{"id":2500,"date":"2022-10-13T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10004\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2025-03-13T23:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T23:51:33","slug":"mea-hires-new-cto-to-drive-efficiency-in-the-insurance-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meaplatform.com\/mea-hires-new-cto-to-drive-efficiency-in-the-insurance-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"mea hires new CTO to drive efficiency in the insurance sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>London, 13<sup>th<\/sup> October:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meaplatform.com\/\">mea<\/a>, the AI powered processing platform for insurers, has today announced the appointment of Lohitashwa Thyagaraj as their new CTO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lohit joins mea after more than a year of advising and supporting mea in its development. He has more than 20 years of IT experience across multiple domains, and currently holds 35 patents and 16 publications for inventions across multiple domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He joins mea from IBM, where he has spent the last 17 years, and was most recently Principal Architect and CTO for Kyndryl Private Cloud offering, leading the formation of a team, providing deep technical leadership, defining best practices, designing and implementing complex solutions across multiple cloud offerings and Hybrid Multi-Cloud engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As CTO, he will oversee the growth of mea\u2019s existing 4 modules and, working closely with experienced insurance experts within mea, will steer the development of new modules that will drive efficiency within insurance businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on his new role with mea, Lohit said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted to join the mea full time, having spent the last year supporting the company and seeing the innovative solutions they are creating. I can really see how we can use AI to make a big difference to the insurance industry and eliminate the cumbersome processes used by most participants. My experience and skills fall perfectly in line with mea\u2019s ambitions to allow insurers the flexibility to scale capacity as needed, safely, securely and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mahenley\/?originalSubdomain=uk\">Martin Henley<\/a>, CEO of mea platform, commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Lohit onto the mea team. Insurance is an industry locked in its own past, and Lohit\u2019s technical expertise will help us on our mission to help insurance teleport into a lucrative future by automating the manual processes holding insurance business underwriters back. 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