Parker Beauchamp
Managing Partner at Markd
Parker Beauchamp
Managing Partner at Markd
Boulder, Colorado
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2022 - Current
A venture capital company focused on funding and partnering with transformative Insurtechs. Protecting people and helping them when bad things happen is our life's work. That's why we love insurance. Because of this, we are investing our $100 million debut fund in remarkable founders and their ideas. It's our dream that our help can power substantial work and continually inspire more ideas to prevent hurt and loss. We are people of action seeking meaningful partnerships to achieve this significance. We are Markd.
Owner
2010 - 2023
13-24 Drive In is one of only 330 drive-in movie theaters still operating in the United States. Located in Wabash, Indiana, the theater is both a relic of the past and a modern form of entertainment. Thousands of visitors turn into 13-24 Drive In each summer to enjoy new blockbusters and retro reels. Free admission to kids 12 and under, compliments of INGUARD. Over 50,000 kids and counting have seen films for free.
Founder
2019 - 2023
White Rock Recreation is the capital of adventure on the Wabash River. With a fleet of nearly 100 boats, dozens of unique ice cream desserts, delicious wood-fired pizza, winding riverfront trails, and a state-of-the-art fitness court, White Rock delivers outdoor fun for the whole family.
CEO
2012 - 2023
INGUARD is a digital insurance company. It provides unparalleled ideas, products, and services to its partners and policyholders in all 50 U.S. states and abroad. INGUARD was founded in 1870, has distributed insurance online since 1996, and became the first insurer in the world to accept cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) for premium in 2013. It connects and partners with insurance carriers, technology companies, and startups to build and market digital insurance products. INGUARD Health was founded in 2018 as a digital corporate wellness and challenge platform. Now offering telehealth, connected devices, food and meal kits, inspires the well-being of thousands of members around the United States.
President / Director
2012 - 2013
Assumed the role of President and immediately developed an eight-pillar reorganization of the company including sales, marketing, perpetuation, company environments, operations, accounting and finance, and philanthropy. Began strategizing plans of the company’s rebranding and implemented an operational advancement of performance-based compensation.
Vice President of Sales / Executive Committee / Director
2011 - 2012
Promoted to sales leadership and the active day-to-day management of the company. Major successes included milestone decisions to refocus the company’s values on team-based, client-centered activities and investments in transparency, training, development, and staff empowerment, with the goal to evolve from individual sales talent and undeserved rewards systems.
Vice President / Director
2007 - 2011
Received partnership and a role on the company’s board of directors after becoming more familiar with operations and advancing as the company’s top salesperson. Continued selling for the company, placing nearly $100M of insurance premiums as a client advisor.
Account Executive
2004 - 2007
Fulfilled a childhood dream by stepping into the legacy of a multi-generation family company. After quickly establishing a robust client portfolio, became the company’s top salesperson.
Education
MBA for STEM Professionals
2003 - 2004
Bachelor of Science - BS
1999 - 2002
Private Pilot Certificate
2003 - 2004