SUDHINDRA RAMESH ARSIKERE [SUDHI]

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ME

A product guy, a techno functional enthusiast with 12+ years of product management experience.

A management and engineering graduate in International Business and Information Sciences.

DOMAINS

Trading + Investment Banking + Capital Markets + Corporate Actions + Wealth Management + SWIFT and ISO Codes + Mortgages + BI-Analytics & Reporting + Healthcare (Providers) + Pharma and Life Sciences

SKILLS

Product& requirements management.

Product & technology evangelizing.

Stakeholder management

Managing and leading teams (Offshore and Onshore).

Delivering Business Analysis Artefacts (GAP, BRD & FSD), UML and Use Cases

Knowledge in programming languages such as C#.Net, VB.Net, ASP.Net & Java.

Extensive experience in Data Modelling, Waterfall and Agile SDLC processes.

Completed trainings in SAS Base and Advanced Programming [Version 9.2]

SO FAR

Product Manager –Products (Register and Regulatory Submission Module) @ ArisGlobal, India (05/2015 – 07/2015)

Senior Business Analyst – Provider, Client and Customer Portals & Jiva @ ZeOmega Infotech Ltd.(02/2014 – 04/2015)

Senior Business Analyst - @ Altisource Portfolio Solutions (08/2012 - 02/2014)

Senior Development Business Analyst @ Thomson Reuters (08/2004 – 08/2012)

Preferred Financial Consultant @ Karvy Stock Broking (12/2003 – 08/2004)

SOME OF MY RECENT RECOGNITIONS

Established BACoE in Thomson Reuters.

AMFI certified Mutual Fund Broker.

Active member of IIBA Bangalore chapter.

Actively preparing to take up the ‘CBAP Certification’ conducted by the International Institute of Business Analysis [www.theiiba.org]

Attended the ‘CCBA/CBAP Boot Camp’ for Business Analyst’s organised by IIL India.

One of the Panel Member in the ‘Business Analyst World’ Conference held in Bangalore.

Preparing an effective ‘Business Case’ from IIL India.

Attended the ‘Fundamentals of Business Analysis’ organised by ESI International.

Played a vital role in integrating the databases & applications of both legacy Reuters and legacy Thomson.

Performed an Organisation Study of ‘VYSYA BANK’.

Successfully completed the Business Analysis course (including Agile Methodology) conducted by Ezapp Solutions.

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS & MILESTONES

Specialized in Intelligent Financial Information.

Expertise in creating & enhancing tools in C, .NET, Java, SharePoint & SQL.

Workflows defined on SharePoint Technologies and implemented across the organization

Note capturing, presentation and facilitation in a fusion/requirements workshop.

Participated in gap analysis, requirements gathering and vendor selection.

Hands on experience in process design and process improvement methodologies.

Authored numerous templates, process flow diagrams, business rules and use case diagrams.

Business analysis and business support tasks for both internal and external client of Thomson Reuters.

People, resource and budget management for a team of around 7 members.

Program and Project Management skills.

Knowledge, participation and active contribution in all phases of SDLC.

Established the Business Analysis Centre of Excellence in Thomson Reuters.

Founding member of IIBA –Bangalore Chapter and member of IIBA.

Coaching and mentoring of Business Analyst’s.

Created templates for business analysis (customized to Thomson Reuters Development Team).

Converting all excel based macros/VBA scripts to strategic tools using SSIS, SSRS and ETL tools.

Configuring existing manual process to industry proven processes using JIRA.

Pioneered in creating tools to the Market Data Operations for Feed handlers.

Domain knowledge in Capital Markets (Buy-side& Sell-side), Mortgage and Healthcare.

HISTORY

PRODUCT MANAGER, (ARIS GLOBAL) 05/2015 – 07/2015

-Working with product owners/customers to understand product background & requirements

-Analysing requirements and generating use cases, activity diagrams along with detailed functional specifications document or User Stories for assigned functionality

-Working with User Experience team to develop and refine prototypes

-Working with developers to ensure they understand all aspects of the requirements, including assisting with the logical data modelling

-Working with the QA team to ensure corresponding test cases are created and reviewed before development is completed

-Work with the product owners & project managers to assist in agile development processes, such as verifying user stories’ status per iteration, demos to product owners, etc.

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST, (ZEOMEGA) 02/2014 – 04/2015

-Translate business requirements into functional requirements, and act as an interface between the organization and the client.

-Provide critical link between business and technology by effectively understanding and analysing the true needs of client, and then effectively communicating the same to the product management / development teams

-Work with clients and internal teams to take care of all Business Analyst needs for the application, database and reports modules

-Demo / make presentations to clients to help them understand current out-of-the-box reports, and ad-hoc report building functionality.

-Prepare FRS documents for custom and product reports, ensuring all requirements are captured and documented

-Work with the implementation team to ensure feasibility of all report changes requested by the client.

-Work with the delivery / project managers to maintain a Project & Risk Management plan for the Application, DB & reports modules.

