Russ Bostick
EVP, Technology & Operations
Conseco, Inc.

Russ Bostick is a noted thought leader in financial services, technology and business operations. He is frequently asked to speak and recently delivered the keynote speech at the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, and the Arizona and Wisconsin IT Symposiums. Russ has spoken at CSC Financial Services Group Executive Conference, the Insurance and Technology Conference and the Society for Information Management Regional Leaders Forum.

Russ was most recently executive vice president, technology and operations, CNO Financial Group. Russ joined CNO Financial Group in February 2005 as executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of the company. In August 2008, he was promoted to executive vice president, technology and operations. Russ was responsible for all enterprise technology and operations shared services. That included IT, policyholder service, claims, agent care, risk management, the enterprise PMO and all records and print management services for Washington National, Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Colonial Penn Life and CNO’s closed blocks. While at CNO, Russ made a number of very valuable contributions, most notably the creation of CNO's shared services IT function, the simplification of its technology platforms, and the consolidation of CNO's IT and Operations functions.

Before joining CNO, Russ served for seven years as chief technology officer of Chase Insurance, the insurance arm of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. During this time, Bostick served as CIO for Zurich Life U.S. and Bank One Insurance, the predecessors of Chase Insurance. He executed the integration of insurance IT departments for all three companies in less than one year. In addition, as CIO, he delivered substantial improvement in policy administration, sales platforms and financial risk management, while managing a team spanning several locations and serving multiple markets, products and channels. Before Chase, Russ was chief technology officer for Corporate Software & Technology, a licensed software reseller in Norwood, Massachusetts.

Previously, Russ held key technology positions at CNA Insurance from 1994-1997, and at IBM from 1979-1994. While at IBM, he was introduced to the financial services industry, serving for three years as the client executive for CNA.

Russ holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry and mathematics from Wabash College, and an MBA in marketing from the University of Chicago. Since 1994, Russ has been a key supporter of Lumity, a nonprofit technology and finance services resource for nonprofit organizations. He served as Chair of the Board of Governors for Lumity for 3 years, and continues to chair its sales pillar committee.