Mike Del Secolo
CTO | CISO Executive and Strategic Advisor
Mike Del Secolo is a former Fortune 100 Executive and a strategic advisor for Mantissa Group, a strategy consulting firm serving the CIO executive and their extended leadership teams. Mike is an industry leading expert on wide variety of strategic matters affecting the CIO, CTO, and their leadership teams. He has deep expertise helping leaders with their technology roadmaps, as well as focusing on executable technology, security, and emerging technology strategies.
Mike’s previous experiences at multiple large organizations has resulted in a philosophy of understanding the technology landscape and driving business results by developing technology strategies that complement business goals. He has accomplished this by creating high performing technical teams leveraging both internal and external talent. Among his technical accomplishments include the delivery of technology roadmaps and executing a multi-cloud strategy that optimized delivery to the business while reducing technical debt and strengthening security posture. He was responsible for implementing global networks in multiple companies and has led the consolidation of 28 data centers.
Mr. Del Secolo is a seasoned leader with broad executive experiences across industries and has served in numerous advisory roles in companies such as Cisco, MCI, Actian and AT&T. Mike’s most recent experience was as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at New York Life. He was accountable for New York Life’s engineering, technology roadmap and chaired the Architecture Review Board. Mike was responsible for the creation of the CTSO position to focus on security initiatives to include Identity Access Management, cloud security engineering, and first line defense. He was part of the senior leadership team that drove innovation and led positive transformations in companywide process reengineering projects in ITO and ASM (Sourcing), Human Resource (SaaS) and Finance (SAP) initiatives. In his previous role at ADP Mike provided strategic leadership for technology, security, and SaaS business initiatives. He achieved synergy by merging hosting, data center and brokerage teams into a shared services technology team.
Mike created his legacy as technology architect by pioneering $10B SaaS business model and built a world-class technology team that continues to deliver results today. Mr. Del Secolo earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Pratt Institute and is currently serving as a strategic advisor for security startups Prismo Systems and SOVY.
Don Desiderato
Industry CIO | CEO & Founder Mantissa Group
Don Desiderato is a former Fortune 100 Executive and Founder of Mantissa Group LLC a strategy consulting firm serving the CIO executive and their extended leadership teams. He is a deeply experienced senior technology executive helping leaders with their technology strategic plans, as well as simultaneously focusing on leadership development and culture. Don’s previous experiences at multiple large organizations has resulted in a philosophy of driving business results through the creation of highly integrated business and people strategies at multiple levels in the organization. Among his technical accomplishments include leading a largest of its kind Life Insurance technology transformation program delivering both financial and technical results, and fully implementing a full scale Annuities Modernization program. He has also built numerous business driven multi-year technology roadmaps and has become known for depth and breadth of details in his CIO 100-day report, used not only for new leaders, but also leaders who have a new mandate. Finally, Don has served as an Executive Coach inside and out of his industry, while implementing a philosophy of building Exceptional Leaders, Extended Leadership Teams, and Formalized Succession plans. Mr. Desiderato is a seasoned leader with broad executive experiences in industries including life insurance, annuities, retirement services, and international insurance. Don’s most recent experience was Chief Information Officer (CIO) at New York Life. He was accountable for the New York Life’s Core Insurance, Strategic Insurance Businesses, and Agency technology. In this role, Mr. Desiderato was accountable for managing a large-scale transformation effort ranging from core Insurance and Sales platforms to the modernization of infrastructure and data environment. In addition, he was a member of the Insurance Group Senior Leadership Team. Don’s previous New York Life role included CIO for the Investments Group technology. In this role, he was on the Investments Group Senior Leadership team and led similar transformation initiatives. During his tenure, he regularly interacted with members of the Executive Management Committee and has presented to the Board of Directors. Mr. Desiderato earned a BS in Computer Information Systems from Quinnipiac University and is currently serving on the Quinnipiac University business school Advisory Board.
Kevin Kelly
Industry CIO | President Mantissa Group
Kevin Kelly is a former Fortune 100 Executive and a strategic advisor for Mantissa Group LLC, a strategy consulting firm serving the CIO executive and their extended leadership teams. Kevin is an industry leading expert on wide variety of strategic matters affecting the CIO, operations leaders, and their leadership teams. He provides executive-level technology and management consultancy and advisory services covering organizational and technology transformation efforts, large program management, product development, solution delivery and organizational assessments.
