Ryan Grant Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, Ca, Us

San Mateo, California, Us

2022 HIGHLIGHTS* Personally owned a submethod in Guidewire's annual VPMOM framework (Vision - Principles - Methods - Obstacles - Metrics) to "create opportunity, not heartburn, connecting analytics into previously siloed software"* Gathered and inspired senior leaders across sales, delivery, and customer success to define & implement best practices and handoffs for "Analytics Adopted!" initiative to ensure our customers receive the benefit of embedded analytics ASAP in their core system implementations* Delivered new capability to push insights into workflow for efficient automation (or investigation) when a claimed loss cause such as hail, wind or lightning matches (or does not match) known historical weather from satellite imagery* Demoed that capability to company leaders, evoking comment from CEO Mike Rosenbaum, "THAT's how I want y'all to do demos! Tell me why it matters and show me real working software, not recordings!"* Initiated formal Guidewire partnership at both local & national level with the National African American Insurance Association to support the next generation with scholarships & internships2023 HIGHLIGHTS* Designed, developed, and released new cloud-native, multitenant Analytics Manager service to embed analytics solutions for claims & underwriting in any core system * Presented at Demo Theater at Guidewire's annual Connections conference* Continued VPMOM initiative to improve analytics attachment to core sales and inclusion in firm adoption plans 2024 HIGHLIGHTS* Onboarded first customers for cloud-native Analytics Manager with two already live in production* Expanded solutions supported to include not only predictive models but historical weather data verification for claims and risk factors for underwriting from HazardHub and SwissRe* Ramped up field enablement to ensure customers can adopt quickly & painlessly

San Mateo, California, Us

In March 2016, Guidewire Software acquired EagleEye Analytics, a leader in predictive modeling specifically for the insurance industry. Both companies (and their customers) presumed that embedding analytic insights into Guidewire's core processing systems would make workflow smarter and analytics more actionable. Somebody just needed to do the work...I now engage across departments to increase and improve our use of predictive analytics in Guidewire products. This includes guiding development of next-generation products with native analytics, empowering our services team to retrofit existing customer implementations with predictive analytics, and ensuring that the vision remains consistent between the two.* Champion and productize “closed-loop analytics” to illuminate opportunities for increasing profit and customer satisfaction across the insurance lifecycle, source curated data from internal & external sources, build & deploy trustworthy models, embed them into daily workflow & automation at point of impact, and swiftly evaluate effect on KPIs* Assist traditionally siloed Product Managers to build common vision and define coherent roadmap for embedding analytics into all our products* Coordinate with business, sales, and marketing leaders to harmonize go-to-market plans with product strategy* Aid sales consultants to construct demos with compelling examples that accurately represent product capabilities* Define best designs and practices for retrofitting predictive analytics into existing core system implementations on customer premises* Now focusing on revitalizing our contributory analytics program to unleash the valuable network effects of models & applications built on data shared voluntarily, securely, and confidentially by the ever-growing Guidewire community of insurers

San Mateo, California, Us

Guidewire builds core systems to help property & casualty insurance carriers (think Nationwide-is-on-your-side or The Hartford) to administer policies and process claims. "Guidewire Live" leverages the common data model shared by over 260 customers to deliver analytic insights that help insurers increase efficiency and grow profitably. Since I personally designed Guidewire's first SaaS analytics product as the company's first analytics hire, the Data & Analytics group has grown internally and by acquisition to encompass data warehousing, reporting, geovisualization, and predictive analytics, with over $10 million in net new annual recurring revenue in FY2016. Once our products came to market, I built out the implementation and consulting team that has worked directly with over 50 customers to ensure that they realize the full business value of our analytic products for underwriting and claims.* Designed analytic software products focused on ultimate business objectives and converting analytics into successful strategy* Served as Interim PM coordinating teams of programmers, data scientists, business analysts, technical architects, DBAs, and hosting ops managers to produce (and productize) results in a secure, multitenant SaaS environment* Responsible for business accuracy of production SQL code* Helped develop production stack that included Java, AngularJS, D3, Oracle, Pentaho, AWS, and Google Maps, plus prototyping for business intelligence and counterfraud solutions with Visallo, OrientDB, Qlik, Tableau, Kibana, Cognos, Kafka, Apache Spark, and proprietary entity resolution and random forest predictive models* Explained analytic processes and outcomes to nontechnical audiences in pressure situations, both pre- and post-sales* Consulted with customers to resolve any concerns about data accuracy and ensure that implementation decisions aligned with their business goals

San Mateo, California, Us

In addition to my other responsibilities, I partnered with our Dev Lead to define and execute our product strategy when we lost our original Product Manager for Guidewire Live.* Consulted regularly with customers to solicit product feedback, understand business needs, and test new ideas* Built consensus on product direction and goals with internal business and sales leaders* Defined and prioritized features for development on a biweekly release cycle in a secure, multitenant SaaS environment (using JIRA)* Coordinated teams of programmers, data scientists, business analysts, technical architects, database architects, and hosting ops managers to produce (and productize) results

In partnership with with my longtime colleague, Dr. John H. Landon, I provided expert testimony and strategic advice on economic issues. I was designated as an expert witness in both federal and state courts on wrongful termination cases encompassing lost wages, benefits, and stock options. Petra also offered deep experience in general business damages and in the energy industry. We ceased taking new cases as I transitioned full time to Guidewire.

Boston, Ma, Us

Conducted economic analysis and managed case teams of up to 10 people for Analysis Group's testifying experts in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. I partnered with leading academics to turn groundbreaking research into practical models in such fields as predicting commodity prices, bidding in electricity markets, and valuing employee stock options and power plants. Tools of the trade included SAS, STATA, advanced Excel VB, and electricity market optimization models ELFIN and PROSYM.

Msc, Economics & Management

B.A., Economics, History (Minor In German)

Economics, History, German