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Russ Bostick joined Conseco in February 2005 as executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of the company. Bostick is responsible for IT across all of Conseco's subsidiaries: the Conseco Insurance companies Bankers Life & Casualty Company and Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company.
Before joining Conseco Bostick served for seven years as chief technology officer of Chase Insurance the insurance arm of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. During this time Bostick served as CIO for Zurich Life U.S. where he led an IT organization through two transformations in less than one year as Bank One and then Chase ultimately acquired the company. In his role as CIO he delivered substantial improvement in targeted areas and managed a team spanning several locations and serving multiple markets products and channels.
Before Chase Bostick was chief technology officer for Corporate Software & Technology a licensed software reseller in Norwood Massachusetts.
Previously Bostick held key technology positions at CNA Insurance from 1994-1997 and at IBM from 1979-1994. While at IBM he was introduced to the financial services industry serving for three years as the client executive for CNA.
Bostick holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry and mathematics from Wabash College and an MBA in marketing from the University of Chicago. He served as Chair of the Board of Governors for the IT Resource Center a nonprofit technology resource for nonprofit organizations and continues to chair its fund-raising committee. | 