Kevin’s previous experiences at multiple large organizations has resulted in a philosophy of understanding technology at the executive level and driving business results by developing technology strategies that support business goals. He has accomplished this by creating high performing technical teams leveraging both internal and external talent. Among his technical accomplishments include the delivery of large-scale transformation programs and successfully executing large technology initiatives that optimized delivery to the business while modernizing technology. He also brings a wide array of business knowledge spanning business sectors, including life and annuity, manufacturing, and energy with direct accountability to the CEO or Board of Directors. Kevin also comes with a wide variety of technology skillsets including ERP, cloud migrations, mobile workforce solutions, IoT, and telematics for equipment in the field.
Mr. Kelly is a seasoned leader with broad executive experiences across industries and has developed executive credentials via speaking engagements, publications, patents, and various professional affiliations.
Kevin is currently providing management consulting and advisory services for numerous industry segments. His most recent industry experience was as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at New York Life. He held concurrent responsibilities managing technology development, information technology infrastructure, and business operations within the home healthcare and nursing home insurance markets throughout the United States, totaling $400M in annual revenue, and over $1B in reserves. He effectively communicated throughout the organization at all levels to drive the organization’s goals and focus on critical outcomes. Mr. Kelly earned a BS degree in Computer Science, as well as earning his MBA and graduating Summa Cum Laude from at the University of Texas at Austin.
Ted Mackenzie
Head of Sales | Service Operations Executive
Ted Mackenze is a former Life Insurance Company and TPA Executive and business development executive for Mantissa Group LLC, a strategy consulting firm serving the CIO executive and their extended leadership teams. Ted has a broad range of experience at life insurance companies and TPAs including leadership roles in all aspects of service operations and sales & distribution. He adds a unique combination of experience and skills in relationship management, strategic analysis, planning and organizing, human resource development, change management, and revenue generation.
- 785-230-6894
- t.mackenzie@mantissagroup.com
Industry Executive and Strategic Advisor
Tony Saineghi
Tony Saineghi is an experienced Life and Annuity Project delivery executive and Strategic Advisory for Mantissa Group LLC, a strategy consulting firm serving the CIO executive and their extended leadership teams. Tony is an industry expert with deep experience, most recently as an independent consultant to Global 100 financial services and technology consulting firms. Over the course of his career, he has led thirteen global business and technology modernization initiatives, in both executive advisor and execution capacities. He has driven every aspect, from senior executive buy-in for investment rationale for major transformations to re-tooling organizations that were required to shift from maintaining systems to new platform development.
Tony’s experience prior to joining Mantissa’s leadership team was as a Transformation Lead at Allianz North America. There, he developed a bottom-up plan and onboarded a team of over 280 to scaled agile product teams for a platform modernization program. The global team subsequently delivered on strategic platform commitments in ten months and today embraces continuous improvement and delivery. The plan included developing and integrating over 30 homegrown and vendor systems in a hybrid cloud and on-premises environment. Tony worked alongside business and technology leadership to adopt agile best practices and drive urgent deadlines.
Prior to that, he worked in partnership with leadership at the award-winning clearinghouse, Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). There he developed an integrated delivery and quality testing plan for a team of over 200 specialists modernizing its critical capital markets platform. The cloud-based platform utilized cutting edge streaming service and security protocols to calculate millions of transactions necessary to evaluate portfolio risk, provide liquidity and ensure stable market participation.
Tony has also built businesses, driving a Professional Services division of Accenture that serviced Insurance and Annuity carriers.
Mr. Saineghi earned a BS in Finance from DePaul University and is pursuing a Masters of International Service from American University. He is a Governing Member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Union League Club of Chicago.
Industry COO Executive and Strategic Advisor
- c.williams@mantissagroup.com
- https://www.mantissagroup.com
Cissy Williams
Cissy Williams is an Insurance Operations Executive with deep expertise delivering excellent customer experiences with improved cost efficiency to support profitable growth. Executive leadership for technology, customer operations, shared services, and acquisition integration in her former role at Protective Life, company of more than $6B annual revenues and $1T insurance in force, a subsidiary of top-15 global insurer Dai-Ichi Life. Managed team of executives and organization of more than 1400 employees with operating budget of >$300M. Prior to Protective, Cissy spent 16 years at Unum where she held various executive level operational, business technology and program roles.
