(Editor's note: This is the fourth in our series of 2013 Insurance IT All-Stars. Read articles on David Lawless of Magna Carta, Peter Settel of Homesite Insurance, and Tracey Berg of West Bend Mutual. Tomorrow's feature is on Dan Colarusso of Cypress Insurance.)
As executive vice president, technology and operations for Allstate Insurance and a member of Allstate's senior leadership team, Suren Gupta explains that his initial career goal was not to be a technologist, but rather to work on the business side. He came to realize, though, that technology is indispensable for business people.
"Tom Wilson (CEO and chairman of Allstate) says it best," says Gupta. "Everyone's a business person—some happen to know technology more than others."
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