#33 - Jezen Thomas: Building a Winning (Re)Insurtech & the Inner-Workings of Supercede
This week we have all Supercede founders in the room with a special appearance from Jezen Thomas, who also happens to be Supercede’s CTO. The guys discuss what makes a good startup, from culture to best working practices, the importance of iterating when building great software, and how reinsurance technology is changing for the better. CONNECT & SUPPORT: Website: https://www.supercede.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supercedehq Twitter: https://twitter.com/SupercedeHQ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuzfykcesD0phGaCK7qB09Q RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/7e741c8c/podcast/rss Say Hello: cordy@supercede.com OUTLINE & TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (00:30) The Founder's Journey (03:37) Attracting Top Talent (06:24) Jezen’s Early Career & Influences (08:13) Ingredients for a Successful Startup (11:43) Benefits of Research Days (15:17) Retaining Talent & Lowering Turnover (16:27) What Is Open-Source? (18:28) Security Infrastructure & Penetration Testing (20:10) Why Reinsurance Has Been Slow to Adopt New Tech (24:14) Submission Data Challenges (and Solutions!) (30:50) The Iteration Model (35:40) Company Hackathons (39:05) Reinsurance Data Transfer (41:40) The Complexity of Standards in Reinsurance (44:54) Jezen’s Introduction to Reinsurance (46:42) Improving the Industry With the Supercede Platform (49:29) The Technological Landscape of Reinsurance