SUMMARY

• Creative and innovative thinker, team player wif excellent communication and analytical skills, bringing energy, enthusiasm and leadership to problem resolution and Solution Development.
• About 8 years of IT industry experience working as a Business Analyst, Agile Product Owner& Scrum Master
• Extensive experience in Requirements gathering using interviews, JAD sessions, BPMN/UML models; experience in documenting business and functional requirements (BRD, FRD); TEMPeffective verbal and written communication skills;
• Deep knowledge of all phases of SDLC process; experienced in managing projects using Agile and RUP methodologies;
• Strengths include big picture focus while developing strategic business solutions which can include:
• Business process decomposition;
• AS - IS/TO-BE process modeling and re-engineering;
• Gap analysis;
• Use Cases (diagrams and narratives);
• User stories;
• Product Backlogs, Sprint Backlogs
• Areas of Business Knowledge include:
• Financial - KYC - Know Your Client, AML - Anti Money Laundering.
• Healthcare - EHR / EMR; HIPAA 5010; EDI, Health Care Insurance Claims, PBM.
• Expertise in handling Enterprise Content management Projects wif profound understanding of CMS tools like Alfresco, SharePoint and EKtron.
• Proficient in designing UI for Content Workflows and Workflow Management Systems wif Alfresco 4.o & Activiti BPM Engine as Underlying CMS Engine.
• Adept in creating Complex Business Process Flows, Content Flows and Data Flows and communicating to teh Content Engineers, Data Architects and Alfresco and EKtron Developers.
• Experienced in Data Analyses, Data Mapping using SQL and UML diagrams;
• Successfully provided UI design using wire frames, mockups supplemented by functional requirements; Extensive experience in Quality Assurance and Software Testing using Manual and Automated testing tools such Quality Center & Quick Test Professional.
• Experience includes teh testing of Intranet, Internet and Client/Server and Web based and Database applications
• Strong skills in back-end testing using SQL Queries, Procedures on Oracle RDBMS and SQL SERVER

TECHNICAL SKILLS

UML/BPMN models: Visio, Rational Rose;

Traceability: RallyDev, Excel;

Data modeling, mapping: ORACLE SQL, MS SQL SERVER; Erwin

ETL, Date Warehousing (DWH): MS SSIS, SSRS, SAP Business Objects, Excel, Visio;

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality Center 8.x,9.x,10.0

Documentation Tools: MS Word 200x, MS Excel 200x, MS PowerPoint

Programming Languages: VB.Net, C#, Java

Databases: SQL Server 7.0, Oracle 10g,MS-Access, SQL, PL/SQL

Web Technologies: HTML, XML

Operating System: MS-DOS, Windows 9x/Xp/2000/NT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, TX

Product Owner

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements through a series of interview sessions and group meetings wif teh identified users and developers to design, build and release teh Backend Content Management System based on Alfresco CMS Tool and Public facing Website using EKtron Web CMS.
• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions wif stakeholders throughout teh Project to resolve open issues.
• Elicited requirements, Business Rules and acceptance Criteria for Content Flow, Workflow, Content Enhancement, CMS UI and Content DB design.
• Documented Content UI requirements, Navigation, Business Rules for teh Alfresco CMS Tool for Content Management.
• Worked closely wif Alfresco Content Engineering team in order help design and develop WARS (Workflow and Repository System).
• Performed HL7 standards analysis and documented teh enhancements to meet teh end state requirements.
• Produced Visuals for teh application using Azure tool and created Use Cases, State diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Activity Diagrams.
• Developed EPIC’s from teh Themes and Documented teh Product Backlog for teh release.
• Presented and Detailed Product Backlog Items to teh Scrum Team in teh Sprint Planning Sessions and assisted them in arriving at teh Story Points for teh User Stories.
• Reviewed user Stories and Acceptance Criteria wif teh team
• Assisted teh Scrum Master in Creating and Managing teh Release Planning Documents in teh JIRA Agile and Share Point Repository.
• Assisted Scrum master in Developing teh Task Sheet and Burn down Charts.
• Facilitated Demos of teh software output of each Sprint and assisted Business in making Decisions on teh release during teh Sprint Review Meetings.
• Conducted requirements Churns between Sprints to update teh product backlog.
• Conducted Analytics and Assessments to derive teh Team Velocity based on teh various Sprint Outputs.
• Designed HL7 mapping and UI document for teh Website.
• Created UI mock ups and PoC’s for teh Public facing user interface and teh adverse event Reporting form.
• Extensively analyzed XML’s and documented business rules and Validations for XML documents.
• Worked closely wif teh Scrum Dev architects and Content Engineers for Design and Development of Infobutton WebServices.
• Worked wif Scrum QA team to go over teh various test scenarios for different types XML Elements and Data Fields in teh WebServices.
• Created teh UAT document and conducted teh UAT testing and Smoke Testing for teh Release.

