The CEI Group Announces Appointment of John Wysseier as President and CEO

Accident management and driver safety program developer The CEI Group announced on November 2 that John Wysseier has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer.  CEI’s founders – Wayne Smolda and Claudia Smolda -- will remain with CEI as Chairman of the Board and Chief of Staff, respectively.

Wysseier most recently served as Managing Director for Solera Holdings’ Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) segment while also serving as the President of LYNX Services, a provider of claims management services within the U.S.-based Property and Casualty Insurance segment. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President of the Insurance and Services Division of Pittsburgh Glass Works which was acquired by Solera in mid-2014.
 
From 2001-2006, Wysseier led CEI’s Business Development and Operations and was managing director of European Operations, which he launched 2004.

Wysseier will report to Jim Halliday, President and CEO Element Fleet Management International. Element acquired The CEI Group in December of 2016.