UBIC Board of Directors/Officers
Ronald E. Nielsen
Chairman/President/CEO
Ron Nielsen is President to A Good Brick Mason, Inc. He has been in the construction trade for 22 years he started as a
hod tender and moved up to a mason after several years of training. He has been in business since August of 1993 and has
grown to over 50 employees.
Ron is an avid supporter of the Utah Valley Homebuilders Association where he has served as Trades Contractor Vice President
as well as Associate Vice President. Ron has received Associate of the year for 6 years (never accomplished before).
He has served on the Executive Committee and is currently on the Board of Directors. Ron also serves on the State Board
of Directors for the Homebuilders Association of Utah.
Ron also serves on the on the Board of Directors for the Utah Masonry Council and has been elected as second Vice President
for that association.
Steve Pfeiffer
Vice President Business Development
Steven Pfeiffer,CPCU, ARM, CRM has 30 years experience in the Property and Casualty insurance industry. He is the President
of Pfeiffer Consulting Group, a consulting firm focusing on assisting customers with insurance needs, including insurance company
formation and management, alternative risk programs,and risk management issues. He has assisted in establishing several insurance
carriers, and self-insured groups. He was instrumental in assisting the founders of UBIC formalize and ultimately execute the
business plan leading to its formation.
Steven was the Vice President of Underwriting at WCF from 1997–2001, and prior to that Vice President of Risk Management
at Fred A. Moreton and Company, a regional insurance brokerage. He also worked for other insurers in a variety of management
capacities.
Steven is a CPCU, CRM, and CIC. He is past president of the Utah chapter of CPCU (1996-97).
Dave Oakden
Dave Oakden is the President and Operations Manager for S&C Claims Services a multi-state workers compensation third party
administrator (TPA). Dave has more than 25 years of workers compensation claims and medical case management experience while
managing claims in Nevada, California, New Mexico and Utah. He has been a claims manager for several insurers prior to joining
S&C Claims Services in 2001, when he became a partner in the company. In addition to his administrative duties Dave has
conducted numerous claims classes and seminars for various organizations on early intervention and claims management.
He also developed claims management curriculum for the Insurance Education Association's certification and other industry
related courses.
Dave's focus has always been to provide the best medical services to the injured workers in a cost effective manner for the
employers. In addition to the claims management experience, Dave developed and managed one of the original managed care
organizations in Nevada for workers compensation. Recently Dave worked to develop a Medical Provider Network (MPN) for
California clients and is presently developing the Utah provider network, for the treatment of injured workers.