Kyle Beatty Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

A pioneer in insurtech venture capital, American Family Ventures (AFV) is a multi-limited partner VC firm focused on the future of insurance. AFV invests in early-stage companies driving insurance innovation from inside the industry as well as from adjacent sectors. AFV's Fund III and Fund IV limited partners span Personal Home and Auto, Life and Annuity, Commercial and Specialty Lines, and Employee Benefits and represent over over $200 billion in assets and over $70 billion in annual premium.http://www.amfamventures.com/

St. Louis, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Acquired by @Avalara (NYSE: AVLR)

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

- Research collaborator with National Institute for Risk and Resilience and the Center for Risk and Crisis Management. Focus on the use of panel, cross-sectional and focus group surveys to assess the motivations behind risk financing, risk mitigation and risk response decisions. Interested in any strategy to drive losses to zero.- Building an upper-division undergraduate course on private markets’ role in risk assessment, risk financing, risk mitigation, and disaster response. Course uses case studies and multi-disciplinary discussion to illuminate challenges and opportunities for markets such as insurance, banks, construction and tech companies to transform the landscape of disaster risk.- Developing partnerships between technology companies, insurance enterprises and the Alliance for Integrative Approaches to Extreme Environmental Events.- Developing partnerships between private industry and the University on the goals, design and utilization of OU’s forthcoming National Environmental Simulation and Test Facility (NEST). - Mentoring students on how to develop their private sector careers and to launch their entrepreneurial ventures.

Jersey City, Nj, Us

- Served as Officer & senior leader of business line with ~$1B in annual turnover for Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK)- Founded innovation team in data wrangling / benchmarking / enrichment- Consistently took technical and organizational risks to achieve ground-breaking results in extracting insured assets from satellite images, text mining insurance policy details, & inferring risk characteristics from robotics data- Leadership assignment to form scalable business model for aerial imagery / 3-D building map technology

• Served as officer of ISO with full P&L & financial accountability• Held President, operating officer & lead business developer responsibilities• Led small (25) & medium (150) person teams across multiple offices / continents• Built customer-funded (service-to-product), lean start-up within public enterprise• Grew internal start-up to cash-flow positive operating results in short time• Built 7-figure, strategic customer relationships, including contribution of proprietary market data• Achieved 100% renewal rate on multi-year contracts• Achieved & sustained top-tier enterprise NPS through rapid growth• Led teams through fast failure to deploy data analytic solutions with customer dev partners • Solutions delivered through enterprise, web & mobile technology, leveraging imagery data science• Solutions spanned 4 vertical markets: P&C Insurance, Agricultural, Energy, & Manufacturing• Supported 25 joint-product initiatives with other Verisk divisions, spanning 4 continents• Served as the lead corporate sponsor for 2 corporate strategic investments• Developed / negotiated a joint development partnership & multiple strategic data partnerships• Built & led team to deliver on insurance industry-funded Emerging Risk research program• Joint recipient of Best's Review Innovation Showcase for Blackout Risk Model (launched in ‘14)

* Responsible for AER's commercial products and services * Focus on weather, climate and earth observation-related risk management and decision support* Re/Insurance (enterprise risk, emerging risks, catastrophe claims operations, loss control, underwriting)* Alternative & traditional energy production & transmission (e.g., solar, electrical load and seasonal forecasting)* Supply/chain (effects from disruption in infrastructure / services)* Key scientific areas include radiative transfer modeling, satellite-based imagery retrievals, numerical weather prediction, space weather, carbon tracking, ocean modeling, natural hazard forecasting and analysis (e.g., thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes, windstorms, floods, wildfires, etc.)* Global products and capabilities

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

* Co-founder of a student mentorship program; 100s of students mentored by private sector meteorologists since 2007; grew to 70 applicants annuallyThe BPSM serves the (AMS) Society by: * Stimulating activity on matters pertaining to the practice of private sector meteorology by individuals, and keep the Commission on Professional Affairs advised of these actions * Providing consultation to other Boards and Committees on such matters. * Keeping abreast of current practices and trends in the private sector * Serving as a resource for the career development, including mentoring, of individuals engaged in the private sector * Encouraging professional development by individuals in the private sector * Nominating annually recipients for the Society’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advance of Applied Meteorology

