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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Insurance space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
John Henry
Cofounder & Co-CEO of Loop
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About cofound/harlem, Loop: Loop Insurance uses AI-technology, big data, and telematics to create more fairly priced insurance products.
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Max Simkoff
Founder & CEO of Doma
Max started States Title in 2016 after personally experiencing the friction and labor caused by title insurance in the homebuying process. Since then he has worked to provide an innovative solution to homeowners, brokers, and mortgage bankers. Max is an entrepreneur with experience founding and operating technology companies. Prior to States Title, Max was Founder and CEO of Evolv, Inc., an enterprise predictive analytics software company, which he led through their acquisition by Cornerstone (NASDAQ: CSOD) in 2014 where he served for two years on the senior executive team post-acquisition as the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives.
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About Doma: Doma is an insurtech platform that uses machine intelligence to remove friction from residential real estate transactions.
Patrick Bet-David
Founder & CEO of PHP Agency
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About PHP Agency: PHP Agency is a national, financial services company that offers clients personally suitable life insurance and annuity products.
Assaf Wand
CEO & Co-Founder of Hippo Insurance
Assaf Wand is the CEO & Co-Founder at Hippo Insurance.
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About Hippo Insurance: Hippo Insurance is an InsurTech company that uses technology to help homeowners maintain their properties.
Joshua Motta
Co-Founder & CEO of Coalition
Joshua Motta is the CEO and co-founder of Coalition.
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About Coalition: Coalition operates as a cyber insurance and security company that helps businesses manage and mitigate cyber risks.
Srikrishna Ramakarthikeyan
CEO of Hexaware Technologies
R Srikrishna, a Director at Xurmo Technologies, is also the CEO of Hexaware Technologies. He was previously President at HCL Technologies. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai) and Indian Institute of Management (Kolkata), Srikrishna is an accomplished business leader who has conceptualized and pioneered many hi-tech offerings in network infrastructure management. He is credited at HCL with having broken new ground for the company many times over, in introducing new technology products and services and in opening new billion-dollar markets. R Srikrishna was honoured as a Young Global Leader for 2011 at World Economic Forum at Davos.
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About Hexaware Technologies: Hexaware Technologies Limited is an information technology and business process outsourcing service provider company based in India.
P R Chandrasekar
CEO and Vice Chairman of Hexaware Technologies
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About Hexaware Technologies: Hexaware Technologies Limited is an information technology and business process outsourcing service provider company based in India.
Alex Timm
CEO & Co-founder of Root Insurance
Alex Timm is the CEO and co-founder of Root Insurance Company. He is a former Senior Consultant, Corporate Strategy and Financial Leadership Rotational Associate at Nationwide Insurance.He earned his BSBA and BA in Actuarial Science, Accounting, and Mathematics at Drake University.
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About Root Insurance: Root Insurance is a property casualty insurtech that offers personalized, affordable coverage in an app.
Richard Parrillo
Founder & CEO of United Automobile Insurance Company
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About United Automobile Insurance Company: Provide a high quality and low cost insurance product to the non-standard automobile insurance market.
Daniel Demetri
Founder & CEO of Trellis Technologies
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About Trellis Technologies: P&C insurance data services
Kevin Taweel
Founder & CEO of Asurion
Since co-founding Asurion in 1994, the company has grown from 40 to 10,000 employees becoming the world’s largest provider of technology protection services, partnering with the world’s top companies and brands and serving over 200 million customers. Previously, Kevin was chairman and president of investment firm Mill River Corporation and worked in mergers and acquisitions for Salomon Brothers. Kevin and his Asurion cofounder received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2001. Kevin is a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches entrepreneurship courses in the MBA program, from which he graduated in 1992. He is also a member of the school’s advisory council and has served on its management board. Kevin received a bachelor`s degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University. He serves on the board of directors for ResponseLink, a provider of medical alert systems and the board of trustees for the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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About Asurion, Stanford Graduate School of Business: Asurion helps people get the most out of their technology by providing expert help and product insurance and warranties.
Tony Detter
CEO of Asurion
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About Asurion: Asurion helps people get the most out of their technology by providing expert help and product insurance and warranties.
Hari Sundram
Chief Executive Officer of Radion Health
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About QMedic, Radion Health: Radion Health offers turnkey stop-loss solutions to brokers, consultants, and TPAs.
Andrew Cecere
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of U.S. Bancorp
Mr. Andrew Cecere is Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Until that time, he served as Vice Chairman, Wealth Management and Securities Services of U.S. Bancorp since the merger of Firstar Corporation and U.S. Bancorp in February 2001. Previously, he had served as an executive officer of the former U.S. Bancorp, including as Chief Financial Officer from May 2000 through February 2001.
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About U.S. Bancorp, US Bank: U.S. Bancorp is a financial holding company, offers banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services and products for its clients
Andrew Adams
CEO of Headway
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About Headway: Headway is a mental healthcare system provider that helps patients connect with therapists and submit insurance claims online.
Anthony Sarandrea
Chief Executive Officer of Pocket Your Dollars
Forbes- “Top References for Marketing Trends in 2016” http://www.forbes.com/sites/ajagrawal/2015/12/21/10-examples-of-ads-that-pull-on-emotion/#15e70c6f4d52 Inc Magazine- “Top Branding/Marketing Experts to Look out for in 2017” http://www.inc.com/ilya-pozin/9-branding-experts-to-look-out-for-in-2017.html Entrepreneur Magazine contributor- 5 Marketing Trends Business Owners Should Know in 2016 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/281025 ASU College of Entrepreneurship + Innovation Venture Mentor Consultant/Professor SiteFlood was founded by current owner and CEO Anthony Sarandrea with a vision to provide consulting services that exceed the goals and expectations of clients. “After working in a large corporate agency, I realized businesses were getting neglected by the high volume of clients held by these corporations.” SiteFlood was born to be able to provide individual attention to each and every client, we care for each client and their business as if it were our own. “I formed my first business with $20 and promise your advertising dollars will be treated like I treated that first $20, every penny counts and it is SiteFlood’s job to make sure your business sees every opportunity to be successful.” Real client’s testimonial: “SiteFlood is managing our PPC & SEO strategy, they have saved us a fortune. I would definitely recommend sitting down with Anthony. I’ve worked with three other companies and almost gave up on finding a good consultant, then I found SiteFlood. Anthony and his team will give you daily reports and clearly define how he is growing your companies bottom line. I recommend them very highly and think they would be an asset to your business.” -Stephanie Graham You can contact Anthony at contact@siteflood.com & Facebook/SiteFlood
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About Arizona State University, Pocket Your Dollars: Pocket Your Dollars provides banking, bankruptcy, car insurance, credit card debt, insurance, tax debt, mortgage & personal loans services.
