Benjie Estor

Orlando, FL
[email protected]
859-445-7619

Summary

Hands-on Architect with 21 years of Software Development experience gathered on various projects mostly in Insurance
domain. Proven problem solver with significant competency in developing distributed applications and Enterprise
Application integration solutions. Extremely proficient in a broad range of technologies, expertise includes in-depth
experience with commercial and personal lines of business.
 14years of experience with Guidewire products on multiple implementations of PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter including
rating, configuration, integration, production support and quality management
 Strong object-oriented skills with solid technical experience in delivering industrial-strength, mission-critical applications
 Able to effectively communicate with all levels of management, business analysts, and developers to ensure proper
understanding of needs and effective implementation of requirements
 Excellent knowledge transfer ability with mentoring and training a primary consideration
 Have lead and mentored small teams successfully, always ensuring the final product is of the highest quality

Certification

 Guidewire Software, Professional Certification - InsuranceSuite10.0 Integration

Professional Experience

USAA San Antonio, TX (05/2021 – present)

Acted as Guidewire Tech Lead - Rating responsible for Auto Renters project
 Guided customer team on best use of Guidewire solutions and best practices.
 Responsible for Auto Renters rating implementation with Earnix.
 Manage offshore rating development team.
 Responsible for code review and approval of all BitBucket pull requests.
 Daily responsibilities are 60% configuration and 40% integration
Technologies used: PolicyCenter v10, Gosu, PostgreSQL, Websphere, BitBucket, Intellij, Amazon AWS

State Auto Insurance Columbus, OH (11/2018 – 05/2021)

Acted as Guidewire Tech Lead - Rating responsible for Commercial Property Package (CPP) project
 Guided customer team on best use of Guidewire solutions and best practices.
 Responsible for Commercial Property, General Liability, Inland Marine and Umbrella rating implementation.
 Manage offshore rating development team.
 Responsible for code review and approval of all BitBucket pull requests.
 Daily responsibilities are 80% configuration and 20% integration
Technologies used: InsuranceSuite v9, Gosu, SQL Server, Tomcat, BitBucket

Frontline Insurance Lake Mary, FL (07/2018 – 11/2018)

Acted as Guidewire Senior Architect/ SME responsible for PolicyCenter Homeowners project
 Guided customer team on best use of Guidewire solutions and best practices.
 Responsible for South Carolina redeployment rating implementation.
 Worked on Georgia rating implementation.
 Involved daily in production support.
 Responsible for code review and approval of all BitBucket pull requests.
 Daily responsibilities are 70% configuration and 30% integration
Technologies used: InsuranceSuite v9, Gosu, SQL Server, Tomcat, Smart Communications, ImageNow, BitBucket

Seibels Columbia, SC (07/2017 – 07/2018)

Acted as Technical Lead / Senior Architect responsible for InsuranceSuite integration project
 Guided customer team on best use of Guidewire integration solutions and best practices
 Designed and implementeddocument production integration with Thunderhead’s Smart Communication for
InsuranceSuite including Draft Editor, DMS with OnBase, Authentication, Inspection Report, Address Standardization,
ISO 360 – Replacement Cost, Torrent Flood, Online Bill Pay with BillingCenter, and architectural design discussions &
decisions.
 Supported scaling of required infrastructure
Technologies used: InsuranceSuite v9, Gosu, SQL Server, Tomcat, Smart Communications, OnBase, BitBucket

Zurich North America Owings Mills, Maryland (05/2016 – 07/2017)

Acted as Technical Lead / Senior Architect responsible for PolicyCenter integration project
 Guided partner (E&Y) and customer team on best use of Guidewire integration solutions and best practices
 Implemented, and continually refined document production integration, authentication, producers data load into PC,
architectural design discussions and decisions.
 Completed installation and configuration of SVN – Rally connector plugin.
 Supported scaling of required infrastructure
Technologies used: PolicyCenter v9, Gosu, SQL Server, Tomcat, Documaker

GMC Software Technology Orlando, FL (01/2015 – 05/2016)

As part of presales team, responsible for Guidewire InsuranceSuite (ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter and BillingCenter) integration
with GMC Inspire (Interactive and Automation)
 Designed and implemented aggregator for solution inside PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter and BillingCenter for document
production as part of Guidewire accelerator program.
 Worked closely with GMC product development team on possible product improvements
 Provided coaching and guidance for GMC presales/sales team how to use Guidewire Core products
 Worked closely with Guidewire staff and GMC product management team on configuration and integration approach
and design ensuring implementation followed best practices as well as publishing the accelerator and becoming a
Guidewire partner (Solution).
Technologies used: InsuranceSuite v8, Gosu, SQL Server, Tomcat, GMC Inspire 10.x (Interactive and Automation)

Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance of Idaho Pocatello, Idaho (06/2013 – 02/2014)

Acted as Technical Lead / Senior Architect / SME responsible for PolicyCenter and BillingCenter integration
 Developed several major functional changes
 Fixed identified bugs and defects
 Guided Guidewire staff and client development team (+7) regarding performance and integration aspects of
implementation
 Worked closely withclient and Guidewire staff on configuration and integration approach and design ensuring
integration followed best practice.
Technologies used: PolicyCenter v7, BillingCenter, Gosu, SQL Server, Tomcat

Citizens Property Insurance Tallahassee, Florida (04/2012 – 05/2015)

Part of the CORE team in Guidewire InsuranceSuite (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter and BillingCenter) implementation for
Personal and Commercial Lines
 Designed and implemented document production integration of Guidewire InsuranceSuite with Thunderhead NOW and
Rating integration with Oracle Insbridge.
 Guided Citizens and Guidewire development team (+5) regarding performance and integration aspects of
implementation
 Worked closely with Citizens and Guidewire staff on configuration and integration approach and design ensuring
integration followed best practice.
Technologies used: InsuranceSuite v7, Gosu, SQL Server, Tomcat, Thunderhead NOW, Oracle Insbridge

Great American Insurance Group Cincinnati, Ohio (06/2008 – 04/2012)

Acted as Technical Lead responsible for ClaimCenter integration with +10 external systems
 Design and Implemented LitAdvisor integration with CSC (claim exposures data sent into CSC via web service calls to
process all payments weekly from an FTP file), EDW Push integration (claims data sent to data warehouse via ESB layer)
and PSAR (policy search and retrieval) integration with external Policy system
 Customized Guidewire ISO Claim Search integration
 Completed ClaimCenter upgrade from 4.x to 6.x

Technologies used: ClaimCenter v4 (GScript), ClaimCenter v6 (Gosu), SQL Server, DB2, Java/J2EE, Tomcat

Education

University of Saint La Salle - B.S, Computer Engineering - (1994-1999)