Past Employer Biographies
Spring '25
HCSC - 01/30
Rolande Odeniyi
Rolande Odeniyi, FSA, is a Senior Director and Actuary at Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC). Originally from France, she moved to the U.S. after high school and graduated from DePaul University. With extensive experience in healthcare, she has worked in areas such as life insurance valuation, government pricing, provider networks, data science, corporate strategy, and performance analysis. Outside of her professional role, Rolande is a dedicated mom of two toddlers, enjoys sourdough baking, traveling, and mentoring.
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Milliman - 02/05
Aric Booth, ASA, MAAA
Aric Booth is from Waukesha, WI, and graduated from UW-Madison with majors in Actuarial Science, Finance, and Risk Management and Insurance (RMI). He specializes in the Health practice area, focusing on Medicare, and has earned the credentials of ASA and MAAA. Aric's favorite part of his job the fast-paced nature of the insurance industry, particularly the variety of clients and the opportunity to learn from experts across all health markets. An interesting fact about him is that he was born on 9/9/99.
Sam Smetek, FSA, MAAA
Sam Smetek is from Brookfield, WI, and majored in Actuarial Science and Finance. He works in Health, specializing in Medicare and long term care. Sam has earned his FSA and MAAA. His favorite part of his role is the variety of problems and solutions he gets to implement in his daily work. A fun fact about him is that he was born on Friday the 13th.
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EY - 02/10
Jamie Lam
Jamie Lam graduated from UW-Madison in December of 2021 with a B.B.A. in Actuarial Science, Finance Banking and Investment, and Risk Management and Insurance. Jamie started out in the financial industry as an Associate in the Strategy and Transaction (SaT) - Valuation, Modeling, and Economics practice at EY before moving over to their actuarial practice. Jamie is now an Actuarial Consultant based in Chicago in the Insurance Actuarial Advisory Services (IAAS) practice, working on reserving and risk transfer contracts for P&C clients. Outside of work, Jamie enjoys spending her time feeding Chicago ducks along Lake Michigan, playing tennis, and surviving Pilates.
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Jing Kai Ong
Jing Kai Ong is an Actuarial Consultant in EY's Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services practice and is based in New York. He graduated from UW-Madison in 2023, with a B.B.A. in Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) and Data Science. He has been at EY since his internship in the Property & Casualty practice in 2022 and joined after graduation in 2023, moving to the L&H Practice in 2024. Jing Kai primarily works on IFRS-17 and Statutory audits of life and annuity insurers, and building Generative AI proof-of-concepts with actuarial applications. Outside of work, Jing Kai enjoys playing table tennis, attending golden retriever meetups and trying new cuisines in NYC.
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Mike McComis
Mike McComis is a Senior Manager in EY’s Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services practice, based in Chicago. Mike graduated from UW-Madison in 2008, with a B.B.A. in Actuarial Science and Risk Management and Insurance. Following graduation, Mike joined EY's property and casualty team, where he has spent his entire career. During this time, Mike has had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of engagements, including extensive experience in loss reserving for P&C insurers & reinsurers, capital modeling and model validation, and leading EY's actuarial thought leadership team. Mike is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Outside of work, Mike enjoys traveling to new destinations, coffee, and following his favorite sports teams.
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Travelers - 02/20
Matt Omillian
Matt graduated from UW-Madison in Spring 2021. He is a current participant in the Actuarial Leadership Development Program (ALDP) after interning for 1 summer. Matt has held roles in Bond & Specialty Pricing and Personal Auto Claim Analytics and recently became an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Outside of work Matt enjoys video games, watching Wisconsin sports, and performing poorly at trivia.
Andrew Kegel
Andrew graduated from UW-Madison Spring of 2021, majoring in Actuarial Science, Finance, and Risk Management. He joined the Actuarial Leadership Development Program (ALDP) soon after graduating and has held roles in pricing, reserving, and ceded reinsurance. He became an Associate of the Casualty Actuary Society in 2023 and is currently working on becoming a Fellow. In his free time, he enjoys working out, gaming, and watching his favorite sports teams win.
Jake Prasch
Jake graduated from UW-Madison in Fall 2021. He had 2 Travelers internships prior to joining the Actuarial Leadership Development Program (ALDP) full-time in 2022. Jake has held roles in Business Insurance Workers Compensation and Personal Auto Pricing and he recently became an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Jake's hobbies include staying active and watching his favorite sports teams lose.