Sami Mnaymneh
Founder and Co-CEO of H.I.G. Capital
Sami Mnaymneh is a Founder and Co-CEO of H.I.G. Capital and has served as a Managing Partner of the firm since 1993. He has directed the firm’s development since its founding and approves all capital commitments made by H.I.G. Sami currently serves on the Board of Columbia College and on the Dean’s Council of the Harvard Law School. Prior to founding H.I.G., Sami was a Managing Director with The Blackstone Group in New York. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions department at Morgan Stanley & Co., where he devoted a significant amount of his time to leveraged buyouts, serving as senior advisor to a number of prominent private equity firms. Over the course of his career, Mr. Mnaymneh has led over 75 transactions in a wide range of industries. Sami earned a B.A. degree, Summa Cum Laude, from Columbia University where he graduated first in his class, and subsequently received a J.D. degree and an M.B.A. degree, with honors, from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, respectively.
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About Blackstone Group, H.I.G. BioHealth Partners, H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Tony Tamer
Founder & Co-CEO of H.I.G. Capital
Tony Tamer is a Founder and Co-CEO of H.I.G. Capital. He has directed H.I.G.’s development since its founding in 1993 and approves all capital commitments made by the firm. Tony has led a number of successful investments at H.I.G. in both the management buyouts and growth capital arenas. He has extensive experience working with, and coaching, early stage and middle-market companies. Tony is a board member of several H.I.G. portfolio companies. He currently also serves on the Dean’s Council of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Prior to H.I.G., Tony was partner at Bain & Company where he developed business unit and operating strategies, implemented productivity improvement initiatives, and led acquisition and divestiture activities for a number of Fortune 500 clients. Tony has extensive operating experience. He has held marketing, engineering and manufacturing positions at Hewlett-Packard and Sprint Corporation. Tony holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School, and a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. His undergraduate degree is from Rutgers University.
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About H.I.G. BioHealth Partners, H.I.G. Capital, HP: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Justin Levine
CEO of Shepherd
CEO at Shepherd
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About Shepherd, TradeTapp: Shepherd is an Insurtech that offers tech-enabled insurance for commercial construction.
Dennis J. Gilmore
CEO of First American
Dennis J. Gilmore is chief executive officer of First American Financial Corporation and also serves as president of the company’s largest subsidiary, First American Title Insurance Company. Prior to the company’s spin-off from The First American Corporation, Gilmore served as chief operating officer for that company and was responsible for helping to establish the course of its operating and technology initiatives and managing its offshore operations. Following the announcement of First American’s planned spin-off in January of 2008, his duties shifted to focus on running the company’s Financial Services businesses, and he was named to his current position as chief executive officer of the resulting entity upon completion of the spin-off in June 2010. After beginning his career in the lending industry in 1985, Gilmore joined TRTS Data Services in 1988. First American acquired that company in 1991 and Gilmore was named vice president and area manager, and was then promoted to regional vice president two years later. In 1993, he moved to First American’s title division to pioneer the Lenders Advantage program, the company’s entry into centralized title and closing services. After his promotion to regional vice president and national director in 1996, Gilmore coordinated the expansion of the Lenders Advantage concept throughout the United States to create a uniform, nationwide title and escrow product. When First American and Experian joined forces in 1998, Gilmore became the first president of the resulting joint venture, First American Real Estate Solutions LLC. Gilmore, who holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from San Diego State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Loyola Marymount University, currently serves on the advisory board of San Diego State University’s College of Business Administration. He also is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Residential Board of Governors, which is responsible for establishing legislative and regulatory policies and positions on single-family residential lending issues.
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About First American: First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
Charles Scharf
President and CEO of Wells Fargo
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Mary Knell
CEO, Pacific Northwest Commercial Banking of Wells Fargo
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Sean Maher
Co-CEO of Swyfft
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About Core Programs, Swyfft: A simpler way to do home insurance.
Richard Trezza
Co-CEO of Swyfft
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About Core Programs, Swyfft: A simpler way to do home insurance.
Dennis Glass
President & Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Financial Group
Dennis R. Glass is president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Financial Group. He serves as a director on the Board of Directors for Lincoln National Corporation. He is also president and serves on the Board of the principal insurance subsidiaries of Lincoln Financial Group. Glass was president and chief operating officer of Lincoln Financial Group from April 2006 until July 2007. Previously, Glass served as president and chief executive officer of Jefferson Pilot Corporation, which merged with Lincoln Financial in 2006. Prior to joining Jefferson Pilot in 1993, Glass held executive-level finance and investment positions in the insurance and investment industries. Glass currently serves on the Board of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) and its Executive Committee. He also co-chairs the ACLI’s CEO Steering Committee on Prudential Issues and serves on several other committees. Glass has served on other industry boards and has been active in numerous charitable and civic activities. Glass is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in 1971 and a master’s degree in business administration in 1973.
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About Lincoln Financial Group: Lincoln Financial Group is a Fortune 500 company offering a diverse range of financial services and solutions.
Mario Schlosser
CEO of Oscar Health
Mario Schlosser is the CEO and co-founder of Oscar, a health-insurance start-up that is using technology, design, and data to help humanize and simplify healthcare. Previously, he co-founded the largest social gaming company in Latin America, where he led the company’s analytics and game design practices. At Bridgewater Associates, Mario developed analytical trading models as a Senior Investment Associate. Prior to Bridgewater, he worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in Europe, the U.S. and Brazil. As a visiting scholar at Stanford University, Mario wrote and co-authored 10 computer science publications, including one of the most-cited computer science papers published in the past decade, in which he developed an algorithm to securely compute trust in randomized networks. He holds a degree in computer science with highest distinction from the University of Hannover in Germany and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Bridgewater Associates, Oscar Health: Oscar is a health insurance company that offers individual and family plans, medicare advantages, and small group products.
John Fohr
CEO of TrustLayer
John Fohr is a Managing Director at Hawthorne Capital, focused on helping companies expand to emerging markets, including the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. John spent six years as a Senior Advisor to Lux Venture Capital Management, where he advised on international investment opportunities and technology deal flow. After working in the White House on the China Free Trade agreement, John drafted speeches and worked on economic policy for a number of U.S. presidential candidates. He has advised foreign governments on the security of their monetary supplies and has published on global petroleum security. John received his B.A. magna cum laude from Georgetown University, and his J.D. with Honors from University of Wisconsin. John also studied law in China while at the University of Beijing.
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About Hawthorne Capital, Sand Hill Angels, TrustLayer: TrustLayer is an insurtech company automating insurance verification with machine learning and AI.
Daniel Petkevich
CEO and Founder of Virgil Insurance
Daniel Petkevich is the CEO and Founder of Virgil Insurance.
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About Fair Square Medicare, Virgil Insurance: Virgil Insurance is an insurance firm that offers various kinds of plans and experiences for seniors to shop for health insurance online.
