Podcasts

Molly Johnson-Jones, CEO and co-founder of Flexa Careers, explains how employers can better support pet parents.

Dionna Smith, chief diversity officer of ed-tech company GoGuardian, discusses how technology, safety, and kids' mental-health go hand-in-hand.

Eric Spacek has more than 15 years of insurance risk control experience and joined Church Mutual in January 2020 as Risk Control program manager. He was promoted to his current role in January 2022.

Spacek earned a bachelor's degree in English from Eastern University in St. David's, Pennsylvania, and his juris doctor degree from American University in Washington, D.C.

Spacek earned the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation. He has also received the Cambridge Certificate in Risk Management for Churches and Schools.

Josh Merrill, co-founder and CEO of Confirm, shares how the platform's "auto-calibration" technology will revolutionize how companies treat performance reviews.

Brett E. Heineman is FSA general manager of health products at Gradient AI.

Heineman is a health actuary with broad experience in the health insurance industry, ranging from provider contracting analysis for carriers to actuarial valuation and actuarial transformation for consulting firms. His professional interests include organizational and personal productivity, actuarial process automation, practical applications of predictive modeling and actuarial modernization/actuarial transformation.

Leo Bernstein is the founder and CEO of LineSlip, a solution that transforms commercial insurance documents into actionable insurance intelligence for risk managers. LineSlip is currently used by industry leaders in diverse sectors including private equity, real estate, healthcare, hospitality, retail and more. A two-time entrepreneur, Leo has many years of experience in finance and real estate, which inspired him to found LineSlip.

Noncompete agreements bar about 30 million American workers from quitting their jobs to work for rival companies or start their own businesses.

Robby Sundberg, CPA, is senior vice president of development at Embark, a business advisory firm. He was formerly assistant controller at a subsidiary of Toyota Financial Services and worked in the internal audit group at Verizon and in the Dallas audit practice at Deloitte.

Lukasz Strozek serves as Chief Technology Officer at Hippo. He joined Hippo in December 2020 from ecommerce payments firm Bolt, where he was Vice President, Engineering. Prior to that, he co-founded Clara Lending, an online lender with a mission of making homeownership a reality, which was acquired by SoFi. At SoFi, he co-headed Engineering and was responsible for several of the company's new products. Earlier, at Bridgewater, he partnered directly with founder Ray Dalio, translating his vision into technology products. He is a Harvard graduate and holds a Stanford MBA. Lukasz calls Oakland home, together with his wife, daughter and two pandemic cats.

Mike Becker is CEO of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA), one of the largest national trade organizations serving independent agents. As a forward-thinking insurance leader who embraces technology, he has more than 15 years of insurance industry experience. He leads PIA's strategic initiatives, advocacy efforts, and insurance carrier relations as well as oversees all growth initiatives and program launches.