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Ashna Shah

Bangalore

Summary

Analytics & AI Delivery Leader with 10 years of experience delivering data-driven solutions across Retail, CPG, Pharma, and Tech.
Expert at leading large, cross-functional teams and managing high-value AI/ML engagements. Skilled in applying GenAI and advanced analytics to solve complex business problems, drive efficiency, and unlock growth. Strong in stakeholder management, agile execution, and building high-performing teams.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Engagement Manager

Quantiphi Inc.
Bangalore
07.2024 - Current

Client - IT Services Partner to a Global Beverage Bottling Leader

  • Lead a 50+ member cross-functional account delivering AI/ML and analytics solutions for a global retail CPG client; manage a $5M+ annual revenue portfolio.
  • Drive strategy, delivery excellence, and client success across multiple high-stakes engagements.
  • Collaborate with BAs, ML Engineers, DEs, and Software Developers to implement end-to-end solutions from problem definition to deployment.
  • Champion integration of Generative AI and LLMs to enhance solution design, efficiency, and client value.
  • Strengthen stakeholder relationships and ensure alignment through strategic planning, reviews, and proactive issue resolution.

Associate Engagement Manager

Quantiphi Inc.
Bangalore
06.2021 - 06.2024

Client - IT Services Partner to a Global Beverage Bottling Leader

  • Managed delivery for critical supply chain analytics and computer vision solutions in a high-visibility partnership with top North American bottling companies
  • Led teams of 15–20 members across projects such as Demand Forecasting, Fleet and Inventory Tracking, and AI-based Picking Solutions, with minimal attrition.
  • Acted as Scrum Master, maintaining agile discipline, DevOps boards, sprint cycles, and roadmap clarity.
  • Oversaw the technical design and deployment of computer vision models, UI/UX interfaces, and platform integrations.
  • Delivered accurate project estimations, ensured SOW/DR compliance, and prevented revenue leakage.
  • Created client-facing assets, including demo videos, and contributed to successful new business proposals.

Apprentice Leader

Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
01.2018 - 05.2021

Client: Fortune Top 5 Global Retailer

  • Led a $1.5M revenue-generating analytics subgroup with 12 analysts, hired and trained from scratch.
  • Served as Scrum Master and Solution Architect, driving project planning, agile delivery, and stakeholder management.
  • Ran weekly client reviews, strategic planning sessions, and ensured delivery across multiple parallel workstreams.

Innovation & Development Team Lead

  • Developed Python-based reusable Jupyter notebooks for EDA and regression on large-scale datasets.
  • Led QA automation team building Selenium-based test cases for platform testing and release validation.

Client: Fortune 50 US Pharmaceutical Retailer

  • Managed a $1.2M engagement with 10 analysts for specialty sales and supply chain analytics.
  • Built a dynamic call plan tool, optimized prescriber targeting, and modeled incentives using SQL and SAS.
  • Translated insights from A/B testing and sales performance into targeted outreach strategies.

Decision Scientist

Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Bangalore
08.2017 - 12.2018

Client: Fortune 50 B2B Tech Retailer

  • Led 9-member team delivering a $1M engagement on marketing analytics.
  • Built a Tableau dashboard powered by SQL pipelines and R-based scoring models to drive campaign effectiveness.
  • Executed A/B tests and audience segmentation across 100+ campaigns, reducing time-to-market by 3–4 weeks.

Trainee Decision Scientist

Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
09.2015 - 08.2017

Client - Leading U.S. Home Improvement Retailer

  • Collaborated with the client to optimize product assortments across approximately 2,000 stores nationwide.
  • Designed a Tableau decision board utilizing analysis in R to evaluate Product Line Reviews.
  • Delivered actionable store-SKU recommendations based on key performance metrics, reducing costs, and streamlining assortment optimization efforts.

Client - Leading Australian Retail Firm

  • Automated web scraping pipelines in Python to support pricing and promotional analytics.
  • Streamlined store reporting using VBA, and built R Shiny dashboards for national audit visualizations.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering – Computer Science( First Class ) -

University of Pune
06-2015

Skills

  • Product analytics
  • Account and project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Agile methodology
  • Team leadership
  • Generative AI
  • Retail analytics

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
  • Machine Learning A-Z: Hands on Python in Data Science - Udemy
  • Statistics for Data Science and Business Analysis – Udemy
  • Certified Decision Scientist Mu Sigma

Accomplishments

  • Leaderboard & Best Team Awards (x2): Recognized for leading customer-centric, high-performance teams.
  • Spot Award: Awarded for excellence in delivery management under high-pressure timelines.

Timeline

Engagement Manager

Quantiphi Inc.
07.2024 - Current

Associate Engagement Manager

Quantiphi Inc.
06.2021 - 06.2024

Apprentice Leader

Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
01.2018 - 05.2021

Decision Scientist

Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd
08.2017 - 12.2018

Trainee Decision Scientist

Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
09.2015 - 08.2017

Bachelor of Engineering – Computer Science( First Class ) -

University of Pune
Ashna Shah