Meet the team.
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Anil Annadata
Founder & CEO
Anil Annadata is the Founder and CEO of Adaptify, where he leads the company’s vision and strategy to modernize insurance product development through intelligent automation and AI-driven solutions.
Before founding Adaptify, Anil was the Founder and CEO of CodeObjects (acquired by Insurity), a cloud-native, fully configurable platform for policy administration, billing, and claims. Earlier in his career, he held executive leadership roles at Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle), where he led the company’s largest product line, generating over $1 billion in license revenue.
Anil holds 23 patents, reflecting his deep commitment to solving complex business challenges through innovation. He is especially passionate about applying AI to drive growth, efficiency, and transformation across the property & casualty insurance industry.
He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Outside of work, Anil enjoys traveling and staying active through golf and pickleball.
Werner Kruck
Chief Commercial Officer
Werner Kruck is the Chief Commercial Officer of Adaptify, where he leads the commercial strategy behind an AI powered platform designed to reinvent insurance product development. With more than 50 years of global leadership across the P&C industry, Werner has built a reputation for transforming organizations, modernizing operations, and pioneering digital innovation. His career includes serving as President & CEO of AAIS and a decade as COO of Security First, where he helped scale the company from a virtual startup to a $430 million market leader while delivering multiple industry firsts in mobile technology, analytics, and real-time model driven underwriting.
A recognized technology innovator and award winning executive, Werner brings deep expertise in product strategy, operational excellence, and enterprise transformation. At Adaptify, he is helping insurers accelerate innovation, reduce complexity, and bring new products to market with unprecedented speed and precision through advanced automation and AI.
Ash Naik
Vice President, Products
Ash Naik is an experienced product and technology leader with over two decades of success delivering AI-powered, cloud-native solutions across insurance and enterprise software. Ash leads the vision and execution behind Adaptify’s platform, driving innovation in insurance product development, pricing analysis, and regulatory transformation.
Previously, Ash led product innovation at AAIS (American Association of Insurance Services), where he launched AI-ready insurance programs across 51 jurisdictions. He has also held leadership roles at Microsoft, Dell-EMC, and multiple startups. Ash holds an MBA from the University of Washington and is a frequent speaker on AI in insurance. In his free time, he writes and dabbles in the kitchen if not riding a motorcycle.