Dhaval Chadha
Co-Founder & CEO of Justos
CEO at @Justos • Formerly CEO @Vivo (acquired) • Head of Latam @ClassPass • @Harvard University
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About Justos, NFX, Pipa, Stealth Startup: Justos is disrupting the insurance market in Latin America.
Mingzhe Ma
Chairman and CEO of Ping An
Mingzhe Ma is the founder of the Company. Mingzhe Ma founded Ping An Insurance Company in March 1988, and is the current Chairman and CEO of the Company. Since the establishment of the Company, Mingzhe Ma has served as President, Director, Chairman and CEO of the Company, and has been in charge of operations and management of the Company. Before establishing the Company, Mingzhe Ma was Deputy Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Social Insurance Company. Mingzhe Ma has a doctor’s degree in money and banking from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously Zhongnan University of Economics).
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About Ping An, Ping An Healthcare Management: Ping An Insurance Company is a holding company deals with insurance, banking, and financial service.
David Goldhill
Co-Founder & CEO of Sesame
David Goldhill is the founder and CEO of Sesame.
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About Game Show Network, Sesame: Sesame is a healthcare superstore, with over 10,000 medical practices offering affordable prices for care in-person or online.
Patrick Gallagher
President and Chief Executive Officer of Gallagher
J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr. began his career with Gallagher as an intern in 1972, started working for the company full time in 1974 as a Production Account Executive and was promoted to Vice President-Operations in 1985. He was elected to the Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Board of Directors in 1986. In 1990, he was named President and Chief Operating Officer and, in 1995, was appointed Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors. In 2006 he was appointed Chairman of the Board. Mr. Gallagher joined the Board of Trustees of the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters in 2003, and serves on the Board of Founding Directors of the International Insurance Foundation and the Board of Directors of InnerWorkings, Inc. In addition, he serves on the Advisory Council of Boys Hope/Girls Hope and the Board of Advisors for Catholic Charities, and is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives Club of Chicago and the Commercial Club of Chicago.
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About Gallagher, Gallagher: Gallagher is an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm.
Jamie Hale
Co-Founder & CEO of Ladder
Jamie is Ladder’s CEO and chief evangelist. He believes life insurance is a fundamentally great product for families and communities and so built Ladder to be the smart, modern way to insure your life. Prior to cofounding Ladder, Jamie was Partner at Aldenwood Capital and at Oak Hill Investment Management, a premier family office with over $12 billion in assets. Jamie also worked at NextCard, pioneering instant credit and the first ‘internet enabled’ Visa card. Jamie is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Harvard Business School.
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About Ladder: Ladder is a digital life insurance company that offers flexible term coverage in minutes saving policyholders up to 40%.
Alec Miloslavsky
founder and CEO of EIS Group
Alec Miloslavsky is the founder and CEO of EIS Group.
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About EIS Group: EIS Group is focused on providing IT solutions that enable companies to convert their technology into strategic assets.
Tylon Wang
Co-Founder and CEO of Angle Health
Tylon Wang is the Co-Founder and CEO at Angle Health.
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About Angle Health: Angle Health delivers the modern health insurance experience expected by today’s employees.
Keith Melnick
CEO of The Zebra
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About The Zebra: The Zebra operates as an online insurance comparison marketplace.
Brian Whorley
CEO of Paytient
CEO @ Paytient.co former engineer, hospital administrator, founder at Paytient
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About Paytient: Healthcare fintech, payment
John Haley
CEO of Willis Towers Watson
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Wayne Slavin
Co-Founder & CEO of Sure
Wayne Slavin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sure, a VC backed insurtech startup. Prior to Sure he was the VP of Product Management at Tapingo, TechCrunch’s Most Innovative Company of 2013. His other past projects and companies include NetStumbler, a consumer app with more than 1,500,000,000+ billion downloads, the Barnes & Noble Nook eBook reader, Buddy Media (now part of salesforce), and BackupRight the enterprise SaaS company he sold in 2012. He has a Masters Degree from Columbia University.
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About Sure: Sure is an insurance technology company that powers API-based digital insurance programs for brands and carriers.
Paraag Sarva
Co-founder & CEO of Rhino
Paraag Sarva is the Co-Founder & CEO at Rhino. Also, serves as an Operating Partner for Kairos, Mentor for Techstars and General Partner for Grow Real Estate.
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About Kairos, Rhino, Techstars: Rhino is a licensed insurance agency that gives renters financial alternatives to security deposits.
Anthony Miller
CEO of Bind On-Demand Health Insurance
In the late 1990s, Tony co-founded and was CEO of Definity Health, a pioneer and national leader in consumer-driven health benefit programs. Definity was sold to UnitedHealth Group in 2004. In 2006, he founded Carol Corporation and served as its CEO until the company’s sale to Optum. He currently serves as founder, CEO, and member of the board of Bind, an on-demand health insurance company. Tony holds an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, an MS in kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and an undergraduate degree from St. Olaf College. He previously served on the boards of ABILITY Network, Digital Reasoning, PlanSource, Recondo Technology, Sandlot Solutions, and Shareable Ink.
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About Bind On-Demand Health Insurance: Bind administers health insurance for self-funded customers. Bind is health insurance rewired for our on-demand world
David A. Reid
Founder and CEO of Ease
David Reid has 30 years of experience working in the employee benefits and group insurance industry. After working as a wholesale distributor of group-based benefit products for two major insurance companies, Mr. Reid became a consultant and agent for Unison Benefits Management, a leading provider in the Minneapolis/St. Paul marketplace that was eventually acquired by Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. In 1999, Mr. Reid was among the first to venture into the world of online technology designed for employee benefits enrollment and communication. Prior to founding EaseCentral, he founded Apprize Technology Solutions, an industry leader in benefits enrollment technology.
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About Ease: Ease is a benefits administration software designed for small businesses, insurance brokers, and insurance carriers.
Jaganath Swamy
Co-Founder, CEO of Kiddo
Jaganath “CJ” Swamy CJ Swamy is the CEO and Co-Founder of Good Parents Inc. He leads strategy and operations for Kiddo and has successfully raised over $8.0 Million in funding from marquee investors in the US and Asia. Prior to that, CJ has 18+ years’ experience as a serial entrepreneur, early stage investor and consultant. He co-founded two companies across Asia previously – one in vitamins manufacturing and the other in logistics/ supply chain. He was previously the lead for US – Asia investments with HarbourVest Partners (one of the leading alternative assets manager in the world with over $74 Billion in AUM). Before that, he led US-Asia investments for Northgate Capital, a California based early stage investor with over $6 Billion in AUM. Previously he also spent 3 years as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Co. primarily working with insurance companies and banks in Asia on product and market strategy. CJ has an MBA (Honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and before that graduated with a B.Tech in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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About HarbourVest Partners, Kiddo: Kiddo is a personalized smart at-home health monitoring platform for children.
