Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE:GWRE) a provider of software products to
Property/Casualty insurers, today announced that Andrew W. F. Brown
(“Andy”) has been elected as a Director to Guidewire Software's Board.
"We are pleased to welcome Andy Brown to our Board
of Directors," said Marcus Ryu, chief executive officer, Guidewire
Software. "His exceptional experience as a senior technology executive
at major financial institutions and board director and advisor to
technology companies will advance our development of transformative
software products for the P/C industry."
"I am honored to be joining Guidewire's board after the team delivered
such outstanding full year results,” said Andy Brown. “I look forward to
contributing my experience and knowledge to the next chapters of
Guidewire's growth as we look to leverage and further innovate our
platform."
Currently CEO of Street Scale IT Group, a company providing IT services
associated with datacenters and cloud hosting to the financial sector
and other regulated industries, Andy Brown brings extensive technology
infrastructure and architecture experience to Guidewire’s board. Past
positions include roles as Group Chief Technology Officer of UBS, head
of strategy, architecture and optimization at Bank of America Merrill
Lynch, and CTO of Infrastructure at Credit Suisse. Andy also spent a
decade at Merrill Lynch, in various roles including Chief Technology
Architect, CIO of Direct Markets, head of networks, market data and
email. Andy also holds a chairman role with SnoopWall and serves as a
director at IT resources service management provider Moogsoft. Until
recently he was a director at ServiceMesh which sold to CSC in November
2013. Andy was also a founder of Desktone, which sold to VMware also in
November 2013.
About Guidewire Software
Guidewire builds software products that help Property/Casualty insurers
replace their legacy core systems and transform their business. Designed
to be flexible and scalable, Guidewire products enable insurers to
deliver excellent service, increase market share and lower operating
costs. Guidewire InsuranceSuite™ provides the core systems used by
insurers as operational systems of record. Additional products provide
support for data management, business intelligence, anytime/anywhere
access, and guidance and monitoring. More than 150 General
(Property/Casualty) insurers around the world have selected Guidewire.
For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com.
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