InsurTech FUSION Summit | Rise of a Digital Insurance Industry | Life, Health, Personal & Commercial Lines 2.0 | MAR 20-21 | 2019 | San Francisco |

InsurTech FUSION 2019 – All Speakers

Michael P. Curran

Michael P. Curran

Senior Advisor

Life Epigenetics

Involved in company strategy for vertical market development, legal, operating infrastructure and product development.

Denise Garth SVIA Member Seal

Denise Garth

SVP - Strategic Marketing, Industry Relations and Innovation

Majesco

Deeply experienced strategist, passionate about connecting insurance to future customers.

Krishna Kumar SVIA Member Seal

Krishna Kumar

CEO & Founder

AppOrchid Inc

Visionary and International award winner, revolutionizing Cognitive Computing, Machine Learning & the “Internet of Everything” markets.

Robert Barkovich

Robert Barkovich

Founder

Health Linkages

Focused on Blockchain and security technology, particularly in the healthcare and life science verticals.

Simha Sadasiva

Simha Sadasiva

CEO & Co-Founder

USHUR

Entrepreneur focused on real-time interactions in Eligibility, Claims, & Retention using micro-engagment tech for frictionless interactions.

Matthew Holt
MODERATOR

Matthew Holt

President

SMACK.Health

Working as Advisor for health tech startups, and founder of Health 2.0 conference showcasing frontier technologies in health care.

Josh Levine SVIA Member Seal

Josh Levine

Founder / CEO

Cake & Arrow

Design Visionary Helping Insurance Use Design Thinking To Transform Products & Organizations.

Naresh Raheja SVIA Member Seal

Naresh Raheja

VP, Analytics; Head, Insurance & Financial Services

ScoreData

Senior leader with a passion for and extensive background in data science and insurance risk modeling.

Jane Wang

Jane Wang

CEO

Optimity

Proactive health evangelist; data science nerd using behavioral science to foster healthy mental and physical lives.

Stephen Brandt

Stephen Brandt

Senior Vice President of Sales

Vitech Systems Group, Inc.

20+ years in insurance technology. Working with industry thought leaders, groups and analysts on strategies that lead the industry forward.

Saima Shaukat

Saima Shaukat

Chief Revenue Officer

Applied Systems ( Formerly Tech Canary)

Deeply respected Exec w/ an intimate understanding of the strategies and technologies required to grow an effective ecosystem.

Jason Griswold

Jason Griswold

Co-Founder & COO

rein.ai

Innovator, entrepreneur, mentor & drone pilot, connecting insurance to the physical world digitally.

Jason Andrew SVIA Member Seal

Jason Andrew

CEO / Founder

Limelight Health

Startup entrepreneur working to solve big problems in health insurance, health education and wellness.

David Baxter SVIA Member Seal

David Baxter

President

iMitig8RISK

Global risk engineer and innovator, creating a Real Time, SaaS based Construction Risk Management Platform for insurers

Chad Barczuk SVIA Member Seal

Chad Barczuk

VP of Technology and Innovation

Insuresoft

Passionate technologist and innovator committed to accelerating adoption of rapid application and best practices in InsurTech.

Kevin Kerridge SVIA Member Seal

Kevin Kerridge

EVP Direct & Partnership Division

Hiscox

A customer centric pioneer in direct to small business insurance committed to defining the next generation of SMB insurance.

Eric Sondergeld
MODERATOR

Eric Sondergeld

Corporate VP

Limra

Conducting & leading research on a variety of strategic topics in Life Insurance.

Blair Baldwin

Blair Baldwin

CEO

Quilt

Changing annuities with a startup within Mass Mutual. Experienced entrepreneur holding executive roles at Goji and Daybreak.

Stephen Jass

Stephen Jass

CEO

LS Hub

Life settlements expert in funding and leading a general agency. Focused on transforming life settlements.

Jon Cooper

Jon Cooper

Co-founder & CEO

Life.io

Entrepreneur working to help people make better decisions to take care of themselves, to engage more and live a healthier more active life!

Nick Lamparelli
MODERATOR

Nick Lamparelli

Co-Founder

reThough Insurance

Chief Underwriting Officer of reThought Insurance and Partner at Insurance Nerds.

Marik Brockman SVIA Member Seal

Marik Brockman

VP, Strategy & Partnerships

CSAA

Charting strategic growth in a quickly evolving landscape including innovation and partnerships.

Philippe Lafreniere

Philippe Lafreniere

Chief Growth Officer

Slice

Over 25 years in the insurance industry Lafreniere is focused on helping communicate and evangelize Slice’s vision of Insurance Corrected.