Shmulik Fishman
Founder, CEO of Argyle
Shmulik Fishman is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Argyle, the leading employment data platform that provides companies access to user-permissioned records in real-time. With a solution that enables coverage of the majority of the US labor market, companies across industries leverage Argyle for frictionless, automated verification of income and employment (VOIE) and direct deposit change. Shmulik started Argyle in 2018, with the backing of Bain Capital and Checkr, after experiencing the complexity of work verification in his previous venture STRATIM, which he founded in 2014. At STRATIM, Shmulik acted as the Chief Operating Officer, raising $42M in venture funding and sold in 2018 to NYSE listed KAR Global (NYSE: KAR). Prior to STRATIM, Shmulik worked on the S1 team at Adap.tv during its IPO that was subsequently acquired by AOL. Shmulik has an undergraduate degree from Hampshire College where he became a philosopher by training and a storyteller by practice. While earning a business degree at Columbia University, a chance meeting catapulted Shmulik into the world of machine learning, setting him on a path of disrupting today’s employment and income verification space. When not writing, sitting on panels, keynote speaking, and conjoining fragmented networks, you can find Shmulik falling down the rabbit-hole of Wikipedia, in awe of our collective wisdom and communal capacity.
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About Argyle: Argyle provides a consumer-controlled, software gateway to employment records.
Flaviu Simihaian
Co-Founder & CEO of Troy Medicare
Flaviu Simihaian is the co-founder and CEO of Troy Medicare, the first pharmacy-powered, AI-driven Medicare Advantage plan. Flaviu also co-founded and is the chairman of Amplicare (previously iMedicare), a web-based SaaS platform that 7,000 pharmacies use to manage and grow their business.
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About TechAngels, Troy Medicare: Troy Medicare is arming independent pharmacies with a health plan and platform tailored to their most vulnerable patients.
David Graf
Chief Executive Officer & President of TRANZACT
As TRANZACT’s lead executive since 2003, David ensures that the company’s philosophies and strategies, which are based on clear, open and honest communications with corporate partners, suppliers, clients and employees, are in place during every process and at every level. Before joining TRANZACT, David was President of Mosaic Performance Solutions North America (formerly Paradigm Direct), a direct marketing services company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Mosaic Group, Inc. Mr. Graf co-founded Paradigm Direct in 1997, which became part of Mosaic in December 2000.
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About TRANZACT: MG LLC, a provider of sales and marketing services to insurance companies that does business as Tranzact
Clint Jones
Co-Founder & CEO of GoHealth
Clint Jones co-founded Norvax, Inc. in 2001, which later became GoHealth, the nation’s leading online health insurance shopping exchange. Jones is recognized as a pioneer in the health insurance industry for revolutionizing the way people buy and sell coverage. Jones received a Midwest Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2013. Jones currently serves on the board of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce. Before founding Norvax, Jones was the Intranet Market Manager for Holt Value, a former division of Credit Suisse. Jones earned two Bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Management Information Systems from Miami University.
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About GoHealth, NVX Holdings, Inc.: GoHealth is an online portal for finding health insurance coverage, allowing users to compare health insurance quotes and purchase online.
James T. Morris
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Life
Mr. Morris is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Pacific Life Insurance Company, and its parent companies Pacific Mutual Holding Company and Pacific LifeCorp. He is only the 14th chief executive officer in the company’s 145-year history. Mr. Morris was a summer actuarial student from 1981 to 1982 with Transamerica Occidental prior to joining Pacific Life in 1982 as assistant actuary, Special Marketing. He progressed through a series of management positions within the Life Insurance Division and was elected senior vice president, M-Operations in 1996. He was responsible for business relations with M Financial Group, a leading life insurance producer group that designs and markets individual life insurance products to the upscale market in collaboration with Pacific Life. In 2002, he was promoted to executive vice president, heading up the Life Insurance Division of Pacific Life. In April 2005, Mr. Morris was promoted to executive vice president and chief insurance officer. His role was expanded to include the Annuities & Mutual Funds Division and Pacific Select Group, in addition to the Life Insurance Division. Mr. Morris was promoted to chief operating officer in January 2006. On April 2, 2007, Mr. Morris became Pacific Life’s president and chief executive officer.
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About Pacific Life: Pacific Life Insurance is an American insurance company that provides life insurance products, annuities, and mutual funds.
David Howell
Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Life
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About Pacific Life: Pacific Life Insurance is an American insurance company that provides life insurance products, annuities, and mutual funds.
Matt Antoszyk
Co-Founder & CEO of Herald
As product manager, Matt takes At-Bay’s technology products from concept to execution. An average day may include interviewing users, sketching new product ideas with the design team, troubleshooting issues with the engineers, or poring over data to figure out new ways to share insights with brokers and clients. Working with a team with endless ideas has its challenges, but Matt brings patience, an open ear and the ability to weigh many different options—and, when the time comes, the drive to get things done. Matt has a degree in computer science from Yale and experience as a senior business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he solved business problems for senior executives. He puts that experience to use at At-Bay by building business solutions for technical problems.
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About Herald: Herald offers digital infrastructure that connects software developers to commercial insurance carriers through a single API.
Tom Spann
CEO of Brightside
Tom Spann is CEO of Brightside and Founder and Vice Chair of Accolade. Since May 2018, Tom has been CEO of Brightside, a comprehensive financial health engagement platform for employers. The company’s behavioral-science-based, technology-enabled solution makes it easy for employees to do the right thing for their financial health while putting real money in their pockets. Employers benefit from improved employee engagement, productivity, improved retention, and reduced healthcare costs while providing a benefit employees love. Under Tom’s leadership Accolade became the country’s leading comprehensive consumer healthcare engagement platform for large businesses. The company’s behavioral-science-based, technology-enabled solution helps individuals and families get the right care and delivers consistently superior healthcare cost savings and consumer satisfaction results. Under Tom’s leadership, Accolade grew to 750-plus employees serving some of the nation’s largest self-insured employers and health plans. Accolade was recognized as one of the nation’s 25 Most Promising Companies by Forbes magazine and the fastest-growing private healthcare company by Inc. 500. Employees have consistently voted Accolade a top workplace in the Philadelphia region. Prior to founding Accolade, Tom served as Senior Managing Partner at Accenture, where he led the North America Products Group, a 10,000-employee operating unit with $2-billion-plus-revenue, 50% of which was the Health and Life Sciences Operating Unit, serving leading health plans, providers and life sciences companies. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Brightside: Brightside is an employer-based financial health solution that combines personal assistants and an innovative partner platform.
Callum King
President & Co-Founder (Founding CEO) of Brightside
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About Brightside: Brightside is an employer-based financial health solution that combines personal assistants and an innovative partner platform.
Mike Shim
Founder & CEO of True North Cos.
True North Cos. is a private investment and advisory firm building valuable, enduring businesses in technology, financial services and consumer products. Founded in 2012 by Mike Shim, a corporate/M&A lawyer-turned tech executive, entrepreneur and venture investor based in Silicon Valley, True North Cos. works with world-beating leaders at startups and Fortune 500 companies alike to build more purposeful companies. Purposeful companies share a common mission of improving the world through business, while delivering superior long-term returns to their employees, investors and the communities they serve.
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About DigiSure, Nextury Ventures, True North Cos.: Building companies with purpose.
Matt Randall
Co-Founder & CEO of Spot Insurance
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About Spot Insurance: Injury insurance designed to protect against unexpected medical expenses
Jonathan D. Rosen
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Entaire Global Companies
Mr. Rosen is an entrepreneur, wealth planning professional, and CEO of Entaire Global Companies, Inc., a privately-held, diversified financial services holding company. Mr. Rosen is the lead developer and co-inventor for 3 patents in the area of Leveraged Planning® and most recently joined the Board of Algaeon Inc., an Indianapolis-based biotech company that has developed a breakthrough patented industrial scale microalgae cultivation technology. In 2009, he formed and funded the JDRosen Family Foundation, a 501(c)3 dedicated to improving the financial habits of children and adults by changing mindsets about the importance of saving, investing, and wealth creation. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Council on Economic Education. Mr. Rosen began his career as a healthcare management professional and has extensive experience in physician practice management at the corporate level. He was the founder and CEO of EVI Medical Management Systems, a firm that provided consulting services to physician’s practices. In this capacity, he managed multiple practice organizations, delivering a myriad of physician practice management services. Mr. Rosen holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania and attended Emory Law School. His areas of academic concentration and research have included insurance, risk management and healthcare management.
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About Entaire Global Companies: Entaire Global Companies, Inc. is a diversified financial services holding company
Noah Lang
Co-Founder & CEO of Stride Health
Noah Lang launched Stride Health to make health insurance human. Stride translates coverage into a language everybody can understand because we believe healthcare decisions don’t have to be difficult. Stride is the first health insurance recommendation engine tuned and tailored to the life of an individual, providing Seamless, intuitive and transparent answers to consumers’ toughest coverage questions. Noah Lang was previously the founding VP of Business Development at Reputation.com where he spent 5 years building consumer products and distribution channels. Noah currently sits on the DMAs Data Governance Advisory Board and was selected as a “Privacy by Design Ambassador” in 2011. Noah is a graduate of Stanford University as a President’s Scholar with a degree in Product Design. Noah is an avid triathlete, skier and endurance sports junkie.
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About Stride Health: Stride Health is a provider of an insurance recommendation platform designed to offer health insurance services.
Saransh Garg
Co-Founder & CEO of Nova Benefits
Saransh Garg is the Co-Founder and CEO at Nova Benefits.
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About Nova Benefits: Nova Benefits operates as a B2B health insurance platform.
Guy Goldstein
CEO and Co-Founder of Next Insurance
Guy Goldstein is the founder and CEO of Next Insurance. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Pageonce, and member of the company’s Board of Directors, brings nearly two decades of management, strategy and product development experience to his role as CEO. Since founding Pageonce in 2007, Guy has raised $10 million in venture capital funding and grown its membership from zero to more than four million. He has a proven track record in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions and as research and development leader. At Hewlett-Packard, Guy led inorganic growth expansion acquisitions to develop HP’s Business Intelligence strategy. During his seven year tenure at Mercury Interactive (later acquired by Hewlett-Packard) Guy helped establish the company-wide inorganic growth roadmap and strategic planning process, resulting in three acquisitions and $200 million in revenue. He was a key member of the executive team that developed the business plan for Mercury Interactive’s $5 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. As Senior Director of Mercury Interactive’s R&D division, Guy managed an international team of engineers and QA that built products generating $350 million in sales. Early in his life Guy was handpicked for an elite group of candidates to train for the Israeli Air Force based on his record-level test scores and technical aptitude. He excelled and rose to the top military rank of major and fighter pilot in one of world’s most respected air force programs. Ever the prolific innovator, he holds two patents. Guy graduated cum laude from Tel-Aviv University with a bachelor’s degree in Business and Computer Science.
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About Mint Bills, Next Insurance: Next Insurance is an online-based insurance company for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Kyle Nakatsuji
Co-Founder & CEO of Clearcover
Kyle Nakatsuji is the CEO and Co-founder of Clearcover.
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About Clearcover: Affordable car insurance that’s smarter, faster & puts your needs above all else, helping you make informed decisions every step of the way.
Yaron Ben-Zvi
Co-Founder and CEO of Haven Life
Yaron loves building things that make a difference. That’s how he came to be the co-founder and CEO of Haven Life, MassMutual’s in-house startup that’s setting the pace for innovation in life insurance. Yaron worked with several other startups before launching Haven Life in industries as varied as asset management and media, yet the complexity and opportunity in life insurance kept calling him to the cause. Part entrepreneur, part executive, and part family man, Yaron sometimes struggles to make all these parts work together. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Wharton School of Business, he believes strongly in the value of a liberal arts education.
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About Haven Life: Haven Life offers an online solution that provides people access to affordable term life insurance products and services.
Rex Wong
CEO & Co-Founder of AIVON
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About AIVON, Famecast Media, Intelligent Video Solutions: AIVON is a decentralized blockchain platform and protocol built on an Artificial Intelligence (AI) network.
Matt Miller
Founder & CEO of Embroker
Matt Miller is the founder and CEO of Embroker, the first modern solution for business insurance. Prior to founding Embroker, he was a Principal at the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, where he led investments in the insurance and software space. While at H&F, he served on the board of directors of HUB International, Applied Systems, and Renaissance Learning. Prior to joining Hellman & Friedman, Matt was a Vice President for Bain Capital in Boston and Hong Kong and a consultant for Bain & Company in New York. Matt graduated summa cum laude from Duke University, and earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and co-president of the Private Equity club.
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About Embroker: Embroker helps growing businesses save time and find the best value on the right coverage.
Vivek Garipalli
CEO of Clover Health
Vivek Garipalli is a leading international business expert with a focus on the healthcare industry. He has spent the majority of his career starting and developing pioneering healthcare businesses that improve the service patients receive. In fact, Vivek founded five healthcare companies before the age of 40. He has used this considerable experience in the field to co-found Clover Health, a disruptive company that aims to transform the healthcare structure for the better. Prior to establishing Clover Health, Vivek co-founded CarePoint Health in 2008, which is a vertically and horizontally integrated healthcare system in New Jersey. He has recently extended this venture with CarePoint Health Plans, a unique model in the health insurance space that concentrates on the Medicare Advantage Market. When Vivek Garipalli founded CarePoint Health and Clover Health, he saw there was a substantial misalignment between healthcare providers and insurance firms. Vivek intended to decrease doctor-insurer friction whilst increasing the visibility into the health of every patient. He realized that this would improve the service patients receive while making it more accessible. Very little had been done for the uninsured and underinsured patient groups, and Vivek wanted to change that trend. On top of Clover Health and CarePoint Health, Vivek Garipalli co-founded a healthcare services revenue cycle business called Ensemble health. He was also one of the founding investors of Flatiron Health, in which he took an active role on the board in guiding its strategy and growth, ending in its sale to Roche in 2018. Vivek also sits on the board for Doctor Evidence and Medically Home, two innovative companies within healthcare technology. Prior to his entrepreneurial work in healthcare, Vivek Garipalli began his career at Credit Suisse First Boston and following this he held a position at J.P.Morgan Partners’ private equity fund. He went on to work at the Blackstone Group, where his focus focused into restructuring and reorganizing in an advisory capacity. Vivek Garipalli started his journey in business at the University of Emory, where he studied business administration with a focus on entrepreneurship. On top of his successful career, Vivek has supported a number of charities, including The Bowery Mission, a charity that tackles homelessness in New York and Newark.