Confidential, Mason, OH

Scrum Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Established RUP (Rational Unified Process) methodology and provided assistance in developing Use cases and project plans
• Prepared Business Process Models that included modeling of all teh activities of business from conceptual to procedural level.
• Conducted JAD’s and walkthroughs wif Content Managers and Product Managers.
• Analyzed and presented teh Business wif information on data anomalies, issues, input errors, field value ranges, data patterns, referential integrity gaps and teh level of record incompleteness that is in teh source systems.
• Gathered requirements and Business Rules for Reference Data repository wif teh LO INC Master Data.
• Used AGILE - Scrum methodology and worked in short SPRINTS to achieve goals.
• Devised and prioritized teh Product Backlog by conducting requirement churning sessions wif various Business / Product Teams.
• Mentored various teams on SCRUM methodology and helped teh company transformation in to an Agile Development Shoppe.
• Participated in Scrums & Scrum of Scrums and discussed teh open issues and statues.
• Participated in Agile Planning Sessions and assumed teh Product Owner role for teh agile initiative.
• Created and explained teh User Stories to teh Scrum Team and helped them design teh Tasks.
• Designed acceptance criteria for validating teh output of each Sprint.
• Worked wif Catalog management, Enterprise master Catalog, Global Data Synchronization modules of teh InfoSphere MDM enterprise Edition.
• Developed detailed data mapping spreadsheets wif Test Code and LO INC code mappings for various Labs wifin Quest.
• Assisted Data modelers in developing teh Metadata for teh Content Management system based on teh Master Business Data.
• Reviewed Team Velocity on a frequent basis and advised Scrum Master at various stages.
• Participated in Sprint Planning and Sprint review meetings for Finalizing teh Sprint Backlogs and Verifying teh sprint outputs respectively
• Participated in Business Demonstrations and Decisions for teh Release of teh Sprint Output to Production

Confidential

DWH BA

Responsibilities:

• Worked wif teh core team to gather businessrequirements from multiple stakeholders, Clinical, operations and management groups - and reconciled conflicts by conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions based on teh project scope.
• Analyzed Business Requirements and segregated them into high and low level Use Cases and Activity Diagrams using MS Visio.
• Performed GAP analysis involving teh current state and proposed state.
• Worked closely wif other BAs and ETL Leads/Managers and was responsible to perform detailed data requirements analysis and create design specifications and operational documentation.
• Provided teh ETL team wif teh Data mapping document and assisted them to create teh mappings.
• Worked closely wif teh architects, database administrators and technical team during Data Mapping and Data Integration
• Involved wif Analysis of reference data from Accounting Systems and Investment Accounting Groups.
• Analyzed and presented teh Business wif information on data anomalies, issues, input errors, field value ranges, data patterns, referential integrity gaps and teh level of record incompleteness that is in teh source systems.
• Organized meetings wif teh SMEs and Data Owners to walk through teh findings and determine teh cleansing process.
• Participated in various sessions wif Business to understand teh business rules and to come up wif naming conventions to standardize teh data.
• Played a key role in teh user acceptance testing (UAT), and implementation of system.
• Extensively used SQL scripts/queries for data verification and Validation at teh backend.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Business Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked wif teh core team to gather businessrequirements from multiple stakeholders, Business Teams and management groups - and reconciled conflicts by conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions based on teh project scope.
• Created Functional Specifications Document and designed high and low level Use Cases and Process / Activity Diagrams using MS Visio.
• Performed GAP analysis and Impact Analysis involving teh current state and proposed state.
• Worked Closely wif Application Architects and Business teams to converge on requirements for teh Enterprise Consumer Matching WebServices.
• Worked closely wif Data Architects and ETL Leads/Managers and was responsible to perform detailed data requirements analysis and create design specifications and operational documentation.
• Provided teh ETL team wif teh Data mapping document and assisted them to create teh mappings.
• Worked closely wif teh architects, database administrators and technical team during Data Mapping and Data Integration
• Involved in data modeling and building fact and dimension tables.
• Analyzed and presented teh Business wif information on data anomalies, issues, input errors, field value ranges, data patterns, referential integrity gaps and teh level of record incompleteness that is in teh source systems.
• Organized meetings wif teh SMEs and Data Owners to walk through teh findings and determine teh cleansing process.
• Participated in various sessions wif Business to understand teh business rules and to come up wif naming conventions to standardize teh data.
• Played a key role in teh user acceptance testing (UAT), and implementation of system.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Product BA

Responsibilities:

• Interacted closely wif teh Business users along wif teh administration and management to gather business requirements and analyze teh functionalities to be incorporated into teh system.
• Supported Lead Business analyst towards creation of requirement documents (Use Cases, Supplementary specifications etc.)
• Supported Development team towards accomplishing all development goals wif hands on approach.
• Took hands on approach to development and testing tasks, by helping Development and Test teams resolve Technical and Process issues
• Participated in JAD sessions / conducted interviews for analyzing business requirements and reviewing them wif business and technical teams
• Conducted Demos and walkthroughs for Confirming Business requirements for teh graphical User Interface built wif C Sharp.
• Designed User Interface Documents using Snag IT and MS Visio.
• Developed EPIC’s from teh Themes and Documented teh Product Backlog for teh release.
• Presented and Detailed Product Backlog Items to teh Scrum Team in teh Sprint Planning Sessions and assisted them in arriving at teh Story Points for teh User Stories.
• Reviewed User Stories and Acceptance Criteria wif teh team
• Assisted teh Scrum Master in Creating and Managing teh Release Planning Documents in teh VersionOne and Share Point Repository.
• Assisted teh Technical teams in deriving teh Tech Design Tasks and reviewed teh tech designs made for teh Sprint.
• Assisted Scrum master in Developing teh Task Sheet and Burn down Charts.
• Facilitated Demos of teh software output of each Sprint and assisted Business in making Decisions on teh release during teh Sprint Review Meetings.
• Conducted requirements Churns between Sprints to update teh product backlog.
• Conducted Analytics and Assessments to derive teh Team Velocity based on teh various Sprint Outputs.
• Attended demo sessions to understand existing system functionalities
• Arranged interviews wif all teh stakeholders to review and understand teh gathered business requirements
• Assisted in Change control process for documentation, Development, Bug fixing and tracking.
• Developed UAT strategy, UAT Plan and facilitated UAT
• Verified and validated all build or release related issues and resolved them through discussion wif business analysts wif users’ approval