Jeff Berezny

Jeff Berezny

Head of Global Product, Marketing & Design

Trov

Intrapreneur responsible for Marketing & Design initiatives across the Trov portfolio of Insurance Technology products.

Jeremy Snyder

Jeremy Snyder

COO

Avinew

Senior Exec bringing 10 years of passion and experience in reinventing industries from Tesla to insurance for autonomous vehicles.

Ilya Bodner

Ilya Bodner

CEO

Bold Penguin

Entrepreneur taking on the insurance industry helping businesses, agents & carriers streamline the commercial insurance experience.

Faris Gammoh

Faris Gammoh

CEO

Newton Insurance

Entrepreneur, CEO, and past investment and consulting professional passionate about making insurance simple & accessible.

Hari Srinivasan

Hari Srinivasan

CEO

Nimoniks

Rare mix of tech & business acumen. Visionary, entrepreneur w deep knowledge of AI Blockchain and Analytics.

John Cammarata

John Cammarata

Co-Founder

InsurLife.io

Tech guru using AI to bring instantaneous Contextual Buying experiences to insurance.

Zeeshan Zia, Ph.D

Zeeshan Zia, Ph.D

Founder and CEO

Retrocausal AI

Top thought leader and author on computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars.

Shelly Klose

Shelly Klose

Founder

TrueFlood Risk

Author: Beyond Big Data: Big Insights in Small Data. Vast experience in qualitative & quantitative research including data analytics.

Tatyana Kuva

Tatyana Kuva

Head of Design

LeapLife

John Fohr

John Fohr

Co-Founder

TrustLayer

Entrepreneur helping companies verify insurance coverage using a blockchain technology to track information between companies.

Stacey Brown
MODERATOR

Stacey Brown

Founder

InsurTech Hartford

Insurance tech exec who jumpstarted Hartford's InsurTech community by launching the InsurTech Hartford platform.

Ron Glozman

Ron Glozman

Founder & CEO

Chisel.ai

Entrepreneur setting the Vision & Strategic Direction for AI in the Insurance space.

Roman Geyzer

Roman Geyzer

Sr. Director of Product, CX Activation

Northwestern Mutual

Entrepreneur and product leader helping companies build innovative digital experiences.

Armand Ferranti

Armand Ferranti

Partner

Accelerate / AXA XL

Working as a part of AXA LX's innovation team.

Ted Chen

Ted Chen

Co-Founder

LifeApps

Experienced entrepreneur with degrees in business law, now committed to saving lifes by harnessing technology to reduce distracted driving

Ron Shalit

Ron Shalit

Founder

Supportomate

Leader is chatbots and process automation. Bringing experience from banking to solve insurance challenges.

Nick Macey

Nick Macey

Founder

Uncharted

Leader in Insurance distribution technology with a focus on crafting beautiful customer experiences.

Lisa Harris

Lisa Harris

Co-Founder

Insure My Work Comp

Experienced insurance leader with a career that spans life, benefits, P&C lines, and training.

Trevor Gary

Trevor Gary

CEO

Micruity

Entrepreneur dedicated to minimizing the stress related to saving for retirement.

Samantha Chow SVIA Member Seal

Samantha Chow

Senior Life and Annuities Analyst

Aite Group

Strategy architect with proven ability to synthesize research data into meaningful, actionable insights.

Jay Sarzen SVIA Member Seal

Jay Sarzen

Senior P&C Analyst

Aite Group

Thought leader, Analyst & Executive passionate about linking technology to growth opportunities and strategies.

Anthony Grosso

Anthony Grosso

VP Product Marketing & Industry Strategy

EIS Group, Ltd

Leading innovation, business dev & product management with all life cycles for insurance carriers, financial services & software companies.

Manish Shah SVIA Member Seal

Manish Shah

President & Chief Product Officer

Majesco

Innovator leader driving strategic vision and innovation for next gen core systems.

Sri Ramaswamy SVIA Member Seal

Sri Ramaswamy

Founder and CEO

infinilytics

Data Science entrepreneur, passionately using big data and next gen analytics to place customer experience and trust at the center of the claims process.

Olek Shestakov SVIA Member Seal

Olek Shestakov

CEO & Co-Founder

Livegenic

Passionate entrepreneur and insurance innovator; Experienced leader focused on product excellence, strategic technologies and customer success

Dan Gumpright

Dan Gumpright

VP, Head of Insurance

Truepic, Inc.

Entrepreneur with significant experience building & developing software for the insurance industry.

Leandro DalleMule

Leandro DalleMule

General Manager, North America

Planck

Former AIG Chief Data Officer, now focused on providing most sophisticated AI platform for commercial insurers.

