New York Life Hires Alain Biem as Chief Data Science Officer
17 Junio 2024 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
New York Life today announced the hiring of Alain Biem as chief
data science officer (CDSO). Mr. Biem will lead the company’s
artificial intelligence (AI) team. In this newly created position,
he will play a pivotal role in advancing broad AI and data science
collaborations across the New York Life enterprise, particularly in
enhancing the delivery and enablement of AI solutions. Mr. Biem
will report to Don Vu, chief data and analytics officer, who joined
New York Life in October 2023.
“In today's fast-paced business environment, AI and predictive
analytics capabilities are crucial to remaining agile and
competitive,” said Mr. Vu. “There is tremendous opportunity to
unlock the full potential of our data to drive innovation, growth,
and efficiencies across the enterprise – while also delivering
exceptional experiences for clients and agents. Alain’s expertise
will be a tremendous asset as we continue to leverage AI to further
our organizational transformation and advance New York Life’s
position as an industry leader.”
Mr. Biem brings more than 25 years of experience in the field of
data science, most recently serving as chief data scientist for
S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global.
In this role, he was responsible for AI and machine learning
strategy, and the delivery of AI-based capabilities and assets for
data processing, new and enhanced products and solutions, and
customer-based solutions.
Previously, Mr. Biem held data science leadership positions at
Wayfair, Opera Solutions, and IBM Corporation, in addition to
serving as a postdoctoral researcher at Advanced Telecommunications
Research, an AI research center in Japan.
Mr. Biem has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Université
Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris 6), a Master of Science in Statistics
and Telecommunications from Télécom SudParis, and a Bachelor of
Mathematics and Physics from Jason De Sailly. He is an adjunct
professor at Columbia University on Applied Analytics and AI, and
is author or contributing author in a multitude of academic
publications.
ABOUT NEW YORK LIFE
New York Life Insurance Company (www.newyorklife.com), a Fortune
100 company founded in 1845, is the largest1 mutual life insurance
company in the United States and one of the largest life insurers
in the world. Headquartered in New York City, New York Life’s
family of companies offers life insurance, and other solutions. New
York Life has the highest financial strength ratings currently
awarded to any U.S. life insurer from all four of the major credit
rating agencies.2
1Based on revenue as reported by “Fortune 500 ranked within
Industries, Insurance: Life, Health (Mutual),” Fortune magazine,
6/4/2024. For methodology, please see
https://fortune.com/franchise-list-page/fortune-500-methodology-2023/.
2Individual independent rating agency commentary as of
11/17/2023: A.M. Best (A++), Fitch (AAA), Moody’s Investors Service
(Aaa), Standard & Poor’s (AA+).
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Kevin Maher New York Life (212) 576-6955
kevin_b_maher@newyorklife.com