Brett R. Haugh

Brett R. Haugh is a Principal and Consultant with Ascende^SM. Brett assists clients in the design, funding, administration, implementation and management of total compensation and human resource policy programs.

Prior to joining Ascende^SM, Brett served as a Senior Consultant with Towers Perrin for seven years in the Houston office. Prior to Towers Perrin, Brett was a consultant in the Actuarial Benefits and Compensation Consulting Practice at Coopers & Lybrand (C&L), working in human resource management and benefits program consulting. During that time, his responsibilities included the financial analysis, strategic design and marketing of a wide range of benefit programs.

Since joining Ascende^SM, Brett has worked with clients in establishing benefit plan objectives, in developing flexible benefit programs to meet those objectives, and in assisting the ongoing monitoring of benefit plan performance.

Brett has extensive experience providing consulting services to high growth and acquisition - oriented companies who value the role of benefits as a form of total compensation and understand the importance of human capital in the workforce. Some of Brett's current and former clients include John Wood Group PLC, Toshiba International Corporation, Browning Ferris Industries, Inc. (BFI), Stewart & Stevenson, Chase Bank of Texas, Engage Energy, Inc., SYSCO Corporation, Cemex USA, and Ocean Energy, Inc.

Brett currently serves as an active member of the University of Houston - Clear Lake Undergraduate Advisory Review Board in Healthcare Administration and serves as a member of the Louisiana Healthcare Association's Advisory Commission on managed care health plans. Brett is a past and frequent speaker at seminars sponsored by HR Houston, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Louisiana Healthcare Association, and Bluebonnet Human Resource Management Group.