Insurtech Boston Returns

Alan Ringvald is a 3-time founder, former Googler, and MIT grad. His current company, Relativity6, is based on Alan's thesis research and is focused on solving the industry classification problem.

For the past 14 years, Allan has traveled the insurtech highway as a consultant, engineer, and product guy. He has worked in key technical leadership roles and led the implementation of critical insurance technology projects across the insurance value chain. Prior to founding Ask Kodiak, he served as the Chief Technology Officer for AgencyPort, a software provider to the P&C insurance industry. Allan has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Florida State University and Bachelors' degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Providence College.

Bobbie Collies is an insurance junkie who comes from an extensive background in commercial underwriting and P&C insurance carrier leadership. She is VP of Distribution at Coterie Insurance and a passionate servant leader who loves to help drive strategy and execution. Bobbie has successfully led many project teams in underwriting, distribution, technology, and user experiences for organizations. She is a champion for innovation, customer experience, and change management. Some might describe her as a “intrapreneur,” always looking for ways to improve the organizations she works with by bringing new ideas to the table, and more importantly, seeing those ideas come to life.

Through Chris Cline’s 25+ years in the insurance industry, he has established himself as an industry resource and speaker for topics such as perpetuation, merger and acquisition, culture, agency operations, marketing and sales, data and analytics. As of spring 2022, Cline has begun assuming leadership of the Agents Council for Technology as ACT Executive executive director.

John joined Simply Business in March 2021 to bring focus to cross-product and customer segment capabilities. He owns the insurance product team’s business strategy for multi-product sales journeys, cross and upselling capabilities, and identification and development of integrations for new partnership channels. John previously spent nearly 10 years at Prudential Financial in product management within their group insurance business division, working on a variety of initiatives including benefits platform integrations and the integration of predictive analytics into group and retail sales and service processes.

Prior to founding Ask Kodiak, Michael served in senior technology leadership roles in product and strategy. He has extensive experience in the P&C industry and has worked with carriers of all sizes leading teams that have built exceptional software for agents, underwriters, and policyholders alike. He previously served as the SVP of strategy for AgencyPort, a software provider to the P&C insurance industry. He specializes in the art of application design and user experience. Mike holds a bachelor's degree from James Madison University.