The Speakers
Our line-up of guest speakers has been crafted to ensure that Summit attendees gain the most valuable and relevant knowledge that the industry has to offer.
Some of the many respected speakers who'll be joining us at E celerate 2023 include:
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Dame Inga Beale
Former CEO of Lloyd's of London
Dame Inga Beale is an experienced business leader having spent nearly four decades in financial services. From 2014 to 2018 her final executive role was as CEO of Lloyd’s of London. She now has a portfolio of non-executive roles as Chair of Mediclinic International plc, independent board member of Crawford & Company, NN Group, and of WTW.
During her 5 year tenure at the 330-year-old financial institution of Lloyd’s, Dame Inga took on many of the traditions that had held the organisation back. She modernised the market with the introduction of technology and, understanding the vital importance of inclusion in the workplace, she challenged the traditional “boys club” culture to make it a much more inclusive environment for all.
Keynote:
Dame Inga Beale
Former CEO of Lloyd's of London
Christina Colby
Chief Customer Officer, Guidewire
Christina Colby
Chief Customer Officer,
Guidewire
As Guidewire’s Chief Customer Officer, Christina helps customers to realize optimal value through their journey with Guidewire. Previously, Christina led cloud sales strategy globally at Guidewire, leveraging her commercial and operational cloud experience. She brings deep consulting knowledge to Guidewire programs as well as SaaS proficiency from her 15 years at Capgemini.
Christina also spent four years on the executive
leadership team of Virtustream, the mission-critical cloud company of Dell Technologies.
David Cummings
SVP, Chief Actuary & Head of Analytics, USAA
David Cummings serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary, leading USAA’s Property and Casualty Insurance Actuary and Analytics group. His leadership brings together the actuarial science and analytics disciplines to further accelerate their pace in delivering advanced and predictive analytics.
Prior to joining USAA, David served as Senior Vice President of Insurance Operations and Analytics for ISO where he was responsible for insurance programs in personal lines, and for the development of new analytic products including the ISO Risk Analyzer suite. Before working for ISO, David was the Director of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for State Farm Insurance Companies.
David Cummings
SVP, Chief Actuary & Head of Analytics,
USAA
Kelly Cusick
Managing Director,
Deloitte Consulting LLP & US
Kelly has more than 25 years of insurance consulting experience across a variety of personal, commercial, and specialty lines. She is a credentialed property and casualty actuary and is a leader in Deloitte’s Actuarial & Insurance Solutions practice.
Kelly advises clients on strategic initiatives related to underwriting, product management, and actuarial functions. She has led a variety of projects including insurance product strategy and competitive analysis, operating model transformation, business and technology capability assessments, and product architecture and business requirements for system integrations.
Kelly Cusick
Managing Director,
Deloitte Consulting LLP & US
Steffen Emde
Non-Life Pricing Actuary, VKB Group
Steffen Emde is an experienced Non-Life Actuary working in Motor Insurance. He joined VKB in 2017 as part of a trainee programme and has been working in Motor Insurance Pricing since 2018.
As an Earnix user from the start, he helped launch the initial Earnix-based products at VKB and has been working with Earnix on a daily basis since.
He holds a Master's degree in Mathematical Finance and Actuarial Science from the Technical University of Munich.
Steffen Emde
Non-Life Pricing Actuary,
VKB Group
Tomasz Klukowski
Head of Products, Sollers
Tomasz Klukowski
Head of Products,
Sollers
Tomasz Klukowski has over 20 years of experience in Financial Services industry. He currently serves as the Head of Products at Sollers Consulting, a global insurance focused IT consultancy with a track record of many successful core system implementations.
Bernard Marr
Futurist, Influencer & Thought Leader
Bernard Marr is one of the world’s most highly respected experts when it comes to future trends, strategy, business performance, digital transformation and the intelligent use of data and AI in business. In that capacity he has worked with and advised many of the world’s best-known organisations including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Astra Zeneca, The Bank of England, BP, NVIDIA, Cisco, DHL, IBM, HPE, Ericsson, Jaguar Land Rover, Mars, The Ministry of Defence, NATO, The Home Office, NHS, Oracle, T-Mobile, Toyota, The Royal Air Force, Shell, The United Nations, Walgreens Alliance Boots, Walmart, among many others.
He is the author of 20 books and hundreds of high profile reports and articles. His books have been translated into over 20 languages and have earned numerous Amazon No 1 bestselling positions, won the 2022 Business Book of the Year award, the CMI Management Book of the Year award, the Axiom book award and the WHSmith best business book award.
