Executive Team
Gwen Spertell, Chief Executive Officer
As CEO, Gwen Spertell has responsibility for the strategic direction and company operations of Exigen Insurance Solutions. Gwen has over twenty years of business leadership experience in silicon valley software and solution companies. Her strong focus on delivering value to customers, P&L management and business building strategy has allowed companies to capitalize on market opportunities to drive revenues, profits and growth in equity value. Prior to joining Exigen Insurance Solutions, Gwen served as CEO and President of Liquid Engines, where she grew the corporate tax optimization and management software company to serve the Fortune 1000 market. Prior to this, Gwen served as President and CEO of Intelligent Results, where she was instrumental in transforming the unstructured data company into a predictive analytics company. Earlier, Gwen worked for BackWeb Technologies as COO. Prior to joining BackWeb, she spent eight years with Oracle in executive positions, with her last position being Vice President of Global ISV Alliances. Gwen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Rutgers University.
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Fazi Zand, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
Fazi Zand is one of the early formulators of Exigen's insurance solutions and now directs EIS marketing initiatives. With over 20 years in IT management, strategy, architecture, project and product management, Fazi can draw on experience on all aspects of the information technology value chain. He joined Exigen Group in 2000 from Creditland, a financial services internet marketplace and B2B portal, where he was VP of Technology. Prior to Creditland, he was an IT executive with CSAA, the largest AAA membership club, and $2 billion property and casualty insurance company. Fazi has a MS in Technology Management from Pepperdine University.
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Rowshi Pejooh, Vice President, Product Management
Rowshi Pejooh is the chief product designer and one of the originators of Exigen's insurance solutions. Before joining Exigen, Rowshi was the CIO at Creditland. As an entrepreneur she started YLP Consulting providing software design and business intelligence services to her clients ranging from internet start-ups to large banks and insurance companies. Prior to that she held senior management positions with CSAA. She has an MBA from San Francisco State University.
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Mike Dwyer, Chief Technology Officer
Mike Dwyer brings close to 20 years of technical, architecture and managerial experience in the insurance and telecommunications industries. Since 2001, Mike has been instrumental in designing, implementing and successfully deploying Exigen's Insurance Process Backbone to customers while managing engineering and delivery teams of more than 80 people on and off-shore. Prior to joining Exigen, Michael held a variety of engineering architecture and management roles for established and start-up companies including Sprint Corp., Interwave Communications and Motorola. Mike holds an Honors Bachelor of Electrical and Micro-electronic Engineering from the University College Cork, Ireland.
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Dennis Barfield, Chief Financial Officer
Dennis Barfield is responsible for corporate financial planning, reporting and analysis as well as financial information systems. Dennis brings more than 25 years of diverse experience in accounting and financial reporting, tax management, internal audit, and systems management. He has performed in executive roles for organizations with both domestic and international operations, including several technology companies. Prior to joining Exigen Insurance Systems, Dennis held positions with TMP Worldwide, Interlink Computer Systems, McKesson, and Ernst & Young. Dennis holds a MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, New York, and a BS in Business Administration – Marketing from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Gregory Smith, Vice President, Client Relations
Gregory Smith is responsible for global customer relationships with a key focus on ensuring the best execution and outcome-based alignment of goals through facilitating the initial client engagement, understanding business objectives and establishing a blueprint for business transformation. Greg has over 30 years experience in P&C insurance business and technology management. As senior vice president at California State Automobile Association, he oversaw all aspects of a $1.6 billion personal lines insurance portfolio, including all actuarial, claims, and underwriting activities, together with product management, product delivery and customer service functions, through a workforce of 3,500 working out of 80 retail locations. He led major initiatives to streamline business operations and align technology for business growth. Greg has a long association with the American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter, serving as chair of the board and later as chief public support officer.
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Nancy Kelly, Vice President, Client Implementations
Nancy is responsible for driving rapid implementations of the Exigen Suite by optimizing solution configuration and directing implementation resources and partners to meet clients’ individual business needs. Nancy joins Exigen Insurance from Accenture, where she was a Partner in their Insurance Delivery practice. She has many years of experience delivering business benefits through implementation of multi-faceted programs impacting people, business processes and technology capabilities. In her twenty years at Accenture, Kelly has worked with a number of the top insurance companies to drive large, transformational efforts. She has proven experience in all aspects of the insurance lifecycle, including policy and product, sales and distribution, billing, claims and reporting. Nancy holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
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