【Sqoop】Big Data and Analytics in Insurance - Reactions.pdf

Reactions logo here Big Data and Analytics in Insurance Thursday, 9 August 2012 Matthew Josefowicz, Novarica Frank Diana, TCS Facilitated by: Michael Loney, Reactions Magazine Matthew Josefowicz, Novarica Matthew Josefowicz is a partner and the managing director of Novarica. He is a widely-published and often-cited expert on insurance technology, operations, and e-business issues who has presented his research and thought-leadership at numerous industry conferences. Over the past decade, he has worked directly with dozens of US and international insurer CIOs to advise them on IT strategy and solution selection, and has written more than 100 reports on insurance technology issues. He is also the lead moderator of the Novarica Insurance Technology Research Council. Prior to launching the insurance practice at Novarica, he founded the global insurance group at analyst firm Celent and led it for more than six years. His other experience includes hedge fund D. E. Shaw Co., LP. He holds a B.A. magna cum laude from Brown University. He can be reached directly at mj@. Frank Diana, TCS Frank Diana has 29 years of organizational leadership experience in technology and general management. He is currently leading the digital and analytic efforts for TCS Global Consulting. Prior to joining TCS, Mr. Diana led a business analytics growth initiative for enherent Corp., and managed the development of a social computing and advanced analytics platform at Aelera Corporation, where he served as Chief Product Officer. Mr. Diana served as CEO of Traxian, Inc, a software start-up focused on the B2B enablement of small and mid-sized businesses,