We are pleased to announce that Claudio Amaral, VP Technology, Government at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, has been named as the 2022 recipient of the RELX Distinguished Technologist Award. Claudio is the 10th person to receive this honor, which recognizes the achievements of stand-out technologists who have fundamentally changed the way we do business and who have shown exemplary technology leadership over time.

Claudio joined Seisint, a business LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired, in 2001 as a web developer. He proved himself as the best developer on the team, quickly rising to become a manager to oversee Accurint, the flagship tool of Seisint.

Claudio then took on the challenge of overseeing the ESP (Enterprise Services Platform) and Batch subsystems for all of Risk. For the next decade, he was instrumental in scaling up these highly critical assets to ensure that our customers could access all our services in a high-performing, highly available manner.

In 2017, Claudio relocated to Brazil and where he led all technology in setting up a brand-new credit bureau (Quod), created through a consortium of the five largest Brazilian banks. This was a very complex project with high stakes and high visibility. Claudio executed his responsibilities flawlessly, showing himself to be not just a great technologist, but also an outstanding customer advocate with outstanding commercial know-how.

In 2021, Claudio was promoted to VP to oversee technology for our Government vertical in Risk, a role that he settled into quickly and with aplomb.

Given his track record as both an individual contributor and as a highly technical manager over the years, Claudio is a deserving winner of the 2022 Distinguished Technologist award.

With very close involvement from all Chief Technology Officers, the selection process for this annual award is rigorous. Becoming a RELX Distinguished Technologist is a prestigious and high-profile recognition, and one that I hope all our technologists aspire to achieve.

Congratulations Claudio!