Larry Shaffer is the Special Advisor to President & COO at Insperity. He has more than 27 years’ experience in the HR outsourcing industry, joining Insperity in 1999 as a sales representative. Since then, Larry has filled several roles, including District Sales Manager; General Manager of the Houston Service Region; Vice President of Midmarket Service Operations; Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development; Senior Vice President of Marketing; and his current position, Special Advisor to President & COO. While leading strategic business development for Insperity from 2010-2016, he oversaw the Build, Buy and Partner initiative to help the company add multiple business units and expand its portfolio of products and services. Prior to Insperity, Larry worked for STAFCO, an emerging PEO in San Francisco. Larry is a volunteer for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program and is on the board of trustees with the Star of Hope, a Houston-based non-profit supporting the city’s homeless population. Larry has traveled to Africa five times to provide leadership training to Malawi’s Christian community and local pastors. Larry earned a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Christian College in Fullerton, California, and has two master’s degrees: a Master of Arts in Christian studies from Luther Rice University in Lithonia, Georgia, and a Master of Business Administration in finance and accounting from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Larry is a volunteer for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program and is on the board of trustees with the Star of Hope, a Houston-based non-profit supporting the city’s homeless population. Larry has traveled to Africa five times to provide leadership training to Malawi’s Christian community and local pastors. Larry earned a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Christian College in Fullerton, California, and has two master’s degrees: a Master of Arts in Christian studies from Luther Rice University in Lithonia, Georgia, and a Master of Business Administration in finance and accounting from Regis University in Denver, Colorado.
