Brian R Gezella
Bio
Brian Gezella is the founder and CEO of LearnYour Benefits. LearnYour Benefits is an employee benefits communications and client service platform. Our mission is to provide brokers and employers with an effective SaaS platform that improves how employees understand and utilize their employee benefits. LearnYour Benefits borrows many features from marketing automation platforms to efficently improve the awareness of benefits, the findability of answers, and employees' understanding of how to maximize the value of their benefits. By helping employees we help their employers, their insurance brokers, and their vendors minimize waste and maximize effectiveness. LearnYour Benefits was founded in 2017 in Minneapolis, MN, and is backed by multiple investors and funds from Minnesota and California. LearnYour Benefits now serves hundreds of employers, brokers, and employee benefits providers across the United States.
Brian has had a surprisingly diverse career working in high-level roles in CPA firms, marketing agencies, manufacturers, and technology companies. Early in his career Brian was a CPA for a large local CPA firm. After that, Brian was the CFO of a marketing agency located in Minneapolis, MN. Immediately before starting LearnYour Benefits, Brian was a COO and CFO consultant and helped multiple manufacturers and technology companies with finance, strategy, operations, and raising outside investments.
Brian lives in Maple Grove, MN with his wife, two teenage boys, and a young labrador retriever.