Ashwin Vijaykumar Bajoria is a seasoned Senior Project Manager with 22 years of experience spearheading complex technology initiatives across regulated industries including Healthcare, Finance, and Capital Markets. With a technical foundation as a former developer, Ashwin bridges the gap between business objectives and IT execution with remarkable precision.
Currently driving strategic initiatives at Pfizer, Ashwin leads specialized teams working on the incremental developments of product features within his Patient Insights team. His recent accomplishments include working with one of his teams - QA automation team - automating 2,000+ test cases and optimizing, DevOps team - optimizing the pipelines to enhance security and system performance.
Previously at CVS, Ashwin orchestrated the transformation of the Outcomes Results Platform and led claims processing system modernization, achieving a 99.5% success rate on over 5 million processed claims. At Equifax, he was recognized with the Security First Award 2022 for his exceptional work improving security posture and compliance metrics.
Beyond corporate roles, Ashwin demonstrated entrepreneurial leadership as Director of Information Technology + Operations at Fullfill Fabrics P. Ltd., where he himself commissioned the three of four manufacturing facilities with a combined capacity of 1.7 million meters greige fabric and drove export expansion to global markets. His tech initiatives there included implementing IoT-enabled production monitoring systems and custom ERP solutions that significantly improved operational efficiency of the high precision machines.
Before these management roles, Ashwin worked as a software developer with reputed organizations like Pegasystems, Fidelity, Oracle and Accenture. He is well-versed with various technologies and has a strong foundation of the database concepts.
Ashwin holds an MBA degree from the University of Massachusetts-Boston, an MCA degree with a major in Computer Science from PESIT/VTU in India, and a Bachelor's in Finance from the University of Mumbai. His certifications include Certified Scrum Master, Certified Agile Coach.
With deep expertise in Agile methodologies, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, SEC CAT, FINRA OATS, SOX), Ashwin consistently delivers scalable, secure solutions while adeptly managing stakeholder relationships at all levels, from technical teams to C-suite executives.