A senior operator, now creating value from the board and the cap table.
I'm Haden Kirkpatrick — a corporate strategy, product and technology executive with three decades operating across insurance, insurtech, fintech, mobile and technology.
I've led P&Ls up to $6B and OPEX budgets up to $300M, in organisations ranging from Series B start-ups to Fortune 50 businesses. My work sits where strategy, product and platform technology meet — repositioning businesses, modernising platforms, deploying venture capital, and taking stalled lines to first-ever profitability.
Most recently I was VP of Strategy, Innovation & Venture Capital at State Farm, where I deployed a $200M corporate venture fund, launched an $1.8B digital-economy unit, and led emerging-technology and generative-AI initiatives. Earlier, at Esurance, I led the turnaround to the company's first profitability in its history.
Today I work as a Non-Executive Director, advisor, investor and fractional executive — and as an Executive-in-Residence / Operating Partner to private equity and venture firms on diligence and value creation. This is a placeholder draft; final bio copy comes next.