Ashish Sharma

About Ashish Sharma

8.5+ years of experience as a BI Consultant with client-facing roles in the BFSI domain, especially Insurance and Finance. Worked with multiple global Clients all across the Globe.>Microsoft Certified in Power BI | Azure Services | Power Automate | Power Platform>Experienced in Designing BI solutions design/architecture, Data Warehousing & Dimensional Modeling.>Skilled in requirements gathering, data analysis, and building end-to-end BI solutions.>Strong communicator, effectively bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders.>Expert in transforming data into strategic insights to drive business decisions and optimize operations.>Proficient in creating interactive dashboards and visualizations for business storytelling.>Passionate about data-driven innovation and maximizing business value through analytics.>Technical expertise: Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Alteryx, Dataiku DSS, Python.>Also worked on Automation projects using various RPA tools.>Cloud platforms worked with: AWS and Azure>Other Interest Areas: Process Mining, Conversational BI, Generative AI LLM\'s

Experience

1. Project Manager

   EXL

   Aug 2023 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Clients (Most Recent First)- TransAmerica,Erie,Trustage/CUNA Mutual,AIGCurrent Client: TransAmerica || Role Type: Techno-Functional BI ConsultantDomain: Retirement Workplace Solutions AdvisoryFocus: 401(k), IRA, 403(b), DB Plans, Pooled Employer PlansSummary: Delivered integrated retirement solutions including financial planning, insurance, investments, and portfolio management.>Lead cross-functional teams across BI, data modeling, ETL, and automation.>Manage client relationships and align analytics with business goals.>Oversee project delivery to ensure timely, high-quality outcomes.>Drive project expansion by identifying new data use cases.>Collaborate with business and product teams to define scope and requirements.>Design end-to-end BI and analytics solutions using Power BI.>Lead data modeling and cloud migration initiatives.>Act as SME for Self-Service BI architecture—building centralized semantic models.>Support business development by showcasing analytics capabilities.>Build and mentor high-performing teams; lead hiring and training.>Develop financial and operational data assets (AUM, revenue, plan-level metrics).Senior Manager – Data Analytics | TruStage (CUNA Mutual Group)Clients: 200+ Credit Unions in USA • Led analytics for Loan Protection Plans focusing on Premium, Coverage, and Claims. • Built data lakes and integrated third-party data sources. • Developed scalable self-service BI models and semantic layers. • Analyzed revenue and coverage at credit union and member levels.Tracked digital campaign performance using API metrics (Click Rate, Participation Rate)

Education

• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Information Technology Project Management

  2015 — 2017

• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science Engineering

  2011 — 2015