HDVI Leadership Team
We’re an experienced team that combines the best trucking industry experts, with insurance veterans, and innovative technologists.
This approach ensures that we’re equally as focused on loss ratios, unit economics, and profitability, as on
developing customer-focused solutions that support fleets in running safe, compliant, and profitable operations.
A former investor with 8VC focused on insurtech and logistics industries, Reid sourced and led the investment in Riskmatch, a commercial insurance marketplace that was successfully sold in 2017. This experience helped him identify the opportunity for HDVI.
Reid Spitz
Chief Executive Officer & CoFounder
Cu has been the technical lead in several startups that have gone public, with proven expertise in open-sourced cloud infrastructure enabling massive scalable architectures. Cu has built and managed agile teams with modern tech stacks.
Cu Pham-Barnes
Chief Technology Officer
An IT and Product Management Professional, Merrie focuses on product vision, roadmaps, new features and enhancements for HDVI, delivering high quality software that delights users.
Merredith Lewis
Chief Product Officer
Adam started his career in insurance product development before moving into underwriting. Adam progressed through team leadership roles, eventually heading up mid-fleet underwriting for a major transportation insurance company.
Adam Barnett
Chief Underwriting Officer
Brett brings over 15 years of industry experience in financial planning, operational accounting, and controllership to HDVI. His focus is creating a highly efficient team and processes, while driving growth through financial analysis.
Brett Veness
VP of Finance
With more than 25 years in SaaS, mobility, and telematics marketing, Keith brings a unique blend of product marketing, branding, communications, demand gen, and partner programs with a focus on the trucking industry to HDVI.
Keith Halasy
Chief Revenue Officer
With over 16 years of experience in the commercial and personal insurance industry, Karla spear-headed the development of HDVI’s in-house claims department. Karla brings strategic vision, operational expertise, and a commitment to excellence in claims management.
Karla Ferguson
Chief Claims Officer
An actuary with a broad set of experience including risk segmentation, pricing product management, and rate filings, Todd brings extraordinary knowledge and experience and an innovative approach to HDVI’s insurance solutions.
Todd Witte
Chief Insurance Product Officer
A multi-skilled insurance leader with extensive experience in regulatory compliance, insurance product management, and operational excellence. Bettina brings remarkable knowledge and innovative capabilities to HDVI’s operational successes.
Bettina Rudisill
VP of Operations
Dave Michelson is an experienced leader in commercial auto insurance, having held numerous executive roles including CEO of National Insurance for more than 20 years. Dave currently serves as an advisor or board member for several insurance-related companies.
David Michelson
HDVI Advisor
Dave Firstenberg has spent the last 30+ years in leadership roles at a highly diverse set of insurance organizations. He’s now advancing his passion for helping people and organizations be successful at the intersection of risk underwriting, technology, and engineering.
Dave Firstenberg
HDVI Advisor
In 40 years at Progressive Insurance, Bill Kampf held key roles and was instrumental in building the organization and framework that made Progressive the leading Commercial Auto Insurer. He continues to influence the industry, serving as a strategic advisor to key companies.
William Kampf
HDVI Advisor
Andrew Ladebauche is CEO & Co-Founder of Reliance Partners, Inc., a leading insurance brokerage and consultant for the transportation, logistics, and warehouse industries.
Andrew Ladebauche
HDVI Advisor
Former Air Force pilot, now a serial entrepreneur and business advisor. Chuck co-founded and helped build Esurance into a market leader and has been part of teams that built industry leading businesses in insurtech, mobility, and fintech.
Chuck Wallace
Executive Chairman of the Board & CoFounder
With over 30 years of experience forging agency partnerships and managing growth at some of the most well-known companies in the commercial insurance space, Ron Honkin’s deep industry expertise will serve HDVI, its agencies, and its insureds well.
Ron Honken
HDVI Advisor
Co-founder and Managing Director of Autotech Ventures, a transportation-focused VC with over $500 million in assets. A stage-agnostic investor looking for disruptive innovations enabled by novel business models.
Alexei Andreev
Autotech Ventures
Co-founder and Partner, Jake leads 8VC’s logistics and transportation practice, which was ranked #1 globally in 2022. 8VC builds and invests in companies that build transformational technologies that create long-term economic and societal value.
Jake Medwell
8VC
Managing Partner at Weatherford Capital, a family-owned growth equity firm that backs rapidly growing and technology-enabled companies in heavily regulated industries, like insurtech.
Will Weatherford
Weatherford Capital
Founder and Managing General
Partner for Munich Re Ventures (MRV), the venture arm of reinsurance leader, Munich Re. With over $1B in assets under management and more than a decade of experience investing in early-stage companies, MRV accelerates the technologies and new business models tackling the biggest risks facing the world.
Jacqueline LeSage
Munich Re Ventures
Former Air Force pilot, now a serial entrepreneur and business advisor. Chuck co-founded and helped build Esurance into a market leader and has been part of teams that built industry leading businesses in insurtech, mobility, and fintech.
Chuck Wallace
Executive Chairman of the Board & CoFounder
A former investor with 8VC focused on insurtech and logistics industries, Reid sourced and led the investment in Riskmatch, a commercial insurance marketplace that was successfully sold in 2017. This experience helped him identify the opportunity for HDVI.
Reid Spitz
HDVI CEO & CoFounder