London, England, Gb

* Primary analytical service contact for multiple U.S. brokerage accounts* Team representative for formal presentations of analytical products and consultative services* Lead team representative at conferences and networking events, including speaking engagements* North American liaison with the Willis Research Network, a global network of post-doctoral researchers* Collaborate with top U.S. broker teams; regular participation in monthly production calls and provide regular support to sales calls* Resident expert on the Florida catastrophe insurance market, including the regulatory/legislative environment, the Florida Hurricane Cat Fund, marketing and rating agencies* Manage team of catastrophe analysts responsible for portfolio modeling, rate filing and rating agency support, and portfolio management consulting for personal/small commercial clients* Lead team responsible for model change management, model diagnostic research, real-time event response, residual market analysis, and proprietary catastrophe model/tool development

Newark, California, Us

* Directed five model managers in business planning, marketing, launch, and support of Cat models and products in North, Central, and South America and the energy sector* Individually responsible for the U.S. Hurricane and Severe Storm models* Customer-facing responsibilities included acting as the “voice of developers” in client meetings* Primary interface with U.S. insurance regulators; project manager for RMS’ annual submission to the Florida Commission and Office of Insurance Regulation (since 2003)* Co-defined product suite and communications during and in response to the 2004 and 2005 Atlantic hurricanes; served as primary spokesperson for RMS to staff, clients, and media (including New York Times, Reuters, CNN Money, etc.)* Worked with clients and RMS account managers to define future products; lead organizer and interface with 12 member re/insurance steering committee for U.S. Severe Storm products* Presented and developed over 30 training and product presentations at RMS Client Conferences, industry catastrophe briefings, and industry conferences* Co-authored and edited 20 press releases and media advisories, 4 glossy print product brochures, 2 hurricane event reports, and several insurance trade publications* Observed and contributed to varied aspects of U.S. Climate Hazards model component development, synthesis, and validation* Developed bay and estuary component of RMS’ U.S. Hurricane Storm Surge catastrophe model, as well as, coordination of storm surge software development* Provided technical and marketing support for the North American Tornado/Hail models; lead technical evaluation of Tornado/Hail model and acquisition of radar-based hail hazard data

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

When I reflect on this experience, I am reminded of Eric Schmidt's quote "Revenue solves all known problems." Coming into the program with outside money provided the freedom to organize a new kind of graduate committee and pick a topic I was inspired by. My team included an invaluable mix from the university, federal and independent consulting sectors. An early instinct that the most senior person is not always the smartest or most passionate.This was also my first experience in a pivot. Classes were very linear, research was not. I made a very important and difficult decision with my committee to pivot mid-stream. This extended the length of my work significantly, and the end product was much stronger for it.While the opportunity to stay for my PhD was there, I yearned to get back to business.

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

Is it possible to enjoy Roberts Rules of Order? Am I the only one that owns the full hardback copy? While I doubt I'll ever dive fully into it, I am fascinated by the political process, which has been present in my career track ever sense, working in the heavily regulated industry of insurance.* Delegate from School of Meteorology* Studied legislative process, including Robert's Rules of Order * Purpose of body is to facilitate graduate student life on campus and promote activities that stimulate social and educational environment of grad students

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

As I often do, I dove into this role with vigor to change how we do this for the better. Some ideas worked, some didn't -- a great experience in experimentation. This showed me the importance of a leader (our Director) to give his team a long leash and was also the place where a developed my deep interest in STEM mentoring.* Taught technical material to 125 students of varied experience levels* Modernized the Orientation in Professional Meteorology course to emphasize the fundamentals of meteorological analysis and the exploration of internet data sources* Developed on-line laboratory exercises and interactive tutorials to familiarize students with meteorological data sources

An amazing experience in time management, graphic design, presentation skill and, most importantly, learning how to thrive under pressure. This experience gave me the tools to absorb new information and then confidently present it to others in the span of minutes.* Presented weather information for 75 live, 3.5 minute television broadcasts* Instructed and tutored 7 weather anchors on the oral presentation of weather information to general audiences and the graphical presentation of weather information with Adobe Photoshop* Managed time to balance a full-time academic schedule in parallel with daily preparation of weather forecasts and media graphics* Norman Today is a non-profit newscast produced with the cooperation of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma

M.S., Meteorology

Executive Program, Business

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Data Analytics Boot Camp

Global Solutions Program, Global Climate Change Emphasis

Design Thinking

Oklahoma Scholarship/Leadership Program, Managing Creativity

B.S., Meteorology

Graduate, Franklin Covey 7 Habits Mastery Program