NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Allstate
Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today announced Suren Gupta, 50, has joined the company as
executive vice president, Technology & Operations. He serves as
a member of the senior management team and reports to Thomas J. Wilson, Allstate's chairman, president
and chief executive officer. Gupta replaces Catherine S. Brune, who was named president of
Allstate Protection's South Regions.
Gupta is responsible for enterprise wide technology strategy,
network infrastructure, enterprise applications, and
technology-related governance, security and compliance activities.
As executive vice president, Allstate Technology & Operations,
he directly supports the Allstate Protection president leading all
aspects of Allstate Protection technology, and agency and customer
support functions. Gupta is also responsible for the integration of
shared service functions.
"Suren's leadership, innovative thinking and technology
expertise will serve Allstate well as we invest in new ways to
enhance our customers' experiences and achieve competitive
advantage," said Wilson. "Cathy
Brune built a strong foundation for our technology and
operations organization, and brings significant leadership
experience and business knowledge to her new role."
"Allstate's vision is to reinvent protection and retirement,"
said Gupta. "I look forward to helping deliver innovative
technology solutions that benefit customers and Allstate agencies,
facilitate new product development, and streamline back-office
operations."
Most recently, Gupta was Wells Fargo executive vice president
and group chief information officer for consumer lending.
Previously, he held a similar role for Wells Fargo's home and
consumer finance group. Under his leadership, Wells Fargo
re-engineered its real estate lending with new delivery
capabilities that enabled the field sales force to serve customers
more effectively with just-in-time information.
Earlier in his career, Gupta was a founding member of the
corporate executive team of Airclic Inc., a startup wireless
Internet venture, and senior vice president, information technology
and operations for GMAC Residential, a division of General Motors.
Gupta also has held senior operations, sales, marketing and
strategic development roles at INTELSAT, a telecommunications
company, and at Thomson Corp., an information company.
Gupta is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at
Harvard Business School. He also
received a master's degree in computer engineering from
West Virginia University and an MBA
from George Mason University.
The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) is the nation's largest
publicly held personal lines insurer. Widely known through the
"You're In Good Hands With Allstate®" slogan, Allstate is
reinventing protection and retirement to help nearly 16 million
households insure what they have today and better prepare for
tomorrow. Consumers access Allstate insurance products (auto, home,
life and retirement) and services through Allstate agencies,
independent agencies, and Allstate exclusive financial
representatives in the U.S. and Canada, as well as via www.allstate.com and
1-800 Allstate®.
SOURCE The Allstate Corporation