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About CarePoint Health, Clover Health: Clover is a healthcare technology company helping members live their healthiest lives with its Medicare Advantage plans.
Jay Bregman
Founder and CEO of Thimble
Jay Bregman is the Founder & CEO of Thimble.
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About Thimble: Thimble is an insurance producer enabling small businesses to succeed on their own terms.
Dave Firdaus
Chairman and CEO of Clever Care Health Plan Inc.
Dave Firdaus is the Chairman and CEO at Clever Care Health Plan.
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About Clever Care Health Plan Inc.: Clever Care Health Plan is a healthcare company that offers medicare advantage health plans to its members.
Sean Lane
CEO of Circulo Health
Sean is a serial inventor, investor and entrepreneur with a deep background in technology. A former Air Force Intelligence Officer and NSA Fellow, Sean served five tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq before founding Battlefield Telecommunications Systems (BTS). Sean has founded technology companies in Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia, and serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of OmniScience Technology Partners (OSTP), CrossChx, and Lane Capital. A graduate of Miami University with an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service from the University of Rio Grande, Sean was selected as an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Maryland.
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About Circulo Health, Olive, RideScout: Circulo Health is a Medicaid insurance company of the future, providing tech-enabled care to the sickest and poorest populations.
Scott Walchek
Founder, CEO & Chairman of Trōv
Founder, CEO & Chairman at Trōv.
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About ePlanet Capital, Jetset Magazine, Trōv: Trov is the world’s leading insurance technology platform, enabling the new ways people live, work, and move.
Aaron Shapiro
Founder and CEO of Dayforward
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About Dayforward: Dayforward is a provider of a life insurance platform designed to bring financial security to families.
David Fontain
Founder and CEO of Foresight Commercial Insurance
Founder and CEO at Foresight, the insurtech for mid-market workers compensation. At Foresight, we’re rewarding proactive insureds with lower premiums and rewarding brokers with higher commissions.
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About Foresight Commercial Insurance, Foresight Risk and Insurance Services: Foresight is the commercial insurtech that ties safe work practices to insurance savings.
Patrick Burns
CEO and Co-Founder of Spruce Holdings
Patrick Burns is a Co-Founder at Spruce Holdings.
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About Spruce Holdings: Spruce Holdings aims to improve title insurance assessment and issuance to reduce the time needed to close a real estate deal.
Karn Saroya
Co-founder & CEO of Cover
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About Cover, Stylekick: Cover is an Android and iOS mobile application that allows its users to insure anything by taking a picture of what they need to insure.
James R. Fisher
CEO of Bristol West Insurance Group
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About Bristol West Insurance Group: Bristol West insurance provides customers the security of a comprehensive range of automobile insurance coverages at competitive prices.
John J. Bowman, Jr. Accountant
CEO of Bowman & Associates
John J. Bowman, Jr. Accountant is an experienced tax and finance professional based in Pittsburgh, PA. He holds an extensive educational background from attending both Pittsburgh’s Robert Morris University and Harvard Business/Law School. Following his enrollment there, John J. Bowman Jr. got his start, and began to develop the skills needed to be both a successful accountant and legal professional. During his time at Robert Morris University, his studies concentrated on tax and he was an active member of the Young Lawyers Organization. John J. Bowman Jr. graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Robert Morris University, and moved on to begin his successful career. Following his graduation, John made the decision to continue his education and further refine his skills at Harvard Business/Law School; he then enrolled in the Owner/Management Program. The Owner Management Program at Harvard helped develop John’s skills and increased his knowledge on subjects such as business and law conduct, management, and expertise. This also gave John the ability to connect with other professionals within the finance and accounting industry; providing him with a much larger network. John J. Bowman Jr. is a dedicated and focused professional who continues to offer his experience and insights to the financial and civil sectors. Over the years, John’s extensive knowledge of tax law and finance have propelled him forward and upward in his career. His advice is frequently sought after by various organizations including the Presidential Business Commission. His efforts even helped to protect the Republican majority in congress.
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About Bowman & Associates: Bowman & Associates handles tax law and accounting needs
Chief Executive Officer, Intellect SEEC of Intellect Design Arena
Pranav is the CEO of Intellect SEEC. He brings deep Insurance industry experience. Having been a very senior executive with QBE Insurance Group with exposure to Insurance markets across Australia, Asia Pacific and USA, he was responsible for Strategy, Technology and Operations for QBE. A recognized thought leader in the Insurance industry, he is widely consulted by our clients on both technology and operational matters across the globe. Pranav has also been a member of the Board of Austral Mercantile Collections and served on the Australian Advisory Committee of ACORD. Prior to QBE, Pranav worked across the Asia Pacific region with consulting firms such as Booz Allen Hamilton and A.T.Kearney, primarily on matters of corporate strategy and operational improvement in the Telecom sector. Pranav has a Bachelors Degree in Electronics Engineering and an MBA.
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About Intellect Design Arena: Intellect Design Arena Ltd, is a global leader in Financial Technology for Banking, Insurance and other Financial Services.
Vivek Shah
Co – Founder & CEO of SimplyInsured
Vivek Shah is the Founder & CEO of SimplyInsured .Previously, Vivek was a healthcare analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he worked with insurance companies to make healthcare more efficient. Vivek graduated with degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Management Science from MIT.
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About ITXCHG.com, SimplyInsured: SimplyInsured allows you to estimate your real Out-of-Pocket costs when purchasing health insurance.
Alex Gellman
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Vertical Bridge Holdings
Alex Gellman is the CEO & Co-Founder at Vertical Bridge.
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About Vertical Bridge Holdings: Vertical Bridge is a private owner and manager of wireless communication infrastructure.
