#16 Craig Rowe

Send us Fan MailCraig Rowe is an entrepreneur, and an experienced board member who is very involved in the tech and startup sectors in NL.Craig came from a risk management and insurance background and started https://www.clearrisk.com/ in 2006 to solve some of the technology challenges he saw in his industry. As CEO Craig has led ClearRisk to a point where it is the leading provider of risk management software in Canada, with significant USA penetration.In 2014 Craig started a second company, Optimized Insurance, to provide innovative solutions to NL businesses with a tech sector specialty. In addition to these companies, Craig regularly works with tech startups as a mentor and advisor.Concurrent to his professional career, Craig has been very involved as a director on not-for-profit and charity boards. He was NL Chair of his two professional associations, The Insurance Institute of NL, and the NL Risk and Insurance Management Society, and served on their national and international boards respectively. He has served on numerous other boards including Junior Achievement, and currently Common Ground.Craig’s charitable work is extensive, most notably he was Chair of the Board of YMCA of Northeast Avalon, chaired the project to build the Ches Penney Family Y, and is past Chair of the Board of YMCA Canada.Craig’s interest in https://www.technl.ca/ is to use his experience to continue to give back to the tech sector in NL. He feels that the tech sector represents the long-term sustainable industry that will drive the NL economy for the next thousand years.Connect with Craig and maybe send him a note here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clearriskcrowe/New episodes every Tuesday evening on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.You can also visit www.GaleForceWins.comTo message Gerry visit: www.linkedin.com/in/gerrycarew/To message Allan visit: www.linkedin.com/in/allanadale/Gale Force Wins started out simply as an inspirational podcast releasing episodes wherever you get your podcasts every Tuesday evening. We continue to do that every Tuesday but have expanded into custom content for clients. We also have perfected a conference and trade show offering where you can receive over 20 videos edited and posted to social media at the same time the event is unfolding.For businesses and organizations we also create digital content quickly and efficiently.Visit our services page here:https://galeforcewins.com/servicesTo message Gerry visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrycarew/To message Allan visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanadale/