Isn’t IT supposed to be strategic? If so, can an IT leader do any special realigning of IT resources to help his/her company not only survive the...
Author - Patricia A. Coffey
Patricia Coffey is Vice President of Distribution Marketing and Enterprise Applications at Allstate Insurance Company, with expertise in the creation and delivery of strategic technology solutions for the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer. Her major accomplishments include delivery of an improved Web experience (Allstate.com) that has industry-leading capabilities, such as an anonymous quoting tool; delivery of an integrated material ordering and warehouse management system; and creation of business-technology strategies for Allstate's protection business. Prior to assuming her current position, Patricia was head of technology for Allstate Financial, where she implemented the award-winning AccessAllstate Website - the number one site for financial producers. She has continued to hold positions of increasing responsibility since joining Allstate in 1979. Patricia serves as a member of both the Advanced Practices Council and the Executive Board of the Society for Information Management, as well as the Technology Council of the American Management Association. In 2007 she was elected to the Board of Directors of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.