Ken St. Andrews

Ken st. andrews

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location of Ken St. AndrewsLakeshore, Ontario, Canada
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  • Timeline

    May 1990 - Jul 1999

    Software Developer

    Compu-Quote Inc.
    Jul 1999 - May 2012

    Software Development Manager - New Product Development

    Compu-Quote Inc
    Current Company
    May 2012 - now

    Director of Product Management - New Products

    Applied Systems
    Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • About me

    Director of Product Management - New Products at Applied Systems

  • Education

    • University of windsor

      1987 - 1990
      Bachelor of science computer science

      President of the Computer Science SocietyTeaching Assistant

    • University of windsor

      1985 - 1990
      Bachelor of science (b.s.) computer science
  • Experience

    • Compu-quote inc.

      May 1990 - Jul 1999
      Software developer

      Support, maintenance, development of tools and rating logic for most Canadian P & C Insurance companies.Part of an elite team developing Personal LinCQ; a comprehensive P & C Point of Sale system.

    • Compu-quote inc

      Jul 1999 - May 2012

      Responsible for research and analysis teams and development teams. Playing an integral role in validating ideas and building new products. As well as being involved in creating and refining new processes for both development and operations. Managed maintenance and releases of CQ's flag ship product - Rating Services - Canada's Leading Comparative rating Tool for Property and Casualty Insurance. Also managed a number of associated products and consulted in development architecture and process improvement endeavors. Lead designer of CQ's rating engines. Canada's most widely used rating engine today. Built rating algorithm processes and multiple rule based logic User Interfaces and processing systems proven capable of efficiently defining rating for auto and property for all of Canada's major P & C companies in both a comparative rating and a policy management rating environment. Aided in the development of CQ rating engines in the U.S. Market.

      • Software Development Manager - New Product Development

        May 2007 - May 2012
      • Project Manager

        Jan 2005 - May 2007
      • Software Architect/Engineer

        Jul 1999 - Jan 2005
    • Applied systems

      May 2012 - now

      Establishing new products to lead the Insurance Industry in US, Canada and abroad. Responsible for product feasibility and readiness from idea to full deployment. I lead two strong development teams using cutting edge technologies and agile methodologies to bring world class software products to reality to better the Insurance Industry.

      • Director of Product Management - New Products

        Aug 2020 - now
      • Manager - New Product Development

        May 2012 - Aug 2020
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Product management: building a product strategy

      Linkedin
      Sept 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Scrum master

      Scrum alliance
    • Data science foundations: fundamentals

      Linkedin
      Oct 2020
      View certificate certificate