Zywave Names Software Leaders Christy Dinges as Chief People Officer and Justin Regenwether as Chief Customer Officer
MILWAUKEE, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zywave (or the "Company"), a SaaS insurtech provider, announced today that the Company has strengthened its executive leadership team with the addition of Christy Dinges as Chief People Officer and Justin Regenwether as Chief Customer Officer. Zywave is backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake") and Aurora Capital Partners ("Aurora").
"We are thrilled to welcome Christy and Justin to Zywave's executive leadership team," said Martin Simoncic, Chief Executive Officer of Zywave. "Christy's expertise lies in navigating complex, multi-site, and global environments, delivering impactful results in talent acquisition, organizational development, change management, and workforce strategy. Her experience will be valuable as Zywave enters its next phase of growth. Justin's diverse experience gives him a deep understanding of how insurance organizations can drive organic growth and get the most value from their insurtech SaaS solutions. He will directly benefit our customers by helping them transform their capabilities and amplify impact to move their businesses forward."
Dinges, who will oversee all human resource functions at Zywave, brings a wealth of experience aligning human capital strategies with business goals spanning the software, technology, retail, and manufacturing industries. Previously, she led the people functions at Roque Wave Software, Integrate, and Perforce Software.
Regenwether will head the Company's customer success, professional services, and support groups. His well-rounded career includes experience in management consulting, product development, customer support and service, and go-to-market leadership. He most recently held both product-focused and customer-centric leadership roles at Vertafore. In addition to his leadership positions in insurtech, Regenwether was previously an executive at NGDATA, BryterCX, Accenture, and Deloitte.
"We look forward to partnering with Christy and Justin to further accelerate the growth of the business," said Prashant Mehrotra, Partner and Managing Director, and Erik Hansen, Principal, at Clearlake. "We believe that the addition of Christy's experience in human capital management and Justin's experience driving better SaaS customer outcomes will help support Zywave in executing its strategic plan with a focus on providing innovative, AI-enabled software solutions to current and future customers."
"Exceptional leadership with unparalleled domain expertise has been a hallmark of Zywave's success for many years, and we are thrilled to have Justin and Christy join Zywave for its next chapter of growth," said Josh Klinefelter, Partner at Aurora. "Zywave continues to invest on behalf of its valued customers and loyal employees, and we look forward to the near-term positive impacts Justin and Christy will each have on the organization."
To learn more about Zywave's leadership team, visit www.zywave.com/leadership-team.
About Zywave Zywave empowers insurers and brokers to drive profitable growth and thrive in today's escalating risk landscape. Only Zywave delivers a powerful Performance Multiplier, bringing together transformative, ecosystem-wide capabilities to amplify impact across data, processes, people, and customer experiences. More than 15,000 insurers, MGAs, agencies, and brokerages trust Zywave to sharpen risk assessment, strengthen client relationships, and enhance operations. Additional information can be found at www.zywave.com.
About ClearlakeClearlake is an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit, and other related strategies. With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with experienced management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit from Clearlake's operational improvement approach, O.P.S.®. The firm's core private equity target sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake currently has over $90 billion of assets under management, its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 400 investments, and the firm has deployed over $57 billion in liquid and illiquid credit investments globally. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, with affiliates in Dallas, TX, London, UK, Dublin, Ireland, Luxembourg, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Singapore. More information is available at www.clearlake.com.
About AuroraAurora Capital Partners is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with $6 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1991, the firm seeks to invest in middle-market companies with leading market positions, stable industry dynamics, attractive business model characteristics, and actionable opportunities for growth in partnership with management. For more information about Aurora Capital Partners, visit: www.auroracap.com.
Contact: April Larsenapril.larsen@zywave.com414-918-0547
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