Chuck Sutton

Chuck Sutton

Director, Life and Annuity Solutions | Product

CUNA Mutual Group

Leads ideation, development of new Life insurance products including product design & automated underwriting solutions.

Commissioner Ricardo Lara

Ricardo Lara

California Insurance Commissioner

California Department of Insurance

Newly elected CA State Insurance Commissioner focused on helping protect consumer rights and addressing climate change and property safety.

Subarna Bhattacharyya SVIA Member Seal

Subarna Bhattacharyya

CEO

Climformatics

Visionary entrepreneur using data to travel through time to help the world understand and protect itself from the impacts of climate change

Brian Benn

Brian Benn

Principal

Environmental Risk & Financial Solutions

Mapping environmental scientific and technical data onto business operational and financial parameters for transactions and asset management.

Janet Ruiz SVIA Member Seal

Janet Ruiz

Director, Strategic Communication

Insurance Information Institute

Thought leader & spokesperson managing high impact campaigns to improve relationships between the public, insurance, and government.

Shawn Hanson SVIA Member Seal
MODERATOR

Shawn Hanson

Partner

Akin Gump

Head of InsurTech Practice for one of the world's most prestigious law firms. Deep litigation experience in claims & regulatory litigation.

Deanna Johnston

Deanna Johnston

General Counsel and Vice President Compliance & Human Resources

Embroker

InsurTech GC committed to using technology to advance the legal and insurance industries.

Terry Dunlap

Terry Dunlap

Co-Founder

ReFirm Labs

Bringing a hacker mentality to helping companies detect and protect against IoT level cyber threats.

Rich Young

Rich Young

CEO

LegalMaps

I nudge clients toward compliance & away from corruption. I guide client litigation & regulatory challenges in service of strategic goals.

Khurram Chaudry

Khurram Chaudry

Co-Founder & CEO

SecureHome

Entrepreneur developing & implementing IOT Cyber Security strategies & Risk Management frameworks & Secure Technology Solutions.

Avi Tuschman

Avi Tuschman

CEO

Pinpoint Predictive

Expert on the science of heritable personality traits. Research covered in media from 24 countries, including the NY Times.

Kevin Leslie SVIA Member Seal

Kevin Leslie

Insurance Vertical Marketing Lead

Equifax

Strategic leader developing new InsurTech market data solutions & partnerships.

Gerald Chiddick SVIA Member Seal

Gerald Chiddick

Vice President, Marketing

Amerisure

Strategic & Operational Digital Marketing Leader in Underwriting, Product Development, Business Process.

Hrishi Talwar SVIA Member Seal

Hrishi Talwar

Mobile Strategy Leader | Digital Identity

Equifax

Exec building & launching enterprise/consumer product solutions from ground-up, commercializing & creating net positive revenue & value.

Kevin Stein

Kevin Stein

CEO

Delos

Expert Space and InsurTech startups, large and small spacecraft design with an MS from Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Vivian Li SVIA Member Seal

Vivian Li

Principal, Corporate Venture Capital & Labs

Avanta Ventures - CSAA Insurance Group

Technology innovation focus with operational strategy background.

Patrick Klas

Patrick Klas

Associate at American Family Ventures

American Family Ventures

Manage team & source deals.

Dan Peate

Dan Peate

Managing Director

Peate Ventures

Founder of Peate Ventures, Avinew and Hixme. Current CEO of Avinew & Managing Director of Peate Ventures. Previously at A.J. Gallagher & Aon.

RIch Grant

RIch Grant

Founder & Managing Director

Touchdown Ventures

VC using his deep knowledge in corporate development to help companies drive innovation and growth through internal venturing.

Edward Ossie SVIA Member Seal

Edward Ossie

Chief Operating Officer

Majesco

Exceptional senior executive with deep experience in successfully driving growth strategies and guiding M&A activities.

Euan King

Euan King

EVP Business Development, US

Instanda

Global Executive with 30+ years in insurance and a passionate innovator and Mentor to Insurtech's.

Ravi Krishnam

Ravi Krishnam

CIO & SVP, Digital Innovation

Woodruff Sawyer

Head of innovation driving new tech enabled brokerage models. 20+ yrs. incubating, growing, architecting & leading insurance transformation.

Salvador Rochin

Salvador Rochin

CEO

Napify

Founder gamifying safe driving by rewarding using for good behavior with their phones.

Daniel Weisman

Daniel Weisman

Co-Founder

Motion Auto

Data junkie who thinks in model. Leader of startup full-stack auto insurer.

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