About
Breakroom Benefits

Founded by the 5Lights Group and the Genius Avenue team bringing a long history in employer benefits sales and TPA administration, national marketing, and developing innovative benefits and programs, such as the nation’s first and largest discount retail prescription drug program. The organization dedicates significant resources to IT, marketing, product development, legal, and compliance, leveraging numerous existing benefits and wellness partnerships to generate a fast start.

About Breakroom Benefits

Breakroom Benefits strives to help small and micro businesses have competitive benefit options to attract and retain the best employees. We understand the challenges of finding the best rates with such a small staff. Breakroom Benefits is your benefits solution and is brought to you by a team with diverse professional backgrounds.

Charlie Horn

Founder and CEO

CHARLIE HORN is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor in numerous high growth companies. He is an innovator in the health care and consumer benefits arena, utilizing strong marketing and category changing technology. Multiple national business publications have recognized Charlie; he has been awarded the Thomas R. Brown Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award and The University of Arizona McGuire/Anheuser Busch Entrepreneur-in-Residence award. Charlie and his family created the Horn Program In Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware in 2012. The Horn Program has already become a leader and innovator in entrepreneurship education and commercialization across the globe.

Chris Baker

VP of Technology and Innovation

Chris is the Director of Technology and Innovation for 5Lights. He is responsible for representing those disciplines at Breakroom Benefits. He provides strategic guidance for company leadership and creates effective leadership for technology roles—all related to existing and new strategies and opportunities.

Prior to joining Breakroom Benefits, Chris spent 20 years with IBM in both technical and program management roles. His work there brought him in direct contact with a wide variety of technologies and solutions. He built a series of world class support organizations delivering services to Fortune 500 companies and other international customers. Building large, global teams across a variety of industries allows him a unique perspective on the critical success factors common to all organizations.

Chris is a 1998 graduate of the Eller School of Business at the University of Arizona. He has certifications in a variety of technical solutions as well as Project Management Professional PMP®, IBM Senior Program Management and Agile Methodology. Chris is an active leader in local youth sports and sits on the YMCA Coaches Committee. He was a finalist for the 2014 National Youth Coach of the Year award.

Megan Wood

VP of Partnerships

Megan’s career includes several leadership roles in sales, strategic marketing, business management and operations in the high-tech, manufacturing and healthcare industries. She enjoys building and empowering strong teams who consistently exceed goals. Mentoring, people management and leadership are guiding principles that Megan believes are the foundation for organizational success. Community is important to Megan. She serves on the board of directors for several volunteer and non-profit organizations in Southern Arizona.

Liam Maddock

VP of Marketing

Liam is, first and foremost, a problem solver. As a marketing strategist, consultant, and executive, he has spent more than two decades transforming companies and building predictable, scalable marketing machines.

Prior to joining Breakroom Benefits, Liam served as Marketing Strategist with the San Francisco-based Uhuru Network digital marketing consultancy. He helped leading companies in the technology sector build, improve, amplify, and perfect their marketing, sales, and lead-generation machines. Before that, he served as Director of Special Projects and Vice President of Marketing with TekCo LLC Consulting. He led the new business development and consulting division tasked with driving new products from conception through initial market launch.

Liam earned BAs in History and Writing from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. He holds several technical, project management, and marketing certifications as well as three black belts in Danzan Ryu Jujitsu, Kajukenbo Kai, and Mantis Boxing KungFu.

Featured Partners

We use technology to facilitate symbiotic relationships with our partners. We can work together to achieve the enablement of happy employees with access to benefits that suit their needs.