Ashish Bhiwandiwalla

Experience

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  Patni Computer Systems

  Sept 2004 - May 2006

  Software Engineer

  • Completed 5 development and 2 maintenance projects for General Electric, i.e. GE ENACTS (Engine Assembly and Configuration Testing System), GE AE ETS (Engine Tracking System), 2 generations of GE AE DHTS (Development Hardware Tracking System), GE SM Enterprise Datawarehouse, GE Supply Datawarehousing and Asset Management for GECTIP• Used Business Intelligence tools like Informatica (with Oracle database and PL/SQL language) for ETL and Cognos BI for Reporting and Analysis related to parts used in GE Aircraft Engines• Was the group leader for the 3rd generation DHTS data-warehousing development project • Worked at every stage of the Software Development Lifecycle, i.e. Understanding requirements, analysis, estimation, data model changes for datawarehouses, preparing unit test cases, programming, reviewing, status tracking, testing and maintenance• Worked as the Defect Prevention Representative (DPR) for 3 projects• Acquired Six Sigma – Green Belt training• Received appreciations from managers and onsite representatives for all projects undertaken2. Knowledge Management Related• Mentoring and induction of fresh recruits• Transfer of business knowledge and delegation to juniors in project team • Knowledge Management activities like sharing best practices across the project and Organization Show less

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  IBM Global Business Services

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2012

  Business Analyst

  • Worked as part of Commercial Lending work-stream of SunTrust Bank as Lead Business Analyst in Business Lending Process Program• Worked as part of Wealth and Investment Management (Financial/ Capital Markets) work-stream of SunTrust Bank as Business Analyst for several projects/ applications• Worked as a part of several project implementations for KPMG• Worked as a liaison between Business and Technology• Elicited, analyzed and captured detailed requirements and created business and functional/ non-functional system requirements specification documents (Using IBM-Rational Requisite Pro)• Produced use cases, business process flows and Visio mock-ups of screenshots/ reports to support detailed requirements• Produced functional test cases; supported functional and client acceptance testing • Wrote detailed SQL scripts for analysis of requirements, creation of data-mapping documents and documentation/ execution of test scripts• Supported and reviewed design and technical documentation • Supported project scoping, estimation and other project management activities• Worked on IBM Institute of Business Value (Thought Leadership and Strategic Consulting) – Financial Markets Globalization Study, which analyzes the Financial Markets industry, product portfolios like hedge-funds, fixed income investments, equities, etc. and the impacts of globalization on the Financial Markets industry Show less

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  ICE

  Jun 2012 - now

  • Understanding business and technology needs of ICE's Exchange clients (trading participants, brokers and clearing firm members)• Analyzing and documenting functionality for listing, trading and clearing Futures, Options as well as Cryptocurrency contracts on the Exchange• Coordinating Compliance and Regulatory requirements• Coordinating Exchange Member Onboarding applications including data, document, contact collection as well as KYC/ AML processes/ data collection• Eliciting, capturing and analyzing requirements using Jira, MS Word, Visio, Ppt and other tools • Creating flow charts and ‘as-is’/ ‘to-be’ diagrams for gap analysis• Creating use case models and use case specifications using MS Visio, Balsamiq and other tools to ensure exhaustive coverage of requirements • Acting as a liaison between Business (external customers as well as ICE Business/ Sales teams) and ICE Technology teams; this entails translation of business requirements into lucid technical terms for the Development/ Quality Assurance teams in order to facilitate software development and testing activities. This also entails application of Subject Matter Expertise as well as Technology Expertise in Oracle, SQL, BI, and other ICE applications• Performing new product, market, company and user set-ups for commodity trading (Swaps, Futures, Spreads, Options, etc.) • Reviewing technical design documents and conceptual architecture documents• Assessing the impact of changes in customer requirements on implementation and testing activities and ensuring that they are in sync• Performing functional/ User Acceptance Testing and logging defects using Jira to ensure that the final deliverable matches client’s expectations • Creating and sending ‘tips’, guides and external release notes to ICE’s customers for new functionality releases • Creating internal release notes, user guides and providing user training & support as needed pre and post implementation Show less • Understanding business and technology needs of ICE's Exchange clients (hosted exchange customers, trading participants, brokers and clearing firm members)• Analyzing, documenting and supporting functionality for listing, trading and clearing Futures and Options contracts as well as Cryptocurrency contracts on the Exchange• Analyzing Compliance and regulatory impact on the Exchange and Clearing House • Eliciting, capturing and analyzing requirements using Jira, MS Word, Visio, Ppt and other tools • Creating flow charts and ‘as-is’/ ‘to-be’ diagrams outlining the business processes to identify the gaps that the solution needs to address• Creating use case models and use case specifications using UML, MS Visio, Balsamiq and other tools to ensure exhaustive coverage of requirements • Acting as a liaison between Business (external customers as well as ICE Business/ Sales teams) and ICE Technology teams; this entails translation of business requirements into lucid technical terms for the Development/ Quality Assurance teams in order to facilitate software development and testing activities. This also entails application of Subject Matter Expertise as well as Technology Expertise in Oracle, SQL, BI, and other ICE applications• Performing new product, market, company and user set-ups for commodity trading (Swaps, Futures, Spreads, Options, FX, etc.) • Reviewing technical design documents and conceptual architecture documents• Assessing the impact of changes in customer requirements on implementation and testing activities and ensuring that they are in sync• Performing functional/ User Acceptance Testing and logging defects using Jira to ensure that the final deliverable matches client’s expectations • Creating and sending ‘tips’, guides and external release notes to ICE’s customers for new functionality releases • Creating internal release notes, user guides and providing user training & support as needed pre and post implementation Show less • Understanding business/ technical needs of ICE's clients (hosted exchanges, trading participants and clearing firm members)• Analyzing regulatory impact (Dodd Frank and other CFTC imposed regulations) on the Exchange and Clearing House • Eliciting, capturing and analyzing requirements using Jira, MS Visio, etc. tools • Creating flow charts and ‘as-is’/ ‘to-be’ diagrams outlining the business processes to identify the gaps that the solution needs to address• Creating use case models and use case specifications using UML/ MS Visio to ensure exhaustive coverage of requirements • Acting as a liaison between Customer/ Internal Business and Internal Technology teamswhich entails translating business requirements into technical terms for the Development/ Quality Assurance teams and facilitating software development and testing activities. This also entails usage of Subject Matter Expertise in Financial Markets as well as technology expertise in Oracle and SQL• Performing new product, market, company and user set-ups for commodity trading (Swaps, Futures, Spreads, Options, FX, etc.) • Reviewing technical design documents and conceptual architecture documents• Assessing the impact of changes in customer requirements on implementation and testing activities and ensuring that they are in sync• Creating functional test scenarios• Performing functional/ User Acceptance Testing and logging defects using Jira to ensure that the final deliverable matches client’s expectations • Sending ‘tips’ or external release notes to ICE’s customers for new functionality releases • Creating internal release notes/ user guides and providing user training & support as needed pre and post implementation Show less

  • Director Of Product Development

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Product Manager

    Mar 2015 - Feb 2021

  • Business Analyst

    Jun 2012 - Feb 2015