New CTO takes charge at US broker Brown & Brown

US-based insurance broker  Brown & Brown has hired a new chief technology officer (CTO) to help grow, scale and “drive meaningful change” across the business by transforming its technology infrastructure and creating a seamless digital workplace strategy.

Kiet Tran, the new CTO, will be based at  Brown & Brown enterprise campus in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Tran has extensive experience helping businesses across the globe leverage technology to solve complex business problems and instituting operational excellence programmes. Before joining  Brown & Brown, he led IT infrastructure and operations for ADT.

Gray Nester, chief information officer, said: “ Brown & Brown is on a technology journey as we grow and scale our business. We are confident that Kiet is the right person to help define a strategic vision for the evolution of our technology infrastructure and strengthen the services that will deliver superior system performance and resiliency to support our growth objectives.

“He is a proven leader who understands how to continually and incrementally enhance infrastructure environments while maintaining a focus and discipline for performance, cost and resiliency.

“We are excited to welcome him to the team and look forward to his work leading our cloud transformation, creating a seamless digital workplace strategy, further fortifying our operational resilience and, most importantly, reinforcing the unique  Brown & Brown culture as we drive meaningful change across the business.”

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