Service backed by experience and expertise.
Everyone at Prime Pensions, from management to our entire team of highly educated staff and in-house actuaries, is committed to helping clients reach their retirement goals. For over 45 years, we’ve delivered thoughtful, personalized service to employers and advisors in organizations of all sizes.
Service backed by experience and expertise.
Everyone at Prime Pensions, from management to our entire team of highly educated staff and in-house actuaries, is committed to helping clients reach their retirement goals. For over 45 years, we’ve delivered thoughtful, personalized service to employers and advisors in organizations of all sizes.
Distinguished memberships
Distinguished memberships
Our culture puts you first
There are reasons thousands of companies have trusted Prime Pensions as their retirement plan partner over the years.
More responsive
Employers and advisors can trust Prime Pensions to respond quickly with accurate answers and advice. Professional service, on a timely basis, is our highest priority.
More knowledgeable
Our team stays abreast of ever-changing pension laws and regulations. And our actuaries each have 10 to 40+ years of experience making them well versed in all aspects of retirement plan administration.
Reasonable fees
Our fees are based upon the type of plan and the number of plan participants, and are completely independent from the level of plan assets.
The Prime Pensions management team
Meet the people who stand behind the reputation of Prime Pensions.
Scott Feit
CPC, CPA, QPA, QKA, QKC, ERPA
Founder & President
Scott Feit, Principal, Founder and CEO of Prime Pensions, has over 25 years of experience as a pension consultant, designing, implementing and administering thousands of corporate retirement plans. Scott is a member of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA), he is a Certified Pension Consultant (CPC), Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA), Qualified 401(k) Consultant (QKC) and a Qualified 401(k) Administrator (QKA).
Scott is also an Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA). As an Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent, Scott is allowed to represent companies before the Internal Revenue Service on retirement plan matters. Scott has written and published several articles on various retirement plan topics and he has lectured extensively on 401(k), profit sharing and pension plans. Scott worked as a CPA in the early 90’s with Arthur Andersen after graduating from Bucknell University with an accounting degree.
Mark Maselli
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Maselli is the Chief Executive Officer at Prime Pensions Inc. Mark has 40 years of experience working as a benefits consultant and executive across all areas of benefits, and in a variety of roles. Mark started his career as a consulting pension actuary and worked with clients throughout his career helping organizations to design, administer, communicate, and finance their retirement and other benefit plans.
In addition to his work with retirement plans, Mark also served clients in the benefits administration and technology area. Later in his career, Mark was North America Managing Director for the Health & Welfare business for a large global consulting firm and co-led the global Health & Welfare business. Mark served on the Board of Directors for Towers Perrin and Towers Watson.
Mark is a Fellow in the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and Associate of the Society of Actuaries, and an Enrolled Actuary. Mark is a licensed health and life insurance producer in the State of New Jersey.
Tim Mathews
Chief Financial Officer
Tim Mathews joined Prime Pensions in 2024 as the Chief Financial Officer. He brings 25+ years of financial expertise and industry experience including prior leadership roles with Johnson & Johnson, Newport Group, and HealthComp. Tim oversees PPI’s Finance and Accounting functions and is focused on implementing best practices to PPI’s financial operations as well as driving effective business decision-making through robust analytics. In addition, Tim brings experience in several areas including M&A, pricing, and FP&A process transformation.
Tim is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego and holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Rucelle Dizon
Chief Corporate Development Officer
Rucelle Dizon is the Chief Corporate Development Officer at Prime Pensions Inc. In her role, Rucelle is responsible for driving the development and execution of inorganic growth strategies. Rucelle has 25 years of experience leading strategic acquisitions across Human Capital Management, Industrials and Market Research companies. Rucelle is a frequent Guest Lecturer at Rutgers Business School.
Most recently, Rucelle was Head of M&A + Strategic Partnerships at Circana. Prior to Circana, Rucelle led M&A activity for TE’s ~$4.0bn Industrials Segment. During her career at TE, Rucelle deployed ~$0.5bn in capital for strategic acquisitions across the Aerospace & Defense, Industrials and Medical business units. Prior to TE, Rucelle spent ~10 years in ADP’s Corporate M&A group where she deployed $1.5bn of capital on acquisitions, led a $2.0bn spin-off of ADP’s dealer services business and divested half a dozen companies which generated $0.5bn+ of capital to shareholders.
Rucelle began her career as an investment banker focused on the Telecom, Media and Technology industry at JPMorgan and Credit Suisse where she worked on a wide range of transactions including, acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring as well as equity and debt financing.
Rucelle holds an MBA from the Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Finance and Information Systems from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Jason Strand
Chief Accounting Officer
Jason is the Senior Vice President of Prime Pensions and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Prior to joining the company in 2021, Jason was a Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch holding various legal entity and management financial reporting roles.
After graduating from Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in Accounting, Jason began his career at Arthur Andersen working in the Financial Markets Audit Division.