Dave Hanley
Founder & CEO of Tomorrow Ideas
Dave Hanley is CEO of Tomorrow, which helps families make long-term financial and legal decisions together for the first time, in an easy-to-use app designed to protect their futures. He is an accomplished CEO, digital entrepreneur, and social advocate. Prior to founding Tomorrow, Dave founded Banyan Branch, a leading social media marketing agency, which was acquired by Deloitte Digital. Prior to Banyan Branch, Dave was VP of Marketing at Shelfari, the social network for book readers, which he helped grow to more than 2 million members in 18 months, before it was acquired by Amazon. He also served as Director of Product Management at RealNetworks, where he oversaw the launches of Rhapsody.com and Rhapsody’s Web services program. Earlier in his career, Dave worked in economic development with NGOs and banks in Asia and Latin America that were implementing and assessing microcredit programs, including time as a Fulbright scholar. Dave was selected to the prestigious World Economic Forum Young Global Leader program, where he is an active participant and advisor. Dave is an adoring husband, loving father of four children, adventure traveler, and spirituality seeker. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in public policy from Brigham Young University.
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About Tomorrow Ideas: Tomorrow Ideas develops an application that helps in protecting family’s financial future.
Blake Bianchi
Founder & CEO of Discount
Blake Bianchi is a serial entrepreneur with a strong background in Real Estate & Mortgage. He currently lives in Boise, ID with his wife and son.
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About Discount: AI-Powered mortgage platform that helps consumers get a mortgage faster, easier and for way less.
Praveen Chekuri
Co-Founder/Co-CEO of Ascend
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About Ascend: Ascend is a modern, all-in-one payments solution purpose-built for insurance
Andrew Wynn
Co-Founder/Co-CEO of Ascend
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About Ascend: Ascend is a modern, all-in-one payments solution purpose-built for insurance
Chini Krishnan
Founder & CEO of GetInsured
With more than 20 years of experience in the high technology industry, Chini Krishnan is Co-Founder and CEO of GetInsured. Prior to GetInsured, Chini most recently founded and served as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer at Valicert Inc., a leader in public-key infrastructure (PKI) validation. At Valicert, Chini served in multiple roles including running the technology and services arms and also helping to complete several acquisitions. Valicert went public in 2000 and ultimately merged with Tumbleweed Communications (NASDAQ: TMWD) in 2003. Prior to founding Valicert, Chini was Product Marketing Manager at Enterprise Integration Technologies (EIT), where he was seminally involved in releasing the world’s first secure browser. Chini holds an MS in Computer Science from Duke University and a BS also in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology.
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About Bessemer Venture Partners, GetInsured, Vimo Inc: Deliver the best health insurance ecommerce experience for consumers, employers, brokers and insurers.
Charlie Horn
Co-Founder & CEO of Genius Avenue
Charles Horn, also known as Charlie is the Founder of 5Lights, LLC and ProPrivate Equity, LLC. Mr. Horn is a Co-Founder of DirectWeb Administrative Services LLC and also serves as its Chairman. He was the founder of Medical Security Card Company, LLC (also known as ScriptSave) in 1994 and served as its President. Mr. Horn also founded HealthTrans. He served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence of the McGuire Entrepreneurship program at the Eller Business College of the University of Arizona since 2004 and in 2003 he was named an Entrepreneurial Fellow. Mr. Horn was employed by Resource Network, Bala Cynwyd, Pa From 1988 to 1994, employed by Provident American, Norristown, PA from 1985 to 1988, employed By Allnation Life Insurance Co, Wilmington, De From 1979 to 1985 and Self Employed Insurance Agent, Wilmington, De, from 1975 to 1979. He founded Horn Program in Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware in 2012. He serves as the Chairman of 5Lights, LLC and ProPrivate Equity, LLC. He serves as Chairman of Pet Genius, LLC. He served as Chairman of Medical Security Card Company, LLC from May 1994 to August 2013 and served as its Director. He has been Director of My-Villages, Inc. since June 2016. He serves as Member of Advisory Board at Leading Edge Ventures. Mr. Horn serves on the University of Arizona’s College of Pharmacy National Advisory Board. The University of Arizona McGuire Entrepreneurship Program and Tucson Regional Economic Organization both recognized him as one of the leading entrepreneurs in Arizona. Mr. Horn has been awarded the Thomas R. Brown Excellence in Entrepreneurship award and The University of Arizona McGuire/Anheuser Busch Entrepreneur-in-Residence award. He graduated from University of Delaware, with a BA Degree in 1975.
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About 5Lights, Dr Martha Hall Designs, Genius Avenue: Genius Avenue is a software company that provides tools and products that matched clients’ unique needs.
Alex Maffeo
Founder and CEO of Boost
Alex Maffeo is the CEO & Founder of Boost Insurance.
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About Boost: Boost enables innovators to build, offer, and deliver insurance products to their customers.
Munjal Shah
Co-Founder & CEO of Health Equity Labs
Munjal Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO at Health Equity Labs. Munajl was Co-founder and CEO of Riya Inc (makers of Like.com). Together with Burak Gokturk and Azhar Khan, he co-founded the company in August of 2004. Munjal is a serial entrepreneur who focuses on building companies from zero to millions in revenue. Prior to Riya he was co-founder and CEO of Andale Inc, a provider of software to eBay merchants. While he was CEO, Andale grew from 0 to double digit millions in revenue. Prior to Andale, Baan, IBM, and a startup called Blaxxun Interactive. Munjal started his career in artificial intelligence, writing software for Agouron Pharmaceuticals that predicted the efficacy of anti-HIV drugs. BusinessWeek declared Munjal one of the Top 10 up and coming CEOs in 2001. Munjal has been quoted of hundreds of magazines including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Business 2.0, and many others. Munjal has won a Demo God award for the launch of Riya (like.com) in 2006. Munjal sits on the advisor board to a number of very early stage startups including: Yousendit, Auyptima (sold to Oracle), Pubmatic, and MesmoTV. Munjal is very active in the Entrepreneurial community. In 1996 he co-founded Round Zero, a very popular networking forum during the first Internet boom. He is a charter member of TIE (The Indus Entrepreneur) in Bangalore and writes a blog sharing his experiences as an entrepreneur here http://munjal.typepad.com. He received his Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University and his Bachelors in Computer Science from the Universitay of California, San Diego.
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About Covet, Health Equity Labs, Health IQ: Develops FICO type score for health
Gregory Keough
Chief Executive Officer of Finova Financial
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About Finova Financial, Institute for Blockchain Innovation: Fast affordable online loans based on the equity in your car
Alan Schnitzer
CEO of Travelers Insurance
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About Travelers Insurance: Travelers Insurance is an insurance company, committed to keeping pace with the ever-changing needs of its customers.
Erik Beguin
Founder & CEO of Austin Capital Bank
Erik Beguin is the Founder & CEO of Austin Capital Bank.
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About Austin Capital Bank, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Board: Austin Capital Bank is a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation that offers investor real estate financing.
Erik Beguin
Founder & CEO of Austin Capital Bank
Erik Beguin is the Founder & CEO of Austin Capital Bank.
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About Austin Capital Bank, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Board: Austin Capital Bank is a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation that offers investor real estate financing.
