Root, Inc. announced key additions to the executive leadership team as it launches into its next chapter of growth. Anirban Kundu will join as Chief Technology Officer on June 21, and Michele Streitmatter will join Root as Chief People and Organizational Effectiveness Officer on June 28. Anirban Kundu joins Root as Chief Technology Officer with two decades of engineering and deep technical experience building and leading teams achieving high-scale growth. Kundu joins Root most recently from Postmates, where he was the SVP of Engineering leading up to Uber’s acquisition of the company. Prior to Postmates, Anirban served as CTO at Evernote where he designed the backend technology and led the evolution of the company’s technology infrastructure. His experience also includes roles at GoDaddy, Yahoo!, IBM, and Shazam where he developed and operated back-end architecture while leading engineering teams. Root’s current CTO, Dan Manges, will remain a co-founder and transition to an advisory capacity following the effective date of Kundu’s appointment. Michele Streitmatter joins Root as Chief People and Organizational Effectiveness Officer most recently from her role as Chief Transformation Officer at Greenway Health. Streitmatter brings extensive experience in human resources, operations management, and customer success. Prior to her role at Greenway Health, Michele spent 10 years at the General Electric Company in multiple executive human resources roles at GE Digital and GE Aviation. Throughout her career, Streitmatter has served as a fierce advocate for both employees and customers. In addition to both Kundu and Streitmatter, the company elevated two internal team members to the executive leadership team as well. Matt Bonakdarpourhas been promoted to Chief Data Science and Analytics Officer, and Frank Palmer to Chief Insurance Officer. Bonakdarpour has led Root’s data science team for more than two years with prior experience in the areas of high frequency trading and statistical arbitrage. Most recently the VP of Product and Pricing at Root, Palmer, a former associate at McKinsey & Company, has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, including roles at Progressive, Allstate, and Plymouth Rock Assurance.
Root, Inc. is a holding company. The Company operates through its subsidiaries, including Root Insurance Company, Root Property & Casualty Insurance Company and Root Reinsurance Company, Ltd. The Company is a technology insurance company operating a direct-to-consumer model with its personal insurance customers acquired through mobile apps. It offers auto and renters insurance products underwritten by Root Insurance Company and Root Property & Casualty. The Company, by collecting and synthesizing sensory behavioral data across thousands of driving variables, including distracted driving, it strives to price auto insurance based more on causality than correlation. It uses telematics, mobile technology and its digital platform to collect data points that it evaluates in pricing and underwriting certain of its insurance policies, managing claims and customer support, and improving business processes. Its primary focus is on the United States auto insurance market.
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