Ashish Arora

Trailblazer
DISC Type : DI

VP of Engineering, International Mobility and Payments at WEX

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Overview

Ashish is a technology leader with 25 years of experience building scalable web products and leading global teams at firms like WEX, Swiggy, and PayPal. A graduate of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, colleagues describe him as a hard-working, technically sharp, and driven leader.

Based on his social media activity, Ashish has a keen interest in cars and off-roading, humorously noting that driving a Mahindra Thar in Bangalore provides an off-roading experience. He also shows an interest in social causes and the welfare of gig economy workers.

Unique fact: Ashish co-holds a patent for a method and system for serving personalized advertisements.

Personality Overview

Charismatic

Informal

Achievement-Oriented

They will fight for you if they come to believe in you.  They are more likely to accept new and exciting technologies. They are charming and can persuade others to support their decisions.

Topics They Care About

Global Team Building
He has extensive experience leading large, distributed engineering teams across the US, UK, India, Brazil, and Australia for companies like WEX and Barclays.
Fintech & Payments
His career heavily focuses on FinTech, leading payments, fraud, and finance engineering at WEX, Swiggy, and PayPal. He is currently hiring for the Fintech domain.
Fraud Prevention
He has deep expertise in this area, having led global fraud engineering teams of over 200 engineers at Barclays and built fraud detection systems at Swiggy.

Media Appearances

Episode 05 – Ashish Arora, VP of Engineering, International Mobility and Payments at WEX. Featured in YouTube

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Work History

5-2025
VP of Engineering, International Mobility and Payments at WEX
1-2024 - 1-2025
Site Lead and Head of Technology, UBank India at ubank
8-2023 - 12-2023
Technology Strategy Consultant at ubank
8-2019 - 7-2023
VP of Engineering at Swiggy
4-2018 - 8-2019
Global Head of Fraud Engineering, Director at Barclays

Education

1995 - 1999
BE from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
1993 - 1995
Education details unavailable from DAV College Chandigarh
1980 - 1993
Education details unavailable from St Thomas School Jagadhri

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Insights For Selling To Ashish

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Display high self-confidence and expect them to have a strong personality.
  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.
  • Build a trustworthy relationship while keeping the product center-stage

DONT's

  • Don’t force involvement of other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a friendly approach
  • Avoid unnecessary negativity or slowness

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ashish is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ashish

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no though in a friendly way.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ashish move?

  • They can reach decisions quickly if they develop trust and confidence in the product.
  • Can Ashish take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they will be ready to take risks.

You And Ashish

Personality Compatibility


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