On Monday I accepted a position with a software company in California called Guidewire. My role will be similar to my previous position at PeopleSoft and I will continue to work from home and travel a bit during my work week. It is an exciting opportunity with a growing company – they supply claims processing systems to the insurance industry (I know, it does not sound that exciting, but it the solution, and the growth in the market that is cool). They have over 100 people at the company and have been in business for four years.

The thing that convinced me to join Guidewire was the attitude of the people that I interacted with there. They clearly value having an open culture and have gathered together some very talented people. They are also targeting a market with a ton of potential growth – most claims processing systems are quite old and in need of replacement. Guidewire is well positioned to take advantage of the market.

I will start the last week of June and will be in training in San Mateo for the first few weeks of July.