Keith Raymond

Keith is a principal analyst in Celent's North American insurance practice. He has extensive industry experience and is a seasoned expert in process automation, business transformation, back-office operations, and mergers and acquisitions for both property/casualty and life/health/annuities. His previous roles also include Vice President of Research and Consulting at Novarica, Practice Partner–Digital Success at MVP Advisory, CIO/COO of Futurity First Insurance Group; AVP of Distribution Systems and Field Technology for Mass Mutual; CIO of Trumbull Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hartford Insurance Group; Head Principal Consultant for Life and Annuities in North America at HCL Technologies; and CIO of FPI, a software development and service company.

Keith most recently has focused his authoring on the topic of process automation including robotic process automation (RPA) and artifical intelligence (AI). He has assisted a number of insurance organizations with strategic technology roadmap development, go-to-market strategy, core platform replacement selection and IT and operational due diligence on acquisition opportunities. Keith has authored a number of industry artifacts and blogged on a number of industry topics with focus on innovation and digital transformation. Keith speaks annually at insurance industry events, such as Insurtech Connect and DIGIN.