Ashwin Aina

About Ashwin Aina

I have 20+ years of experienceMy expertise lies in the area of Quality Engineering, Financial Services, Retail banking,Credit & Risk assessment, debt management, and asset operations. I have worked closely with clients based out of their offices in France, Italy, & most recently in the UK.In my current role as the Global Quality Engineering Offerings Leader role i own the mandate to work with the sales teams & client Partners to drive signings, revenue & gross profit performance for IBM Consulting globally as my primary business outcomes.I have a solid industry experience backed up with sound management background & client facing skills have helped me in setting up some of the key accounts in South West Europe (France & Italy) & UK within the Financial Services Sector. The relationships that i helped build, have grown to become the largest Software factory implementations & Digital Front office transformation initiatives for IBM Globally. I have worked primarily on complex banking projects to implement Digital Front office transformation via mediated & non-mediated channels - retails branches, internet, mobile - and have been able to bring the right combination of Industry experience & Project Management methodology to my assignments.I have been recognized as an Inclusion & Diversity role Model - in 2017 / 18 IBM has launched a global Inclusive Role Models Program to identify IBMers who actively support diversity and inclusion in IBM, with the purpose of increasing engagement with their workforce around the globe. I was nominated as someone who contributes and commits to diversity values and invited to join the Inclusive Role Model Program, which scaled my ability to impact the working environment in IBM and the cities where we operate.Specialties: Business Transformation ConsultantProject ManagementStakeholder EngagementDigital Front office TransformationAgile & DevOpsIndustry ConsultantStructured AnalysisProblem Solving

Experience

1. Associate Partner - Product Manager & Pre-sales & Consulting Leader for Quality Engineering

   IBM

   Oct 2024 — Present · IN

   I am working as a Product Manager for IQP Pus & also lead the Global Pre-sales & Consulting team for Quality Engineering Services. My primary focus is to enable Asset + Services driven market growth for Quality Engineering Services, enhance the service offerings especially focusing on Generative AI & Hyperscalers and increase the consulting footprint to ensure IBM remains in the top quadrant for providing Quality Engineering services globally.I drive an annual signings & revenue target of $500M and asset profitability at margins of 50%+

Education

• Ness Wadia College of Commerce

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting

  1996 — 1999

• Neville Wadia Institue of Management Studies

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting and Finance

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Banking
• Distributed Team Management
• Cams
• Risk Management
• Team Management
• Production Support
• IT Service Delivery
• Consulting
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Leadership
• Thought Leadership
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Retail Banking
• Virtual Teams
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Intelligence
• Pmo
• Program Management
• Client Relations
• Account Management
• Hyper Ledger
• Credit
• Mis
• Rational Suite
• Block Chain
• Vendor Management
• Pre-Sales
• Strategic Thinking
• Software Project Management
• Financial Services
• Structured Analysis
• Chaincode
• Project Management
• Integration
• Contract Management
• Project Delivery
• IT Strategy
• Manage Complex Projects