--- title: Profiles in Risk – 222 – Awais Farooq with ActiveOps - InsNerds.com description: "Video Version: Audio Version: https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/7383034-pir-222-awais-farooq-with-activeops In the 222nd episode of Profiles in Risk I chat with Awais Farooq and we discuss ActiveOps, which helps companies manage their team's performance, especially during today's remote world. And then we chat about his insurance career and our mutual passion for the insurance industry. If you're a" image: https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Super-Tony-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-41-57-6103-AM.jpg --- 1 min read # Profiles in Risk – 222 – Awais Farooq with ActiveOps [ Antonio Canas ](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/antonio-canas) : Jan 20, 2021 12:00:00 AM [Career](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/career) [Video](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/video) [Profiles in Risk](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/profiles-in-risk) ![Profiles in Risk – 222 – Awais Farooq with ActiveOps](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Super-Tony-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-41-57-6103-AM.jpg) Video Version:   Audio Version: [https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/7383034-pir-222-awais-farooq-with-activeops](https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/7383034-pir-222-awais-farooq-with-activeops)   In the 222nd episode of Profiles in Risk I chat with Awais Farooq and we discuss ActiveOps, which helps companies manage their team’s performance, especially during today’s remote world. And then we chat about his insurance career and our mutual passion for the insurance industry. If you’re a young insurance pro seeking great advice stay until the end of the episode! Awais Farooq: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/awais-farooq/ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/awais-farooq/) ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Super-Tony-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-41-57-6103-AM.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=Super-Tony-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-41-57-6103-AM.jpg) ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Super-Tony-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-41-57-6103-AM.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=Super-Tony-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-41-57-6103-AM.jpg) ### About Antonio Canas Tony started in insurance in 2009 and immediately became a designation addict and shortly thereafter a proud insurance nerd. He has worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales management, at 4 carriers, 6 cities and 5 states. Tony is passionate about insurance, technology and especially helping the insurance industry figure out how to retain and engage the younger generation of insurance professionals. Tony is a co-founder of InsNerds.com and a passionate speaker. - [![](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/twitter-Jan-03-2025-01-42-04-6952-AM.png) ![](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/twitter-Jan-03-2025-01-42-04-6952-AM.png) ](https://twitter.com/TonyCanas4) - [![](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/facebook-Jan-03-2025-01-42-01-1580-AM.png) ![](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/facebook-Jan-03-2025-01-42-01-1580-AM.png) ](https://www.facebook.com/askwwtd) - [![](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/linkedin-Jan-03-2025-01-42-06-1901-AM.png) ![](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/linkedin-Jan-03-2025-01-42-06-1901-AM.png) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonycanas) ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Super-Tony-150x150-Jan-03-2025-01-41-57-3685-AM.jpg?width=150&height=150&name=Super-Tony-150x150-Jan-03-2025-01-41-57-3685-AM.jpg) ##### [ Antonio Canas](https://insnerds.com/author/tony-canas/) + posts Tony started in insurance in 2009 and immediately became a designation addict and shortly thereafter a proud insurance nerd. He has worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales management, at 4 carriers, 6 cities and 5 states. Tony is passionate about insurance, technology and especially helping the insurance industry figure out how to retain and engage the younger generation of insurance professionals. 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