Ashwin Vishwanathan

Experience

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  Cognizant

  Sept 2014 - Jun 2015

  Programmer Analyst Trainee
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  Amazon

  Jul 2015 - Oct 2023

  • Led team, consisting of both technical and non-technical individual contributors, in the launch of a product aimed at sellers, reaching approximately 1 million selling partners in ten different countries• Developed a prototype utilizing Large Language Models and generative AI to identify and highlight fake reviews on product pages, and outlined 3-year vision for the product• Took charge of the efforts to explore and test various use cases within the organization, leading to transition of three solutions to generative AI through prompt engineering• Conceived and implemented a product that empowers selling partners to identify discrepancies in product descriptions on product detail pages. Expanded the user base to 80,000 users in just six months• Directing & undertaking large-scale, complex projects with a focus on technology transformation; verifying project/product progress & issues and ensuring the quality & timeliness of deliverables• Partnering with Engineering and Product leadership to manage a Value-based care model and ensure that the team understands the direction and product vision in Conducting detailed analysis of complex business process requirements and providing appropriate system solutions; identifying risks and gaps, providing solutions involving evaluation and definition of the scope of the project • Expertise in heading end-to-end Product Lifecycle functions inclusive of:o Product strategy & vision, roadmap, plans, requirement gathering & prioritization, design & executiono Strategic partner liaison for development and releases, senior management collaborations (deliver winning products) Show less • Spearheaded four impactful Selection Monitoring initiatives, resulting in an improvement in catalog quality and generating $64 million in revenue in India and Turkey• Directed a 14-member team to achieve competitive alignment for over 130 websites. Devised and implemented a tool for optimizing code deployment, leading to an 80% reduction in effort and its widespread adoption by more than 200 associates• Led recruitment efforts in 2021, overseeing the onboarding of more than 50 candidates• Pioneered the design and implementation of an organization-wide tool for streamlining code deployment, which reduced effort by 80% and garnered adoption from 19 teams comprising over 200 associates Show less • Spearheaded four impactful Selection Monitoring initiatives, resulting in an improvement in catalog quality and generating $64 million in revenue in India and Turkey• Directed a 14-member team to achieve competitive alignment for over 130 websites. Devised and implemented a tool for optimizing code deployment, leading to an 80% reduction in effort and its widespread adoption by more than 200 associates• Led recruitment efforts in 2021, overseeing the onboarding of more than 50 candidates• Pioneered the design and implementation of an organization-wide tool for streamlining code deployment, which reduced effort by 80% and garnered adoption from 19 teams comprising over 200 associates Show less Selected among 7 operations leads to undergo training program to train high performing leads to managers.• Conceptualized and developed a java-based tool to automate configuration building leading to a savings of 1 FTE (1.5hrs/competitor) and eliminating syntax and logical errors by 25%.• Partnered with a cross functional team of SDEs & TPMs, on development & adoption of new platform within 4 months. • Piloted and performed UAT for a Search crawl functionality and optimized the process to increase throughput by 35%.• Innovated automated configuration tool, saving 1 FTE, reducing errors by 25%. Collaborated with cross-functional team to launch new platform in 4 months, enhancing efficiency. Pilot-tested and optimized Search crawl, achieving 35% throughput increase. Show less

  • Program Manager II - Product Improvement

    Feb 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Operations Manager II

    Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Operations Manager

    Oct 2020 - Sept 2021

  • Program Manager

    Apr 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Tech Ops Lead

    Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Catalog Lead

    Jul 2015 - Sept 2017
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  Diligent

  Feb 2024 - now

  Staff TPM