Sanjay Vashisht

About Sanjay Vashisht

I am a Corporate Technology leader with over 20 years of experience advancing enterprise platforms across Finance, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and shared services within regulated insurance organizations.My focus is on shaping and governing multi-year technology strategies that align investment discipline with business priorities. I lead complex application portfolios supporting critical corporate functions, balancing operational stability, regulatory rigor, and modernization initiatives. Throughout my career, I have worked closely with CIO, CFO, CRO, and functional leaders to strengthen governance frameworks, elevate portfolio transparency, and drive disciplined decision-making.I’m passionate about building and developing lean, high-performing teams; scaling delivery models; and expanding strategic enterprise platforms. I also enjoy driving innovation—whether through data, automation, or emerging capabilities like Generative AI—to help organizations work smarter and operate more efficiently.Always focused on practical, cost-efficient modernization that unlocks real business value.

Experience

1. Head of Corporate Functions Technology Strategy and Enterprise Risk Technology

   Guardian Life

   Aug 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Defined Technology strategy for Corporate Services that covers Legal, Enterprise Risk, Finance and HRLeading Technology transformation for Enterprise Risk function with focus on Integrated Risk Management

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Certificate course, Digital Marketing

• The Wharton School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• ICFAI University

  Business Management, Information Technology

• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

  Post Graduate, Advance Software Design & Development

• MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication

Skills

• Program Management
• Solution Architecture
• Sdlc
• IT Service Management
• Anti Money Laundering Transaction Monitoring
• Financial Crime and Risk Management
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Requirements Analysis
• IT Strategy
• Service Delivery
• Anti Money Laundering
• Business Transformation
• Business Analysis
• Consulting
• Vendor Management
• Management
• Pmp
• Management Consulting
• Leadership
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Global Delivery
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• E-Commerce
• Data Warehousing
• Project Portfolio Management
• Pre-Sales
• Business Process Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Offshoring
• Outsourcing
• Resource Management
• Portals
• Transition Management
• Strategy
• Legal Compliance
• Records Management
• Accutrac
• Fiserv
• Big Data