John Goodson is the Chief Technology Officer of CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc., accelerating digital transformation across the P&C insurance economy. As CTO, John leads R&D, product development, architecture, security, IT operations and infrastructure, business applications and data science, powering mission critical workflows, intelligent automation, and better experiences for CCC’s customers and the millions of consumers they serve.

A technology veteran and proven business leader, John joined CCC in 2020 following successful tenures at Verint, Progress Software, DataDirect Technologies, Merant and Intersolv. At Verint, John succeeded in advancing the company’s global transformation objectives using advanced AI and data to improve customer experiences.

Goodson owns numerous technology patents, helped establish several industry standards, such as Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), and is a published author (Data Access Handbook).

Goodson earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Virginia Tech.