In this role, he will lead the process of creating and maintaining a technical roadmap for Zywave by identifying emerging technologies, maintaining high development standards, executing a comprehensive architecture roadmap, and overseeing the successful development of each Zywave® product.
MILWAUKEE, January 10, 2007 — Zywave, Inc., a leading provider of technology products and services for insurance brokers, today named Oliver Degnan as chief architect of product development. In this role, he will lead the process of creating and maintaining a technical roadmap for Zywave by identifying emerging technologies, maintaining high development standards, executing a comprehensive architecture roadmap, and overseeing the successful development of each Zywave® product.
"We are delighted to welcome a technology professional of Oliver’s caliber to our development team," said Jim Emling, executive vice president of Zywave. "With an accomplished enterprise architect like Oliver in this new role, Zywave will continue to exceed the highest development standards for our products, ensuring that our applications serve our partners in the most effective possible way, both now and in the future."
Before joining Zywave, Degnan was senior software architect for a provider of software-related services with a high reliance on quality architecture. In this role, he was the principal architect of the BrokerageBuilder(TM) Outlook® Add-In, ZyPAL(TM), and the Zywave® ReportCenter. In his 16 years of consulting, Degnan has established a list of notable clients that includes homestore.com, realtor.com, The Chicago Board of Trade, Oshkosh B’Gosh, General Motors, Harley Davidson, CUNA Mutual, and ProHealth Care, to name a few.
Degnan holds a master’s degree in architecture and urban development from Munich University and studied German literature and computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In addition, he holds a variety of professional certifications, including Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer, Microsoft Certified Application Developer, Microsoft Certified Professional, and Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver Developer.
About Zywave
Zywave is the leading provider of a line of Web-based employee benefits and property and casualty communication, administration, and claims data analysis systems, designed to help insurance brokers gain profitable market share. Employed by more than 600 partners and 63 of the Top 100 agencies, Zywave applications help brokers secure and retain business by differentiating them from their competitors and allowing them to compete on a high-capabilities basis. Additional information is available at www.zywave.com.
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