MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TechCanary, a provider of a cloud-based, analytics-driven insurance solution and the #1 insurance solution built natively on the Salesforce platform, announced that Saima Shaukat has joined the company as chief revenue officer (CRO). Ms. Shaukat’s combined Salesforce and financial services industry experience is an ideal fit to help drive TechCanary’s continued growth.
In her new position, Shaukat is leading the development of the TechCanary go-to-market strategy, which includes establishing and expanding new markets for TechCanary’s insurance platform. Prior to joining TechCanary, Shaukat served as GM and vice president Commercial Sales for Salesforce in the Canadian financial services market where she created the financial services team in Canada and grew revenue 300% over her tenure.
Commenting on the addition of Ms. Shaukat, Reid Holzworth, CEO and co-founder said, “Saima is a tremendous addition to our executive team and will help drive the next level of growth and expansion. Her proven leadership and sales strategy skills combined with her knowledge of financial services and Salesforce is the perfect combination. Our growth to date has been gratifying and we are putting a strong leadership team in place with high caliber talent like Saima to enable us to accelerate our growth and expand in to more insurance markets.”
“In my role at Salesforce I had the opportunity to work with TechCanary and its platform and was impressed with both. I’m thrilled to be part of the team to help change how agencies and carriers manage their operations and interactions with customers,” commented Ms. Shaukat. “Some believe that the insurance industry is slow to embrace new technologies, but it is ripe for disruption and the rapid growth and adoption of the TechCanary platform is proof that there is appetite for change. TechCanary has knowledge of the Industry, good technology and a talented workforce which is a recipe for success.”
Prior to her 13 years with Salesforce in various roles, Ms. Shaukat served as business development manager with Infotriever. Earlier in her career she was a federal account executive with Silanis Technology. In addition to her professional career, Shaukat earned a BA with Honors from McGill University in Economics and Computer Science.
About TechCanary
Founded in 2013, TechCanary is an InsurTech company offering the #1 insurance solution available on Salesforce. The company’s mission is to provide the insurance industry new and innovative alternatives to legacy brokerage management systems and generic CRM and call center solutions. The TechCanary offering is a configurable, cloud-based insurance solution for agencies, brokerages, carriers, MGAs, MGUs and wholesalers who want to gain competitive advantage by supporting their insurance business their way, and not as traditional insurance software dictates. The TechCanary insurance solution manages the entire insurance sales and service process in a single environment for all lines of business including property and casualty, life, annuities and employee benefits. To learn more about TechCanary, please call 414-446-3999 or visit techcanary.com.
