PEKIN INSURANCE
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AMY BINGHAM VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER ( CIO ), PEKIN INSURANCE
place , as she explains : “ One of my passions – and likely top-of-mind for every CIO in today ' s industry and climate – is really that of employee engagement and overall company culture .
“ Pekin Insurance is not exempt from the challenges most CIOs and organisations are facing , as it relates to attracting and retaining top IT talent . But I really see a great strength of Pekin Insurance IT is that our workforce has always been willing to give feedback and participate in the ideation process to improve our team engagement and our culture .
“ With that feedback , it then becomes leadership ' s responsibility to build out the tactical and strategic initiatives that are going to engage our workforce , attract and retain the talent , and continuously develop and upskill the workforce to meet the challenges of the future . This is a key focus for me as I step into the role of CIO for this year and beyond .”
One of the first steps in this strategy is to create employee engagement focus groups . Bingham is a big believer in employees being a part of the solution as it relates to improving the culture and employee
EXECUTIVE BIO
AMY BINGHAM
TITLE : VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER ( CIO )
INDUSTRY : INSURANCE LOCATION : ILLINOIS , USA
Amy Bingham is Vice President and Chief Information Officer ( CIO ) of Pekin Insurance . With over 20 years of Information Technology ( IT ) experience in the insurance industry , she has led several digital transformation and modernisation initiatives and has IT leadership experience across application development , infrastructure , and IT risk and compliance . She is an expert in Agile and project and product management disciplines and has extensive experience leading the development and implementation of internal , customer , and agent-facing software applications . Amy is also passionate about coaching , mentoring , building relationships , and developing Information Technology professionals .