Meet our leaders
Our team is building more than software, we’re reshaping how insurance compliance works. When risk is visible and resolved in minutes, partnerships accelerate and compliance shifts from a burden into your biggest advantage. Backed by decades of experience in insurance and technology, our leaders are here to make that future real.
Kristen Nunery
Founder and CEO
illumend
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Kristen Nunery is the CEO of illumend, the AI-powered insurance compliance platform backed by myCOI that empowers businesses to eliminate risk, simplify compliance and build stronger partnerships with confidence.
She sets illumend’s strategic vision, leads product innovation, and champions a customer-first approach that transforms insurance compliance from a reactive obligation into proactive risk intelligence.
Kristen’s work in risk management is rooted in personal experience. After witnessing firsthand how underinsurance and missed requirements can create devastating downstream consequences, she set out to build a better system—one focused on prevention, clarity and trust. That journey led to the creation of myCOI and, most recently, to illumend: a next-generation platform that applies AI to uncover gaps in coverage, surface blind spots across third-party relationships and guide organizations before issues escalate into claims.
With more than 16 years of experience in insurance compliance and risk oversight, Kristen brings a pragmatic, future-focused perspective to the industry. She is a vocal advocate for the evolution of insurance advisors into true risk advisors, and for the shift from paper-based processes to applied, predictive tools that help prevent loss before it occurs.
A serial entrepreneur, Kristen started her first business while still in college and later built a successful residential real estate investment portfolio. She brings a competitive, growth-oriented mindset honed from years as an athlete and her active involvement in leadership organizations such as the Indiana Chapter of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization). Through YPO, she also completed an executive education program that helped inspire the creation of illumend. Kristen serves on the Indianapolis Zoo Advisory Council, aligning her entrepreneurial spirit with her passion for innovation with conservation and community engagement.
Jana Brost
Chief Strategy Officer
illumend
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Jana Brost is the chief operating officer of illumend, the AI-powered insurance compliance platform backed by myCOI . A proven entrepreneur and operator, she drives operational strategy and oversees cross-functional execution, ensuring a seamless customer experience at scale.
With more than a decade of experience founding and scaling technology companies, Jana brings a rare blend of operational rigor, product vision and people-first leadership.
Jana collaborates closely with customers and internal teams to build intuitive, AI-native tools that empower non-specialists to navigate complex compliance requirements confidently, turning what was once an administrative burden into a smarter, more human experience.
Prior to illumend, Jana co-founded and served as CEO of StarLifter, a no-code analytics platform purpose-built for revenue operations teams. She led the company from pre-revenue through launch and general availability, focusing on turnkey applications for RevOpsteams. Jana also co-founded and served as president and CEO of analytic.li, a workforce analytics platform acquired by Novi Group, where she helped organizations turn HR and payroll into actionable insights.
Earlier in her career, Jana served as president of Beyond Payroll, a provider of HR software products, where she oversaw all finance, go-to-market and human capital management. Her leadership guided the company through its acquisition by ADP.
Jana earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Butler University and has served on its Board of Trustees since 2017. Based in Indianapolis with her family, she is a passionate advocate for mentorship and finding purpose through impact.