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As an Architect on Guidewire’s Professional Services Consulting team, Artem Khvat supports the success of EMEA customers and partners with their Guidewire product implementation projects.

Brian Desmond is responsible for Guidewire’s global marketing efforts, including demand generation, branding, product and solution marketing, sales enablement, and communications. Brian joined Guidewire in 2006, and during his tenure, the company has been recognized as an industry-leading brand serving customers in 30+ countries. He has more than 25 years of experience in the high-tech industry.

As Senior Manager, Content Marketing, Carrie Burns is responsible for Guidewire’s customer stories program, various content development and production of the company’s digital magazine, The Wire.

As the Head Actuary for Data and Analytics, Chris Cooksey is Guidewire’s predictive analytics actuarial expert for the Global Client Solutions group.

Chris Folkman is the Senior Director of Product Management at Guidewire Software, where he is responsible for analytics that helps insurers automate and augment decisions around pricing and risk selection for small and medium-sized businesses.

As Consulting Manager, Craig is a full-time advocate dedicated to the success of Guidewire consultants through coaching, skills development, and intelligent project assignments.

Darin Reffitt is the Director of Product Marketing Excellence at Guidewire Software, focused on product launches and best practices.

Debasish Bose is an Implementation Architect responsible for Guidewire InsuranceNow projects

As Global Head of Product and Engineering at Guidewire Software, Diego Devalle drives design and strategy to implement engineering goals that address the needs of P&C insurers.

As Director of Cyber Risk Analytics for Guidewire Software, Erin Kenneally provides cyber risk strategic thought leadership and domain expertise and also leads data-driven research innovation for novel risk analytics and modeling technology solutions.

George Ng is the chief technology officer for Guidewire’s Analytics and Data Services business unit, where he leads product and engineering for analytic products and solutions. George joined Guidewire as a result of the company’s acquisition of Cyence, where he was a co-founder and CTO. At Cyence, George architected a cyber risk assessment platform that combines internet-scale data collection, machine learning, and financial modeling to assess technology-driven risks.

Ian Bird is Director of Guidewire Analytics and Data Services (ADS) for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In this role, he uses the Guidewire Cyence Risk Analytics modeling platform to help the insurance and credit risk markets get an economic perspective on 21st-century risks.

James is a Principal Product Manager in the Product Content group, focused on U.S. commercial lines.

As one of Guidewire’s Consulting Directors, Josh Hooks is responsible for driving implementation projects and replacing/transforming outdated legacy systems. He also spearheads Guidewire’s upgrade, performance and data migration practices, as well as the Guidewire Services Center in Ireland

Julie Getzlaff is Group Director of Product Marketing at Guidewire and has more than 20 years of experience in international business, information technology, and marketing.

As Consulting Director for the Americas, Justin Hall looks after the Guidewire Professional Services team throughout North and South America. He has spent his career working in all three of Guidewire's regions-AMER, EMEA, and APAC-helping insurance customers implement our products.

Keith Stonell is managing the Customer Success team in EMEA.

As Chief Evangelist at Guidewire Software, Laura Drabik keeps her finger on the pulse of insurance industry disruption to coach insurers on ways to innovate their business and achieve a competitive advantage.

Lerk-Ling Chang is VP of Market Development and Strategy at Guidewire Software, where she is focused on driving Guidewire’s expansion into new markets through organic growth, strategic partnerships, and M&A together with product and go-to-market leaders.

Marco Burattino is part of the Guidewire Sales Team, responsible for the Italian market. Passionate about the insurance industry, Marco joined Guidewire after 15 years spent in Consulting firms serving major Italian and international companies.

Matthew Honea, Director of Cybersecurity for Guidewire Cyence™ Risk Analytics, is responsible for directing and managing a team of cybersecurity experts to develop new analytical products and insurance solutions.

Michael Anderson is the Business Owner for Predictive Analytics at Guidewire Software. He is responsible for developing Guidewire’s analytic strategy and delivering value based solutions to Guidewire’s global customer base.

As the Senior Product and Solution Marketing Manager for Guidewire Cyence™ Risk Analytics, Michael Lin is responsible for creating content and messaging. He also supports sales enablement, marketing, public relations, and analyst relations.

Mike Rosenbaum serves as Guidewire’s Chief Executive Officer and has overall responsibility for the company’s global strategy, organization, culture, and operations.

As Vice President, Strategy, Neil Betteridge plays a key role in the marketing strategy, positioning, and direction of Guidewire’s insurance product suite.

Nicole Bruns is Director of Product Marketing at Guidewire Software, responsible for strategic go-to-market messaging for all products, solutions, and services.

Nicole Mongillo is product marketing manager for Guidewire Underwriting Management™, responsible for creating content and messaging for both Underwriting Management and Guidewire’s commercial lines offerings. She also supports sales enablement, marketing, public relations, and analyst relations activities for these subject areas.

As Guidewire’s Chief Innovation Officer, Paul Mang supports senior executives of insurance organizations in refining their innovation strategies to achieve growth objectives. Paul also leads the Analytics and Data Services go-to-market team to help clients leverage analytics to deliver greater value to policyholders.

Phil Iaccarino is Director of Product/Solution Marketing at Guidewire Software, responsible for InsuranceNow marketing.

As a Senior Product Manager and Actuary at Guidewire Software, Ridhima Kale leads the effort to keep the Guidewire Cyence models relevant to our user base.

As Principal Product Marketing Manager for Guidewire Cloud, Rob Sloan leads content strategy and messaging for our cloud service and regularly engages with our customers, sellers, partners, the press, and analysts.

As a Solution Manager for Guidewire's Analytics and Data Services group, Ryan Park Grant helps insurers capitalize on the power of data insights to improve their decisions and workflow across the insurance life cycle.

Ryan Smith is Product Marketing Manager for Guidewire Marketplace and the Guidewire Developer ecosystem, responsible for creating messaging, go-to-market strategy, and engagement programs that help to grow the ecosystem and foster innovation among Guidewire customers, partners, and the developer community.

As Principal, Product/Solution Marketing, for Guidewire’s Data and Analytics portfolio, Satyen helps drive Guidewire’s global data business with content creation, positioning, messaging, and sales enablement. He is also responsible for capturing customer and market insight to drive product innovation and support marketing with demand generation campaigns, public relations, and analyst relations.

Tim Kennedy is Business Owner of Commercial Lines and Internet of Things at Guidewire Software, responsible for global product marketing strategy for Guidewire InsuranceSuite™, the industry-leading suite of Property and Casualty software for claims, billing, policy administration, and underwriting

Tom Lee is Director of Product Marketing at Guidewire Software, where he is responsible for SI partners, EMEA and APAC, and Guidewire for Salesforce marketing.

As Market Launch Program Manager, Ward Greunke is responsible for coordinating the simultaneous releases of multiple products for the biannual Guidewire InsurancePlatform™ product launches. He ensures that customers and prospects understand how Guidewire’s significant investment in developing new products and enhancing existing applications can address the business challenges that they face.