010227
Property and casualty insurance agency located in Newport Beach, CA writing personal lines policies for high-net-worth individuals, and commercial lines policies for established businesses, situated throughout the continental United States. Newly formed, the Agency is positioned to write $1,000,000 a year in new business, under its affiliation with SIAA Master Agency, the Tague Alliance Group, Carlsbad, CA. Writing policies with a long list of established, financially strong, admitted carriers doing business in the US, and with an assortment of MGA’s to access the E&S marketplace, each representing a variety of wholesale carriers with a variety of insuring appetites. (www.thomascarlton.net)

Chrysalis Insurance Agency (Incorporated)
Chief Operating Officer / Director of Internal Operations – 2015 to 2023
Producer / Agent – Resident License CA – 0M26720
Property and casualty insurance agency located in Costa Mesa–Newport Beach, CA and Boise, ID writing personal and commercial lines of insurance. Join company in 2015 with $1,000,000 in written premium, writing only in CA., with no support staff. Today, the agency has over $8,500,000 in written premium, writing throughout the US, with 60%+ commercial and 40%- personal lines policies; with ten (10) full-time support staff providing quoting and customer service responsibilities.

The Carlton Company
Strategy & Management Consulting Services
President/CEO – 2000 to 2015

Consulting organization specializing in working with business owners and senior management to provide business plans and strategic operating plans, preparation of capital and day-to-day operating budgets, cash flow analysis & projections, expansion & consolidation studies, debt re-organization, as well as capital infusion assistance and exit strategy formulation. Clients are situated in such diversified industries as: retail, real estate, construction, manufacturing, education, professional services, RV and boating, health care, computer technology, medical device manufacturing and non-profit institutions.

C. Thomas Ruppert & Associates
Commercial & Industrial Real Estate
President/CEO – 1976 to 1998

Founded one of LA County’s “Top 25 Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Companies” (LA Business Journal) with offices in Los Angeles and Orange County. Operated four (4) separate divisions providing: brokerage (leasing & sales), property management, asset management, and consulting service; generating annual operating revenues in excess of $25 million.

Real estate consulting services were provided to corporate and individual clients, located throughout the US. Services included asset and property management organizational structuring and personnel hiring, retail mall restructuring (tenant mix & tenant acquisition services), property acquisition and disposition services to multi-location ownership companies in all 50 states. Client assets base totaled over 25 million sq. ft. of commercial and industrial properties, valued in excess of $1 billion dollars.

Formed over 20 general and limited partnerships, acting as Managing General Partner, acquiring retail, office, and industrial properties in LA County. ROI in all partnerships in excess of twenty-two percent (22%) per annum. Created “Commercial Theme Projects” centered geographically around furnishings industry and high-end fashion industries. Hired architectural and construction personnel to provide third-party services to all projects.

Merged company with The Lambert Group, based in the UK, becoming one of twenty national offices throughout the US, d/b/a Lambert Smith Hampton, Real Estate Services Group. Managing Director of Los Angeles and Orange County operations.