NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Allstate Insurance Company has
appointed Anthony Abbattista to the position of vice president, enterprise
technology strategy and planning. In this newly created position, Abbattista
is responsible for driving ongoing enterprise technology strategy, enterprise
architecture, enterprise applications and overall technology governance.
Abbattista comes to Allstate from DiamondCluster International, a global
management consulting firm, where he was a senior partner and managing
director of its global competency organization. In addition to leading
strategic client engagements at flagship clients, he was responsible for the
planning aspects of employee acquisition and development as well as all
resource planning and engagement quality within DiamondCluster.
Previous to DiamondCluster International, Abbattista worked for Andersen
Consulting as an associate partner for eight years. His additional work
experience includes employment with Electronic Data Systems as a systems
engineer.
"Anthony has the right experience, skills and enthusiasm to continue to
keep Allstate's enterprise technology strategy and planning activities ahead
of the curve," said Cathy Brune, senior vice president and chief technology
officer, Allstate Insurance Company. "We're delighted to have such a skilled
professional leading our team."
Abbattista received a bachelor's degree in computer science from
Northwestern University and serves as a guest faculty member from time to
time. He is also a board member of Northwestern University DevLab. In
addition to his activities with his alma mater, Abbattista is a technology
working group member of the Executives' Club of Chicago and has contributed
his technology planning and execution knowledge to the Ravinia Festival.
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(R)" slogan, Allstate provides insurance products to more than 16
million households and has approximately 12,300 exclusive agents and financial
specialists in the U.S. and Canada. Customers can access Allstate products
and services through Allstate agents, or in select states at allstate.com and
1-800-Allstate(R). Encompass(SM) and Deerbrook(R) Insurance brand property
and casualty products are sold exclusively through independent agents.
Allstate Financial Group includes the businesses that provide life insurance,
retirement and investment products, through Allstate agents, workplace
marketing, independent agents, banks and securities firms.
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