-Ensure completeness by including activities of all roles (PM, PA, Developer, QA, and Deployment).

-Effectively communicate all estimates & risks to the implementation team.

-Before delivery to client, ensure quality of deliverables by mapping functional requirements to test cases, ensuring completeness of QA.

-Work on client support issues and root cause analysis. Interface with support and development teams.

-Represent the organization in client meetings, document meeting outcomes, and coordinate with all parties so that timelines are kept and deliverables are met.

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST, (ALTISOURCE) 08/2012 - 02/2014

-Crucial role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between Business needs and Technology delivery in an agile software development environment.

-Conduct daily stand-up meetings with team partners to facilitate the understanding, clarification, and implementation of requirements.

-Responsible for developing business requirements and related business rules based on Business Group and external client needs.

-Implement QA, Staging and Production roll outs.

-Review test cases and test scripts.

-Accept, review, and analyze defects from QA and UAT.

-Work closely with Product Manager, Business Partner and Business Subject Matter Expert(s) in the definition, testing, training, implementation, and support of functional requirements.

-Projects completed at Altisource Portfolio Solutions are as follows:

Integrated ASPECT Dialer with REAL Suite Applications

Successfully delivered Query Executor

Integrated COTS Tool with Default Management System

Created Workflow tool for Email Monitoring and Loan Evaluation

-Identify requirements via industry standard analysis techniques such as data modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis (Work Breakdown Structure).

-Elicit requirements through interviews, workshops, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures.

-Act as a customer advocate who understands the nature of constantly changing marketplace and customer needs.

-Anticipates the right amount of requirement documentation to gather for a development lifecycle or iteration.

-Artifacts created include the creation/revision of the following analysis artifacts and deliverables: Process Maps, Business Requirements, Business Rules, User Stories, User Flows, and Acceptance Tests.

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ANALYST, (THOMSONREUTERS) 08/2004 - 08/2012

-Build complete knowledge on functionality of all CPfCM software products/components.

-Clarify the business group's system specifications; understand their work practices and the nature of their business by using ‘V-Model’.

-Meet business groups to understand requirements and provide solutions to utilize CPfCM components through use case analysis.

-Liaise with staff at all levels of the business organization from managing various business modules from Inventory management to Vendor management (SLA's).

-Define high level software, hardware and infrastructure requirements.

-Analyse problems and make recommendations on software product usage

-Propose solutions, create Proof of Concepts, prototypes or models based on business requirements.

-Provide 2nd level application or product support.

-Test, install and help with deployment of software products onto business sites.

-Conduct CPfCM product trainings for users, consultants or any other interested stakeholders.

PREFERRED FINANCIAL CONSULTANT, (KARVY STOCK BROKING) 12/2003 - 08/2004

-Managing Trading terminals of Equities & Derivatives markets of NSE, BSE & Commodities.

-Responsible for handling client relationships.

-Monitoring Risk management and surveillance of the client on margins.

-Order and Trade management at login levels and generating reports.

-Ageing reports on client accounts to calculate Risk and determine the exposure of each investor.

-Managing settlement cycles across Equity, Derivatives on daily basis see the safe guard on both sides.

-Responsible for conducting Investor Awareness programmes at the branch level.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

-2010-2012: M.S. Degree in Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal University in Information Sciences.

-2002 – 2004: MATS (Bangalore, India) University MBA in International Business has specialized in International Finance and International Marketing. (Now CMS Business School)

-1999-2002: Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management in Surana College, Bangalore University with specialization in Finance.

-1997-1999: Completed Pre University Education at Surana College, Bangalore University with specializations in EBAC’s combination. (Economics, Business Studies, Accounts and Computer Science).

-1997: Completed Karnataka State Secondary Education Board (Xth Standard)

TRAININGS & INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

AMFI certified Mutual Fund Broker.

Active member of IIBA Bangalore chapter.

Actively preparing to take up the ‘CBAP Certification’ conducted by the International Institute of Business Analysis [www.theiiba.org]

Attended the ‘CCBA/CBAP Boot Camp’ for Business Analyst’s organised by IIL India.

One of the Panel Member in the ‘Business Analyst World’ Conference held in Bangalore.

Preparing an effective ‘Business Case’ from IIL India.

Attended the ‘Fundamentals of Business Analysis’ organised by ESI International.

Played a vital role in integrating the databases & applications of both legacy Reuters and legacy Thomson.

Worked as student trainee in ABN AMRO Bank, ICICIDirect.com, India Bulls, DBS-Cholamandalam, India Informatics and Principal Asset Management

Performed an Organisation Study of ‘VYSYA BANK’.

Conducted a market research project titled ‘Investor’s behavior towards various investment alternatives’, that was driven based on my initiatives.I have been the front runner in identifying the process gaps of data teams and propounded the idea of creating tools or automating their process.

Successfully completed the Business Analysis course (including Agile Methodology) conducted by Ezapp Solutions.

Committee member to the Board of Studies (BOS) for colleges in various Bangalore.

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