This is another issue of the CEO Blog that consists of a BIO for an employee of Luso-American Life Insurance Society. The intent is for our members to learn about the people who work for them.
This issue of the Blog is for Edward Figueiredo our Vice-President of Sales/Assistant Secretary for the East Coast.
Edward Figueiredo was born in Oakland, California. His family moved to Hudson, Massachusetts when he was less than two years old. He graduated Hudson Catholic High and then attended Northeastern University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting and international business. Upon graduation he worked in the accounting department of IBM in Lisbon, Portugal. After the three year experience he worked for Lexmark in the sales area. Later he worked at Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers working as a supervisor in the department of social services and as a contract administrator.
Edward accepted a position with the Portuguese Continental Union of the USA in October of 2000 as an administrative assistant. Later he became Vice President/Assistant Secretary after the merger of the PCUUSA and LALIS in 2002. In March of 2009 he became Vice President of Sales/Assistant Secretary for LALIS in the East Coast. Edward’s main responsibility is to develop a network of agents in the region and market the society along with the agents and members of the Society. Anyone in the East Coast interested in becoming an agent for LALIS should contact him.
Edward’s family is from Santa Maria, Azores. The extended family is scattered throughout the East Coast, California and Canada. The family frequently vacations at the summer home on the island and has strong ties with family and friends there.