Miten Vaishnav

973-***-****, Email: acrzzw@r.postjobfree.com

* ***** ** ********* *** managerial experience and Certified Scrum Master, seeking opportunities as Business Analyst.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

●Able to manage multiple teams at a time and ensuring team’s success and progress are transparent to Stakeholders.

●Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality.

●Specialized in implementing different framework like Kanban, Scrum and transforming waterfall into Agile.

●Extensively used Rally for managing User Stories, updating tasks, Scrum backlog, Planning Iterations and Releases.

●Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as - grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.

●Knowledge of Data-warehouse and ETL process.

●Alongside Scrum master’s responsibility also carried the responsibilities of Developer and worked on languages like JavaScript, PHP, Asp.net, and SQL.

●Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirements Gathering, Business Process Mapping, Evaluating Data Sources, Translating Requirements into Specifications.

●Understanding of all aspects of business in terms of Scope, Budget, Business Strategies, Project Planning and Governance.

●Excellent writing skills in Business requirements document (BRD), Functional requirements Specification (FRS), Systems Design Specification, Systems Requirements Specification (SRS).

●Experienced in mentoring and knowledge transfer processes

●Helped the team in understanding their responsibilities, budgeting, preparing weekly status reports for management, communicating and presenting the reports.

●Analytical thinker and communicator with facilitation and conflict resolution skills.

●Knowledge on several agile frameworks like Scrum, XP and Kanban and well versed in full lifecycle software development (SDLC)

●Mentored teams through a complete transitioning from SDLC to Agile Scrum. Helped define processes and tools best suited. Focused on customer needs through adherence to Agile Scrum best practices.

Skills

Management: Business Process, Business Analysis, Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, IT Governance, IT Strategy, Lean, Project Management (i.e., both Waterfall & Agile approaches, Scrum), Planning & organizing, Lean Six Sigma.

Data modeling tools: MS Visio, MS Project, Aris, Gantt chart, ProjectLibre

Process methodology tools: Waterfall, Agile Scrum, Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Requirement management tools: JIRA, Rally, MS SharePoint […]

Technical: Data Analysis, SAS Predictive modeling, .NET, PHP, JAVA, C, C++, SharePoint, Microsoft office, SQL.

Reporting tools: Tableau, QlikView, Microstrategy, SSRS.

Professional Skills: Exceptional people skills with ability to communicate effectively, build long-lasting and mutually beneficial relationships.

Certifications:

Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

Professional Experience:

Kaiser Permanente (Business Analyst/Project Coordinator)

(June 2014 – May 2015)

●Involved in initial stage of designing Scope and wire framing of the Project.

●Followed agile methodology and performed the role of a Scrum Master and facilitated the daily stand up meeting, the sprint review meeting and the retrospective meeting as part of the scrum ceremonies.

●Prepared Gantt Charts on project management tools. Tracking of Budget with the use of Excel, Rally, MS Project tools.

●Excelled in guiding the work of technical teams. Articulated project goals and scope, translated business needs into technical terms, prepared detailed work breakdown structures (WBS) and instilled shared accountability for achieving project milestones.

●Experienced in analyzing Business and Technical specifications developing Use-case diagrams- Unified Modeling Language (UML), process flow diagrams using MS Visio.

●Created the Business Requirements Document (BRD) and System Requirement Specification (SRS).

●Participated in cross-functional work groups focused on analytics for internal care teams of providers.

●Worked on Custom SQL query. Worked with Triggering data.

●Wrote SQL queries in SQL server 2012.

●Experienced in analyzing Business and Technical specifications developing Use-case diagrams, process flow diagrams using MS Visio.

●Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and under pressure. Set clear expectations and goals for project teams. Track progress against timeline, milestones and budget, revise as needed.

●Internal and External Stakeholder Management.

●Responsible for developing lean standards of performance that are based on process innovation.

●Involved coordinating with vice president of the Colorado Kaiser Pharmacy, Director of the department and Product Owner.

●I had worked on this project from the scratch and gathered requirements and developed BI tools reports for them and presented in front of the Directors of the department.

●$2.1million Budget grant for the department and project.

University Of Colorado Denver (Web Assistant/Agile Coach)

(August 2013 – June 2014)

●Followed agile methodology and performed the role of a Scrum Master and facilitated the daily stand up meeting, the sprint review meeting and the retrospective meeting as part of the scrum ceremonies.

●Actively involved in coaching for Scrum practices to team members.

●Facilitating the daily scrum meetings, spring planning, spring review, and spring retrospective.

●Coached and guided the subordinate members on quality assurance and lean principles, and assisted in designing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining the quality management system.

●Created Documentation on different techniques for team members to understand Agile methodologies.

●Managed Bugs list in Rally and ensured that QA team logs and tracks them.

●Provided weekly status updates to senior management and the organization at large, including executive presentations and tailored communications as necessary.

●Follow up with the end users and developers for user satisfaction and change management if necessary.

The ACNielsen co. (Junior Programmer/Business Analyst)

(July 2011 - July 2013)

●Developed various kinds of surveys and making SSRS reports and analyzed them as a member of a CRS Data Acquisition team.

●Developed applications by analyzing and understanding requests from global clients across different countries.

●Organized and maintained all phases of the software testing process, including planning tests, writing test cases, executing tests and tracking defects using Quality Centre, Worked extensively with the QA team for designing test plan.

●Experience in coordinating and handling onsite-offshore teams including during off-shore work hours.

●Develop a standard, structured and best practice approach to the selection of new technology including client security.

●Gathered requirement information and provided Technical Writing experience to analyze into clear documentation for executive members and staff

●Created Technical Business Rules for the Data Migration Project, which assisted the Project Management team with present and future development goals

L&T Power (Microsoft SharePoint Developer/Business Analyst)

(Dec 2010 - July 2011)

●Team Lead for the CEO’s Blog project in SharePoint.

●Involved in all the phases of SDLC of the project, from requirements gathering to prototype development and proof-of-concept work.

●Solely Worked and designed SharePoint Portals for HR department, marketing department.

●Created workflows for the automation in process in SharePoint.

●Successfully worked with customers, took their requirements and documented them.

●Utilized modified waterfall methodology with Agile Scrum to accommodate change requests.

●Collaborated with different team members in efficient project execution using SharePoint.

●Created documentation on the bases of the requirement gathered from stakeholders and delivered to technical team.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-DENVER

(Business School)

Masters in Information Systems

GUJARAT UNIVERSITY

Bachelors of Computer Engineering

References: Available on request.

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