Keynote: Bernard Marr
Futurist, Influencer &
Thought Leader
Katarzyna Pietrzak
Director of Product Pricing, PKO Ubezpieczenia
Senior actuarial professional with over 27 years of job experience in large multinational financial groups and small insurance companies in Poland. In the past, performing the Chief Actuary function, led risk management, product and underwriting teams and, for the last ten years, managed pricing teams in insurance companies. Responsible for implementation of online pricing in the second largest non-life insurance company in the Polish market (Warta), being part of the Warta Digital project, co-leading "Pricing and Price Optimization" training in Aviva Quantum University (internal courses for actuaries and data scientists).
At my current position in PKO Ubezpieczenia, responsible for pricing and data exchange with a bank, co-leading project of introducing new digital insurance products to the bank.
Katarzyna Pietrzak
Director of Product Pricing,
PKO Ubezpieczenia
Ruben Santos
EVP & Chief Technical Officer,
MAPFRE USA
Ruben Santos serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for MAPFRE USA.
For the past ~13 years, Ruben has been leading significant business and operational leadership roles in the US for MAPFRE, a Spanish multinational insurance group.
Before his current role, Ruben has held different roles and positions, which include Regional Manager Western Region, Regional Manager of North America at MAPFRE Asistencia NA - a subsidiary of MAPFRE Corporation, after that, he was the EVP of IT & Operations at MAPFRE USA.
Ruben holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Actuarial Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Ruben Santos
EVP & Chief Technical Officer,
MAPFRE USA
Elmarie van Zyl-Kotze
Head: Personal Lines Pricing,
Hollard Insurance
Elmarie heads up the personal lines pricing team at Hollard – South Africa’s largest privately-owned insurance group. With more than 15 years’ actuarial experience, Elmarie is passionate about finding simple solutions in the complex short-term insurance industry. Using data-driven analysis and statistical modelling techniques she keeps Hollard’s products competitive, whilst adhering to sound risk underwriting and placing partners and customers at the heart of everything she does. With all of the above – and her contagious passion and colourful personality – Elmarie enables brokers to manage their portfolios effectively, thereby contributing to Hollard’s partnership philosophy.
Elmarie van Zyl-Kotze
Head: Personal Lines Pricing,
Hollard Insurance
Reuven Shnaps, Ph.D.
Chief Analytics Officer, Earnix
As the company’s Chief Analytics Officer, Reuven Shnaps leads the Earnix Analytics organization. In his role Reuven oversees Earnix product roadmap management and directs the company’s analytics strategy, as well as research and delivery for Earnix customers worldwide. Reuven has spent more than 20 years developing and analyzing advanced statistical and economic models. Over his 10+ years at Earnix, he has gained extensive experience in crafting analytical solutions, and managing and implementing pricing & analytical projects for leading financial institutions around the globe. Prior to joining Earnix, Reuven worked in the economic and statistical consulting group at Deloitte & Touche in the United States, serving corporate clients across multiple industries. He holds a PhD and a master of arts in economics from The University of Pennsylvania and a master of arts in business economics and a bachelor of arts in economics and statistics from Bar Ilan University.
Reuven Shnaps, Ph.D.
Chief Analytics Officer,
Earnix
Will Murphy
VP Global Technology Alliances, Guidewire
Will comes to Guidewire with more than a decade of sales and alliance experience working with large enterprises across the data and security markets. Most recently, Will led business development and alliances at two cloud “unicorns:” Astronomer (the Airflow company) and BigID (the leader in data intelligence and privacy). Will manage both companies’ strategy and distribution with vendors such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, core system providers (SAP), as well as systems integrators and smaller ISVs. As an early adopter and evangelist of cloud and partner marketplaces, Will has helped drive significant revenue through these go-to-market efforts. Previously, Will was a key player in the successful sales of two VC-backed companies.
Will is a captain in the United States Marine Corps Reserve where he serves as an infantry officer and engagement manager in the Marine Innovation Unit. Will earned his MBA at NYU Stern School of Business.
Will Murphy
VP Global Technology Alliances,
Guidewire
Ron Richman
Chief Actuary, Old Mutual Insure
Ron Richman is Chief Actuary at Old Mutual Insure, where he is responsible for oversight of all actuarial activities in the OMI Group. Ron is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA), holds practicing certificates in Short Term Insurance and Life Insurance from ASSA, and a Masters of Philosophy in Actuarial Science, with distinction, from the University of Cape Town. He chairs the Actuarial Society of South Africa’s Climate Change committee and is a member of the ASTIN Board.
