About Bruce Ruud
 

In 2001, Bruce Ruud formed Bruce Ruud & Associates, LLC after almost 30 years with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Bruce Ruud joined the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor in 1977 as an Investigator in the New Orleans Area Office. He transferred to Dallas as the Deputy Area Director in August 1985 and became the Regional Director in 1991. The Dallas Region is responsible for civil enforcement of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the criminal statutes in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. There are approximately 90,000 plans throughout this Region, which covers 12 million participants and contains over $300 billion in assets. During Bruce’s tenure as the Regional Director, the Region recovered over $260 million for workers and their families.

Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Bruce was a Revenue Agent for the Internal Revenue Service in Corpus Christi, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. He joined the IRS in 1972 and spent three years performing audits of individuals, partnerships and corporations until 1975 when he joined the Employee Plans Division and reviewed employee benefit plans to insure compliance with ERISA. Prior to that, he worked as a cost accountant in the private sector. Bruce graduated from the University of Texas in Austin in 1971 and is a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist, a Certified Financial Planner, a Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor and a Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist. He has testified many times as an expert on employee benefit plan matters in Federal District Court as well as the U.S. Congress and is a frequent speaker on issues regarding employee benefit plans. Bruce serves on the Board of Directors for the Dallas-Ft. Worth Chapter of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists and on the U.S. Department of Labor Practitioner Council.

Bruce is an active member of the Southwest Benefits Association, the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists, the Dallas Benefits Society and the Worldwide Employee Benefits Network.

Bruce is a veteran of both the U.S. Navy and Army, is married and has three daughters.