Iris Sponsors Mutual Insurance Convention
Join our InsurTech and insurance industry leaders at the 2026 Mid-Atlantic Mutual Advantage Convention to examine the latest AI, regulatory, risk, and market trends.
Iris Software is pleased to be a bronze sponsor of the 119th Mid-Atlantic Mutual Advantage Convention (MAMAC), occurring August 2 - 4, 2026, at the Gaylord National Harbor Resort and Convention Center in Maryland. The Convention is hosted by the Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, of which Iris Software is a marketplace provider member, in partnership with the mutual organizations of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. The theme of this year’s event, which several hundred insurance industry leaders are expected to attend, is See Beyond, Rise Above.
Discussion points noted on the Convention agenda are strategic insights, growth and capital, state challenges, federal and regulatory updates, and the rapidly evolving AI risk landscape. AI topics also may include silent AI exposures, explicit AI exclusions, affirmative coverages in the marketplace, as well as AI risk examples and industry trends.
Iris delivers advanced technology services and solutions to leading insurers, in the property, casualty, specialty, life, annuity and other sectors, that provide measurable positive outcomes in key business areas. Venkat Laksh, Head of Insurance IT Sales, and Abhineet Jha, Head of Insurance IT Services, are attending MAMAC to share our client success stories and the value derived from our advanced AI-powered capabilities, domain expertise, and collaborative, client-centric approach. Outcomes have included enhanced broker, agent, and policyholder experiences; increased speed-to-market and market share; assured cloud, compliance, cybersecurity; integration without disruption; clean, connected, AI-ready data; advanced analytics that drive business decisions; and Agentic AI workflows built to scale.
Learn from Venkat and Abhineet how partnering with Iris and applying our solutions in Agentic and Generative AI, Application Engineering, Intelligent Automation, Modernization, Cloud and Data Engineering, can advance the digital transformation and strategic growth goals of your insurance enterprise.
You also can contact our InsurTech team, including client partners Parijat Sharma, Vaibhav Brajesh, Sreedhar Angam, and delivery partner Mayank Khanna, to discuss your technology objectives.
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Reboot Magazine Highlights Iris for AI Logistics Innovation
Iris Software and Odyssey Logistics are featured for co-developing SpotBot, an AI-driven platform revolutionizing supply chain logistics.
Iris Software has been featured in Reboot Magazine in a story showcasing Odyssey Logistics and entitled, “Orchestrating the Future of Global Logistics.” The article, in the April 2026 edition, highlights the companies’ jointly developed SpotBot solution that is transforming supply chain logistics using AI-powered automation, real-time data and insights, and intelligent decision-making.
Read the full Reboot Magazine feature here.
At the core of this story is SpotBot, a platform co-engineered by Iris and Odyssey. Designed to improve operations throughout complex logistics ecosystems, SpotBot integrates multiple intelligent components. It leverages artificial intelligence, automation, decision models and data such as historical shipments and prices, market trends, carrier capacity signals, and load-to-truck ratios, enabling real-time price validation, accelerated bidding processes, and enhanced visibility and coordination across the supply chain. The platform enables organizations to respond faster and more precisely to dynamic market conditions, including optimizing shipment timing for improved cost efficiency.
Mahesh Kesarkar, Head of Manufacturing and Logistics at Iris Software, noted that the successful SpotBot collaboration reflects the impact of combining deep domain expertise and purposeful digital innovation with an aligned vision. SpotBot also demonstrates how advanced technology, such as its cloud-native architecture designed for scalability, flexibility, and seamless enterprise integration, can reshape logistics outcomes and the future of global supply chains.
Iris Software provides advanced technology solutions across AI, Gen AI, Application Engineering, Automation, Cloud, and Data & Analytics to leading logistics, supply chain and manufacturing organizations, helping them to modernize operations and drive digital transformation and business growth. Learn more about our logistics and supply chain services.
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Get in touchFuture ready enterprise payment management system
Consolidating and standardizing digital payment services to one configurable system lowers costs, enhances service, and enables future e-commerce platform integrations.