Industry CIO Executive and Strategic Advisor
- g.owen@mantissagroup.com
- https://www.mantissagroup.com
Greg Owen
Greg Owen is an Insurance Technology Executive with extensive executive-level expertise in technology, operations, and Board of Directors leadership. He has dedicated a career to transforming IT departments, driving business initiatives, and leading strategic modernization efforts. Greg’s expertise spans across mid-market and Fortune 100 insurance and financial services companies, where he have successfully managed IT turnarounds, recruited top talent, and implemented robust security and risk management frameworks.
Insurance Distribution & Digital Revenue Executive
Ross Cohen
Ross Cohen is an insurance distribution executive who spent nearly a decade at New York Life building the digital infrastructure that drives revenue productivity across large, distributed field organizations. He specializes in one specific and difficult problem: how to make thousands of semi-independent agents measurably more effective at selling, using technology, data, and operational design rather than brute-force management.
As Chief Operating Officer of Field Productivity at New York Life, Ross led a 40-person organization with direct accountability for building the digital ecosystem that supported NYL’s national field force of 12,000 agents, advisors and field managers. He built NYL’s first enterprise digital sales platform from the ground up — including a CRM adopted by 90% of active agents, a client-facing digital selling platform that increased close rates for new agents by 30%, and a GenAI-powered coaching and role-play tool to accelerate skill development and field accountability. He also built the enterprise analytics function that gave field leadership real pipeline visibility for the first time.
Enterprise Architect
Betty Ann (BA) Scott
B.A. Scott is a seasoned technology executive and strategic architecture leader with more than 35 years of experience across the insurance and annuity industries. Combining deep technical expertise with strong business acumen, she has built a distinguished career spanning software development, IT operations, and enterprise architecture leadership.
Throughout her career, B.A. has successfully guided organizations through complex technology transformations by aligning enterprise technology strategies with broader business objectives. She is recognized for her ability to translate sophisticated technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership and business stakeholders, enabling informed, data-driven decision-making.
Her expertise includes enterprise architecture, technology strategy, systems modernization, operational efficiency, and roadmap development. B.A. is highly skilled in leading cross-functional collaboration across business and technology teams to drive innovation, improve scalability, and deliver measurable business value.
Known for her analytical mindset and practical leadership approach, B.A. develops compelling architectural frameworks, strategic roadmaps, and transformation plans that provide organizations with clear direction, achievable milestones, and sustainable growth strategies.
Portfolio Manager | Life Insurance Subject Matter Expert
- n.subhani@mantissagroup.com
- https://www.mantissagroup.com
Noorul Subhani
Noorul Subhani is a portfolio manager and Life and Annuity expert focusing on spearheading legacy modernization initiatives. Our work is rooted in agile methodologies that support efficient policy administration conversions, enabling insurers to seamlessly transition from outdated platforms to modern, scalable digital systems. This transformation is not only technical—it drives real operational excellence, delivering measurable improvements across the insurance value chain.
Prior to this, Noorul was with Oliver Wyman, where he contributed to the development of Fulcrum, a strategic tool designed to facilitate legacy system migration. This experience cemented his dedication to enabling business efficiency through innovative and sustainable digital solutions.
With a proven track record in navigating complex insurance landscapes, Noorul is passionate about bridging the gap between legacy and innovation, ensuring organizations are well-equipped for the evolving demands of the digital era.
Portfolio Manager | Life Insurance Subject Matter Expert
- t.smith@mantissagroup.com
- https://www.mantissagroup.com
Tammy Smith
Tammy Smith is an accomplished Project Manager with over 26 years of diverse experience in the annuity and life insurance industry, complemented by extensive expertise as a business analyst. Proven track record in leading large-scale projects, developing strategic solution, and driving continuous improvement. Adept at managing all project phases, from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and client expectations. Demonstrated ability to mentor and build high performing teams, streamline processes, and deliver results in fast-paced environments. Skilled in communication, decision-making, and relationship management, with a strong sense of integrity and commitment to excellence.
