Joe Lapierre , Managing Director and CEO of ERGO Digital IT , ERGO ’ s digital technology unit , discusses the measured and focused strategy for applying disruptive technologies and methodologies

A mid the industry ’ s rapid and exciting changes driven by disruptive technologies , German insurance firm ERGO set up an IT unit dedicated to pushing the technological enablement of its digital transformation : ERGO Digital IT . “ As my boss says , ERGO Digital IT is seen as the tip of the spear ,” says Joe Lapierre , Managing Director and CEO of the unit . “ We are the agile and technology facilitators of the digital transformation .” The unit currently has offices in Berlin and Warsaw , and was devised from the ground up to augment ERGO ’ s operations with technology . Its operations are closely entwined with all other IT entities within ERGO , and its projects are driven by colleagues across all disciplines , sites and expertise .