Mahesh Pallapolu

Phone: 703-***-**** Email: adciqu@r.postjobfree.com Legal Work Status: US Citizen

Summary of Qualifications

Disciplined IT professional with ample functional and technical knowledge. Proficient in all aspects of software development life cycle methodologies. Resourceful problem solver who interacts and empathizes well with diverse functional groups. Efficient in both agile and waterfall development frameworks.

Core Competencies

Certified Scrum Master

Agile Philosophy

Lean Process Improvement

Requirements Management

Design Thinking

Business Systems Analysis

User Story Creation

System Validation & User Acceptance

Change Request Management

Professional Experience

Realty Deals llc

Business Analyst – Contract (09/2019 – Present)

Accenture Federal Services & Aileron Consulting Clients:

Elicited requirements from client through interviews, lean canvas, and lean story mapping activities

Drafted whites page and business requirement documents for six legacy applications

Administered Jira and ensured smooth execution of bi-weekly sprints

Conducted early-morning meetings with off-shore resources to maintain alignment with on-shore team

Assisted in transforming requirements into features usable by business

Executed functional responsibilities in modernization efforts

Led and Owned all scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospective

Involved in formulating user stories from documents provided by client and delivery team

Created mock-ups using Balsamiq to supplement Jira stories

Accepted user stories from functional perspective before deploying

Produced functional testing documents before features are pushed to production environment

Queried MySQL DB to ensure back-end NodeJS jobs are run properly

Worked with business owners to keep the existing use cases updated with each progressive release

Performed cross-functional roles to include requirements management, business analysis, and change request management

Wavelabs technologies

Business Analyst/Jr. Product Owner – Contract (10/2018 – 09/2019)

PwC and Care.com Clients:

Involved in driving and leading product development for two financial technology related projects

Utilized design thinking in order to empathize with end user from a product owner standpoint to ensure user friendly journey on client’s website

Finalized user stories on Jira after gathering requirements from client for application development

Worked closely with Technical Lead and Delivery Manager to communicate information about incremental releases on production and staging environments

Organized and led scrum ceremonies such as story grooming, daily scrum, and sprint planning

Used Balsamiq to create rough mockups to showcase during meetings with stakeholders

Worked closely with team to organize the sprint backlog and establish sprint priorities

Liaise between product teams and scrum teams to clarify requirements and answer questions

Created control flow diagrams using Xmind and Visio for documentation purposes

Mentored two undergraduate interns in SDLC during their internship at company, focusing on scrum framework and agile philosophy

State Street

Associate (05/2018 – 10/2018)

Putnam Investments Client:

Facilitated creation of various client specific custody-related macros and tools, on the My State Street website, from a product management standpoint

Worked with product management team to transform requirements received into user stories for all features using Agile philosophy

Participated in conference calls on Cisco WebEx to gather requirements, clarify specifications, and issues relating to various builds with client located in Boston, MA

Communicated with scrum master and delivery manager to plan release scope and dates

Facilitated in scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospective

Certified practitioner in Lean Process Improvement by State Street University and introduced process changes which led to efficiency in my checklist

Single point of contact for Release Management, Product Teams, and Regression Testing Teams

Sriramagiri spinning Mills Limited

Business Analyst (05/2016 – 05/2018)

Company Internal Project:

Collaborated with stakeholders and business managers to assist in creation of point of sales software for CRM and analytic purposes internally

Researched and analyzed POS software’s available in the market to ideate and develop features that are centered around the mill’s needs

Tracked user stories, resource allocation, and progress of the project using Jira

Created mockup reports on Excel with company data to showcase examples of features required

Shadowed and assisted technical lead in tasks including documentation and requirement outlining

Communicated with stakeholders to discuss potential change requests relating to various builds of software

Education

KL University, Greenfields, India

Bachelors of Business Administration

Overall GPA: 3.9/4.0, completed 6 semesters and graduated, World Education Serevices evaluated

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

Overall GPA: 3.2/4.0, completed 2 semesters

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master, Human Centered Design, Lean Practitioner, Databases and SQL for Data Science, Python for Applied Data Science, Data Science Methodology, Open Source Tools for Data Science, and Introduction to SAP

Technical Expertise

Languages:

SQL, Python, SPSS, Tableau, IBM DB2, and SAP

Tools/Software:

Jira, Microsoft DevOps, VersionOne, Balsamiq, Visio, Xmind, Confluence, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Power Apps, and Access

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