Ron Richman
Chief Actuary,
Old Mutual Insure
Dr. Jiří Střelický
CEO, CSOB
Jiří Střelický became the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of CSOB Insurance on 1 December 2018, having previously held the position of a member of the Board of Directors responsible for the management of the Life and Non-Life Insurance Division in this company since 2016. Before that he work as a board member in Generali group in the Czech Republic since 2011 and Poland since 2009. He also gained valuable experience at McKinsey, where he started his business career in 2005. He graduated with a master's degree in Discrete Mathematics at the Masaryk University in Brno. M.A. degrees and Ph.D. in Economic Theory helds from CERGE-EI in Prague. During Ph.D. studies he had study stay at the University of Berkeley and also at the University of Bonn.
Dr. Jiří Střelický
Chief Executive Officer,
CSOB
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Robin Gilthorpe
Chief Executive Officer, Earnix
Robin Gilthorpe, a veteran of the financial services sector, has 25 years of experience as a successful business leader. During his career, he has held executive and board leadership roles at technology and insurance companies, including TIBCO, Software AG, DataSynapse and ESW Capital. In his most recent role, Gilthorpe served as founding Chief Operating Officer of Salty, the pioneer of embedded insurance.
He graduated with a degree in Economics and Italian Studies from Lancaster University, and was selected as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
Robin Gilthorpe
Chief Executive Officer,
Earnix
David Howland
Chief Marketing Officer, Earnix
David Howland has over 20 years of experience crafting compelling brand stories and serving as a dynamic evangelist and thought leader. He has a successful track record of driving accelerated revenue and measurable impact through strategic initiatives across multiple industries and customer segments.
As CMO of Earnix, David is responsible for extending awareness and adoption of Earnix’s compelling value proposition into new and existing markets while promoting the success of its customers. Previously, David led the global brand and digital marketing for Nasdaq, helping drive its growth and transition from a traditional financial services company into a FinTech pioneer.
David holds an MA from the University of Oregon and a BA from the College of Wooster.
David Howland
Chief Marketing Officer,
Earnix
Dr. Felix Naumann
Non-Life Pricing Actuary, VKB Group
Dr. Felix Naumann
Non-Life Pricing Actuary,
VKB Group
Felix Naumann works as a Non-Life Actuary at VKB group. He joined the Motor Insurance Pricing team in 2021 and has been working with Earnix extensively since then.
As a specialist in predictive modelling and big data applications, he has helped advance the integration of machine learning models and the automisation of modelling processes.
He holds Master's degrees in Statistics and Psychology and a Ph.D. in Mathematical Psychology from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.
Ava Carolina Rodríguez Solis
Head of Pricing, Product and Underwriting of Motor Insurance, Seguros Banorte
Ava Carolina Rodríguez Solis
Head of Pricing, Product and Underwriting of Motor Insurance, Seguros Banorte
Head of Motor Insurance at Seguros Banorte with over 20 years of experience in the insurance sector. With a focus on pricing, development, implementation, and regulatory compliance, is responsible for a diverse range of motor insurance products. Since 2015, has been collaborating with the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS) to drive growth in the industry. As Vice-President of the Motor committee and President of the Motor technical committee, is at the forefront of innovation and progress in the field.
An actuary from the prestigious Faculty of Sciences at the Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM.
Jeremy Tilson
Senior Manager, Direct Customer Pricing,
Lloyds Banking Group
Jeremy’s career in insurance began 33 years ago as an overseas trainee with Gerling, based in Cologne. He has worked in various pricing roles over the last 20 years within Lloyds Banking Group, and currently leads the team which sets the street prices for Home Insurance. He is passionate about balancing great commercial outcomes with the ongoing refinement of customer treatment strategy.
