John Eck has 29 years of automotive aftermarket experience with General Motors and has held numerous field, marketing and management positions in several business segments in the USA, Canada and South Africa. He joined the wholesale business channel in May 2014 and serves as the collision manager for the wholesale dealer channel for General Motors [...]

As a leading executive in the APD emerging technology sector, Rochelle Thielen has focused on combining her career experience at information providers with cutting-edge start-up companies focused on bringing the automation tools necessary to shape the future of claims. As the past CEO of Estify, she drove ground-breaking innovation in the automation of OEM repair [...]

Michelle Perez was made physical damage process business leader at Progressive Insurance in 2017. Michelle has been with Progressive for 25 years, holding multiple claims process and field leadership roles while building a robust background in process design, implementation, assessment, and refinement. She’s successfully led the development and implementation of several claims-wide initiatives, including Progressive’s brand-differentiating [...]

David has over 30 years’ experience in general insurance in roles which include chief commercial underwriter at one of AXA’s largest branches, reinsurance manager, casualty insurance manager, managing director claims and managing director underwriting. David leads AXA’s work on connected and autonomous vehicles, including work with 5 government backed consortia (e.g.Venturer, UK Autodrive, and Flourish). [...]