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Aon - 02/24
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Jacob Culberson
Jacob Culberson is a Senior Actuarial Analyst in the Reinsurance Solutions Line at Aon. He joined Aon in June 2022, and is responsible for performing analytics and collaborating with brokers to inform clients on efficient reinsurance solutions. Prior to joining Aon, Jacob earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at University of Wisconsin-Madison, double majoring in Actuarial Science and Risk Management and Insurance.
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Sabrina Mishall
Sabrina is a Senior Consultant for actuarial services within the Health Solutions practice at Aon’s Chicago office. She works on different types of clients, including utility and energy companies, manufacturing firms, and school districts. Sabrina’s work includes strategy, budgeting, plan design modeling, pricing, reserving, and other financial projects. Her main role involves financial project planning, reviewing data and selecting assumptions, and working with the rest of her team to deliver results to clients.
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Matt Dykstra
Matt is an actuarial associate for Aon’s Wealth Solutions practice in the Bannockburn, Illinois office. In this role, he assists on several client teams in retirement consulting. Matt assists with funding and accounting projects including pension valuation, government filings, benefit calculations, assumption studies, and budgets. Matt also assists with campus recruiting for the Bannockburn, Illinois office.
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Todd L. Laszewski - 03/03​
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Todd L. Laszewski, FSA, CLU®, MS, MAAA
Todd L. Laszewski, FSA, CLU®, MS, MAAA, is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and an Adjunct Professor at The American College of Financial Services. Todd graduated from UW-Madison in 1985 with a Master of Science in Actuarial Science. Upon graduation, he started working for Northwestern Mutual Life in Milwaukee, WI, with increasing levels of responsibility. Todd was responsible for pricing various insurance products offered by NM (life, DI, annuities), leading the Product Development corporate teams for life insurance and long-term care insurance, and being the company’s Product Tax Actuary. He recently retired from Northwestern Mutual as Vice President & Actuary after a nearly 39-year career. He enjoys spending time with his family (wife Ruth and daughters Sarah and Krista), all UW-Madison alumni. He is now also keeping quite busy teaching, doing volunteer work, mentoring, and squeezing in some golf whenever possible!
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KPMG - 03/13​
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Colin Liegel
Colin Liegel is a third year associate in the Life/Annuity practice at KPMG. He has also worked on some Group Life and Health projects. He graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison and lives in Chicago currently.
Simran Bhagat
Simran Bhagat is a first year associate (who also interned with KPMG) in the Life/Annuity practice at KPMG. She went to Drake University and also lives in Chicago.
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Deloitte - 04/01​
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Maria Fendrich
Maria Fendrich graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019 and has been with Deloitte for over 5 years in the Life Sciences and Healthcare practice. Maria’s work has been focused on large health systems and health plans and has included value-based care, strategic pricing and contracting, and state Medicaid program reviews.
Cate Murdock
Cate Murdock graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2022 and has been with Deloitte for 2.5 years, joining as a campus hire after college following an internship in the summer of 2021. She has spent time both on traditional actuarial work and non-traditional consulting projects, mainly related to health plans.
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CAS President Presentation - 4/03​
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Dave Cummings
Dave Cummings serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary, leading USAA’s Property and Casualty Insurance Actuary and Analytics group. His leadership brings together the actuarial science, data, and analytics disciplines to further accelerate their pace in delivering advanced and predictive analytics in support of USAA’s strategic objectives.
Prior to joining USAA, David served as Senior Vice President of Insurance Operations and Analytics for ISO where he was responsible for insurance programs in personal lines, and for the development of new analytic products including the ISO Risk Analyzer suite. Before working for ISO, David was the Director of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for State Farm Insurance Companies.
David holds a master’s degree in computational and applied mathematics from Rice University. He is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy where he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematical sciences and operations research. David is also a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and is currently serving as President of the CAS. He previously served the CAS as a Board Member, as Vice President for Research & Development, and as a member of the Risk Management Committee.
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Fall '24
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Sentry Insurance - 10/2
Sarah Taugher
Sarah Taugher graduated from Carroll University in 2022 with a degree in Actuarial Science. She works in our motorcycle pricing area.
Ed Matesan
Ed Matesan, ACAS, graduated from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 2022 with a degree in Finance. He works in our nonstandard auto pricing area.
