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Arleen Paladino has over 17 years of experience in the insurance industry. She is responsible for the organization’s financial reporting, management reporting, internal audit and planning and business unit support departments. Arleen’s experience with Crum & Forster includes roles in field reporting, financial operations, IT project management, SOX 404 compliance and internal audit. Arleen earned a […]

Jason Jacobs has over 20 years of experience in public accounting, insurance and financial services for public and private companies. As chief accounting officer, Jason leads the corporate accounting, financial reporting and financial controls functions. Before joining SageSure, he served as head of accounting policy at AIG and prior to that as an audit partner

Martin Hollander has over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. Serving in his current role for eleven years, Martin focusses on the strategic development of internal audit and building an integrated data analytics process as part of the function. Previously, he had multiple roles with global insurance companies (AIG, QBE) within internal audit,

Matthew Adams retired from PwC in 2023 following a distinguished career serving as an audit partner and advisor to many of the firm’s largest and most complex insurance clients. Matt also served as the PwC US insurance practice leader which at the time comprised 2000+ professionals, including over 150 partners, and generated over $1.5 billion

Brian Thorkelson has over 30 years of experience. He is currently responsible for leading investment strategies, due diligence processes and serves as chair of the investment committee. Brian also provides investment guidance and insights to help clients achieve their objectives. Brian has held senior positions as a bond trader, equity analyst and mutual fund portfolio

Patrick Rogers has over 15 years of experience in the wealth management industry. He specializes in providing wealth management, investment advisory, risk management, and retirement planning. Patrick develops customized financial strategies that balance long-term objectives to guide clients through various uncertainties, such as; market fluctuations, job transitions, and growing families. Prior to joining Prosperity, he

Ian Sterling has over 20 years of actuarial experience with consulting organizations. He has led operational innovation and has been involved in significant thought leadership. Ian has performed a variety of traditional and transformation work covering all property & casualty lines of business for insurance, reinsurance, government, and corporate companies in both an audit and

Sophia Song has over 12 years of experience in the insurance industry. Sophia is trained professionally as a casualty actuary performing a variety of traditional and transformation work for insurance and reinsurance companies in both audit and non-audit advisory projects. Sophia was awarded a BS in mathematics and economics from DePaul University. She earned a

Burch LaPrade leads the company’s strategy as well as overseeing the organization’s operations. Gain Compliance leverages a semantic modeling approach to solve the hard problems of data meaning and consistency across the enterprise. Previously Burch worked on a pure startup, a turnaround, and a late-stage enterprise; each of these endeavors resulted in a successful outcome