Ashish Mishra

Associate Partner

South San Francisco, California, United States19 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in managing complex distributed projects.
  • Proven track record in software testing and quality assurance.
  • Strong partnerships with business stakeholders for growth.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with strong project management and software development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementBusiness DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentIt Strategy

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesBlack Box TestingBusiness AnalysisBusiness PlanningClearCaseClearQuestCloud ComputingCommunicationCore JavaDefect TrackingEclipseExecutive Decision-makingFunctional TestingHP Quality CenterIntegration

About

As the Go-To person for tough problems, my signature strength is the ability to forge strong partnerships with business stakeholders and manage large, complex distributed projects. I believe in investing in my learning and growth, and completed my Masters in Computer Sciences from Georgia Tech University (Aug 2018- Aug2021), in addition to continually adding to certifications. I have been recognized for ** Being a Business Growth Champion ** Swift and Agile Communication ** Rapid Process Improvements ** Technical Expertise in Software Testing ** Empathetic People Leader Areas of Expertise PROGRAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT | TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY & ARCHITECTURE | TRANSFORMATION & CHANGE | CUSTOMER RELATIONS | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | IT INFRASTRUCTURE | VENDOR MANAGEMENT | PROJECT GOVERNANCE OPERATING MODEL | RESOURCE PLANNING | REVIEW & ANALYSIS | BUDGETING & FORECASTING | TELECOM & SERVICE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | SOFTWARE TESTING | ONSHORE & OFFSHORE OPERATIONS | RISK MANAGEMENT | QUALITY ASSURANCE | BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT | BEST PRACTICES | TEAM LEADERSHIP & COACHING Contact me at ashish.mishr@gmail.com

Experience

19 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
7 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
12 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Capgemini

5 roles

Associate Director

Promoted

Dec 2023Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Senior Manager

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 5 mos

  • I have complete ownership for delivery of key software projects and products with technology spends ranging from $1.5M to $15M for a rapidly growing Global infrastructure Services, Business Collaboration and Software Operations team.
Partner CommunicationsCommunicationExecutive Decision-makingProject ManagementBusiness Development

Engagement Manager (CISCO)

Promoted

Jul 2017Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • I have complete ownership for delivery of key software projects and products with technology spends ranging from $250K to $5M for a rapidly growing Business Collaboration and Software Operations team.
  • Lead customer adoption of a leading cloud based enterprise automation service. This includes developing proof of concept, guiding selection of modules, and implementation.
  • Manage customizations, patches, Jakarta upgrade; develop and implement customer support web portals.
  • Launch Customer Lookup Tool, Critical Event Communications tool, Customer Entitlement tool, and similar web applications that integrate with other softwares
  • Conceptualize and maintain Application Program plan which includes product, feature schedules keeping in mind resource conflicts, dependencies, release timings, additional cross-functional & environment requirements.
  • Demonstrate strong understanding and application of process improvement tools and techniques. Key achievements include transitioning from waterfall to agile software development, deployment of continuous improvement methodologies to enhance operational tools & processes thereby improving work efficiency and customer satisfaction, optimizing resource schedules and strictly implementing change, release management processes.
Partner CommunicationsCommunicationExecutive Decision-makingProject ManagementSoftware Development

Project Manager (CISCO)

Aug 2015Jun 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • I was responsible for Project Management for a variety of highly complex projects, including J2EE, Service Management, Data & Network Configuration, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, thereby gaining excellent exposure to IT strategy, design, implementation and operation of highly complex applications.
  • Successfully managed 4 J2EE projects including development, testing & maintenance.
  • Subject Matter Expert for implementation of IT Service Management framework; engaged with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Technology Expert for key process areas in Data & Network Configuration management.
  • Demonstrated strong process improvement leadership; Contributed to 5% decrease in monthly application costs; designed & implemented performance metrics dashboard; skilled in process audits, risk reviews and project assessments in accordance with SCMM Levels (Software Capability Maturity Model).
Executive Decision-makingProject ManagementIT Strategy

Senior Consultant (Charter Communication)

Aug 2013Jul 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • I led a team for developing business, including gathering functional requirements and designing process flows’ manual, automated and performance testing of the solutions delivered, in collaboration with onsite and offshore teams. People management and mentoring responsibilities were also in scope.
  • Collaborated with functional and technical teams to gather requirements of OSM & UIM for residential telephony & internet services.
  • Ensured thorough testing (manual, automatic, performance) of software (OSM, UIM & ASAP) solutions delivered; partnered with development teams to resolve defects; assisted clients in testing standards and methodology.

Cisco

Project Leader

Feb 2011Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  • Worked on Cisco's next generation IP set up Box.

Larsen & toubro infotech ltd (lti)

2 roles

Project Lead (Posdata, S Korea | Motorola | Charter Communication | COX Communication | CISCO)

Promoted

Sep 2010Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Responsible for customer engagement and support for testing activities. Built expertise in application, manual & automatic testing; incident logging & tracking in Jira to closure, issue verification & bug scrub, design & development of GUI, development & testing of XML & parsers for integration with GUI.
  • Recognized a Subject Matter Expert. Initiated and supported Incident Command within the wireless environment and executed communications. Designed certification for new devices on Cox production network. Implemented Quick Test Professional to automate testing of new regression cycles. Integrated various tools in the testing environment.
  • Successfully partnered with Posdata, South Korea, Motorola, COX communication, Charter Communication, Cisco, USA. Generated customer value by providing root cause analysis and working as one team to ideate and implement solutions. Partnered with teams of 3rd party vendors for high quality execution of testing timelines.

Technical Team Member

Jul 2006Aug 2010 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • Responsible for customer engagement and support for development and testing activities. Built expertise in application, manual & automatic testing; incident logging & tracking in Jira to closure, issue verification & bug scrub, design & development of GUI, development & testing of XML & parsers for integration with GUI.
  • Develop a Java based automation tool to run end to end test scenario of WiMax systems.
  • Developed and Created python scripts to run bulk load testing and creating error reporting for leadership
  • Experience in all type of Testing (e.g. Black box, White box, functional)

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

Master of Science - MS — Computer Science

Aug 2018Aug 2021

Delhi Public School - Jagdishpur

High School

Vishveshwarya Group of Institutions

B.Tech — Computer Science

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