Marc M. Roberts
ERPA, APR
President, Associated Pension Consultants
Marc M. Roberts joined Associated Pension Consultants (APC) in 1983, now managing the firm in Sacramento, CA. He completed undergraduate studies in Economics at the University of California, Davis and earned a Master’s Degree in Finance from California State University, Sacramento.
Marc is an Affiliate Member of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA), and formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Western Pension and Benefits Conference (WP&BC).
Marc is past Chairman and a founding member of the American Institute of Retirement Education (AIRE). He has met with members of Congress and consulted with numerous Federal Agencies to provide insight regarding issues relating to small business retirement plans. Mr. Roberts is currently sits on the ASPPA Government Affairs Committee.
Heidi Bigley
ERPA, CPC, QPA, QKA
Managing Partner, Prime Pensions Northwest, LLC
Heidi has over 20 years of experience as a Retirement Plan Consultant, providing design, implementation, administration, plan governance, fiduciary oversight, audit representation, and personalized consulting services to businesses sponsoring defined contribution plans.
She has a deeply technical background, with extensive experience working with complex plan designs, applying unique compliance testing strategies, as well as identifying and resolving challenging compliance issues, earning a reputation for high-touch service and technical expertise.
Heidi enjoys building relationships with her clients as well as developing and supporting an exceptionally talented team. Heidi is a graduate of Oregon State University and resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and son.
David Strom
QKA, QKC, QPA
President, Prime Retirement Solutions, LLC
David leads Prime Retirement Solutions, LLC. to provide high quality, cost-effective services for our clients. He is a creative retirement plan expert who designs, consults and administers qualified retirement plans for profitable businesses and non-profit organizations of all sizes. He specializes in cash balance plans and pension plans to provide for enhanced tax-deferred retirement contributions for partners and shareholders of closely held firms.
David communicates the complex technical rules of qualified plans in an understandable and down to earth way to put his clients at ease. David is a member of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and has the Qualified Plan Administrator (QPA), Qualified 401(k) Administrator (QKA), and the Qualified 401(k) Consultant (QKC) designations.
He attended UCLA where he graduated summa cum laude.
Martin Smith
FCA, EA, MAAA, MSEA
Managing Principal and Consulting Actuary, Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants
With 40 years’ experience in the retirement plan industry, he is particularly skilled in Cash Balance / Defined Benefit and 401(k) combination plans. At Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, his focus is the development of new business and strategic partnerships for the firm, client consulting, complex plan design, and providing professional continuing education (CE) seminars.
Martin graduated Magna Cum Laude with Degrees in Mathematics and Economics. He also holds industry designations through the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (FCA), the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (EA), the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA), and the Society of Enrolled Actuaries (MSEA).
He has served on the Education and Examination committee for the National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA), and the Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC) of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA).
Debbie Smith
APA
Managing Principal, Founder, and Chief Operations Officer, Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants
Debbie has nearly 40 years of experience in the retirement plan industry encompassing all facets of retirement plan administration and firm management Her specialties include personnel management and career development, financial modeling and forecasting, workflow and CRM data base development, profitability analysis, and management of strategic partnerships. In her role, she is primarily focused on client consulting, sophisticated plan design, and all aspects of retirement plan operations.
Debbie has considerable experience working on large, national/multi-location/audited plans. Debbie also spent many years of her career working in the daily valuation/recordkeeping environment where she was tasked with managing the relationships and administration of the firms’ largest clients.
Debbie has earned industry designations through the National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA) and the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA).
Jeffrey Daby
Vice President & Marketing Director, Associated Pension Consultants
Jeff joined Associated Pension Consultants (APC) as a Consultant in 2007 after several years in the retirement plan business prior. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999.
Jeff focuses on cultivating new business opportunities and enjoys educating clients and financial professionals about the intricacies of plan design, tax planning strategies, and their integration with successful business development. He maintains a high-touch service model that’s both efficient and fosters close relationships. Jeff regularly provides training to professionals in the tax preparation and financial advice sectors.
Jeff resides in Shingle Springs, CA with his wife, Leahe, and sons, Gavin and Austin. He is a passionate outdoorsman, with particular interests in hunting, fishing, and water sports.
Bob DeMontigny
APA
Vice President of Operations, Associated Pension Consultants
Bob joined Associated Pension Consultants (APC) in 2006 in the compliance department providing quality control for all aspects of the annual process. Bob began his TPA career at another California Bay Area Third Party Administration firm in 2001.
In 2009, after earning his APA designation through the National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA) he moved into the Consulting division of APC, building long-term relationships with industry professionals and clientele alike. Bob’s educational focus was in both English composition and accounting.
As Vice President of Operations, Bob develops and implements processes that poise APC as an industry leader in the third party administration space.
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Providing a higher tier of service requires a higher standard of employee. Join Prime Pensions and work in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.
Join our team
Providing a higher tier of service requires a higher standard of employee. Join Prime Pensions and work in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.
