Arpit Akruwala
Director at Arch Insurance Group Inc.
MBA Candidate @ NYU Stern | Director @ Arch Insurance Group
I am a creative and accomplished P&C Insurance Professional with 4+ years of experience in developing and delivering innovative technology solutions. I have a proven record of requirements gathering, project planning, and delivering sophisticated solutions within performance metrics and financial targets.
Arch Insurance Group Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/arch-insurance-group
New York, United States
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Director
Blackboard Insurance
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackboardinsurance
Led key technology platform development initiatives and identified/onboarded consultants to kickstart technology development alongside partner Two Sigma.
•	Analyzed and made critical build vs. buy decisions for the organization by researching existing technology solutions able to integrate with Blackboard’s (BB) platform.
•	Decreased operations team’s data entry time 88%, greatly reduced operational costs and enhanced data quality by building 3rd-party integrations and data automation tools into the platform and championing a seamless user experience through partnerships with other InsureTech startups.
•	Performed day-to-day product management activities defining product strategy, documenting/prioritizing product requirements, and driving product releases in an Agile environment.
•	Served as a technical API Subject Matter Expert (SME) and managed documentation library on BB and partner APIs.
•	Tested partner APIs using JSON and Postman to verify API behavior to ensure smooth integration between platforms.
Greater New York City Area
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Product Manager | Technology
AIG
https://www.linkedin.com/company/aig
Provided strategy recommendations on expanding profitability within commercial lines as part of an analyst team reporting directly to the Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of the multinational finance and insurance corporation.
•	Improved accident year loss ratio 6 points and business unit profitability by planning and executing a target operating model for casualty business alongside management teams, Underwriting, and PMO.
•	Increased new commercial middle-market business submission throughput 18% within one year by analyzing operational data, interviewing key stakeholders to identify issues and root causes (mostly personnel resource constraints), and recommending an enhanced operating model to expedite the underwriting process.
•	Developed a popular workflow management tool adopted by 7 lines of AIG’s business and with an expanding user base growing 200% annually.
•	Collaborated with the Chief Underwriting Officer’s team to gather requirements.
•	Built the tool working with an engineering team to assist underwriters in account management.
Greater New York City Area
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Analyst | Commercial Underwriting
BNY Mellon
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bny-mellon
Greater New York City Area
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Summer Associate | Continuous Process Improvement
City of New York
https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-of-new-york
Greater New York City Area
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Revenue Analyst Intern | Department of Social Services
JPMorgan Chase
https://www.linkedin.com/company/jpmorganchase
Greater New York City Area
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Summer Analyst | Big Data Analytics
Marina Maher Communications
https://www.linkedin.com/company/marina-maher-communications
Greater New York City Area
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Finance Intern
Master of Business Administration - MBA
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NYU Stern School of Business
https://www.linkedin.com/school/nyu-stern-school-of-business/
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Economics
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University of Virginia
https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-virginia/
NYC Department of Education
Partner In Education
Education
StreetWise Partners
https://www.linkedin.com/company/streetwise-partners
•	Serve as a Mentor at the PwC and Deutsche Bank site. Provide training and coaching on a variety of subjects such as elevator speech, resume writing, presentation, LinkedIn, and interview prep.
•	Work closely with underprivileged mentees by fostering an environment of open communication and support. Former mentees reported significant improvement in terms of job interviews being offered.
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Mentor
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
Accounting Foundations: Managerial Accounting
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/accounting-foundations-managerial-accounting
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
Financial Accounting Part 1
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/financial-accounting-part-1
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
Accounting Foundations
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/accounting-foundations-2
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
Corporate Finance Foundations
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/corporate-finance-foundations
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
Finance Foundations: Business Valuation
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/finance-foundations-business-valuation
WorkFusion
www.credential.net
10996723
Automation Essentials
https://www.credential.net/u5spg0te
WorkFusion
www.credential.net
11078882
Get to Know Intelligent Automation
https://www.credential.net/xvzup45r
WorkFusion
www.credential.net
11079175
Power User - Level 1
https://www.credential.net/si9o216e
WorkFusion
www.credential.net
11024521
RPA Express: Introduction and Getting Started
https://www.credential.net/qb28o9tu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/venittaawright
Paterson, NJ
VENITTA WRIGHT
Service Operations Lead at Carrier Corporation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vctulsee
New York, NY
Valmicki Tulsee
Product Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanafrogers
New York, NY
Alana Rogers
Designer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-czupryna-81331545
Dresher, PA
Patrick Czupryna
Managing Director, CMBS at KBRA Analytics
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaiyu-feng-a90668121
Redwood City, CA
Kaiyu Feng
Product Manager at YML
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcover
Plano, TX
Tim Cover
Sales Director at Trepp, Inc
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/andrea-donato-tortora-aa190168
United Kingdom
Andrea Donato Tortora
Head of European Modelling and Content at Trepp, LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bleier
United States
Brian Bleier
Global Head of Product - Fenics Market Data Group, a division of BGC Partners
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sourabh6gupta
Mountain View, CA
Sourabh Gupta
Sr. Product Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmcox21
New York, NY
Riley Cox
Marketing Specialist at Trepp, Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizclemens22
New York, NY
Elizabeth Clemens, MBA
Director of Partnerships at Trepp, Inc.
https://il.linkedin.com/in/aran-kupferschmidt-7a668880
Israel
Aran Kupferschmidt
Product Manager at Taboola
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreysunwang
Berkeley, CA
Jeffrey Wang
Technical Product Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sswaminathan49
New York, NY
Srinath Swaminathan
Product Manager at BNP Paribas
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ran-admoni-76446b99
San Francisco Bay Area
Ran Admoni
Enterprise Product Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-suter-a55bb915a
Riverside, CT
Patrick Suter
Junior Financial Analyst at Resolute Management, Inc. | MBA Candidate at NYU Stern School of Business
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-young-ab601b4b
New York, NY
Kate Young
Associate Director, Product Manager at Moody's Analytics
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikesacco
New York, NY
Michael Sacco
Senior Product Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgrigoryev
New York City Metropolitan Area
Max Grigoryev
Director, Product Management at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianchang92
San Francisco, CA
Ian Chang
PM @ Buzzfeed News
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