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Meet Our Leaders

Precedent’s leadership team has a wealth of experience across the AI data science and insurance industry spectrum.

Grant Little

CEO

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Jim Andrews

President

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Logan Chittenden

Chief Technology Officer

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Derrick Stuckey

Chief Data Scientist

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Sean Gallagher

Chief Financial Officer

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Matthew Slocum

Chief Product Officer

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Allan Alford

Chief Information and Security Officer

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Celeste Little

Chief People Officer

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Sivongile White

Senior Director, Strategic Projects

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Justin Buford

Senior Director, Product Operations

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Allison Hanlon

Program Director

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Allison Hanlon

Program Director

Allison Hanlon is an experienced IT Leader with an extensive history solving complex situations through technology and partnership. After being handpicked by the National General’s senior leadership to lead Claims Technology, she successfully led over a dozen claim system integrations and conversions to one claim system that saved millions of dollars in both technology and claims operations costs. During her time as National General’s Claims Technology leader, several other modernization efforts were delivered such as e-signature, e-payment, and chatbots. Throughout her career she has had a unique blend of operations, technology, and program management comes from holding a variety of leadership positions over the last twenty years across several major carriers.

Justin Buford

Senior Director, Product Operations

ustin Buford is Sr. Director of Product Operations at Precedent. Renowned for his ability to execute complex digital product transformations, Justin has a proven track record of driving business results and improving customer experiences. Before Precedent, Justin spent 16 years at GEICO, where he earned his stripes as a digital transformation expert across multiple sectors, including Sales, Underwriting, and Claims solutions. Under his leadership, GEICO saw an impressive 81% surge in digital customer acquisitions of bundled products, a transformation to the digital platform being the preferred channel for customer claims reporting, and was honored as Indiana’s Best Tech Employer in 2019 by Techpoint. Moreover, his innovative use of machine learning for detecting claim anomalies led to a considerable cost saving of $30 million for the company.

Justin’s leadership extends beyond just engineering and product management. A devoted champion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Justin was the driving force behind the creation of GEICO’s Employee Resource Groups, which saw a 9.1% participation rate within the company in a remarkably short time.

A proud graduate of Morehouse College, Justin holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. Outside of his professional commitments, he found his passion 8 years ago as an avid traveler and as of 2023 has explored over 20 countries with more on the horizon. Born and raised in the the “could-be-a-country” large city of Warner Robins, GA, Justin loves spending time with family back home.

Sivongile White

Senior Director, Strategic Projects

Sivongile has 30+ years’ experience in application development. More than 20 of those years are in the insurance industry. She managed the implementation of Guidewire for the Claims team at Direct Auto, where she also managed the application development teams which supported rating, billing and underwriting systems. Sivongile led the implementation of an enterprise consolidated document management system, merging 3 systems into one. After Direct Auto was acquired by National General, she shifted to IT compliance management, telecom, and establishing an AI team. The AI team implemented numerous chatbots and RPA processing which eliminated thousands of hours in manual processing.

Sivongile enjoys spending time with her family and two dogs, Lola and Leo, as well as entertaining friends, traveling, and cooking. She is currently working my way through the list of hardest recipes in the world.

Celeste Little

Chief People Officer

As Senior Director of Operations & People, Celeste brings over 20 years of combined experience in leadership and the insurance industry and is passionate about creating an environment that fosters exceptional experiences for both employees and customers.

With an extensive background in property and casualty claims and leading large, nationally distributed teams, Celeste oversees Quality Assurance, Human Resources, and Recruiting. She is committed to building a talented and diverse workforce that thrives on innovation and collaboration.

Fueled by the desire to find creative solutions, Celeste draws inspiration from the beauty of nature and the transformative power of expression through song, dance, and visual art, which influences her professional approach.

In her personal life, Celeste enjoys dancing with her husband and advocating for others while instilling in her children the belief that their potential is limitless.

Allan Alford

Chief Information and Security Officer

With twenty+ years in information security, Allan has served as CISO five times in five industries, with a strong history in technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, litigation, education, cybersecurity and more – at companies ranging from 5 to 50,000 employees.

Allan parlayed an IT career into a product security career and then ultimately fused the two disciplines. This unique background means that Allan approaches the CISO role with a highly business-aligned focus and an understanding of an organization’s greater goals, drivers, methods, and practices. Allan seeks at all turns to positively impact the top and bottom lines.

Allan holds a Master of Information Systems & Security and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts with a focus on Leadership.

Allan gives back to the security community via The Cyber Ranch Podcast, by authoring articles, speaking at conferences and teaching.

