10 The Hartford engineering leaders
Vasanth S., Assistant Vice President, AI Engineering - Core Platform and Automation, heads a list of The Hartford engineering leaders whose work spans AI engineering, platform automation, SRE and software engineering. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at The Hartford from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
AJ Oller
LinkedInExperience: Head of AI SecOps Product Engineering · The Hartford
AJ Oller has been Head of AI SecOps Product Engineering at The Hartford since August 2026 and was Head of Engineering - IAC, Automation, PaaS, Middleware, VDI Infrastructure at The Hartford from 2024 to 2026. AJ Oller was Director of Engineering - IAC, Automation, PaaS, Middleware, VDI Infrastructure from 2022 to 2024 and Engineering Manager, Kubernetes from 2020 to 2022 at The Hartford.
Brock Van Gundy
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · The Hartford
Brock Van Gundy has been Director of Software Engineering at The Hartford since July 2025. Brock Van Gundy was Technology Integration Manager at American Electric Power from 2021 to 2025, Director of Product Management at Nationwide in 2021, Technology Manager at Nationwide from 2014 to 2021 and Specialist, IT App Developer - Scrum Master at Nationwide from 2010 to 2014.
Dr. Rajesh More
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering AI Middle and Large Business · The Hartford
Dr. Rajesh More has been Director of Software Engineering AI Middle and Large Business at The Hartford since April 2026, with the role listed in Hyderabad. Dr. Rajesh More was Technical Architect, AIML at CWX from 2025 to 2026, Senior AI ML Engineer at CWX in 2024, Founder And Mentor at DeccanAI School from 2022 to 2026 and Sr Data Scientist at EPAM Systems from 2022 to 2024.
Hitesh Panchal
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering (ML IT) · The Hartford
Hitesh Panchal has been Director of Software Engineering (ML IT) at The Hartford since November 2025. Hitesh Panchal was Senior Customer Success Architect at Confluent, an IBM Company, in 2025, Director Software Engineering at American Tire Distributors from 2022 to 2025 and Sr. Solutions Architect at American Tire Distributors from 2020 to 2022.
Krupa Sethuraman
LinkedInExperience: Director Software Engineering · The Hartford
Krupa Sethuraman has been Director Software Engineering at The Hartford since February 2025, with a headline naming Claims IT, and was Manager Software Engineering at The Hartford from 2021 to 2025. Krupa Sethuraman was Technical Lead at The Hartford from 2020 to 2021, Senior Guidewire Developer in 2019 and Guidewire Developer from 2017 to 2019 at The Hartford.
Mayur Pai
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · The Hartford
Mayur Pai has been Director of Software Engineering at The Hartford since January 2026. Mayur Pai was Director – AI & Application Development at SLK from 2022 to 2026, IQE Director at SLK from 2020 to 2022, Onsite Delivery Manager at SLK from 2016 to 2020 and Senior Manager - Software/ Practice Head - Technology & Commercial at SLK in 2015.
Pradeep Pai
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · The Hartford
Pradeep Pai has been Director of Software Engineering at The Hartford since April 2026, based in Atlanta. Pradeep Pai was Industry Principal at Infosys from 2022 to 2026, Information Technology Portfolio Manager at Infosys from 2017 to 2022 and Technical Program Manager at Infosys from 2016 to 2017.
Rudra Deshpande
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering API-M, SRE · The Hartford
Rudra Deshpande has been Director of Engineering API-M, SRE at The Hartford since May 2026. Rudra Deshpande was Director of Engineering & Technical Platform Products at Anywhere Real Estate Inc. from 2020 to 2026, Sr. Manager at Anywhere Real Estate Inc. from 2015 to 2020 and Delivery Executive Client Partner at Atos from 2014 to 2015.
Saisudha Kolachalama
LinkedInExperience: Director Software Engineering · The Hartford
Saisudha Kolachalama has been Director Software Engineering at The Hartford since November 2025, with a headline naming CIAM, Enterprise Mobile and Enterprise Digital Solutions, and was Manager Software Engineering at The Hartford from 2019 to 2025. Saisudha Kolachalama was Senior Associate at Cognizant from 2014 to 2018 and Senior Software Engineer at PayPal from 2012 to 2014.
Vasanth S.
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President, AI Engineering - Core Platform and Automation · The Hartford
Vasanth S. has been Assistant Vice President, AI Engineering - Core Platform and Automation at The Hartford since April 2025 and was Director of Machine Learning at The Hartford from 2020 to 2025. Vasanth S. was Senior Machine Learning Engineer / Manager at The Hartford from 2018 to 2019 and Principal Data Engineer at Accenture from 2010 to 2018.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What took most of your time in your engineering role, and how did you decide what to handle yourself?
- 02How did you decide which platform or software work to do first when several teams needed it?
- 03What did you learn in earlier roles that changed how you lead engineering teams?
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