Ato Kasymov
CEO, Co-Founder of Zentist
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About Zentist: Zentist is a dental insurance billing platform that delivers improved practice financial performance and patient affordability.
Itai Ben-Zaken
Co-Founder and CEO of Honeycomb Insurance
Itai was previously a General Manager at QuinStreet (NASDAQ: QNST – Silicon Valley based internet company) for 4 years, heading a business unit responsible for a substantial part of the company’s revenue. Before joining QuinStreet, Itai was a strategy consultant at BCG, an engineering team lead at Intel, and an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces. Itai holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Honeycomb Insurance: Honeycomb Insurance is a Commercial Real Estate Insurance Reinvented.
Snejina Zacharia
CEO & Founder of Insurify
Snejina has over 16 years of experience in entrepreneurship, building businesses across consumer internet and enterprise software. Most recently Snejina was at Gartner where she established and grew three lines of business in EMEA and USA, each with millions of dollars of annual revenue. Before that Snejina led Sales and Marketing at different technology start ups from mobile web messenger, to CRM system in the financial industry. Snejina holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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About Insurify: Insurify is a comprehensive insurance quotes comparison platform in America.
Adam Erlebacher
Co-Founder, CEO of Fabric Technologies
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About Fabric Technologies: Fabric offers a digital insurance-buying experience that is fast, affordable and easy.
Anthony Diaz
Founder and CEO of Health Hero
Anthony Diaz is Founder and CEO of Health Hero.
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About Health Hero: Health Hero enables organizations to do smart automated follow up via phone and text messages for patients and employees.
Brendan Swords
Chairman and CEO of Wellington Management
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About Wellington Management: Wellington Management focuses on investment management by applying its full resources to meet the needs of institutional clients they serve.
Carey Anne Nadeau
Founder & CEO of ODN
Carey Anne Nadeau, is founder and CEO of ODN and an award-winning MIT-trained city planner and urban data scientist. Previously she worked in the data analytics industry at the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Center. Her work has been called transformational by the Open Data Institute (UK) and MIT and has been published in numerous outlets, including: the New York Times, The Atlantic, and GovTech Magazine. She was an invited speaker at the White House Open Innovation Conference in 2016 and Insuretech Connect 2017 and 2018.
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About Loop, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ODN: ODN operates as a risk rating roads to measure the environmental hazards of driving.
Daniel Schreiber
Co-Founder & CEO of Lemonade
Daniel is a tech leader whose passion for innovation took him from startups to the Fortune 500 (and back again). As President of Powermat Daniel oversaw its transformation into an industry standard and a default feature in the world’s foremost smartphones (Samsung Galaxy), venues (Starbucks) and cars (GM). Prior to Powermat, Daniel served as SVP Corporate Marketing at Sandisk, with global responsibility for the company’s social media, press relations, 50 web and ecommerce sites and major rebranding. During the iPod’s heyday, Daniel served as SVP andGM of Sandisk’s Audio-Video business unit, attaining #1 market share worldwide after Apple, and outselling all other brands combined. Daniel joined SanDisk via the $1.6B acquisition of msystems, where he served as VP Marketing and BD. He was co-founder and CEO of Alchemedia Inc., a content security software company, and began his career as a corporate-commercial attorney. Today Daniel is CEO & cofounder of Lemonade, the insurance carrier built on AI and Behavioral Economics.
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About Lemonade: Lemonade operates as a full-stack insurance company powered by AI and behavioral economics and driven by social good.
Dan Houston
President and CEO of Principal Financial Group
Dan Houston is the President and CEO at Principal Financial Group.
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About Principal Financial Group, Principal Financial Group: Principal Financial Group provides retirement savings, investment, and insurance products and services worldwide.
Benjamin Madick
Co-Founder & CEO of Matic Insurance
Ben Madick is the Co-founder and CEO of Matic Insurance, a digital P&C insurance marketplace.
Prior to Matic, Ben co-founded MQMR, a firm that performs compliance risk management and audit support to mortgage lenders and banks of all sizes.
He currently serves as an advisor to MQMR providing high-level, strategic direction. Ben spent his early career with Bank of America Correspondent Lending, where he managed relationships with large independent mortgage lenders throughout the nation.
Additionally, Ben is an angel investor and advisor to other early-stage startups, primarily in the insurance and fintech space.
Ben has been recognized as a National Mortgage Professional Magazine 40 under 40 recipient and has received the HousingWire Vanguard Award for outstanding industry contributions. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Arizona.
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About Matic Insurance: Matic is a technology driven insurance agency disrupting the homeowners insurance space by integrating with mortgage lenders.
Bruce D. Broussard
President and Chief Executive Officer of Humana
Bruce Broussard was appointed by Humana’s Board of Directors as President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2013. Under Bruce’s leadership, Humana is creating an integrated care delivery model that is expected to drive lower costs, enhanced quality, improved outcomes and a better member experience. With its holistic approach to members’ health, Humana is well-positioned to fulfill its aspiration to help people achieve lifelong well-being. Bruce joined Humana as President in December 2011. He brings to Humana a wide range of executive leadership experience in publicly traded and private organizations within a variety of healthcare sectors, including oncology, pharmaceuticals, assisted living/senior housing, home care, physician practice management, surgical centers, and dental networks. Prior to joining Humana, Bruce was Chief Executive Officer of McKesson Specialty/US Oncology, Inc. US Oncology was purchased by McKesson in December 2010. At US Oncology, Bruce served in a number of senior executive roles, including Chief Financial Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Bruce also plays a leadership role in key business advocacy organizations. He is a member of the Business Roundtable and a member of the Board of Directors of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), also serving on AHIP’s Executive Committee.
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About Humana: Humana creates innovative solutions and resources that help people with their healthcare needs.
Andrew Jernigan
CEO of Insured Nomads
Co- Founder & CEO of Insured Nomads, an insurance distribution company providing insurance for travel.
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About Insured Nomads, Insured Nomads Underwriting: Provider of advanced-tech enabled protection for the future of work and travel.
Steven A Kandarian
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer & VP CIO of MetLife
Steven A. Kandarian is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), a leading provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs to approximately 100 million customers in nearly 50 markets around the world. He became president and CEO on May 1, 2011 and chairman of the board of directors on January 1, 2012. For 2015, MetLife had nearly $70 billion in revenue. The company ranked 40th on the most recent FORTUNE 500®. Kandarian joined MetLife in April 2005 as executive vice president and chief investment officer (CIO). From 2007 to 2012, he also led MetLife’s enterprise-wide strategy, which identified key areas of focus for the company. His direction contributed to MetLife’s global expansion and led to significant cost savings as well as efforts to address the insurance needs of the underserved U.S. middle market. Kandarian earned his B.A. from Clark University, J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About MetLife: MetLife is a provider of insurance, employee benefits, and financial services .
