Soven Shrivastav

Soven Shrivistav is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer for Benekiva, a configurable SaaS technology platform that transforms the end-to-end life claims and servicing experience. Soven leads Benekiva’s technology initiatives and oversees the company’s on•and off-shore teams.

Soven was instrumental in Benekiva’s evolution to become the only technology solution on the market that delivers straight-through, next-generation claims and policy servicing transformations, with asset retention enablement, backed by rules-based automation, configurable API and accessible integration. From policy activation to beneficiary payout, business can be conducted anywhere, anytime, from any device.

Before Benekiva, Shrivistav was CTO and Co-Founder of Docsmore, where he architected a platform aimed to streamline the document-filling process. As a powerhouse innovator and Principal with Sovbob Consulting, Soven, created a new HTML5 application for NASA that migrated legacy desktop engineering design and drawing tools into the Web forefront. He accomplished this using cutting edge technologies such as NodeJS, Mongodb, Hadoop, AngularJS, HTML5 Canvas, Bootstrap, KnockoutJS, KendoUI, Jenkins CI, BackboneJS and, Draw2d JS library.
 Before shifting to an entrepreneurial tract, Soven was a Senior Software Developer/Architect for Cognitive Medical Systems and Aon Consulting. Earlier in his career, he held Developer roles at Wells Fargo, SouthData, and the Jacobson Companies.

Soven architected Benekiva’s product-agnostic, rules-based, SaaS platform to transform disparate and outdated, process/systems into a single claims processing platform. Benekiva’s leading-edge software connects to any legacy, out-of-the-box, third-party or custom-built policy administration system to provide seamless integration, enhanced customer experience, and turns the claims process into a revenue generator.

Soven and his team developed Benekiva’s configurable Rules-based Engine to drive multiple workflows within the platform, able to support each carrier’s unique needs. The cloud-based technology delivers enhanced customer engagement through a simple and convenient self-service customer portal letting associates focus on more complex items. Associates and end-customers have “anytime, anywhere, any device” platform access so business can be conducted after hours, more efficiently and securely.

Shrivistav thrives on creating order out of chaos by inventing and delivering solutions to complex situations. He is on a mission to bring cutting edge technologies to the forefront of every project he takes on and he does so with the highest levels of integrity, technical expertise and instinct. Soven is a 2004 graduate of Drake University, where he received a degree in Computer Science.