About

Kevin M. Strong

Chief Executive Officer

Kevin is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of multi-line experience and more than 17 serving multinational clients both in the United States and abroad.

Prior to joining N2G, Kevin was Head of Multinational at The Hartford overseeing all aspects of The Hartford’s multinational outbound and inbound portfolios, The Hartford’s Global Insurer Network and its Canadian branch operations.

Previously, Kevin served as Worldwide Director of Global Programs for XL Catlin in addition to holding leadership positions at Marsh USA and Aon Plc in New York.

Kevin began his insurance career in 2002 with State Farm Insurance and holds a B.S.B. In Risk Management and Finance from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

Christian Zwingel

Chief Operating Officer

Christian has over 10 years of experience in banking and insurance in six different countries around the world. At N2G, he is mainly focused on developing efficient processes consistent across the organization, developing N2G’s new Underwriting Platform and overseeing the Company’s legal and compliance activities.

Laurie Tribuiani

Chief Distribution Officer

Laurie has worked in the Insurance Industry for over 30 years in both Domestic and Global positions. She worked in the AIG Philadelphia office for 15 years, holding key roles as Commercial Accounts and National Account Regional Manager positions, and for the last six years managed the AIG Mid-Atlantic Region. Laurie and her family moved to New Jersey in 2004 where she continued her career in AIG’s Home Office in New York City holding National Marketing & Distribution roles and in 2010 took her first Global assignment as Head of the Global Major Accounts practice, where she helped build out AIG’s Multinational Capabilities across the globe.

Blake Berry

Chief Claims Officer

Blake comes to N2G after eight years with Nationwide Insurance as an Account Manager and Consultant in E&S/Specialty. Blake holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Iowa and a Juris Doctorate from Drake University Law School. He is a licensed attorney in both Iowa and Massachusetts. Blake is also a Captain in the Massachusetts National Guard, where he has been serving for the last 18 years.

Sarah Creasy

Head of Inbound

Sarah joins N2G from Nationwide E&S/Specialty.  She spent the past 12 years in underwriting and product roles, including leadership in property product development and portfolio management.  Prior to Nationwide, Sarah pivoted to retail and wholesale agency production after a successful career in claims and risk management.  She is a 25-year veteran of the insurance industry with multi-line product expertise, specializing in product design and development. Sarah holds the AIC designation from the Institutes and has participated on multiple ISO panels.  She recently completed Harvard Business School Online Disruptive Strategy.  

Monica Zsamboky

Chief of Staff

With over 15 years of experience in serving large organizations as well as nurturing start-ups, Monica has developed an excellent understanding of the needs of adaptation in a constantly-changing business environment. She has a strong aptitude for creating processes and procedures that increase office efficiency and improve customer satisfaction. Monica was the co-founder of London BBD, a small business consulting firm, and has managed offices in diverse industries including law, consulting, and powersports.

Dhakshina Moorthy Kasthuri

Vice President of Information Technology

Dhakshina Moorthy worked on building technology in the insurance industry for over 25 years.  Started his Career as an engineer worked on various medium and large commercial, insurance, and healthcare companies building their day to day technology needs.   While he was working for ACE Group now its Chubb as head of multinational systems, he helped building their technology landscape from ground up to operate their newly created multinational division which reduced their time in issuing their local policies significantly.  He succeeded in creating their multinational servicing tool Worldview® for Chubb instant access to policy information for their brokers & clients, this tool recognized by Business Insurance, RIMS, etc., an industry-leading benchmarks as an innovative tool in the market.

Teri Vavricek

Vice President of Underwriting, Governance & Optimization

Teri Vavricek brings a broad range of experience and leadership from her more than 20-year career at Nationwide including Workers Compensation specialty underwriting, product, program management, personal and commercial lines operations, and corporate strategy.

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