About

Ashish Shirke is a highly skilled Product Manager with over 2 years of experience in the field, as well as 8+ years of experience in Information Technology, specializing in Project Management, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Automation Testing. He is a Scrum Certified and SAFe® 5 POPM professional with a passion for Data Science and BDD, and is proficient in GitHub, Jenkins, Performance Testing, JMeter, and Selenium. Ashish's approach to Product Management is systematic and detail-oriented, with a focus on defining requirements, outlining specifications, and working closely with stakeholders to deliver high-quality products that meet customer needs. He has a deep understanding of Automobile & Banking products and is an excellent planner and problem-solver. Currently working as a Senior Automation Engineer/Assistant Product Manager at Procom, Ashish is responsible for owning and prioritizing the product backlog, breaking projects into epics and user stories, overseeing entire product deployments, and developing the roadmap for Apache Kafka products and related components. He also works closely with internal stakeholders to gather requirements and define work items. Prior to his current role, Ashish worked at Cox Automotive Inc. as a Senior QA Automation Engineer/Assistant Product Manager, where he oversaw entire product deployments, coordinated with software developers to create custom applications and trackers, managed multiple projects effectively in demanding environments, and suggested enhancements to product design to improve user experience. He also led a cross-functional team in the successful launch of Digital Contracting & E-Signature, aimed at improving dealer relationships and funding efficiency during the Covid period. Ashish's previous experience also includes working at Accenture as a QA Automation Lead, where he used his technical knowledge and expertise to deliver test automation solutions for SAP banking applications, analyzed testing needs and developed automated testing solutions, coordinated end-to-end testing across different systems and project teams, and created automation frameworks for webservices using SOAP UI tool. Ashish holds a PGDM in Ebusiness from Welingkar Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Sciences in Statistics from Mumbai University. He is proficient in a range of technologies, including product management, test, QA, Selenium, Kafka, frontend and backend web development, UI, product design, and SDET. Overall, Ashish has 12.46 years of relevant experience and is a highly skilled and dedicated professional in his field.