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Business Analyst, Product Owner, CBAP

Location:
Boston, MA
Posted:
December 15, 2015

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SUMMARY

●CBAP certified business analyst with *+ years’ experience in Retail, e-commerce, Pharmaceutical and Aviation Industries.

●Highly organized, detail-oriented professional with strong business and technical skills

●Skilled in business analysis, business modeling, requirements management and agile requirements gathering.

●Effective in managing multiple tasks and coordinating with cross-functional and globally distributed teams

●Member of IIBA and skilled at using BABOK for business analysis

●Experience leading a team of business analysts to co-ordinate with business & execute end to end UAT testing for an e-commerce system

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP

NetSuite

CMS

Sharepoint 2010, Sharepoint 2007, eRooms, Confluence

Information Modelling

Enterprise Architect, VISIO, Mindjet Mind Manager

Database

TOAD, MS Access

Mock Up tools

Balsamiq, MS Power point

Web Programming

HTML, Front Page, Dreamweaver

Operating System

Windows 7/Vista/XP

Methodologies

Agile(Scrum), Waterfall, Iterative, RUP

Programming

MATLAB, LABVIEW, VB 6.0

Other

Star Team, IBM Clearquest, One Note, Word, Excel, JIRA, RTC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1.TJX CORPORATION, FRAMINGHAM, MA February 2015 - Present

Senior Business Analyst

Elicited functional requirements for Marshalls

Worked on data requirements and mapping for marketing feeds to various vendors

Worked on end to end flow with various teams – webstore, fulfillment, cube and store for process definition for ship to store functionality

Worked as a PM on holiday preparedness for tjmaxx.com

2.MONSTER.COM, WESTON,MA September 2014 – February 2015

Senior Business Analyst / Product Owner

●Facilitated workshop to elicit user stories for customized job portal

●Worked closely with UX and Visual Team

●Worked along with other product owners in order to create sprint goals.

●Worked closely with QA and Development team to define acceptance criteria

3.MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION, BOSTON, MA April 2014 – August 2014

Lead Business Analyst

●Facilitated workshop to elicit user stories for ecommerce platform

●Documented the in-house applications used for ecommerce

●Worked closely with integration team to elicit the data and functional requirements to integrate new ecommerce system with legacy systems

4.TJX CORPORATION, FRAMINGHAM, MA February 2012 – March 2014

Business Analyst

●Elicited functional requirements to customize NetSuite in order to build the first e-commerce platform for TJX group of companies.

●Understood the retail stock ledger and created use cases to clearly define the TLOG transactions in order for the technical team to create designs.

●Reviewed technical design documents along with business written by third party vendor as a response to the functional requirements.

●Worked closely with integration team to elicit the data and functional requirements to integrate NetSuite with other systems like 3PL, marketing team and the e commerce site.

●Reviewed QA scripts to ensure the testing is cross functional.

●Coordinated and helped business in successful UAT testing along with documentation of results. Introduced the concept of SCRUM to business and BA. Held scrum teaming to coordinate END to END UAT.

●Documented issues reviewed the current process and recommended potential solutions.

●Conducted sessions with business to gather the business goals and objectives for MRDN- Merchandise Receipt Damage Notification, an in house application for logging the damages in the Stores and reporting it to Head Office.

●Created process flows to understand the data feeds among multiple systems as an input for Project Initiation Stage

Achievements

●Integral part of the e-commerce team to launch TJX e-commerce website.

●Lead a team of BAs to create end to end test cases, for successful implementation of UAT.

●Completed the following projects successfully : MRDN, e-commerce

5.ASTRA ZENECA, WALTHAM, MA December 2010 – February 2012

Business Analyst

●Conducted Stake holder analysis using Stakeholder Analysis Matrix for Cell Line Tracker, an initiative taken to collaborate cell banking all across AZ which would help to increase productivity, lower cost (duplicate purchasing) and better inventory management of cells.

●Conducted JAD sessions to gather user requirements for AZ Log, an in house application for creating a workflow and effective communication channel between members on a team for tracking progress of in vitro study.

●Created user stories in order to elicit user requirements. Member of agile team and worked on the estimation of stories.

●Created mockups based on user requirement using Balasmiq to define functional specification and documented the functional requirements.

●Proposed changes and defined requirements for MIC Analyzer to improve the quality of data and reports generated

●Regularly used Visio to produce future state cases, process maps and data flow diagrams

●Implemented Conference Notes, a feedback gathering application built on Sharepoint 2007 to allow users to share their conference feedback and keep them informed of future events

●Building a website on Sharepoint 2010 for Business Analysts in AZ to keep track of the project developments, status and serve as a central knowledge bank.

Achievements

●Got recognition for conceptualizing and creating a prototype site on Balasmiq for the Infection Department at Astra Zeneca to be used as a portal for managing profiles, people, tracking projects, reporting, 360 degree feedback collection etc.

●Built MySite, a collaboration tool for scientists across the globe built on Sharepoint 2010 for better team building and team management.

●Completed the following projects successfully : AZ study log, Cell Line Tracker, MIC Analyzer, BA Capability Site, Conference Notes, Profile Development

6.DRAGONFLY PICTURES INC., ESSINGTON, PA February 2009 – November 2010

Electrical and Software Test Engineer

●Worked on requirements gathering and analysis of application designed to test various mechanical and electrical components of unmanned vertical takeoff air vehicles.

●Worked with technical teams and diverse functional units to improve workflows and enhance the test bed

●Documented the test results and defined key parameters to analyze the proposed test solutions and their effectiveness.

●Designed programs in LAB view to process data gathered from various sensors and interpret them

●Analyzed and designed an application for automated test bed setup which saves 3 hrs of manual setup time on an average each attempt.

7.DREXEL UNIVERSITY, PHILADELPHIA, PA November 2006 – February 2009

GOODWIN COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCES

Research & Teaching Assistant

●Development of an online lab in collaboration with University of Texas. Funded by DOE (Department of Education)

●Designed and developed an application software application in Visual Basic 6 for Remote Tracking of an object. (Integration of Yamaha Robot Controller and Machine Vision Camera).-Funded by NSF (National Science Foundation)

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP), Jan 2015

Attended 2 day workshop to understand, “Agile Requirements in Depth” by Construx

EDUCATION

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MS EE), October 2008

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering (BE ECE), November 2005



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