Location Cotuit, Massachusetts, United States Regions East Coast, New England, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Bob Bruce is responsible for Blue Cod’s strategic direction and operations with a focus on growing the company’s Managed Insurance Services business. Bruce is a leading technology executive with expertise in enabling IT organizations, and software and computer services companies to achieve high performance and increase revenue, profitability and
quality. Bruce has served on Blue Cod’s Board of Directors since 2009 and joined the company full time in 2011.
Prior to joining Blue Cod, Bruce founded ClayPoint, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in helping executives strengthen product direction, sales and marketing strategies, and internal business and IT operations. Bruce previously served as president of Fiserv Property & Casualty Solutions, providing a full suite of software, consulting and hosting solutions to the P&C insurance industry. He integrated three independent software companies, developing a cohesive product strategy and gaining economies of scale in sales, marketing, finance and administration.
Prior to Fiserv, Bruce was the CIO at Allmerica Financial Corporation, where he was recognized by Computerworld as one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders in the country. He was instrumental in creating Allmerica’s first shared services company, consolidating back office operations for customer service, administration and information systems across multiple companies.
Bruce joined Allmerica after 16 years with Digital Equipment Corporation, rising to the position of CIO for Digital's $7 billion worldwide computer services business. Bruce began at New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, where he led multiple customer service departments and oversaw the implementations of major computer system projects. He received a BS from Tufts University and completed the Advanced International Management program at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Bruce has served as a judge for CIO Magazine’s CIO 100 Awards since 2009 and for MIT Sloan’s annual CIO Symposium Awards Programs since 2010.
