Erie Insurance has announced the promotion of Tim Shine (pictured above) to senior vice president in IT, focused on sales and product technology.

In the newly created role, Shine will lead Erie’s technology transformation across personal lines, commercial lines and Erie Family Life. he will report to Partha Srinivasa, chief information officer at Erie.

Shine has more than 25 years of professional technology experience, most recently serving as Erie’s vice president of information technology. Since joining the company in 1999, he has led the modernization of its core insurance system, including the delivery of the Quoting and Application System (QAS), ERIESecure Business and ERIE Express Life. prior to joining Erie, Shine held technology roles at State Farm and General Electric Transportation.

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“I’m excited to align Tim to our top priorities of modernizing and transforming our core platforms,” Srinivasa said. “During his time at Erie Insurance, Tim has helped shape a more contemporary user experience for our agents, driven greater efficiencies in our policy processing and greatly accelerated the adoption of data and cloud capabilities.”