CCC Intelligent Solutions Appoints Chief Product Officer to Drive AI Innovation

Josh Valdez to lead product strategy and delivery, scaling AI-powered solutions across the insurance and automotive ecosystem.

Jan. 30, 2026 at 3:31pm

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CCC Intelligent Solutions, a leading cloud platform provider for the P&C insurance industry, has appointed Josh Valdez as its new Chief Product Officer. In this role, Valdez will be responsible for driving CCC's product strategy, design, and delivery, with a focus on scaling AI-driven technology and innovation across the company's platform to deliver greater value for customers.

Why it matters

Valdez's expertise in building platform-based businesses and leveraging human-centered AI will be crucial as CCC continues to invest in intelligent solutions that improve outcomes and experiences for insurers, repairers, automakers, and other stakeholders in the insurance and automotive ecosystem.

The details

Valdez is an experienced product innovator with a strong background in building and scaling platform-based technology businesses. He brings deep expertise in artificial intelligence, including agentic AI, with a focus on designing solutions that enable effective collaboration between people and AI to improve outcomes, efficiency, and decision-making. Prior to joining CCC, Valdez served as Senior Vice President of Products at Dayforce, where he led global product management with a focus on advancing AI-driven capabilities across the company's human capital management platform.

  • Valdez will assume the role of Chief Product Officer at CCC Intelligent Solutions effective February 16, 2026.

The players

Josh Valdez

An experienced product innovator with a strong background in building and scaling platform-based technology businesses, and deep expertise in artificial intelligence.

Githesh Ramamurthy

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CCC Intelligent Solutions, a leading cloud platform provider for the P&C insurance economy.

CCC Intelligent Solutions

A leading cloud platform provider powering the P&C insurance economy, creating intelligent experiences for insurers, repairers, automakers, part suppliers, and more.

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What they’re saying

“The insurance and automotive industries are facing unprecedented complexity, which requires increasingly smarter and more connected solutions. Josh brings deep experience building platform‑scale products and turning advanced technologies into solutions customers trust. His ability to combine human expertise with intelligent automation will be invaluable as he leads our product organization. We're excited to welcome him to CCC and know he'll have a meaningful impact on how we help customers serve consumers quickly and confidently when it matters most.”

— Githesh Ramamurthy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CCC Intelligent Solutions (businesswire.com)

“What drew me to CCC is the company's strong position, customer-centric execution, and the opportunity to evolve its proven AI capabilities to enable deeper orchestration of decisions and actions across a mission-critical ecosystem. I'm excited to join the team and deliver solutions that make a real difference in the day-to-day work of our clients and improve the recovery and repair experiences for the consumers they support.”

— Josh Valdez (businesswire.com)

The takeaway

CCC's appointment of Josh Valdez as Chief Product Officer underscores the company's commitment to driving AI-powered innovation across the insurance and automotive industries, with the goal of delivering more intelligent, connected, and customer-centric solutions that improve outcomes and experiences for all stakeholders.