Matthew Slocum

VP, Product

Matt Slocum is Precedent’s VP of Product. He is an insurance industry veteran specializing in mobile, claims technology and digital process improvement. Prior to joining Precedent, Matt spent 14 years with GEICO. At GEICO, Matt was responsible for defining and developing multiple new products and product teams from the ground up. Most notably, he led development of the award-winning GEICO Mobile App and multiple +10x ROI digital claims automation products. In addition to his time in Engineering and Product Management, Matt cross-trained in claims operations, including settling his fair share of Bodily Injury claims. He also holds two patents, one for mobile-based digital identification cards and another for sharing digital insurance information.

Outside of work, Matt enjoys spending time with his wife and son. He is an avid indoor and outdoor cyclist and spends his rides thinking of the next best dad-joke. Did you hear about the environmentalist who went down the same bicycle route twice? He recycled.

Sean Gallagher

CFO

As a CFO at Precedent, Sean brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the insurance and insurtech industries. His academic journey began at Boston University, where he earned a BA, followed by a Master’s degree from Boston College.

Throughout his career, he has held various pivotal roles in Finance and Operations at esteemed organizations such as Wayfair, Liberty Mutual, National General Insurance and Adir Ventures. His tenure as COO of the Health Division at National General was marked by significant accomplishments, including leading the Corporate Development role and successfully executing seven acquisitions within a five-year span.

His primary focus has always been to marry financial and operational excellence across various verticals in the insurance industry. This dedication has been a driving force in his recent transition to Precedent, where he is committed to investing in and shaping the future of insurance technology.

Outside of his professional life, he cherishes time spent traveling with his family and enjoys sailing on weekends, embracing the tranquility and challenges of the open sea.

Derrick Stuckey

Chief Data Scientist

Derrick Stuckey is a data science professional with a background in physics and business analytics. With a BA in Physics from the University of Virginia and a BS in Business Analytics from George Washington University, he worked as a software developer in the defense industry, supporting R&D at intelligence agencies. In 2016, he transitioned to a data scientist at OrderUp (a subsidiary of Groupon), where he developed predictive models for customer lifetime value, delivery time estimates, and demand forecasting.

From 2017 to 2022, he worked as a senior data scientist and manager at Lotame, a digital advertising technology (adtech) company, where he created big data workflows for digital audience targeting and onboarded. He also trained and managed three junior data scientists. In 2020, he started teaching intro to machine learning as an adjunct professor at George Washington University. In 2022, he joined Precedent.

In his personal life, Derrick’s main hobby is chasing around his 14-month-old daughter Elena with his wife, Liz. They also have a miniature golden doodle dog who used to be the baby and still thinks she is.

Logan Chittenden

Chief Technology Officer

Logan Chittenden is a highly experienced CTO with a background in AI, VR, Translation, InsurTech, and Cloud systems. He is dedicated to improving outcomes for people and has a proven track record of delivering exceptional customer experiences. He played a key role in the development of the SayHi app, which has an outstanding 4.5+/5 star rating on both iOS and Android. He also supports employees through mentorship and internally facing products such as implementing APIs and highly automated intelligent data workflows.

With a balance of hands-on development and leadership experience, he has served in various roles, including Enterprise Software Architect at EverQuote, Senior Software Engineer at Amazon, and CTO/Cofounder at SayHi. At SayHI, he led the development, launch, and maintenance of mobile translation apps and cloud services on iOS and Android, reaching #1 overall paid on AppStore in >50 countries with growth from 0 to 10M MAUs. He also holds two patents, one for a messaging feedback mechanism for cross-language and non-verbal communication and another for an automated system for generating linguistic constituents.

Jim Andrews

President

Jim Andrews is the President and co-founder of Precedent. He is an experienced leader who works closely with customers to optimize the impact of Precedent’s products. With 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, Jim previously co-founded Carpe Data which was acquired by Thomas H. Lee Partners in 2022. Before starting Carpe Data, he gained expertise in software and data while working in Operations at ChoicePoint and LexisNexis. Jim’s experience across the companies he has worked for and the roles he has held has given him an incredible perspective on the opportunities to improve in the legal and insurance industry.

In his free time, Jim enjoys spending time with his wife and two young children, as well as volunteering to support local schools and youth sports programs. He also used downtime during the height of COVID to learn guitar, but don’t expect to see him onstage anytime soon.

Grant Little

CEO

As the CEO and co-founder of Precedent, Grant Little is a recognized leader in the insurance industry with a strong background in technology and analytics. With over 20 years of experience in the field, he has held various leadership positions at esteemed companies such as AIG, Farmers, LexisNexis, and National General Insurance (an Allstate Company), where he served as Chief Technology Officer.

Throughout his career, Grant has been at the forefront of technology innovation, including developing and commercializing an artificial intelligence-based virtual inspection system called MyClaimPics. He has overseen and helped create the playbook for over a dozen company acquisitions and system integrations. His diverse background in technology and analytics has led to the creation of industry-leading predictive models for claims optimization, fraud detection, and subrogation. In his free time, Grant is a football enthusiast and enjoys spending weekends dancing with his wife.