Duck Creek Technologies, a provider of software solutions for property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, has announced the appointment of Jose Lazares as Chief Product Officer (CPO).
Lazares brings to his new role over two decades of experience building, scaling, and delivering cloud-based software platforms across SaaS, PaaS, and enterprise environments.
In his new role, he will be responsible for leading Duck Creek’s global product organisation, and play a central role in setting product and platform vision, driving advancements in AI innovation, and turning strategic priorities into customer-focused roadmaps across its cloud platform.
The executive is highly regarded for his leadership in implementing applied AI initiatives that foster intelligent decision-making, automating processes, and driving enterprise-wide adoption, all of which contribute to sustained revenue growth.
Hardeep Gulati, Chief Executive Officer of Duck Creek Technologies, commented: “Jose has spent his career building AI-driven platforms that help complex, regulated enterprises streamline processes and move faster.
“He has led large global teams, launched hybrid and agentic AI products, and successfully aligned product strategy with customer outcomes and business growth. As AI becomes a core driver of how insurers compete and operate, Jose’s experience turning AI innovation into practical, trusted products will be critical to our next phase of growth.”
Lazares joined Duck Creek from Beyond Limits, where he most recently served as Chief Product Officer, leading the company’s global product strategy and development across engineering, product management, user experience and customer operations.
At Beyond Limits, he launched a low-code hybrid Agentic AI platform combining generative and symbolic AI to enable intelligent decisioning and process automation, while overseeing a global team.
He also drove enterprise adoption by developing strategic AI partnerships with global energy providers. Prior to his role at Beyond Limits, he served as the Chief Product Officer at Onna and held senior leadership roles at Intapp, Cisco, Oracle, and PeopleSoft.
Lazares said: “Duck Creek has earned the trust of insurers by delivering a scalable cloud platform for their most critical operations. Agentic AI creates a clear opportunity to improve insight speed, accelerate decision-making and automate critical processes across the insurance lifecycle.
“I’m excited to work with the Duck Creek team and our amazing customers to deliver an Agentic Orchestration Platform for the Insurance industry that helps insurers adapt quickly and better serve their customers.”
