Stephen Lord

Global CIO at AXIS Capital

Larchmont, New York, United States

About

A CIO who leverages technology to drive boardroom-relevant value. I am a business leader who is recognized as a team builder, as well as a passionate change agent who visualizes the full strategic blueprint and aligns IT initiatives with the enterprise vision and goals. I have a demonstrated ability to architect and manage transformative, business-enabling technology initiatives to drive competitive advantage and return on investment.

Experience

  • Global Chief Information Officer at AXIS (AXIS Capital)
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Deployed multiple transformational artificial intelligence technologies including submission ingestion and claims handling, to boost throughput and augment existing workflows, including with low- and no-touch underwriting. Migrated all applications and infrastructure to public cloud provider, closing existing data centers entirely. Championed and implemented a scaled agile transformational org design and delivery methodologies across both business and technology organizations.

  • The Hartford (4 yrs 8 mos)
    • SVP & CIO Global Specialty, Corp IT, HIMCO & Enterprise Architecture
      Feb 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • CIO Global Specialty, Corporate IT, & HIMCO
      Jul 2021 - Feb 2022 · 8 mos

    • CIO, Global Specialty
      May 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Chief Information Officer at Navigators Group Inc (acquired by The Hartford)
    May 2018 - May 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Acquired by The Hartford

  • AXIS Capital (5 yrs 11 mos)
    • CIO Accident & Health
      Oct 2015 - May 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Global CTO
      May 2014 - May 2018 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • CIO Reinsurance
      Jul 2012 - Oct 2015 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Endurance (6 yrs 10 mos)
    • Global CTO and CIO Insurance/Reinsurance Systems
      Mar 2011 - Mar 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Global CTO and Worldwide Insurance CIO
      Oct 2009 - Mar 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Worldwide Insurance CIO
      Sep 2007 - Oct 2009 · 2 yrs 2 mos