Shyam Somani leads the Insurance Solutions at Appian. In this role, he is responsible for the Connected Claims solution, go-to-market strategy, launch, and roll-out of new insurance solutions. He has extensive experience in P&C and L&A insurance industry with a deep focus on the domain. His experience spans various customer-facing roles in product management, solutions consulting, and program management. His area of interest is core systems transformation, new insurance platform development, and process automation. Successfully built and delivered various insurance platforms from the ground up in areas of new submissions, underwriting, first notice of loss, and claims management. Generated quick and consistent revenues with an MVP approach to maximize the ROI. These solutions have featured as a leader/dominant player in the analyst’s reports. Authored several Pov’s, Industry event speaker, and webinar participation. Led Analyst engagements and discussions. Established new strategic partnerships to strengthen the offerings. He has received an MBA degree from IBS, Hyderabad (India), and earned these industry certifications – CPCU, AINS, ALMI, AIC.