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Gary Haase has served as EVP and COO of CNA since 2021. In this role, he
leads the Technology, Analytics, Operations, Procurement, Real Estate and
Resiliency practices. He is seeking to drive operational effectiveness at CNA
by harnessing its vast data resources to create uniquely valuable insights
and increasingly tailored solutions for our target market insureds.
Prior to joining CNA, Gary served as Group COO of Catalina Holdings where
he was responsible for overseeing the due diligence, integration and ongoing
management and performance of Catalina’s acquired entities. During his
tenure at Catalina, he also held a variety of CEO and Director roles. He
began his career at Aon and is a fully credentialed actuary (FCAS).
Gary has nearly two decades of experience in the insurance industry and
has held a wide variety of leadership roles including responsibility for
operations, liability performance, data analytics, corporate strategy and
technology. Gary’s expertise in driving business strategy through analytics
and technology solutions positions CNA to further institutionalize
sophisticated analytical technologies across our entire value chain.
Gary holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Iowa and an MBA in
Quantitative Finance from NYU Stern School of Business, where he also
occasionally serves as an adjunct professor of statistics and data analysis.
Santosh Bardwaj serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Data & Analytics
Officer. In this role, he leads the development and implementation of an
enterprise data and analytics vision that allows CNA to continually innovate
the use of real-time insights to enable smarter and quicker decision making.
Santosh has more than 20 years of technology and leadership experience
modernizing and scaling data ecosystems at Fortune 250 financial services
companies.
Prior to his role at CNA, he drove major transformation programs
both at Capital One and Discover Financial Services, which included
modernizing traditional systems to cloud-based advanced analytics
capabilities.
Santosh is passionate about workforce development, building engineering
cultures and cultural transformation. At Discover, he founded the
“Greenhouse” innovation labs to showcase the “Art of Possible,” taking ideas
to market within weeks by assembling small, autonomous engineering squads
and leveraging modern agile practice.
Santosh has a BS in Electronics Engineering and MBA in International
Business.