About

Meet our Team.

Kristina Fahl

Co-founder and CEO

Kristina has held executive roles at venture-backed startups and led an award-winning student transportation company. While serving as Head of Operations at Bus.com, she discovered that Shuttlebee (in its first iteration) was paying 5-6 times more for Commercial Auto Insurance than larger competitors in the industry. This realization inspired her to relaunch Shuttlebee as an InsurTech company, dedicated to equipping small transportation providers with cutting-edge risk mitigation technology and safety protocols—helping them enhance service quality despite limited resources and negotiation power.

Somil Jain

Co-founder and Chief Insurance Officer

Co-Founder Somil Jain, FCAS, has over 25 years of experience as an insurance leader. Somil has held roles including Chief Insurance Officer, Chief Actuary and Head of Risk at multiple MGAs (Next Insurance, Steadily) as well as traditional insurance carriers (AIG, Travelers, Plymouth Rock). Somil is a founding member at multiple startups, a mentor with RevTech and InsurTech NY, holds a Wharton MBA, and is informing product development strategy on an area of expertise that overlaps his previous roles: Commercial Auto using Telematics.

Justin Whitaker

Chief Underwriting Officer

Justin Whitaker has joined as Chief Underwriting Officer in an advisor capacity. For the last 10 years, Justin has architected and managed underwriting, loss control, and claims teams with a focus on commercial auto. Justin has a proven operational playbook that leverages behavioral analysis and emerging tech to dramatically mitigate exposure. Justin is a licensed attorney and has a CPCU designation.

Team of Advisors

Emi Kubota

Emi is an investor, executive advisor, and 2X-exited business owner in the child/parent market. Emi holds an MBA from Columbia and brings the expertise of the Pinnacle Business Guide playbook and her network of industry leaders to the market.

Joe Emison, CTO Advisor

Joe Emison is the CTO of Branch Insurance, which provides home and auto insurance. Previously, Joe founded BuildFax (acquired by DMGT), Spaceful (acquired by Xceligent), BluePrince (acquired by Harris Computer) and EphPod (acquired by Wind Solutions).

Joe graduated with degrees in English and Mathematics from Williams College and has a law degree from Yale Law School.


Tiana Showe, Board Member

Tiana is an established leader and speaker in the InsurTech/Transportation industry.

Leveraging her 20 years of commercial P & C experience, Tiana is the co-founder of meshVI, a software and platform that simplifies processes and improves efficiencies for insurance and asset management.

Dawn Walker, ELEVATE Asheville

After exiting from a successful global sales career in food and beverage with fortune 50 companies, Dawn turned her focus to mentoring startups. In the last seven years, Dawn has mentored over 20 companies grow and receive funding, grants and awards to fuel their growth. In honor of her contributions, she has been awarded Mentor of the Year from the chamber of commerce and most recently The Legacy award for achievement. 

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  Shuttlebee is committed to delivering best-in-class support by partnering with best-in-class solutions providers. 

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