Ashish Pandey

XIB is JPMC's sales attribution platform used by 6,000 operations people and 2,000 salespeople. It processes two million records daily, and several downstream systems depend on XIB's reporting, which they use to run analytics. I owned and drove the product roadmap, requirements, data models, workflows, and OKRs for this initiative.

TRE used to plug into data from clients' accounts at EOD, munch it, validate it, and transform it into FINRA's Order Audit Trail System (OATS) system. (FINRA is a US regulatory body under the SEC.) Along with this, TRE used to store all the intermediate desk's info, amendment requests, split info, and trade details, enabling us to supply all the attributes of all the related trades within a short deadline if required by authorities.

I led the discovery, design, and development of TRE from scratch. In so doing, I conceived the system and developed its data model, schema, UX, and workflow logic, and led the development team.

I established a 25-member team, including product managers, designers, developers, QAs, and the PMO, and I had to recruit people because the bench strength was minimal. I also wrote job descriptions and crafted the induction program.

We replaced numerous applications and manual interventions that were time-consuming, distracting, and costly for our client with a third-party solution to automate the whole workflow. We wrote the workflow, integrated it with upstream and downstream systems, configured customized reports, and delivered it to the client to his full satisfaction. In addition to reducing costs by 30%, the solution improved the manageability of the whole business flow.

Key Activities
• Analyzed existing dashboards and redefined them to enable management to track operations and business results.
• Talked with users and defined new dashboards for monitoring branch and business-level KPIs.
• Analyzed the company's tech stack and guided them on adopting a big data tech stack.
• Completed a competitive market analysis.
• Made recommendations to the CIO on their business strategy, focusing on risk management, new product offerings, and customer relationship management.

Data connectors are focused on providing a seamless and simple connection experience for the wide array of supported data sources, such as files and databases, and they are closely linked to leveraging the performance and scaling of in-database analytics.

Key Activities
• Researched and created detailed feature specifications for internal and third-party data connectors.
• Worked with local and offshore development teams to organize and manage large-scope projects from the initial design concept phase through product lifecycles.
• Managed and monitored successful delivery of features defined in the product roadmap for multiple projects at a time.
• Ensured that development efforts met the business requirements and timelines, focusing on quality and timely delivery of scheduled features.
• Made decisions related to user-facing functionality.
• Prioritized the maintenance backlog and created requirements for testing environments in service of acceptance testing and performed UAT.
• Collaborated with product managers to review and respond to feedback via the Alteryx Beta Program.
• Collaborated with customer support and associated teams to prioritize the resolution of customer issues related to data connector functionality.

The company provides onsite car care services to people living and working in strategic, high-volume locations, such as apartments, condos, and office complexes. They used to provide booking appointments and subscription services via their website using third-party solutions leading to a broken user experience and no insights for founders. Data storage was in different locations, and there was nothing to tie all of that.

They were unfamiliar with software development and wanted help on the right solution for the partnership they had entered with septa.org.

Key Deliverables:
• Defined MVP based on interaction with founders and SEPTA people
• Identified tech partner for developing MVP
• Crafted roadmap for future enhancements of this MVP and other products in the pipeline

Ricoh - Intelligent Business Platform (IBP) is a global leader in the transformation of documents into actionable data. Their services and solutions are tailored to the needs of the healthcare sector.

They help streamline administrative processes, improve access to information, facilitate collaborative working and release medical resource to front-line care.

CFN was replacing a homegrown system that manages commission payouts to their financial advisors. Their legacy compensation system was quite dated and had several hardcode business rules, mainly using SQL queries. This compensation system was being replaced by a 3rd-party solution (Xtiva). To provide the data this new system needed, they built a tool to collect data from different sources and augment it with other required information.

KEY ACTIVITIES
• Led the definition and development of Mulesoft APIs for pulling relevant reference data from Snowflake, displaying it on the UI for the user, and sending it to Xtiva. These APIs were created on the Anypoint platform and were System and Experience APIs.
• Defined Snowflake views for the above purpose; these views were for CRM data.
• Defined mappings between transaction data providers and the data model of CFN ADLS for ingesting incoming files.
• Defined mappings for pulling transaction data from ADLS and display fields of the UI.

KnowledgeVarsity was looking to develop a product for teachers and professors to auto-grade assignments submitted by students.

I defined the MVP of the product based on the interactions with teachers based in India and the US and the founders.
I also identified tech resources and managed the MVP development and go-live project.
I then created its roadmap for enhancements and new features like assignment submission, downloading of submitted files, integration with LMS, etc.

WORK DONE
• Identified and finalized terms with an in-house tech partner for BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) offerings while leading outreach efforts to secure initial terms and conditions from financial institutions, which were then directed to the CFO for evaluation.
• Evaluated and selected payment service providers based on regional coverage, integration complexity, cost, and supported payment methods.
• Analyzed and implemented a fraud prevention solution, optimizing for use case, workflow efficiency, cost, and user experience.
• Led large-scale outreach to voucher distributors, securing contracts and initiating partnerships with major gaming brands, including PlayStation and Roblox.
• Identified and engaged the ideal partner to establish a Swiss business entity, supporting expansion and regulatory compliance.