Ashish Vora

About Ashish Vora

Strategic enterprise agile & product transformation leader with 25+ years of IT experience including 16+ years in driving complex enterprise transformations, enabling product-centric operating models, fostering a Project-to-Product mindset and embedding Lean-Agile practices at scale. Trusted advisor for C-suite executives on strategies to accelerate business agility, value stream delivery. Pioneer in AI-enabled innovation to improve efficiency & scalability. Strong advocate of data-driven decision-making through impactful flow, outcome, engineering metrics & insights. Proven track record in leading global engagements of 100+ teams & $200+Mn portfolios.Areas of expertise:Enterprise Transformations – Lead Lean-Agile, DevOps, SAFe, Project to Product transformations.SAFe Expert - ASPC and SPC 6.0, Value stream management - certified to train for all SAFe courses, value stream identification, launch ARTs/Solution trains, enable & accelerate business agility, value stream mapping and flow acceleration.Executive Advisory, Solutioning & Thought Leadership – Provide strategic guidance, tailored transformation solutions, high‑impact workshops, presentations & consulting for C‑suite, senior leaders.Gen AI and Agentic AI innovation - Leverage Atlassian Rovo, Copilot, and agentic frameworks to enhance agility and efficiency.Establish process, outcome, product, engineering and flow metrics to drive measurable data driven improvements.Shape Portfolio & enterprise strategy, Product op model, OKRs, agile contracting, org design patterns, governance, planning/ forecasting, & LPMTraining, Coaching and enablement – Coach executives, product leaders, architects, business, delivery teams through structured role‑based coaching.Coach, enable product management with Product discovery, roadmapping, prioritization, backlog management, end-to-end product management practices, product innovation & value delivery.ALM tools Administration, shape strategy and standardization of tools - Jira, Jira Align, Confluence and Azure DevOps.Establish and lead LACE & Transformation office.Design and facilitate maturity assessments using custom frameworks, industry benchmarking, expert in industry tools such as AgilityInsights, LAI, Comparative agility and Agentic AI driven assessments.Lead change enablement initiatives to drive adoption, awareness, stakeholder alignment, and cultural transformation.Drive enterprise-wide continuous improvement framework. Enable ideation/innovation through platforms like Planview IdeaPlace and promote continuous learning through CoPs.

Experience

1. Enterprise Lean Agile Transformation Coach - Invesco

   Cognizant

   Oct 2022 — Present

   Transformation Coach part of Enteprise Transformation office, supporting Enterprise-wide transformation and building High performing Teams and Team of Teams culture. Move to product based organization and drive product centricity culture. Lead DevSecOps transformation for the Enterprise. Lead AI driven innovation and practices

Education

• Sikkim Manipal University - Distance Education

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance

• University of Madras

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

Skills

• Program Management
• Account Management
• Software Project Management
• Requirements Gathering
• Program Delivery Management
• Pmp
• Data Warehousing
• Sas
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Scrum
• Ibm Mainframe
• Agile Project Management
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
• Portfolio Management