NEW YORK, March 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BOLT Solutions, Inc. (www.boltinc.com), provider of the leading online sales and service platform to the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, today announced Rob Tyrie has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Professional Services.
Bolt's tremendous success in the market, including Bolt's newest engagements with four of the top 10 P&C insurance carriers in the U.S., prompted the expansion of the company's leadership team with the addition of Tyrie. In his new position, Tyrie will spearhead Bolt's growing Professional Services organization to ensure continued delivery of the highest quality service and support to Bolt customers and partners.
Tyrie brings to Bolt more than two decades of experience and success in leading services and operations organizations in the insurance technology industry. Prior to joining Bolt, he was most recently Senior Director of the Insurance Industry Business Unit at SalesForce.com. In addition to his SalesForce.com experience, Tyrie has served as Vice President of Insurance Solutions at NexJ Systems and Vice President of Professional Services at Camilion Solutions.
In his new role, Tyrie will be instrumental in helping the rapidly growing Bolt customer and partner base derive maximum business value from the Bolt PlatformTM, while also assisting in the expansion of Bolt's presence among U.S. insurance carriers.
Tyrie will focus on broadening the bandwidth and skill set of Bolt's Professional Services team, which has already added over 100 insurance professionals in the past year to support the aggressive growth in demand for Bolt consulting services and to support the growing list of tier one delivery and implementation partners.
"I am thrilled to be part of the Bolt team and look forward to doing my part in helping to achieve and exceed Bolt's industry vision and business goals," said Tyrie. "Bolt has defined the market for direct online commercial insurance sales and the company's success is evidence of the industry's validation and adoption of the Bolt platform and direct online sales approach."
"We welcome Rob to the team and look forward to his contributions, leadership and his exceptional industry operational experience. The expansion of Bolt's senior management team with the addition of Rob ensures the company will be able to continue to meet its commitments to our growing customer and partner family who have put their trust in our platform and our organization," said Eric Gewirtzman, CEO of Bolt.
About BOLT Solutions Inc.
Headquartered in New York and founded in 2000, BOLT Solutions Inc. (formerly SeaPass Solutions Inc.) offers the leading online sales and client service platform for anyone who wants to sell or buy insurance online. The Bolt PlatformTM supports all of the insurance needs of its customers, while driving market share, retention and increased revenue for its insurance industry partners. Bolt is an ICG company (Nasdaq:ICGE). For more information visit www.boltinc.com, email info@boltinc.com or call 212-608-4646.