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Insurance Industry Veteran David West joins Valen Technologies

as Senior Vice President of Marketing

 

 

October 15 | Valen Technologies

 

For Immediate Release

Insurance Industry Veteran David West joins Valen Technologies as

Senior Vice President of Marketing

West appointment is the latest in Valen’s continued expansion of senior management team

DENVER, Colo., October 15, 2008 – Valen Technologies, the Software-as-a-Service predictive modeling experts for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, announced today the appointment of David West to the position of Senior Vice President, Marketing.  In his new position, West will report directly to Valen’s CEO Dax Craig and will lead the company’s corporate and product marketing strategies, initiatives, and staff.  West’s appointment is the latest in Valen’s senior management team expansion in support of the company’s aggressive growth strategy. 

A highly experienced and respected insurance industry veteran, West was most recently the Research Area Director of TowerGroup’s Insurance practice where he had responsibility for managing the insurance research agenda and analyst staff.  Prior to TowerGroup, West held senior management and technical positions at SAS Institute Inc., with a specific focus on the insurance and financial services industries.  Earlier in his carrier, West spent 12 years with The Prudential Insurance Company of America in a variety of disciplines including IT and Underwriting.

“David offers a unique and extremely strong combination of skills and knowledge.  From insurance carrier to software vendor to his role in leading the TowerGroup insurance industry analyst team, David offers an impressive resume of industry experience that will serve Valen and our client family well,” said Valen’s Dax Craig.  “David’s proven know-how and leadership will be very valuable in helping us deliver on our vision to make predictive analytics technology a ‘must have’ for every insurance carrier.”

In addition to his professional experience, West holds a B.A. from Davidson College.

About Valen Technologies

Valen Technologies builds, hosts and monitors predictive models for the property and casualty insurance industry. Valen offers hosted predictive modeling solutions that improve underwriting results and optimize the premium audit process.  Valen’s experts use their client’s data as well as the Valen Networks database of historical underwriting data to build the industry’s most effective predictive models.. To learn more about predictive modeling and Valen Technologies, visit www.valen.com or call 800-280-3304.

PR Contact:

David West

Sr. VP, Marketing

david.west@valen.com

800-280-3304