Ashfaque Kachwala

About Ashfaque Kachwala

Industrial Engineer, Small Business Owner, 1st Generation MBA, and amateur bartender, Ashfaque Kachwala began his academic and professional career in Mumbai, India. Upon graduating from the world\'s number one university for Industrial Engineering - Georgia Tech, with a near perfect GPA, Ashfaque worked in 3 countries across varied industries before pursuing his MBA at the Asia School of Business. At AirWatch, he was in charge of handling clients within a niche market, executing development projects and establishing a new team in Atlanta. Not long after, he was made in charge of delivering and executing the AirWatch product to critical clients in India as well. As a person who despises monotony, he decided that his next step would be a program that allowed him to work in 4 different companies within 20 months. From there, he moved on to leading the Data Analytics team at AirAsia as well as being the Deputy Head of Data for the AirAsia Aviation team.He has remained a consistent Dean\'s List Scholar with a passion for adventure sports, Science-Fiction, Mixology and an avid Marvel Cinematic Universe enthusiast. Ask him, and he will be able to place any quote from any Marvel movie ever released.

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Data Analytics

   Airasia

   Jan 2020 — Present · Kuala Lumpur, MY

   Act as Deputy Head of Airline Data, directly reporting to the CTO when called upon- Manage a team of 10 Data Analysts across multiple geographies and engage directly with C-level stakeholders, business heads and team leads to provide data driven solutions that meet the needs of Industry 4.0 and will help transform the Airline into a Data backed, Digital Entity- Designed over 40 data products that have led to an increase in revenue by $500K, cost savings of over $5.6M, and monetization opportunities worth over $750K - In charge of the Data Literacy program aimed at increasing adoption beyond 75% of self service data products-Dealt directly with regulatory agencies and became single point of contact for all data needs of legal proceedings- Developed Nose-to-Tail Airline Data Products addressing needs of multiple operational departments on GCP and Tableau, in order to execute the strategy and roadmap for different verticals within Airline Operations

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering

• Jai Hindu jobs

  Higher Secondary School Certificate, Computer Science

• Asia School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2016 — 2018

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  ASB Spring Immersion Program, Business Administration and Management, General

  2017 — 2017

Skills

• Python
• Customer Management
• Employee Training
• Crisis Management
• Statistics
• Leadership
• Html
• C++
• Project Management
• Consulting
• Statistical Modeling
• Sql
• Public Speaking
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Professional Services
• Microsoft Word
• Research
• Stochastic Modeling
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Matlab