Wes Edrington joined The MJ Companies in 2018 as a senior risk analyst within the Risk Management + Commercial Insurance department and has since advanced into an enterprise leadership role as executive vice president of operations & data. In this role, Wes provides strategic leadership for MJ’s enterprise data strategy, operational excellence initiatives, and technology-enabled growth efforts. He is responsible for ensuring the firm’s data assets are trusted and actionable, helping teams make informed decisions and deliver value to clients. As a member of MJ’s Executive Leadership Team, Wes helps align data and technology with MJ’s long-term business strategy.

During his tenure, Wes has been a driving force behind the evolution of APERTURE®, MJ’s proprietary analytics platform, with a particular focus on building the platform to scale alongside the firm’s data and client demands. He also leads MJ’s sourcing of insurtech solutions and third-party data partnerships, modernizing how associates work and giving MJ the scale of data needed to compete with both relevance and agility. Today, he leads a cross-functional team spanning the full data lifecycle, from engineering and analysis to product and governance, and oversees the business analysts driving operational efficiency across the enterprise, ensuring MJ’s day-to-day processes are as reliable and scalable as its data.