Risk Management & Insurance Faculty
Professor Faulconer launched his career as an attorney and adjunct professor of business law, eventually finding a passion for training and teaching. He has earned several professional financial designations including the "gold standards" CFP(r) and CPCU, as well as the Chartered Advisor for Senior Living (CASL), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) from The American College. Much of his professional career was spent at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance serving in roles as Advanced Sales Counsel, Director or Agency Training, and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer where he was responsible for the largest division in the company, just under 1,000 employees and all sales and marketing activities.
Professor Faulconer, in addition to teaching in the Risk Management and Insurance program at Butler University is active in the financial and insurance communities as the owner and operator of Transitions Financial LLC, a full service financial planning and investment management firm, and Re:Form School LLC, a company that creates and distributes online insurance training.
He has authored three books, most recently co-authoring the Life and Health Insurance Fundamentals textbook published by the National Institutes for Insurance Education and Research.
Professor Faulconer also provides consulting services through Butler University’s Office of Professional Services.
Dr. Victor Puleo is the Davey Chair of Risk Management and Insurance in the Lacy School of Business at Butler University, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He earned a Doctorate degree in Risk Management and Insurance at Florida State University. Dr. Puleo has articles published in the Journal of Risk Education, Journal of Insurance Issues, Risk Management and Insurance Review, Managerial Finance, and Best’s Review. In 2022, he co-authored his first textbook titled Insurance Fundamentals of Life & Health Insurance, Including Advanced Planning Techniques.
The Davey Risk Management and Insurance Program at Butler University offers a traditional in-residence Undergraduate degree in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) and an online Master of Science in Risk and Insurance (MSRI). The online MSRI graduate degree program was ranked No. 33 in the nation in 2023, according to rankings published by US News and World Report. Dr. Puleo serves as the Academic Director of the MSRI program. He teaches undergraduate RMI and graduate MSRI courses in the Lacy School of Business. Undergraduate RMI students are enrolled in the industry-recognized University Associate Certified Insurance Counselor (UACIC) college-level designation from The National Alliance. The UACIC designation is for students interested in becoming insurance agency owners, producers, agents, brokers, and insurance company personnel. This college-level designation was created to recognize new professionals for their diligent study and give them a distinct credential to use as they enter the insurance and risk management workforce. Graduate students in the MSRI are enrolled in the industry-recognized University Associate Certified Risk Manager (UACRM) designation from The National Alliance. The UACRM designation is for students interested in Risk Management who want a broad understanding of risks and the many ways to identify, analyze, control, finance, and administer them.
Dr. Puleo is the faculty advisor for the Beta Lambda Chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma – an international professional fraternity organized to promote, encourage and sustain student interest in insurance, risk management and actuarial science as professions. He serves as a member of the Professional Standards Committee (PSC) in the Lacy School of Business.
Dr. Puleo is a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) certificant, and earned the Certificate in Captive Insurance (CCI) from the International Center for Captive Insurance Education (ICCIE). He is a Graduate of the Experiential Education Academy (EEA) offered through The Society of Experiential Education. Dr. Puleo is an Educational Consultant (since 1994) and National Faculty Member (since 2008) for the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors. He served as a member of the Board of Directors (2016 – 2021) and Chair (2020-2021) of The National Alliance Research Academy which serves as the research and development branch of The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research. Dr. Puleo currently serves as a member of the Board of the Indiana Chapter of the National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA).
Professor Wottring has spent his entire professional career in the insurance industry. He spent 33 years at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance holding several positions including Agent, Agency Development Specialist, Agency Manager, District Sales Director, and Manager of Life Insurance training. Three particular highlights of his Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance career include being a two-time Agency Governor, elected into the Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance “Hall of Fame,” and having both his boys in the insurance business. He has earned several professional financial designations including Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) from The American College as well as the Chartered Advisor for Senior Living (CASL), and the Charted Leadership Fellow (CLF). Professor Wottring’s daughter is a Butler graduate.
Along with teaching in the Risk Management and Insurance program at Butler University, Professor Wottring is the owner of “The Wottring Agency”- Allstate Insurance in Fishers.
Professor Wottring is a graduate of Grace College where he earned his Bachelor of Science as well as his MBA.
He and his wife Stephanie reside in Noblesville. They have 3 children and two grandchildren.