Ashish Mahadwar

About Ashish Mahadwar

I\'m excited about the use of technology in solving business & social problems. I have a entrepreneurial streak, and love working with bright people who challenge me. I steered my career through first understanding technology, then understanding how businesses operate and investigating what makes them succeed or fail, and then through building and managing high-performance global teams and leading organizations. I believe businesses need to constantly adapt and change to survive and succeed. I intend to continue on my journey of exploration, investigation and adaptation, while contributing towards creating new businesses, and mentoring bright people- outcome driven global leader focused on developing people & customer centric capabilities with over 30 years of leadership, technology, business & consulting experience across emerging companies, global-scale enterprises & private equity- have built & led high performing teams globally across continents (India, S America, E Europe, China, Asia)- worked across industries & business domains with F500 industry leaders enabling use of future proof technology, business re-engineering & digital transformation- able to pivot between strategic thinking & operating effectiveness; between ‘change the business’ & innovation mindset and ‘run the business’ & continuous improvement- transparent & fact based communicator driving empathy & purpose amongst teams to foster stakeholder collaboration and driving agile solutions design & executionSpecialties: Business leadership, strategic planning, people management, operating effectiveness, P&L and Business management.

Experience

1. Advisor

   Micro Leaps Previously Seekhshala

   Feb 2026 — Present · Pune, IN

   MicroLeaps is a unique NGO providing a unique after-school education program to underprivileged children. Founders by Prince & Sakhi, and teachers who are both college students & volunteers, they run a Monday-Friday program where they have reimagined education focusing on life skills, personality development & employability apart from school subjects. Am an Advisor to the organisation helping them to scale their impact.

Education

• Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE),Mumbai

  BEE, Electrical Engineering

  1983 — 1987

• Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS)

  MMS, Marketing, Finance

  1987 — 1989

Skills

• Leadership
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Enterprise Software
• Pre-Sales
• Outsourcing
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Offshoring
• Management Consulting
• IT Outsourcing
• Consulting
• IT Strategy
• Program Management
• Integration
• Saas
• Management
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Strategic Planning
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Development
• Product Management
• Professional Services
• Business Analysis
• Global Delivery
• Mobile Devices
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Sdlc
• Team Management
• Solution Architecture
• Business Alliances
• Start-Ups
• Business Intelligence
• Business Strategy