SHRUTI KUMTHEKAR

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Solutions driven Business Analyst with MBA and eight years’ experience in Information Technology. Certified Scrum Product Owner with proven track record of working with customers to define & optimize business processes. Highly experienced in user requirement definition, collaborating with cross functional teams, stakeholders and developers to define and implement solutions.

• Requirement and Data Analysis • Business Process Improvement • Strategic Planning

• Project Management • Agile Methodologies • Problem Solving Tools/Technologies: MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Visio, SQL, PL/SQL, TOAD, SharePoint, SAP HANA Data modeling, SAP Lumira, Sketch, InVision, iRise, Oracle Applications. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KLA-Tencor, Milpitas Oct 2010 - Sep 2015

Business Analyst/IT Relationship Manager

As an IT liaison for the Corporate Marketing team, developed and managed key business relationships and aligned strategic and business objectives. Defined, analyzed and documented business requirements for Corporate Marketing solutions. Enhanced processes, and helped define solution implementation through existing and new technologies & platforms. Provided constant and clear written and verbal communications between Business Partners and IT.

• Obtained requirements from Business Partners through various techniques such as in-person and remote interviews, workshops and surveys. Evaluated information gathered from multiple sources, synthesized and clearly defined user objectives and project scope.

• Employed methods such as Use Case analysis, User Interface prototyping, Process Work Flows and Test Cases.

• Led and advised the business partners in assessing technology needs, documenting functional specifications, developing test conditions, conducting acceptance testing and implementing solutions.

• Collaborated with IT managers and development team on requirements and end-to end implementation, including customer training using various methods such as WebEx recordings, FAQs and manuals.

• Acted as a project manager for assigned projects. Provided weekly updates to other business analysts and program managers about project scope and timeline, worked on stakeholder signoffs for project phases.

• Presented accomplishments and metrics at quarterly IT meetings with senior management.

• Learnt new systems and applications in order to support business needs effectively.

• Provided consistent communication and presentations on various offerings from IT.

• Evaluated industry standards and recommended product enhancements to address future requirements.

• Collaborated with different teams in multiple time zones for requirements and testing.

• Teams worked with: Corporate Marketing, Corporate Legal, Corporate Training/Learning Center

• Projects included but not limited to: Document Approval Workflow application, Digital Asset Management application, Analytics – Data Modeling (end-to-end), Website Redesigns (end-to-end), Corporate Social Network evaluation and implementation.

General Electric, Hyderabad, India Jul 2005 to Jun 2008 Senior Software Programmer

Designed and implemented technical solutions in Enterprise Resource Planning – Oracle Applications E-Business Suite for various GE businesses.

• Developed technical solutions for new project implementations including building reports, workflows, forms and interfaces; customized solutions per business requirements.

• Managed technical contractors, coordinated with functional analysts towards product solutions and support. EDUCATION

• Master of Business Administration GPA: 3.9/4.0

San Jose State University, Lucas Graduate School of Business, San Jose, CA Aug 2008 to Jul 2010

• Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science GPA: 4.0/4.0 Visvesvaraya Technological University, India Sep 2001 to Jun 2005

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