About Vantage
Vantage Financial Alliance empowers families, entrepreneurs, financial professionals, and financial firms to evolve to a new level of success. By combining time-tested strategies with the latest innovations, we successfully help you to navigate today’s fluid market and business climates.
The Executive Team
John Benham
CEO & Founder
John has been an experienced veteran of the financial services industry for over 38 years. He has had tremendous success in building and leading huge national leadership teams.
John Benham
CEO & Founder
John has been an experienced veteran of the financial services industry for over 38 years. He has had tremendous success in building and leading huge national leadership teams in the field in the US, and in serving in C-suite executive positions of several highly successful companies both domestically and internationally.
His first 14 years were spent building national field teams in both Primerica and World Marketing Alliance developing a team of over 10,000 insurance licensed agents. He then transitioned to serving in senior executive positions to bring his creative marketing and leadership talents to companies with field forces that grew to over 250,000 leaders with World Financial Group, World Leadership Group, and others.
John founded Vantage in 2018 and has built an experienced leadership team, tremendous product partnerships and a powerful infrastructure that helps entrepreneurs, agents, and new and existing agencies evolve their businesses to a whole new level with industry-changing approaches, dynamic product offerings, cutting-edge technology, mentoring, coaching, and much more. All of these elements have positioned Vantage to become the next billion-dollar company in this industry.
Tarajean Ansel
President
Tarajean is a cutting-edge operational leader with over 25 years of vast business experience and a proven track record of success.
Tarajean Ansel
President
Tarajean is a cutting-edge operational leader with over 25 years of vast business experience. She has held several C-suite positions resulting in a proven track record of success for facilities performance by employing change management framework, leading business process redesign, and implementing technology.
She has most recently worked with several of the largest private equity firms in the healthcare industry providing M&A expertise and is adept at managing in dynamic, hyper-growth environments. She also worked for 7 years in KPMG providing consulting services to Fortune 500 Companies.
Tarajean’s vast experience and track record will ensure that Vantage operations will be on the leading-edge to continue to scale effectively from its record-breaking growth in the months and years ahead.
Andre Pennington
Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
Andre is one of the nation’s premier attorneys and financial professionals garnering many of the top honors in the legal field.
Andre Pennington
Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
Andre is one of the nation’s premier attorneys and financial professionals garnering many of the top honors in the legal field. He is the founder of Pennington Law, PLLC, an award-winning law firm, specializing in asset protection, financial planning, estate planning, business law, probate administration, wills and trusts, and family law matters involving guardianships and conservatorships. He is also a Judge Pro Tem for the Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Mr. Pennington gained extensive trial experience from his years as a military attorney in the United States Air Force. Throughout his career, he has handled more than 75 jury trials at the state, military and federal levels. He was officially recognized in the top 5% of trial attorneys while on active duty. As a Major in the Air Force Reserves, he was the deputy director for the Air Force’s trial advocacy program world-wide, a trial advocacy instructor at the Air Force JAG School, estate planning attorney, government appellate counsel, and hearing officer for criminal and administrative matters. Following which, he served in the district of Arizona as a federal trial attorney before starting his own private practice.
Andre blends his extensive knowledge of financial services with the intricate complexities of the law to help give Vantage the opportunity for unparalleled results.
Jesus Villalobos
Chief Technology Officer
Jesus Villalobos, a seasoned leader in tech and fintech, has a career marked by innovation, strategic leadership, and a deep commitment to inclusive growth.
Jesus Villalobos
Chief technology officer
Jesus Villalobos, a seasoned leader in tech and fintech, has a career marked by innovation, strategic leadership, and a deep commitment to inclusive growth. Starting his journey with a passion for understanding technology, Jesus navigated various industries, gaining hands-on experience that shaped his innovative approach. His notable achievements include transforming agent onboarding processes in the mortgage industry and leading substantial growth in the insurance sector, scaling companies to over tens of thousands of representatives.
Renowned for his open-door leadership style, Jesus fosters an environment of collaboration and innovation. He has been instrumental in overcoming significant business challenges through humility and teamwork, demonstrating the importance of collective expertise in the tech world.
Jesus’s vision for the future includes creating leading-edge technology and tools that leverage AI and other forms of emerging technologies to give Vantage an unparalleled advantage in the marketplace.
Susan Hensley
Chief Operating officer
Susan is a seasoned executive leader whose career spans over
three decades in the areas of corporate accounting, operations, and
entrepreneurship.
Susan Hensley
Chief Operating Officer
Susan is a seasoned executive leader whose career spans over three decades in the areas of corporate accounting, operations, and entrepreneurship. A proud alumnus of the University of Kentucky, Susan's journey began in the world of business ownership, and then later honed her expertise in both the property and casualty and healthcare industries.
Over the past decade, Susan has had tremendous experience in driving strategic growth and operational excellence in high-growth environments within the private equity sector. She has adeptly navigated the complex intricacies of successful operations, identifying opportunities for optimization and the implementation of many transformative initiatives.
Susan's unwavering commitment to excellence and her ability to deliver tangible results underscores her pivotal role in helping to shape the future of Vantage.
CLIENT CONCEPTS & PRODUCTS
Vantage provides consumer solutions that help educate people on the secrets of money that in the past have been only reserved for the wealthy. We then take a needs-based approach by analyzing their current plans to determine which concepts and products best fit their needs.
Vantage Financial Alliance represents some of most powerful product providers in the industry with a world-class, cutting-edge product portfolio.
CAREER & BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
INDIVIDUALS: Vantage Financial Alliance offers people from all walks an opportunity to take control of their life and career once and for all using a proven business system in the financial services industry.
If you have dreamed of being your own boss, setting your own schedule, having ultimate control over your time and income, and making a living on your own terms, then Vantage is the place for you.
FINANCIAL FIRMS: Vantage empowers new and existing financial services firms & IMOs with an “Agency-in-the-Box” solution that can be used in its entirety or a la carte. This powerful program is comprised of dynamic product offerings, contracts, cutting-edge technology including websites and back office software, a virtual CFO solution, social media, consulting, mentoring, coaching and much more!
The Connection
At Vantage, we look forward to assisting you to find your financial solution. Whether your interest is in hearing more about our client offerings or exploring the many opportunities we offer you or your company, we invite you to discover Vantage Financial Alliance can benefit your needs.
Connect with your local Vantage Financial Alliance representative or contact us today to learn more.
6030 Bethelview Road, Suite 406
Cumming, Georgia 30040
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