Senior Domain Manager / Product & Business Solutions Specialist
Lalitha Kucharlapati
Accomplished business leader and domain expert with 19 years of experience in the life insurance industry, delivering transformational programs, high-value product portfolios, and global solution implementations. Lalitha brings a strong blend of product management, domain consulting, and business analysis across life and annuity lines, with expertise spanning new business, underwriting, claims, and policy lifecycle solutions. She has successfully led multi-million-dollar portfolios and agile global teams, consistently driving digital transformation, data-driven insights, and strategic stakeholder engagement.
Lalitha has deep expertise in policy administration transformations and digital modernization across the life insurance value chain, including Quote-to-Claim processes. She has spearheaded implementations and product strategies for leading insurers including Mass Mutual, Sunlife International, Liberty Mutual, MetLife, and Ameritas. Her work includes extensive experience with front-end platforms, integration with PAS, and data migration using industry standards like ACORD. She has delivered large-scale solutions for Term Life, Whole Life, UL, and VUL products. Lalitha is well-versed in methodologies including Agile, SAFe, Waterfall, and RUP, and has supported strategic planning using predictive analytics and visualization tools.
Senior technology leader and Head of insurance delivery
- m.boltz@mantissagroup.com
- https://www.mantissagroup.com
Mike Boltz
Mike Boltz is a senior technology leader and a strategic advisor for Mantissa Group LLC, a strategy consulting firm serving the CIO executive and their extended leadership teams. Mike comes with deep experience in the insurance, healthcare, and financial services industries. He has performed in a wide variety of roles starting on Wall Street and rising to CIO of Aviva USA Life and Annuity insurance company. Mike is a proven global technology executive with a track record of delivering successful, business enabling transformation in financial services, life insurance and health insurance industries.
Mike is a results-driven executive with a focus on creating strong, results-driven partnerships with clients. Mr. Boltz is an industry leading expert on digital transformation with expertise crossing Group Benefits and Life and Annuity products. Most recently Mike has been leading large digital transformation programs. His most recent role was leading the Global PMO at NTT DATA to develop the Global insurance Digital Platform (GiDP). This platform processes Group Benefits and Life and Annuity products. Michael’s most recent experience has been in the Group Benefits, Life and Annuity and payer Healthcare domains. In addition to Mike’s technical accomplishment leading the delivery of a large-scale global digital insurance platform (GiDP), he also led large scale group benefits initiatives for Aon Service Corporation and ran healthcare technology as Vice President Strategic Operations at Highmark Health Plan. Mike brings a wide array of business knowledge spanning business sectors, deep experiences across technologies, and the unique ability to build teams. Mike’s previous experiences at multiple large organizations has resulted in a philosophy of understanding the technology landscape and driving business results. His varied business experiences crossing healthcare, group benefits and Life & Annuity provides a balanced and unique skillset in the market. He has a proven ability to build, motivate, and empower effective teams that provide innovative, world-class technology and business solutions.
Mike is a seasoned leader with broad executive experiences across industries and has served in numerous industry committees including CIO Executive Council.
Mr. Boltz earned a BA degree from Indiana University, received certificate from Chubb Institute of Computer Technology.
Senior Marketing Associate
- info@mantissagroup.com
- https://www.mantissagroup.com
Victoria Skinsacos
Victoria Skinsacos is an experienced Marketing & Interior Design professional and Senior Marketing Associate with Mantissa Group LLC, a strategy consulting firm serving the CIO executive and their extended leadership teams. Victoria comes with industry experience in a variety of marketing and interior design roles and guides marketing activities for the company. Victoria has been with Mantissa since it’s inception, with a degree in Interior Design from Endicott College.
Senior Marketing Associate
- info@mantissagroup.com
- https://www.mantissagroup.com
Carissa Chandler
Carissa Chandler is an experienced Marketing professional and Senior Marketing Associate with Mantissa Group LLC, a strategy consulting firm serving the CIO executive and their extended leadership teams. Carissa comes with experience having worked for one of the largest global, multi-award winning, media agency companies servicing clients across 86 countries. Carissa helps guide digital marketing activities for the company. She has been with Mantissa since it’s inception, with a degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Endicott College.