Client
An educational testing and assessment organization
Goal
To streamline external gateway and acquirer services into a single system to reduce costs, boost service and enable wider payments and e-commerce integration
Tools and Technologies
Angular JS, PeopleSoft T&L, Vertex Tax Cloud, Chase Payment Tech, PayPal, PostgreSQL
Business Challenge
The client needed to standardize all credit card and e-payment processes by replacing custom-developed and externally hosted gateways with a merchant-configurable system. The aim was to consolidate gateway and acquirer services under a single vendor to reduce costs, improve service levels, and enable future integration with SaaS or open-source e-commerce solutions.
Solution
- Created a centralized set of payment collection and processing pages for all e-commerce applications
- Ensured PCI compliance at an enterprise level
- Integrated and streamlined system reconciliation processes
- Implemented robust logging, error handling, and real-time status updates for transactions
- Deployed a post back system to capture responses, validate outcomes, update registration statuses, and send error reports via email
- Designed the system for future integration with SaaS or open-source e-commerce platforms
Outcomes
- Reduced costs by eliminating external payment gateway hosting and development fees
- Delivered updated and user-friendly validation messages
- Enabled future API development for a fully functional service/connection
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Facilitating data-driven analytics and decision support
Creating a Data Lakehouse as a single source of truth with a multi-year strategy to derive insights, identify gaps, and enable fact-based decisions.
Client
An educational testing and assessment organization
Goal
To create a single data source that gives market insights, identifies gaps and facilitates a multi-year data-driven strategy
Tools and Technologies
Redshift, AWS Glue, AWS Kinesis, Apache Spark, AWS Athena, AWS Lake Formation
Business Challenge
The client managed vast amounts of data from multiple sources to extract market insights However, duplication across approximately 300 applications hampered analytics and adaptability. The goal was to eliminate duplication, identify gaps, and create a single source of data that could be leveraged for efficient, data-driven decision-making.
Solution
- Built a centralized Data Lake and Data Lakehouse as the single source of data
- Facilitated seamless data ingestion
- Created a single version of data and DataOps processes
- Streamlined governance through retirement of duplicate and mirrored databases
- Outlined a multi-year data strategy with clear foundational steps for scalability
Outcomes
- Enabled analysis and advanced analytics using a centralized data lake
- Transformed decision making into a data-driven process
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Migrating multiple databases to one streamlined source
Developing an architecture for data migration from several databases to a single, streamlined source with automated workflows, improved data analytics, execution of complex business rules, and cost savings.
Client
Major educational testing and assessment organization
Goal
Enable data migration from multiple sources to a streamlined source with automated workflows and improved data analytics
Tools and Technologies
AWS Glue, Redshift, Power BI, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS SharePoint
Business Challenge
The client used a limited number of applications to source data from multiple types of databases. The outdated system slowed responses to critical requests. It also faced challenges in executing complex business rules. Owing to the lack of a centralized data warehouse, its data analytics could not deliver meaningful insights. Maintenance costs were also high.
The goal was to streamline the number of data sources, create a single store for data analytics, and reduce overall costs.
Solution
- Developed a customizable ETL architecture to pull data from any type of data source
- Created fully automated workflows using AWS Glue to transfer data between Stage, ODS and DWH instances
- Built a single source of information for data analytics
- Developed data analytics dashboards in Power BI
- Enabled system to perform complex business rules on the fly by integrating AWS Glue with stored procedures
Outcomes
- Optimized and consolidated multiple servers into three or fewer
- Reduced risk involved in maintenance of unsupported and dated database servers
- Improved data processing and data transfer by automating workflows
- Enhanced quality by using a single source of information for data analytics and applications
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Reuters – The Future of Insurance 2026
Reuters – The Future of Insurance
Connect with Venkat Laksh, our Head of Insurance IT Sales, at the 2026 FOI forum to learn how insurers are fusing advanced, AI-driven technologies and other enterprise growth areas.
