Meet Our Team

    Mike Noyes, CEBS, GBA, CMS

    Managing Partner
    Mike Noyes

    Mike is the co-founder and the Managing Partner of Alera Group: Texas in Houston.  For over 15 years he has focused on the consulting of corporate health and welfare programs.  Mike has extensive managed care experience, expertise in ASO contracts, and alternately funded group insurance programs.  He is involved in all aspects of negotiations, plan architecture, contribution strategy, carrier selection, employee communication plan, and ongoing support.

    For his clients, Mike’s most significant contribution is his commitment to helping them get the attention, strategic analysis, and breadth of solutions generally reserved for larger corporations.

    Before starting Alera Group: Texas, Mike was a Principal and Employee Benefits Division leader of one of the largest consulting firms in East Texas.  He was also a Consultant with Great-West HealthCare (now a part of Cigna) and New England Financial.  His job responsibilities were to assist the broker and consultant marketplace to produce self-funded sales in the mid-market employee segment.

    Mike is a native Houstonian and a graduate of Texas State University with a degree in Finance.  He is a frequent speaker and presenter for events throughout the region, an advisor for the National Employee Benefits Advisory Forum (NABF), and also volunteers with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Mike currently resides in Sugar Land, Texas with his wife and three kids.

    John Wissman

    Senior Partner
    John Wissman

    Partnering with a range of mid-market companies in the energy, real estate, and logistics, John Wissman helps companies make sense of their employee benefit plans. His goal is to help clients move beyond “good enough” and start thinking strategically about how benefits can serve both company and employees.

    John operates from the belief that the well-being of employees should always be at the forefront of a benefits strategy. Using his entrepreneurial and high-level business acumen, he provides in-depth guidance on how to achieve cost containment, enhance the employee experience, and meet compliance goals with a customized long-term strategy.

    John is invested in company outcomes and uses a hands-on approach to teach clients how to reach the results they’re seeking. His tailored benefits strategies bring clarity to the “why” behind a plan and how it can work for everyone involved.

    John is a native Texan and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business, where he majored in Finance and Marketing. His professional experience as an Equity Trader, Advisor, Board Member, and Entrepreneur has given him a unique perspective on how to help businesses think strategically and scale successfully.

    As a speaker, John has shared his advanced strategies in health and welfare topics across Texas, including the ASHHRA Symposium and multiple industry summits for financial institutions. An active member of his community, John has also served as a mentor for Minds Matter, helping underprivileged high school students gain college acceptance and attain scholarships.

    A free spirit at heart, he has spent time traveling throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, South America, and Australia, which has helped broaden his perspective on both business and life. Aside from travel, John enjoys playing tennis, hiking, spending quality time with friends, and being a die-hard 49ers and Texas Longhorns fan.

    Currently, John lives in Houston with his wife Brittany and two wildly smart and independent sons.

    Ryan Johnson, CBC

    Senior Partner
    Ryan Johnson, CBC

    Ryan is a Senior Partner in our benefits consulting division and specializes in working with mid-market companies to improve and fine-tune their employee benefit offerings.  He is involved in all aspects of negotiations, plan architecture, contribution strategy, carrier selection, employee communication, and ongoing support.  Ryan enjoys collaborating with clients, problem-solving, and providing new strategies to companies that can improve their plan for the company and its employees. Ryan’s creative and progressive ideas have helped many companies save a significant amount of money while maintaining a rich benefit offering.

    Before working with Alera Group: Texas, Ryan was a Top Producer for one of the top 10 largest national insurance brokers in the country, Brown & Brown, Inc.  Previous to Brown & Brown, Inc., he worked for HIG Capital, a private equity firm, where he was responsible for sourcing and assessing new investment opportunities in growing companies.

    Ryan is a native Houstonian and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.  He enjoys volunteering with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, serves as a Board Member with the Texas Exes Houston Chapter, and is part of the Alera Benefit Advisory Board.

    Matt Lumelleau

    Risk Consultant, Property & Casualty
    Matt Lumelleau

    Risk Consultant, Property & Casualty

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    Employee Benefits

    Q2 2025 Quarterly Compliance Webinar

    Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.

    May 6, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    2025 Healthcare and Employee Benefits Benchmarking Report: How Does Your Benefits Program Stack Up?

    In this session, our experts will dive into the results of our annual, market-leading benchmarking survey.

    June 26, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    Dynamic Data: Strategies for Success

    Join us for this session, as our experts will share how to utilize your organization’s data to create advanced and innovative strategies for success.

    July 17, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    Weekly Market Update

    Stocks pushed higher last week as investors cheered the White House’s constructive comments on trade, upbeat Q1 corporate reports, and an encouraging jobs report. 

    May 5, 2025

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    Severe Weather Is Getting Worse. Is Your Business Interruption Insurance Keeping Up?

    The increasing frequency and severity of weather- and climate-related events such as catastrophic storms, floods and wildfires make business continuity planning more important than ever. Part of your plan should include reviewing your organization's Business Interruption Insurance coverage.

    May 5, 2025

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    A Challenge for Mental Health Awareness Month: Make It Enjoyable

    Achieving and maintaining wellbeing takes work, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be enjoyable and even fun. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and with that comes Alera Group’s annual Mental Health Awareness Toolkit, this year featuring something we believe employers and their entire organizations will really enjoy: the 31-Day Challenge for Positive Wellbeing.

    April 29, 2025

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    Weekly Market Update

    Stocks pushed higher last week, spurred by the White House's reassuring comments that progress was being made with trade talks.

    April 28, 2025

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