Tom Benton is a principal in the Insurance practice at Novarica with expertise in IT strategy, business process reengineering, core systems implementation and project management, primarily for life and annuities. Prior to joining Novarica, he served as VP, Technology and Systems at Navy Mutual, where he led a multi-year strategy to transform the core systems, which included a rapid-deployment Policy Administration System implementation. Tom has broad experience as a senior IT executive, serving as CIO/CTO at two medium-sized non-profits in the Washington, DC area, and has held positions in IT project management at PG&E and General Electric. Tom holds a BS degree from Cornell University and a MS degree from MIT. He can be reached at tbenton@novarica.com.