Neural Networks to Insurtech with Krishnan Ethirajan, Chief Digital & AI Officer at Mosaic Insurance
In this episode of Beyond the Desk, Mark Thomas is joined by Krishnan Ethirajan, Chief Digital & AI Officer at Mosaic Insurance. Krishnan shares his fascinating journey from studying neural networks in the 1980s to leading cutting-edge AI initiatives in the global insurance sector. With a background that spans academia, consulting, and executive leadership, Krishnan's career is anything but linear. Together, they explore pivotal moments in his personal and professional life, how early exposure to neuroscience shaped his thinking on AI, and why staying uncomfortable is often the best place to grow.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Growing up in India and pursuing engineering
- Studying AI and brain cognition in the 1980s
- Building a PhD from scratch at University of Houston
- Early neural networks and NASA-funded research
- Selling his first company at 26 and choosing not to retire
- Transition from academia to John Deere to Allstate
- Moving into consulting with Gartner and PwC
- Becoming CEO of Ironshore after being their consultant
- Founding Mosaic Insurance in the middle of the pandemic
- Driving value through AI, tech and strategic innovation
- How to build differentiated, future-facing AI in insurance
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