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Allianz Life - 10/3
Katelyn Mamrick
Katelyn Mamrick graduated from UW-Madison in May and started full time at Allianz Life in July. During her internship at Allianz last summer and since being back full-time, she has been on the RILA (Registered Index Linked Annuities) team within the Product Development department. Katelyn has 5 exams passed (shout out Kirk, PJ, Margie, and Peng) and will be taking Exam PA soon. During her time at Wisconsin, she was a part of the NCAA Division 1 rowing program and hopes to row for Allianz in Paris at our upcoming “Allianz Olympics” in 2026. Outside of work and rowing, she is a massive sports fan. She has loved being in the Twin Cities to watch the Twins and Lynx. She also looks forward to hockey season starting soon.
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Bryton Goymerac
Bryton Goymerac graduated from UW-Madison in May of 2022. After two internships at Allianz Life, he was hired on full time as part of the Profitability Management team. His primary responsibility is to set affordable rates for Allianz's in-force RILA business. He is one module away from receiving my ASA. Outside of work, he enjoys playing sports such as tennis, golf, and Spikeball.
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Sarveen Shafiyan Rad
Sarveen Shafiyan Rad joined Allianz Life in June 2021 after he graduated from UConn. He started on the Variable Annuity Financial Reporting team supporting statutory reporting. In 2023, he transitioned to the IFRS reporting team where he supports the measurement of the company’s profit. He has worked with several Allianz products including fixed, variable, and indexed variable annuities. He only has the modules left to complete to achieve his ASA. Outside of work, he enjoys watching sports, specifically the new-look Chicago Bears.
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Oliver Wyman - 10/10
Abby Smith
Abby Smith is an Analyst with the Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman and is based in Chicago. She has been with the US Life Team at Oliver Wyman since July of 2024 after graduating in May of 2024. Abby hit the ground running after joining and is currently supporting a model validation, focusing on a client’s disabled life reserve (“DLR”) calculation.
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Joe Kalin, ASA
Joe Kalin is a Manager with the Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman and is based in in Chicago. He has been with the US Life Team at Oliver Wyman since his first internship in 2018, joining full time after graduation from UW-Madison in 2019. Joe has supported several clients since he joined Oliver Wyman and has gained extensive experience in financial reporting, particularly US GAAP, and actuarial model building / testing.
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Gordon Enderle - 10/14
Gordon Enderle, FSA
Gordon joined the RMI department at UW-Madison in 2017. Prior to that, Gordon worked as a pension actuary for a little over 30 years. He was a founding member of Davis Conder Enderle & Sloan, a small consulting practice founded in 1992 that grew considerably until being purchased in 2005 by Watson Wyatt (Willis Towers Watson today).
Gordon is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (AAA). Gordon has volunteered for the SOA and AAA in several capacities over his career. Gordon currently serves as the UW-Madison accreditation actuary for the SOA’s UEC program.
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Optum - 11/6
Eric Drake
Eric Drake is an actuarial analyst with United Healthcare. He graduated from UW Madison in 2021. He has experience in rate and premium development for fully insured commercial policies, rate filing, competitor analysis, and level funded premium development. In his free time, he also enjoys hiking, fishing, trivia, running, and watching Badger games.
Samantha Krieger
Samantha Krieger is an actuarial analyst with Optum. She graduated from UW Madison in 2024. She has experience in medical claims trend forecasting for both Medicare and Medicaid, GLP-1 weight loss drug tracking, and health technology pipeline research and forecasting. Outside of work, she enjoys travelling, instructing cycling classes, and exploring Minneapolis.
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QBE - 11/12
Paul Davis
Paul Davis is a December 2018 graduate of UW-Madison. He is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and has been an employee with QBE for almost 5 years, primarily focusing on Crop Insurance. In Paul’s spare time, he loves going for walks with his wife and dog as well as cheering on all Wisconsin sports.
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Jimmy Huynh
Jimmy Huynh is a May 2022 graduate of UW-Madison currently waiting on results for Exam 5. He has been with QBE for 2.5 years working on the Property Team. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, playing video games, and working out.
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AIG - 11/19
Darpan Mehta
Darpan Mehta is an associate actuary at Lexington Insurance Company’s Chicago office, bringing over eight years of experience across insurance consulting and carrier roles. He is passionate about diving into non-traditional actuarial work within Excess & Surplus lines, including specialized areas like Construction Defect and Mass Torts. Outside of work, Darpan enjoys reading, perfecting his coffee-making skills, and spending quality time with his cat.
Mohammed Yasser
Mohammed Yasser is an associate actuary at Lexington Insurance Company’s Chicago office. He has over 5 years of experience in Commercial Property, Personal Lines Homeowners, and Marine insurance. Outside of work, he enjoys playing volleyball, video games, and watching horror movies.
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