Andre Burke joined IBM in May, 2016, to lead the effort of driving sales across the IBM insurance portfolio by enhancing the Sales teams’ knowledge of the global insurance market.

Andre has over 18 years’ experience in research, including 13+ years in insurance research. Prior to IBM, Andre spent 5.5 years with Accenture as Global PC Insurance Research Lead and as North American Insurance Research Lead, where he developed and implemented the Insurance research plan, in addition to leading his teams in a myriad of research projects.

Andre managed the competitive intelligence function at Zurich North America Commercial Insurance during his 5+ year tenure there. Andre also has 8 years of product management and product marketing experience in the telecom industry.

Andre graduated from Yale University with a BA degree in Economics, and also holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Minnesota.

Andre is a past board member of the Society of Insurance Research, and has been a frequent speaker at their annual conferences and events over the last 12 years.

Andre is also an elected member of the Bloomingdale Park District Board of Directors in Bloomingdale, IL.