Saugata Chatterjee

About Saugata Chatterjee

Hi! I am an accomplished and results-driven technology leader with proven success in developing robust IT strategy and delivering large-scale/customized and packaged solutions by coordinating and leading multi-site geographically-distributed delivery teams. Furthermore, I am recognized for aligning business strategies to IT, nurturing IT business relationships, managing $70-100M annual budgets, and directing transformation initiatives via next-generation platforms, such as Azure and Salesforce.Please note the following highlights from my career: 1. Established new Center of Excellence for Business Analysis and Business Architecture by leading key agile processes, implementing standardization, and practicing maturity for portfolio management and requirement analysis. Governed multi-year IT portfolio strategy, roadmap planning, and solution delivery of major portfolio in driving health insurance company with $60M yearly budget and key transformation programs, including Salesforce, Azure, and Digital enablement. Piloted program agile enablement for enterprise (SAFe) and standardization of IT governance, including consolidation of licensing process, that slashed licensing cost to over 60% per year. Core contributor as one of key leaders for building and deploying new offshore team in India of 200 Engineers and direct successful multi-quarter transition of end-to-end SDLC across six portfolios. Please feel free to contact me at s••••••••@yahoo.com with any thoughts, comments, or questions about my work—I’m always interested in making new professional acquaintances

Experience

1. Chief Information Officer

   Gallagher Bassett

   Feb 2026 — Present · Rolling Meadows, IL, US

   As CIO, I lead Gallagher Bassett’s technology vision and execution, ensuring IT capabilities align with strategic business objectives. I oversee enterprise architecture, policy and governance, operations, digital product development, and large‑scale technology transformations while fostering a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement.

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  MS, Computer Science

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  BE, Electrical Engineering

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Vendor Management
• IT Strategy
• Consulting
• Product Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Web Applications
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Relationship Management
• Mobile Applications
• Business Analysis
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Process Improvement
• Integration
• Team Management
• Agile Application Development
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Analytics
• Third Party Vendor Management
• Information Technology
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Intelligence
• IT Project & Program Management
• Strategy
• Requirements Gathering
• Testing
• Soa
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Budget Forecasts
• Leadership
• Sdlc