About agencyEZ
In an industry where complexity and inefficiency are the norms, our advanced SaaS platform aims to simplify the benefits value chain.
Our solutions were designed to create significant administrative efficiencies and growth opportunities.
Our journey to deliver a true benefits SaaS experience.
Our founder, Praby Ram, created agencyEZ after becoming a licensed broker to personally experience benefits industry pain points firsthand.
Combined with extensive experience commercializing health insurance exchanges, this expertise has set the foundation for a benefits technology transformation.
Meet our team at agencyEZ.
Prabhakar (Praby) Ram
Founder & CEO
Praby is an entrepreneur and innovator who is passionate about creating change in the benefits industry. Praby founded agencyEZ with a vision to transform benefits by building solutions that empower each stakeholder in this multi-party ecosystem.
He is the principal architect of agencyEZ’s core underlying engineering platform called HITF. HITF is engineered to achieve development productivity by 8-10x compared to most product engineering environments.
More on Praby
Prior to founding agencyEZ, he worked as SVP and Head of Products for hCentive, a VA-based startup that was acquired by Optum Health. While at hCentive, Praby helped grow the firm by 10x in a period of 3.5 years. Praby led the creation of public and private exchanges in the ACA market.
Earlier he worked in a number of firms such as Wipro Healthcare, Deloitte Consulting, CSC, and Converge and led functions such as product management, program delivery, healthcare IT strategy, and sales engineering.
Praby has a Beta Gamma Sigma MBA from Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He has an M.S. in Industrial Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Productivity Council in Delhi and the National Institute of Technology in Calicut, respectively.
Srividya (Sri) Ram
Director of Product Development
Sri is responsible for the development of our suite of application products using the HITF platform.
Prior to joining full-time at agencyEZ, she worked as a Senior Product Manager in Salesforce in the Commerce Cloud division. In her capacity, she was instrumental in ensuring a reliable and secured commerce platform served as their foundation.
Earlier she worked as an engineering lead in a number of firms – both startups and established firms – such as Pega Systems, Supply Scape, Nokia Communications, and Peritus Systems.
Sri has a B.S. Computer Science and Engineering from Bangalore University.
JJ Cossairt
Senior Customer Success Manager
With over fifteen years of experience in the insurance industry, JJ Cossairt serves as the Senior Customer Success Manager at agencyEZ. Her career spans a diverse range of roles, from sales and operations to customer success, equipping her with a deep understanding of brokerage firms and the mindset of small business owners.
JJ’s focus is in collaboration and relationship building, which she applies both professionally and personally. At agencyEZ, she plays a pivotal role in troubleshooting and assisting in developing the company’s channel partner billing system. Her ongoing commitment to enhancing the software product ensures that clients receive innovative and effective solutions tailored to their needs.
Originally from Kansas City, JJ now resides outside of Houston with her husband and their senior dog. Together, they enjoy outdoor activities such as golfing and scuba diving, with both of them holding scuba certifications.
Paul Tyer
Head of Broker Relationships
As Head of Broker Relationships, Paul’s focus is on creating new relationships with both regional and national broker partners.
Paul has an extensive background in employee benefit sales, along with technology and funding solutions. Much of Paul’s 20+ yrs has been focused on educating and supporting the brokerage community nationally.
As a founding partner of a large general agency, Paul understands the ever changing needs of our broker partners in supporting their client base.
Paul is a long term member of NABIP, and former board member/treasurer of the PA-NABIP.
Matt Ginter
Head of Enterprise Sales
Matt Ginter is a veteran with over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, known for his holistic market view and expertise in driving innovation. He has worked for both national brokers and carriers, identifying trends, leveraging technology, and resolving long-standing issues within the insurance value chain to achieve significant business improvements.
Jeff Oldham
Advisor
Jeff was named by Employee Benefits Advisor as “30 Benefit Thought Leaders to Know” and “30 People to watch in Benefits”. Also featured in CNBC, Inc Magazine, Forbes, Employee Benefits News, US News and World Report, SHRM Magazine, and numerous other publications.
While approaching his 30th year in the employee benefits market, Jeff has created or worked for numerous pre-revenue companies and divisions, each succeeding in revenue growth and distribution.
Validated in complex environments including serving a population of 60,000 EEs, our true SaaS benefits platform easily supports diverse use cases – providing you with unique opportunities to grow revenue.
$50M+
Annual Active Premium
350,000
Lives on Platform
20+
Carrier Integrations
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