BrokerTech Ventures (BTV) – which is the industry’s first broker-led convening platform and accelerator program – announced the hiring of Emily Schultz as its new Managing Director. Within this role, Schultz will be responsible for setting and executing on the strategic direction of BTV to help advance innovation within the broker technology industry.
Schultz will also be responsible for leading BTV’s five distinct towers of operation — early-stage investments, innovation, capital, media & communications, and the accelerator — alongside BTV’s managing partners.
Schultz also comes to BTV with a plethora of experience. And more recently, Schultz was the Sr. Director of Publishing Operations and a member of the Executive Leadership Team for Business Publications Corporation (BPC), an Iowa-based media company that publishes the Des Moines Business Record and dsm magazine, and owns and operates WriteBrain media. Before that, Schultz was the Project Lead for Visionary, a technology company providing large and small companies with web design, web development, and digital marketing solutions.
Over the four years since BTV’s inception, it has grown to include 12 of North America’s most sizable and innovative brokerage firms and 14 of the most notable and respected insurance companies and wholesalers with a domestic and international presence. And BTV also represents 60 insurtech startups worldwide, including those in the U.S., Israeli, and Latin American accelerator programs, with investments and commercial engagements with many.
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“We are beyond thrilled Emily has joined our BTV family. Emily comes to us with deep and diversified experience in not only operations, but also in the startup and entrepreneurial space. Her understanding of our business and her strong awareness of the benefits of innovation in the industry make her the perfect fit for this role.”
— Dan Keough, Holmes Murphy Chairman & CEO and BTV Co-CEO
“I’m thrilled to be joining the BTV team and have a front row seat to the exciting innovations that are happening throughout the insurance industry. I’ve had the pleasure of watching the BTV team in action, and I’m happy to be part of their ongoing journey of innovation.”
— Emily Schultz
“We’re excited about the exceptional team we’re building at BTV. Emily’s ability to guide critical decisions, strategy, and tactics for the greater BTV company coupled with John Jackovin’s exceptional work in the accelerator space is setting us up to be a key innovation ecosystem that will help shape the future of insurance.”
— Susan Hatten, Holmes Murphy Chief Marketing Officer and BTV Chief Operating Officer
