Astha Arora

Astha Arora has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Astha is currently working as a Lead Agile Delivery Manager at Close Brothers since July 2023. Prior to that, they worked as an Agile consultant and Lead Scrum master at Close Brothers from February 2020 to September 2023. Astha also has experience with Morgan Stanley, where they worked as a Program Manager and Scrum Master for Agile transformation from August 2018 to January 2020. Other roles in their work history include Business Analyst and Scrum Master at Macmillan Cancer Support from March 2018 to July 2018, and Business Analyst at TMF Group from December 2017 to February 2018. Before that, they worked as a Business Analyst and Agile Coach at CMC Markets from July 2014 to January 2015. Astha's earlier experience includes roles such as Sr Quality Assurance & Process Improvement Consultant at Syntel from March 2006 to March 2008, Process Improvement Consultant for ERP projects at SYSTIME is now KPIT from March 2004 to March 2006, Quality Assurance Analyst and JDE Consultant at L&T Infotech from March 2002 to March 2004.

Astha Arora began their education in 1997 at the University of Lucknow, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics in 2001. Astha then attended SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research from 2001 to 2003, obtaining a Masters degree in Information Technology.

In terms of additional certifications, Astha Arora obtained ITIL V3 in April 2014, but the institution is unspecified. Astha also completed a Business Analysis certification through ISEB Ltd. Additionally, they acquired certifications in Scrum Master and Software Testing from Scrum.org and ISEB Ltd respectively. Although the specific details regarding the obtained month and year for the Business Analysis, Prince 2, and Software Testing certifications were not provided, it can be assumed that they were obtained within their educational timeline.

Astha Arora has future plans to enroll in the MIT Professional Education program, specifically the Technology Leadership Program, in the year 2023. The completion date for this program is not specified. Astha also mentioned their involvement with the ISEB Certified Business Analyst and ISEB certified QA programs, but no start or end years were provided.