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Shivi Shankaran Joins EverQuote as Executive Vice President of Commercial Insurance and Special Projects
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 24 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- EverQuote, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVER), a leading online insurance marketplace in the U.S., is pleased to announce that
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[{"type":"text","content":"CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 24 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- EverQuote, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVER), a leading online insurance marketplace in the U.S., is pleased to announce that Shivi Shankaran will join the company as Executive Vice President of Commercial Insurance and Special Projects. \nMr. Shankaran is a gifted and experienced leader in product, technology and operations, who brings significant expertise building and scaling global organizations. \"We are thrilled to welcome Shivi to the leadership team. His tenure at Amazon in a period of hypergrowth in their Global Operations organization will enable him to accelerate EverQuote's entry into new verticals and expand opportunities. Shivi has a rare combination of skills and experience that will be crucial to EverQuote's growth ambitions.\" said Seth Birnbaum, CEO and Co-Founder of EverQuote. \n\"I love building things. You get to build a strong leadership culture, hire passionate individuals who share your mission, and drive hard towards results. I'm excited about how EverQuote is transforming the customer experience for buying insurance. There is significant opportunity to use technology to match customers with the right products for their needs at the right prices. I'm thrilled to be joining an organization as data-driven as EverQuote and look forward to helping write the next chapter in EverQuote's incredible growth story,\" said Mr. Shankaran. \nMr. Shankaran previously spent nearly 15 years in various roles at Amazon. Before this, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Netscape. He holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering, a Masters degree in Computer Science, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. \nSafe Harbor Statement \nAny statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for EverQuote, Inc. (\"EverQuote\" or the \"Company\"), including statements about future results of operations or the future financial position of the Company, including financial targets, business strategy, plans and objectives for future operations and other statements containing the words \"anticipates,\" \"believes,\" \"expects,\" \"plans,\" and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking st...