Coalition, the world’s first active insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, hired Maha Virudhagiri as the company’s first chief technology officer (CTO). Virudhagiri will lead engineering, IT, infosec, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) efforts to accelerate Coalition’s advantage in both insurance and cybersecurity. Coalition is headquartered in San Francisco.

Virudhagiri spent nearly seven years at Tesla, leading the company’s global digital experience organization and a worldwide team of engineers, product managers, and designers. Before Tesla, Virudhagiri held leadership roles at Ancestry® and Walmart Labs.

“We’re thrilled to have Maha join our team to help Coalition scale our engineering efforts as we continue to create the most innovative cyber insurance solutions in the world,” said Joshua Motta, Coalition’s CEO and co-founder. “As our new CTO, Maha will focus on advancing our technology strategy and making our security and insurance solutions more accessible and scalable as Coalition works to protect all types of businesses across the globe.”

Virudhagiri will report directly to Motta as a member of Coalition’s executive team.

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