Ashit Kotwani

About Ashit Kotwani

Lead Quant Strategist specializing in AML Risk Intelligence, with over seven years of experience delivering enterprise-scale transaction monitoring and financial crime analytics across global banking environments.I design and optimize scalable, risk-based monitoring frameworks that translate complex transaction behaviors into actionable risk signals. My expertise spans customer segmentation, model development, threshold calibration, and structured optimization initiatives aimed at improving alert precision, reducing false positives, and strengthening detection effectiveness.Operating at the intersection of quantitative modeling, regulatory governance, and technology implementation, I build monitoring solutions that are both analytically rigorous and regulator-aligned. My work supports compliance with key frameworks including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA PATRIOT Act, FinCEN guidance, FATF recommendations, and supervisory expectations from U.S. regulators such as the OCC and FRB.I lead end-to-end model lifecycle efforts — from segmentation strategy and solution design to calibration, validation, impact assessment, and governance alignment — ensuring monitoring systems evolve alongside emerging financial crime typologies and business objectives.Beyond technical execution, I partner closely with Compliance, Risk Governance, Technology, and senior leadership stakeholders to translate complex analytical insights into defensible, business-aligned risk strategies.I am focused on advancing AML detection toward adaptive, AI-assisted architectures — integrating statistical modeling, behavioral analytics, and machine learning to build scalable and explainable financial crime detection ecosystems.I believe effective financial crime prevention requires both quantitative rigor and deep regulatory understanding — delivered through solutions that balance innovation, operational efficiency, and governance discipline.

Experience

1. Assistant Vice President

   Deutsche Bank

   Mar 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Ramaiah Institute Of Technology

  Bachelor’s Degree, Telecommunications Engineering

  2010 — 2014

• University of Florida

  Masters, Information Systems and Operations Management

  2016 — 2018

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Microsoft Word
• Java
• Data Mining
• Requirements Analysis
• Javascript
• Spss
• Mysql
• Telecommunications Engineering
• C++
• Business Analysis
• Sql
• C
• Programming
• Qlikview
• Software Development
• Python
• R Studio
• Xlminer
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Data Modeling
• Analytical Skills
• R
• Logical Data Modeling
• Analytical Reasoning
• Reasoning Skills
• Cyber-Security
• Data Analysis
• Pivot Tables
• Perl
• Spotfire
• Anaylsis
• Risk Analysis
• Sql Server Integration Services (Ssis)
• Network Security
• Microsoft Excel
• Requirements Gathering
• Google Analytics
• Leadership