Senior, Multidisciplinary Team

Marty Schmidt

Retirement Practice Lead, Employer Solutions

Martin is a Principal with HS2 Solutions. With more than 25 years experience working with both plan sponsors and providers of benefit-related issues, Martin focuses on retirement for HS2 Solutions. Martin's expertise covers a range of both technical and strategic issues affecting benefit and retirement plans. His areas of concentration include plan design, asset allocation strategies, fee benchmarking, and vendor selection.

Prior to joining HS2, Martin was a Midwest region leader with Buck Consultants’ Defined Contribution practice. He previously worked at Hewitt Associates in the Benefits Outsourcing practice in a variety of leadership roles with a concentration on relationship management, product design, financial services, and service delivery. Through his knowledge and experience in the industry, Martin has developed effective solutions for both plan sponsors and providers.

Martin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Northern Illinois University and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from Loyola University Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant and frequently speaks on topics of interest to the employee benefits community. He is also a Founding Member and co-chair of the Institutional Retirement Income Council, a national group that studies the emerging market for institutional retirement income products offered through insurance companies and related financial institutions.