Jeremy Tilson
Senior Manager, Direct Customer Pricing,
Lloyds Banking Group
Erez Barak
Chief Technology Officer, Earnix
Erez Barak is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience in building high performing engineering teams and breakthrough products. Over the course of his career, he has held leadership roles at Microsoft and HP as well as co-founding Optify, a marketing software startup that was acquired by Marketo. Erez is dedicated to nurturing employees’ passion for creating innovative technologies and engaging product experiences that deliver customer value. His approach to team building is rooted in trust building, open communication, customer obsession and a growth mindset.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Math as well-as an MBA from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Erez Barak
Chief Technology Officer,
Earnix
Osnat Yanushevsky Yacoby
Chief Customer Officer, Earnix
Osnat has over 20 years of experience in running complex and multi-million-dollar operations around the globe (US, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Israel). She held leadership positions within the Banking, FinTech and Retail technology industries. Starting her career in 1996 at Thomson Reuters, she took on various program management positions in the United States and Israel.
Osnat worked at Israel Discount Bank as the Treasury Technology Solutions manager transforming the Bank trading room to use cutting edge technology. In 2008, she took the role of Director for Finantix, heading APAC Professional Services Singapore, leading global wealth management and regulation programs for banks in the Asia Pacific region. In 2012 she was appointed as Trax Technologies COO, establishing the Company operations unit.
Osnat holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, New York.
Osnat Yanushevsky Yacoby
Chief Customer Officer,
Earnix
Aaron Wright
Director of Strategy, Earnix
Aaron is the Director of Strategy at Earnix. Utilizing his insurance expertise, Aaron sets the company strategy and works with global insurance companies to modernize their insurance technology stack. Prior to joining Earnix in 2021, Aaron worked as an Executive at United Services Automobile Association (USAA). During his 20 years with USAA, he held multiple roles, including Pricing, State Management, Catastrophe Management, Comparative Pricing and Analysis, and leading a Modeling Center of Excellence.
Aaron graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Statistics. He also has a Master of Science in Data and Analytics from UTSA. He is an AIR Certified Catastrophe Modeler, a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, and a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Aaron Wright
Director of Strategy,
Earnix
Gil Nechusthai
Director of Product Management, Earnix
Gil Nechushtai has over 20 years of experience delivering advanced solutions in global financial services and retail industries. As Director of Products at Earnix, he leads the Price-It product management team, driving strategy, roadmap development, and delivery. Previously, Gil served as VP of Product, CPG at Trax Retail, specializing in computer vision AI solutions for the retail industry. He also held a leadership role at ICE (SuperDerivatives), developing risk management and trading solutions for derivatives market players.
Gil holds an MBA in Finance and Technology Management from the Haifa University and a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems from the Technion
Gil Nechusthai
Director of Product Management,
Earnix
Troy Smith
Director of Product Solutions, Earnix
Troy holds the role of Director of Product Solutions at Earnix, where he serves as the foremost Subject Matter Expert within the product group. His primary focus revolves around shaping the direction of rating implementations and integration strategies.
With a career spanning over two decades in the insurance industry, Troy brings a wealth of experience in Rating, Integration, Design, and Delivery of large-scale P&C Insurance applications. His journey into the insurance sector commenced in 1999, following a successful tenure as a hardware design engineer at prominent companies such as Alcatel, Nortel, and Motorola.
Troy's entrepreneurial spirit shines through as he co-founded and developed the Insbridge rating and underwriting solution, ultimately leading to its acquisition by Oracle in 2008.
Educationally, Troy holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina A&T, complemented by a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Southern University. He and his family call the Dallas area their home, where he resides with his wife and four children.
Troy Smith
Director of Product Solutions,
Earnix
Boris Pritsker
Applied Data Scientist, Earnix
Bringing more than 15 years of diverse experience in data science, Boris Pritsker joined Earnix in 2023 as Applied Data Science Manager. Prior to joining Earnix, Boris served as Innovation Research Group Lead at Pagaya where he spearheaded the establishment of a new insurtech initiative, navigating the complexities of the insurance space and assembling comprehensive data sources for optimized risk modeling and strategic decision-making. At Earnix, Boris harnesses his in-depth understanding of software engineering and data science, aiming to translate complex business objectives into efficient, value-driven solutions. Boris holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees from Tel Aviv University in Mathematics & Computer Science and Physics.
Boris Pritsker
Applied Data Scientist,
Earnix
Oren Kohavi
Head of Knowledge and SME, Earnix
Oren Kohavi, an expert data scientist, serves as the Head of Knowledge and Subject Matter Expert (SME) at Earnix. With a wealth of experience, Oren specializes in implementing cutting-edge analytical, optimization, and integration performed by Earnix across the world.
Before joining Earnix, Oren worked as a statistical consultant at G-Stat in Europe, where he provided services to financial institutions, focused on developing statistical models for credit risk and churn.