Reuters Events hosts this year’s Future of Insurance (FOI) forum on June 25-26, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. FOI is a premier North American industry event where more than 500 insurance leaders come together to discuss and align key topic areas of technology, products, customers and risk. The primary themes of this year’s FOI sessions are turning strategy into growth, building the digital backbone, elevating customer experience, and ensuring risk readiness.
Iris provides Insurtech services to leading insurers, in property, casualty, specialty, life and annuity, and other sectors, that result in measurable positive outcomes in these areas. Venkat Laksh, our Head of Insurance IT Sales, is attending FOI 2026 to share Iris client success stories and the value derived from our advanced AI-powered capabilities, domain expertise, and collaborative, client-centric approach. Learn from Venkat how partnering with Iris and applying our solutions in Agentic and Generative AI/ML, Application Engineering and Modernization, Cloud and Data Engineering, can advance the digital transformation and strategic growth goals of your enterprise.
You also can contact our InsurTech team, including Abhineet Jha, Head of Insurance IT Services, and Client Partners Glenn DeGeorge, Parijat Sharma, and Vaibhav Brajesh and Delivery Partner, Mayank Khanna, to discuss your technology objectives.
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Join us for InsurTech Insights USA
Meet our insurance IT pros at InsurTech Insights in NYC to learn how our advanced, AI-driven technology solutions benefit leading insurers.
InsurTech Insights, billed as the USA’s leading Insurtech conference, is June 3 & 4, 2026, at the Javits Center in New York City. More than 400 speakers and 6,000 attendees, comprised of industry and technology leaders and innovators, gather to discuss the business, consumer and technology trends impacting the insurance landscape. The organizers note that the industry is facing one of the most disruptive periods in its history due to the evolution of advanced technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, blockchain and data analytics. Hence, improving customer service and competitiveness through digital transformation is critical.
Meet up with Venkat Laksh, Head of Insurance IT Sales, and Abhineet Jha, Head of Insurance IT Services, at InsurTech Insights, for insights on how Iris’ technology advances and AI capabilities are benefiting our insurer-clients and can support your objectives. Our clients include leading companies in the Life & Annuities, Group Benefits & Wellness, Property & Casualty, Investment & Asset Management, and Specialty Insurance sectors. There are session tracks focusing on all these areas, plus claims, distribution, innovation, technology, and underwriting at the conference.
Iris provides mission-critical solutions in Agentic and Generative AI; Data & Analytics; Application, Cloud and Quality Engineering; and Automation that deliver measurable beneficial outcomes for insurers - in cost-efficiency, compliance and risk assessment, claims processing and underwriting, time-to-market, and customer engagement.
Connect with Venkat and Abhineet at InsurTech Insights or after, or contact our team of Insurance IT professionals, including client partners Glenn DeGeorge, Parijat Sharma, and Vaibhav Brajesh, and delivery partner, Mayank Khanna, at any time to discuss and get help with your digital transformation goals.
Learn more about our Insurtech client successes and services here: Insurance Technology Services | Iris Software.
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Get in touchA smart catalog for fast, trusted data output
Business catalog with AI-enhanced search and discovery streamlines data access, compliance and insights.
Client
An educational testing and assessment organization
Goal
To build and leverage a business catalog as a cost-effective solution for smart, user-specific output across varied datasets
Tools and Technologies
AWS Data Lake and Glue, Amazon S3 and Redshift
Business Challenge
The client needed a business catalog to enable faster discovery and better understanding of datasets in a cost-effective manner, while also generating user-specific outputs for authorized individuals. The initiative began as a pilot using a select set of data sources.
