Meet Our Team
Bruce F. Broussard, Jr.
Managing Partner
Bruce F. Broussard, Jr. has more than 30 years of P&C and Life & Annuities insurance experience focusing on insurance data solutions. Bruce has served in various roles, including solution & data architect, project & program manager, and insurance application manager.
Prior to founding Percipience, Bruce led the Data & Analytics practice at MVP Advisory Group and served as SVP & General Manager of the Data Solutions Business Unit for Insurity. He led the product strategy, development, client implementations, and sales for Insurity’s DataHouse product (formerly IEV). DataHouse became the leading P&C data solution under Bruce’s leadership. Previously Bruce was an Associate Partner for IBM’s Insurance Consulting Practice, where he led IBM’s global insurance data practice. Bruce also served as VP, Application Development for Pan-American Life Insurance Company, responsible for all US and International systems.
Bruce holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Louisiana State University and completed the IBM Executive Program at Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received his Machine Learning certification from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Bruce holds FMLI and ACS designations.
Ajay Kelshiker
Managing Partner
Ajay Kelshiker has more than 30 years of IT experience and 20+ years of insurance experience across a number of roles. Ajay has deep expertise in insurance analytics, data warehousing, master data management, data integration, reporting and analytics. Ajay has served in roles including solution & data architect, project & program manager and Vice President of Information Services.
Prior to founding Percipience, Ajay was a partner at MVP Advisory Group and served as the Regional Vice President of Sales for the Data Solutions Division of Insurity. He led solutioning and sales for Insurity’s DataHouse product (formerly IEV). Previously, Ajay was an Associate Partner for IBM’s Global Insurance Consulting Practice. Ajay also served as VP, Information Services for Capitol Indemnity Corporation.
Ajay holds a Master of Business Administration in Information Systems from Warwick Business School in Warwick, UK and a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Production Technology and Production Management from Aston University in Birmingham, UK.
David Svetcov
Enterprise Information Architect
David Svetcov is an Enterprise Information Architect at Percipience. David previously served as a Sr Data & Analytics Consultant at MVP Advisory Group. He has more than 30 years of experience in Enterprise Data Architecture, Integration Technologies, Relational and Multi-Dimensional Databases, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Performance Management, Data Governance Planning and Master Data Management. He has extensive P&C industry knowledge. David is a member and participant in the ACORD Information Model and promotes its alignment with an organizations enterprise architecture and supporting concepts.
Previously, David was a principal consultant delivering IT solutions to multiple international insurers. He also served as the Senior Solution Architect at Insurity.
David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the City College of NY and is a Dale Carnegie Instructor at the Dale Carnegie Institute.
Martie Cowsert Streit
Marketing & Communications
Martie Cowsert Streit is the founder and CMO of Lilichuks LLC, offering a portfolio of marketing, communication and sales operations services to the financial services, insurance technology, healthcare, retail and entertainment industries.
With more than 20 years of experience in the insurance technology industry, Martie has served in various sales and marketing leadership roles for Sapiens, StoneRiver, Fiserv, CSC and PMSC. She has also led the marketing program for MVP Advisory Group. Prior to insurance, Martie held senior roles in banking, personnel and retail.
Martie co-founded and currently serves on the executive board of the Women in Insurance Technology of South Carolina. She also serves on the board of the Christopher Conner Foundation, providing educational scholarships and financial hardship grants to SC-based musicians and their families.
Martie studied Business Administration, Marketing and Political Science at Clemson University, and Mathematics, French and Fine Arts at Columbia College in Columbia, SC.
James Hogg
Executive Advisor
James Hogg is an Executive Advisor Percipience Consulting. James has 30 years of experience in the Insurance and Financial Services industries. James has broad-based technology, process and operational experience as a Group Vice President, CIO for a top 100 multi-line insurance company and leader of the IBM Claims Practice.
James has successfully managed projects with several of the largest personal P&C, medical and life insurance companies in the US and Canada. These projects have been in operational strategy, application systems implementation; including claims and policy administration systems, data base, and producer administration and commission systems.
James was a core member of program team that managed a large-scale transformational program that included application maintenance, new application development, and SOA Architecture technology strategies. James had primary engagement accountability for projects that included the integration of a new claims system into the legacy environment and the project was successfully completed in 50% less time than traditional point-to-point integration projects.
James holds a Juris Doctorate in Law with emphasis on International Business and Trade and Tax Law from the University of Baltimore, a Master of Business Administration in Business, Management, Marketing and Related Support Services from the University of Delaware, and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies from Washington College.
Sherri Wimes, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CEC
Human Resources
Sherri Wimes has over 25 years of human resource experience with focus areas of insurance, financial services, start-ups and retail operations. She has experience consulting with talented leaders to build and deliver sustainable human capital initiatives involving workforce design, change management and talent management initiatives that maximize efficiency, provide a return on investment and enhance service delivery.
As Vice President of Talent Management at Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., Sherri had responsibility for creating a center of excellence human resource/shared service strategy that provided internal and external customers with optimal service levels. She also led the human capital analysis and integration related to several mergers and acquisitions. Sherri utilized a business-based approach to talent management by ensuring the business and people strategies were in alignment.
Sherri holds a BA Human Relations from Doane University, along with professional certifications including Senior Professional Human Resources, Society for Human Resource Management – Senior Certified Professional and Certified Executive Coach.
Andrea Wulff
Business Operations
Andrea Wulff works with Percipience to ensure best practices and process improvement throughout the Percipience operations environment. Andrea also serves as and executive assistant to the Managing Partners and Partners of MVP Advisory Group where she is an integral part of the shared services team. Andrea has participated in multiple implementations of back office systems, tools and processes. She is experienced in Operations, Human Resources and Marketing.
Andrea has 30 years of experience as assistant to c-suite level executives, of which 19 years have been in the insurance industry. Andrea previously worked in the corporate office of Hub International Limited, a leading global insurance brokerage.
Having attended St. Xavier University and Fox College, Andrea states that her best education came from assisting the Chief Officers of the Legal, Operations, Human Resources and Finance Departments of a growing company – fortunately not all at the same time.
Steve Cary
Data Scientist
Steve Cary is a Data Architect and Data Scientist with 24 years of experience as a consultant to insurance companies and to other companies in the Banking, Credit Card, Crude Oil Production, and Electric Power Distribution industries. He has worked on projects that have supported the Property and Casualty, Auto, Life, Health, and Reinsurance lines of business.
Steve has gathered business requirements for, designed, and helped implement and test a wide variety of data warehouses, operational data stores, and data marts. This work has often included the design and/or implementation of data integration/ETL processes, as well as query and data mining-based data analytics. The clients for whom he has worked include State Farm, American International Group (AIG), TIAA-CREF, Chartis Insurance, USAA, and Humana. He did this work for 20 years with IBM and three additional years as an independent consultant before beginning his work with Percipience Consulting, LLC.
Steve holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Operations Research. He is also a retired US Army tactical intelligence officer.