Abhishek Sanghvi

About Abhishek Sanghvi

20+ years of demonstrated global experience leading multiple technology teams and delivering multi-million-dollar digital transformation & modernization initiatives. • 20+ years overall experience with 17+ years in the insurance domain, delivering solutions for life, annuities and P&C insurance carriers across North America & India.• Hands on technology leader with equal exposure to products, people and program management. • Managed IT services & deliveries with globally distributed teams across US and India delivery centers in multiple time-zones. Experienced with Global Capability Centers (GCC) operations, providing clear direction and priorities across offshore teams. Clarified roles and responsibilities. Recognized and removed barriers to productivity.• Deep offshore delivery center experience managing India-based engineering and delivery operations, optimizing resource allocation, and ensuring quality standards across distributed teams.• Involved in direct client communication with customer’s Executive management, directors (Business/IT), and other technical support groups. Built trust-based strong relationship. Able to influence bigger and important customer decisions for their benefits. • Performed team building activities including interviewing, hiring and upskilling employees. Ensured continuous improvement by accurately assessing the strengths and development needs of team members. This helped recruit, attract, and retain top talent. Provided challenging assignments & learning opportunities to keep the team motivated. • 10+ years of experience managing applications developed and deployed on cloud (AWS).• Architectural experience in Object-Oriented Analysis & Design, Development for web based, multi-tier and distributed applications in JAVA/JEE Technologies. • 15+ years of experience with Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean). Participated in all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) including Initiation, Analysis, Design and Implementation. Handled and completed 500+ agile iterations, with onsite UAT and live support. • Rich Business Solutioning experience in multiple business domains (like Insurance & Finance). Strong technical and business acumen and experience in bringing technical solutions from conception to production.• Have onsite consulting experience with various insurance & finance companies (like Aegon (Transamerica), American National, Ohio National, AXA, PennMutual etc). Worked onsite with 5+ customers with significant team size.

Experience

1. Senior Manager Engineering & Technology

   Allstate

   May 2022 — Present

   Engineering Leadership• Managed 8 teams (60+ people) across Allstate and vendors (including India delivery center); owned capacity planning, prioritization, performance, talent enablement and engagement with weekly governance.• Defined and communicated strategy & roadmaps aligned with business goals, and tracked delivery metrics (MTTR, change success rate, auto‑detection, release frequency, lead times) to ensure on‑time, high‑quality outcomes.• Collaborated with product, vertical and CTO stakeholders to identify synergies across initiatives and optimize resource use.• Quickly grasped the Alliance ecosystem, architecture and BRDs to contribute effectively to solutioning.Beyond & Above • Built and deployed cloud‑native Spring Boot apps/APIs with GitHub Copilot Agent Mode; created AI‑driven code‑review and MCP‑server tools for insurance endorsements.• Automated workflows via AI‑powered API integrations and completed multi‑agent ecosystem POC using Google ADK. • Promoted ethical AI use and productivity across teams using ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini. • Mentored Speed‑To‑Market group and led Lean‑mindset adoption in product teams. • Designed and launched Alliance Services Health Check API from scratch. • Founded and led 3 CoPs: AI, PaaS, Insurance Domain.People & Relationship Management • Fostered strong team and leadership bonds (70+ applause recognitions). • Partnered with HRBP to complete HR rituals on time. • Held monthly IDP sessions and 1:1 connects with direct reports. • Facilitated TeamConnect and skip connects, creating a safe, open culture.Upskilling & Talent Enablement • Created self-learning video library on Alliance topics. • Initiated FreshBrains onboarding for new joiners. • Upskilled team on GitHub Copilot, MCP, Agentic AI, Google ADK, AppFabric, Marketplace, PCF, Apicentral, Vault. • Completed 500+ hours of personal learning.

Education

• Holkar Science College

  Post Graduate in Management, Operations Management, Research Management

  2009 — 2011

• MIT

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Banking
• J2ee Application Development
• Tableau
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Spring
• Analysis
• Data Science
• Sql
• Software Project Management
• Financial Services
• Jsp
• Html
• IT Strategy
• Pl/Sql
• Xml
• Vpms
• Process Improvement
• Requirements Gathering
• Insurance
• Jsf
• Business Analysis
• Javascript
• Cvs
• Databases
• Java
• Vizio
• Winscp
• Appdynamics
• Loma
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Tortoise Svn
• Strategic Data Analysis
• Struts
• Hibernate 3.1
• Business Intelligence
• Web Services
• Subversion
• Awd