
Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Las Vegas, Nevada Area
Ted DeCorte networks www.linkedin.com., www.plaxo.com & www.facebook.com (1000+). Ted has 17 years experience in the healthcare/health insurance industry, and is currently director of product development/sales (dental, HSA, HRA) for Sierra Healthcare Options, a UnitedHealthcare company, in Las Vegas, NV. He also develops web properties including mylasvegasnow.com, eclecticbuzz.com, christinedecorte.com, smartwomeninvest.com, as well as others.
Ted has a varied background in business, government and education, serving in operations for Nevada Pacific Dental, First National Bank of NV, in marketing/sales for UnitedHealthcare, Sierra Health & Life, NPD,in fundraising for the Jerry Lewis Telethon & Muscular Dystrophy Association, as a college history instructor and high school teacher and administrator, as district director for Congressman James H. Bilbray (D-NV) and as a writer & consultant. His writings have been featured in publications for conservation, business, chambers of commerce, consumers and seniors.
In high school and in college he moonlighted as a percussionist for a singing group that included at various times: Lynda Carter (“Wonder Woman”) and Dianne Kay (“Eight Is Enough” / ”1941”). In 1992, Ted peered into a empty bag of potato chips as the “dad” in a humorous “Vegas Chips” advertising campaign that proclaimed “You Gotta Hold ‘em.”
Ted is active in the community as an assistant scout leader, a church board member, a board member and legislative liaison for Clark County Health Underwriters Association, a member of Nevada State and National Associations of Health Underwriters, a board member for Center for Creative Therapeutic Arts and Scoliosis Association of Clark County, a member of Small Business Development Center committee. He has also served as chair for Las Vegas Impact Lecture Series, Congressional Award committee, Southern Nevada Job Fair, as a member of Henderson Rotary, and on Clark County Democratic Central Committee.
Specialities include government affairs, marketing, product development, operations, legal liaison, writing, web conceptualization, public speaking, training, people and project management.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 1 month)
Developing www.mylasvegasnow.com and other web properties.
(Insurance industry)
1991 — 2006 (15 years)
(Broadcast Media industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
(Government Administration industry)
1987 — 1991 (4 years)
(Higher Education industry)
1979 — 1988 (9 years)
(Primary/Secondary Education industry)
1980 — 1985 (5 years)
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
1976 — 1977 (1 year)
(Banking industry)
1975 — 1976 (1 year)
M.S., History ; Post-Grad - Ed. Admin., 1977 — 1979
Founded Phi Alpha Theta chapter @ UNLV. Graduate Assistant in History. Thesis: "The Red Scare In Nevada, 1919-1920"
B.S., Sociology, 1970 — 1975
Health Insurance, marketing, Web 2.0, website development, politics, history, music, writing, composing.
Scoliosis Association of Clark County
Clark County Association of Health Underwriters
Nevada State Association of Health Underwriters
National Association of Health Underwriters
Center for Creative Therapeutic Arts