About

Ashiq SJ is a meticulous Senior Consultant with over 5 years of progressive experience in executing functional requirement gathering, analysis, and documentation for all businesses. He is currently a Technical Product Owner at Barclays, where he is responsible for AEM Business Analysis for the US Credit card product. Ashiq is well-versed in setting up tasks and techniques to gather functional/data requirements from a program or project to understand the process planning & development and monitoring cost-benefit solutions to achieve the organization's envisioned goals. Ashiq is a competent product and project manager with experience in digital transformation, business analysis, strategic planning, capacity planning, estimation planning, and cost optimization. He is adept at analyzing business requirements for various projects by collaborating directly with various teams and providing alternate solutions when necessary. Ashiq is proficient in conducting brainstorming sessions and interviews to elicit requirements from various stakeholders and reduce ambiguity associated with complex requirements. Ashiq has worked with several reputable companies, including Thoughtworks and EY. At Thoughtworks, he acted as Iteration Manager & Lead Business Analyst for optimizing system integration of Digital Shoppable Ads, enhancing customer experience & decommissioning of third-party vendors as part of Kroger US (Retail & E-Commerce) Digital Transformation Project. He also spearheaded the discovery & inception of workshops with stakeholders to derive business vision, project requirements, and spearheaded the squad for successful implementation of deliverables as the Offshore Product Owner for US Client. Ashiq is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, where he obtained his Master of Business Administration degree in Human Resources Management and Operations. He also has a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering. Ashiq is CSPO certified and has experience with agile methodologies, scrum processes, and tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Mural, and Visio. Ashiq's tech stack includes product management, integration, research scientist, test, CI/CD, mobile, AI, SQL, Android, ML, iOS, Azure, and software engineering. With 4.78 years of relevant experience, Ashiq is a competent and reliable professional with a proven track record of delivering successful projects.