E.P. Rogers recently retired from his position as Senior Vice President for Application Development at AXA Financial. His organization supported Finance/Controllers, Human Resources/Compensation, Service Delivery, Legal and Compliance. He was also responsible for Architecture Integration and the AXA Financial relationship with AXA Technologies, the infrastructure subsidiary of AXA Financial.

Before the merger between AXA Financial and The MONY Group, Rogers had built a 38-year career with MONY. Since joining the company in 1966, he held roles of increasing responsibility in the company's IT division. After being promoted to assistant vice president of corporate information services in 1982, and vice president of computing services in 1987, Rogers was named CIO in 1994. He was promoted to senior vice president and CIO in 2002.

When at MONY, Rogers was recognized by Insurance & Technology Magazine in 1999 as one of the Elite Eight CIOs in the insurance industry. In 2001, Rogers was selected as one of the "Premier 100 IT Leaders" by Computerworld magazine; the publication ranked his department as one of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT" for six consecutive years. In 2003 he was recognized again by CIO Magazine as one of the Top 100 CIO's in the country.

As the Vice President of the Insurance practice at TowerGroup, Deborah focuses on the insurance business and technology issues. With 25 years of industry experience, Deb has a deep and practical understanding of the strategies, culture, and core businesses of today's insurance industry, as well as its IT environments, challenges, and opportunities.

Deb firmly believes that "Today, insurance companies are faced with the competing realities and demands of regulations, customers, the marketplace, and the boardroom. The challenge is how best to respond to these competing realities and still be poised for success. Technology is a vital factor in achieving business success. Linking the business with technology and leveraging it appropriately are the critical success factors to attain customer satisfaction, operational effectiveness, and market advantage that will ultimately drive the bottom line."

Before joining TowerGroup, Deb was a partner at KPMG LLP, where she launched an IT consulting practice specializing in the assessment and management of IT risks, such as security, privacy, project management, IT alignment, and IT financial controls. She led the delivery of IT risks assessments for over 100 insurance companies reviewing overall IT readiness, alignment, and effectiveness. Prior to KPMG, Deb held a senior IT leadership position at Liberty Mutual's Commercial Lines IT organization focused on application development, systems integration, and legacy migration. She defined and executed IT strategies for commercial lines, led large-scale application development for sales, underwriting, rating and policy administration, and managed over 150 IT professionals developing and maintaining critical business applications.

Kevin has had a career spanning some 25 years in strategic planning, hardware/software development, marketing and sales initiatives, focused on technology.

Joining Microsoft's financial services vertical in 1998, his insurance industry responsibilities are to provide vision, executive relations, communications and partnering out-reach to Independent Software Vendors and Enterprise Customers utilizing Microsoft's platforms, development tools and applications.

An inspiring and entertaining presenter on a number of technology topics, Kevin has spent the bulk of his professional career as a change agent, using technology as a specialized discipline.

Katherine Burger is Editorial Director of Insurance & Technology and Bank Systems & Technology, members of the InformationWeek Media Network (part of CMP Media). She has led Insurance & Technology since 1991, and assumed leadership of Bank Systems & Technology in 2003.

At Insurance & Technology, in addition to directing the editorial strategy, Kathy has been directly involved in the development of new products, supplements and publications on topics including standards, e-commerce, budgets/ROI, globalization, security, convergence, CRM, standards, privacy, outsourcing, health insurance, and financial management. She also oversees Insurance & Technology News, I&T's e-mail newsletter, and I&T's Web site (www.insurancetech.com).

Kathy is a frequent speaker/participant at industry/association/sponsored conferences and events, including IASA, ACORD, ACLI, IVANS and Insurance Services Office (ISO). She is a member of the IASA Interpreter Steering Committee.