Colleen Risk

Background

About Colleen Risk

Executive with over 30 years of experience in IT operations and management leading implementation, delivery and consulting engagements. Life insurance technology and strategy analyst. Lead programs to transform system landscapes from business architecture through to program delivery; in fields such as new business, underwriting, policy administration, compensation, client management, and portals. Diverse consulting experience including building and managing a business process outsourcing operation for a top reinsurer, commercializing a black box underwriting algorithm, performing end-to-end technology assessments, evaluating software for vendor selection, integrating and designing straight-through new business acquisition processing, and modernizing legacy policy administration systems. Career began at PALLM, where she was a developer and learned all aspects of life insurance operations and product development while delivering software to multiple top carriers. She was Chief Operations Officer at Vector Technologies and Vector Insurance Services, which provided third party administration, business process outsourcing, and consulting services to life insurance carriers. Colleen was Vice President and Head of North America Delivery for Majesco Mastek. Prior to joining Celent, she was an independent consultant focusing on large program management, operations and technology integration, change management, governance, and delivery. Expertise in Life Insurance, Applications Systems Management, Underwriting Systems, User Interfaces, Deploying Software Solutions, Strategic Planning, Integration, Change Management, Vendor Management, and Building Strong Relationships with Clients.