Oren holds a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Economics from the Jerusalem Hebrew University and a Master degree in Finance Mathematics from Bar-Ilan University.
Oren Kohavi
Head of Knowledge and SME,
Earnix
Yuval Ben Dror
Applied Data Scientist, Earnix
Yuval joined Earnix in 2021 as a member of the Analytics team. In his position as an algorithm developer and applied data scientist, Yuval plays a pivotal role in designing and developing cutting-edge analytical features. Notably, he spearheaded the development of Auto-GLM and takes a significant role in the development of Dynamic Monitor.
Yuval holds a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Open University of Israel.
Yuval Ben Dror
Applied Data Scientist,
Earnix
Drew Lawyer
Global Director, Solutions Engineering, Earnix
Drew leads the Solutions Engineering practice at Earnix globally. Drew leads the customer facing teams accountable for designing technology solutions, analytical solutions, and business consultation. He started his career with Earnix in 2013 and has successfully delivered pricing, analytical, and technology implementation projects at many of the largest insurers globally. In addition to project delivery, Drew has a variety of experience with Earnix in the fields of Advanced Analytics, Risk Modeling, Automation, and Pricing Process Efficiency.
Prior to leading the Solutions Engineering division at Earnix, Drew worked at COUNTRY Financial where he served as Head of Property Casualty R&D. At COUNTRY, Additionally, Drew served in an advisory role consulting on strategic initiatives such as core system replacement and data strategy design.
Drew Lawyer
Global Director, Solutions Engineering, Earnix
Hen Fridman
Analytics Solutions Engineer, Earnix
As the leader of the Solutions Engineering team in EMEA, Hen is responsible for managing Earnix insurance solutions efforts in the international market, covering aspects from planning, delivery, desiging and hands-on evaluation exercises supporting the analytical process. Hen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Operations Research from Tel Aviv-University school of mathematics. She is fluent at Hebrew, English, Russian and Ukrainian.
Hen Fridman
Analytics Solutions Engineer,
Earnix
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Yaron Lavie
Vice President of Products, Earnix
Yaron has over 15 years of experience in delivering and defining advanced solutions for financial institutions worldwide. As VP Products, Yaron leads the product management team, responsible for product strategy, roadmap and definition. Before joining Earnix, Yaron was Founder and CEO of Pareto Pulse, a company that developed, marketed and sold predictive analytics solutions to global financial institutions. At Pareto Pulse, Yaron oversaw the entire product development cycle, starting from the idea phase through design, development and delivery and overseeing sales, marketing, business development and product development.
He holds an MBA degree in Finance and Technology Management from Tel Aviv University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Yaron is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program of the IDF.
Yaron Lavie
Vice President of Products,
Earnix
Doug Wing
Head of Professional Services, North America,
Earnix
Doug is the Head of Professional Services for North America and has been an insurance professional for 20 years on both the carrier and vendor side. He began his career at Liberty Mutual, occupied several leadership roles at ISO/Verisk Analytics, and has consulted with hundreds of carriers in pricing, underwriting, data, and predictive analytics in the US, UK, and Ireland.
Doug Wing
Head of Professional Services,
North America, Earnix
Brad Middleton
Director Pricing and Rating, Deloitte Canada
Brad is a Director at Deloitte and leads Deloitte’s Pricing and Rating transformation offering. Brad has been supporting clients their pricing transformation journeys, helping enable clients to build the capabilities to bring more sophistication into their pricing and rating.
Brad Middleton
Director Pricing and Rating,
Deloitte Canada
Luba Orlovsky
Analytical Research Lead, Earnix
Luba Orlovsky is the Analytical Research Lead at Earnix, a global provider of intelligent, composable, SaaS solutions for insurers and banks. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering and a Master of Science in operations research from the Israel Institute of Technology. During her career she’s held different analytics related roles in several companies, from algorithm developer and market analyst to head of analytics in the customer experience department and analytical research lead today in Earnix.
Luba Orlovsky
Analytical Research Lead,
Earnix
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Avi Yaacov
Product Manager, Earnix
Avi is the Product Manager for Earnix's Analytical Innovation initiative, overseeing the development of analytical products from initial ideas to final implementation. With over fifteen years in the industry, Avi has gained business analytics, machine learning, and product management expertise. He also founded an insuretech startup focusing on proactive analytics and data mining. Avi holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Psychology from the Open University, graduating magna cum laude. He values the integration of machine learning in refining data-driven strategies.