About Us

Parachute is the leader in employment risk management. Parachute provides consulting, information products and services for managing employment risk and career transition. Parachute was started in 2003 in the San Francisco Bay Area with the purpose of helping corporations create and maintain a safe and secure workplace for all employees.

Doug Frazier is Chairman and CEO of Parachute. He is the co-developer of Parachute's Employment Risk Management and Career Transition Programs. He is also the moderator of the monthly online program, Employment Law Update. As a CEO with over 30 years of experience, he has significant professional and practical experience in managing financial and corporate strategic issues, including risk management, human resources and legal affairs.

From 1981 to 2000, he was the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of EQE International. EQE worked with insurance companies and brokers, Fortune 1000 companies and governments around the world to manage catastrophic risks. Over a period of 20 years, Doug transformed EQE from an engineering consulting business to the leading internationally recognized catastrophic risk management company. In 1999, EQE International was the third largest independent risk management company in the United States with 750 employees.