Solution
- Leveraged existing AWS Data Lake and Glue catalog for extended use
- Integrated native S3 and Redshift with the catalog
- Implemented pre-defined Glue data quality rules reporting for assets to generate a trust index before subscription
- Enhanced search and discovery with AI-generated asset metadata and summaries
- Enabled seamless authentication and authorization through SSO integration
- Automated workflow-based data access management, with human intervention only at approval stage
- Designed REST API-driven onboarding process
Outcomes
- Enabled discovery of new datasets through search and subscription
- Simplified access to reliable datasets, enhancing data science and BI for generating insights
- Established a compliance framework aligned with organizational standards
- Accelerated and improved decision-making through access to trusted data
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High-Performance Engineering for EdTech
Comprehensive software engineering—from workforce assessments to cloud-native platforms—using agile teams to drive robust, global, secure, data-driven learning
High-Performance Engineering for EdTech
Comprehensive software engineering—from workforce assessments to cloud-native platforms—using agile teams to drive robust, global, secure, data-driven learning
Scalable EdTech Engineering Solutions Experience
Cloud Platform Engineering
with Proven Reliability
Develop integrated, scalable platforms with cloud and containerization initiatives, including cloud engineering, DevSecOps, refactoring, cloud optimization, SRE and CI/CD pipeline automation with infrastructure provisioning
Smart Solutions for
Process Automation
Build smart systems to streamline and automate workflows across multiple processes and domains with common utilities, smoother data transfers, improved analytics and consolidated reporting and output
Advanced Product Engineering
with Seamless Integration
Engineer advanced product solutions including multi-tenant platforms, DataOps centers, cloud and AWS containerization using cloud-based, open platforms and low-code apps to ensure smooth integration at scale
App Modernization with
Responsive UI / UX
Modernize legacy apps with streamlined delivery and enhanced UI/UX with responsive, multi-channel design using semi-automated engineering and other advanced solutions with built-in scalability
Data Storage Upgrades
with Smart Analytics
Revamp data infrastructure with cloud-based data repositories, centralized, operational platforms, smart monitoring and tracking to build and deploy intelligent data products and actionable insights
Value We Provide
Deep EdTech Expertise
Our engineering teams leverage extensive, cross-sector EdTech experience—from K-12 to higher education—to build innovative, scalable, and globalized learning solutions.
Global Agility,
Collaborative Innovation
With a global network, adept and focused teams, and partnership approach, we are empowered to innovate and customize solutions, allowing us to rapidly scale systems or add features to meet specific needs.
Excellence Through
Cutting-Edge Technology
By integrating advanced cloud and microservices architectures, we deliver scalable, data-driven EdTech solutions designed to meet long-term resilience, digital transformation, and business value objectives.
Client Success Stories
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AI-Powered Learning for Smarter Outcomes
Student performance and outcomes are enhanced with intelligent automation and adaptive learning systems that deliver personalized content based on AI-driven analytics
AI-Powered Learning for Smarter Outcomes
Student performance and outcomes are enhanced with intelligent automation and adaptive learning systems that deliver personalized content based on AI-driven analytics
AI-powered EdTech Experience
Scaling Data Intelligence
with AI-driven Systems
Smart systems leveraging AI-driven document summarization and automated data extraction to enhance data processing and insights to streamline business and learning operations for institutional transformation
Intelligent Process
Automation Implementation
AI tools are harnessed to automate multiple processes across learning, evaluation, research and admin functions to build and deploy faster, smarter and cost effective solutions across departments and at scale
Persona-based
Engagement Models
Using data analytics derived from behavior-mapping across digital journeys to build specific student persona models and adapt learning content and platforms to individual needs for greater engagement and outcomes
AI-powered
Content Modules
Utilize the latest developments in AI tech to generate audio and video learning modules and teaching aids based on pre-defined scripts, yet aligned with varying teacher personas, voice and behavior patterns
Value We Provide
Smart EdTech Transformation
Engineering teams with broad capabilities and training that have delivered many innovative technology solutions during two decades of serving clients in this sector.
Measurable AI Outcomes
Adopting AI-powered tools to build, integrate and scale data and analystics and automation processes with a flexible, yet structured approach to deliver real business value.
Productivity Gains
and Cost Savings
Integrating AI across enterprise segments and engineering life cycles provides productivity gains and cost savings from streamlined systems and improved data quality, time-to-market, decision-making, cost efficiency.
Client Success Stories
How Gen AI can enhance software engineering
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