Chris Luiz is an insurance technology leader and CEO with 11 years of hands-on experience building data-driven products and teams across startups and enterprise insurers. Based in Cleveland, he founded and runs Scout InsurTech and InsurTech Ohio, connecting carriers, brokers, and agencies to talent and technology while advising startups like Eliza and Monitaur. A former lead data scientist and ML platform owner at Progressive, he has driven model modernization that unlocked hundreds of millions in value and translated technical work into executive-level AI strategy and training. He blends full-stack data science chops with product and customer-success leadership, mentoring junior engineers and shaping go-to-market communities. An unexpected thread through his career is repeated founder experience—from consumer goods to clean water tech—giving him practical product commercialization instincts alongside deep ML expertise.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Chemistry, Bachelor's degree Chemistry at DePaul University
Master of Science - MSCS Computer Science, Master of Science - MSCS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
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