Management Team




J. Andrew McGuire
Principal

	Andrew has spent 20 years in information technology for the insurance industry. He brings a unique blend of technical and management experience to the company.
	Before joining System Fusion, Andrew was the Chief Information Officer for the Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Companies of America. Under his direction, Yasuda successfully acquired, customized, and implemented the insurance processing system. Andrew was responsible for bridging systems in New York and Tokyo while managing the complex insurance system implementation. He had the responsibility for reporting development progress to Yasuda’s Board of Directors. Andrew served as a board member of the User Group. Andrew managed a large staff and a budget of $4 million.
	Prior to Yasuda, Andrew spent 5 years at Reliance National Insurance. He had responsibility for all system interfaces and managed aspects of large-scale data warehousing initiatives. Andrew also spent time as a project leader and developer at Western World Insurance Group, St. Paul Reinsurance, and Prudential Reinsurance.
	Andrew's technical background includes experience with IBM AS/400, COBOL, and extensive knowledge of several insurance packages. To contact Andy:

Alexander Velinov
Principal

	Alexander has 18 years of experience as a technology professional, predominately in the insurance industry. His background includes substantial technical achievements in the area of new development.
	Since 1991, Alexander has been consulting for large corporations in the insurance industry. The organizations he has served include Everest National, GAN North America, Gerling America Insurance, Kemper Environmental, RLI Insurance Company, and Wm. H. McGee & Company. Alexander’s engagements have included significant data warehousing and system interface efforts. He has directed and implemented reporting initiatives involving a number of other insurance processing systems. He strives in helping clients achieve single entry systems.
	Alexander successfully integrated several major Financial Systems including Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, Microsoft Great Plains, Solomon, and Freedom with core insurance processing systems.
	Alexander’s technical background includes experience with Microsoft’s SQL/Server database, and a host of programming languages and tools. He is an IBM AS/400 Certified Specialist and a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer.
	Alexander has a Bachelor of Arts from New York University and a Master of Science from the New York Institute of Technology. To contact Alex :