The seventh in our series of Shop Talk Community podcastsfeatures Neil Betteridge, Vice President of Strategy at GuidewireSoftware, speaking with George Grieve, author of the Shop Talkcolumn for Tech Decisions magazine.

Betteridge and Grieve discuss the insurance software market andthe challenges and opportunities insurers face. They speculate onthe “next big thing” that will come from core system vendors in thecoming years, deliberate on how to improve the RFI/RFP process, andexamine the pitfalls of implementation projects.

Betteridge has over 20 years of professional experience with thelast 13 years focused on marketing technology solutions in theinsurance industry. At Guidewire he is responsible forshaping the organization's strategic direction and has beeninstrumental in the marketing strategy, positioning, and directionof Guidewire's product suite. Prior to Guidewire,Betteridge held executive marketing positions at Skywire Software(now Oracle) and InSystems. Earlier in his insurance industrycareer, Betteridge held a variety of marketing and technicalpositions at Castek. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematicsand Computer Science from McGill University.

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