SWETA KARNA
Philadelphia PA 831-***-**** *****.*****@*******.***
Authorized to work for any employer in US
Skills Summary
Over 6 years in Information Technology including experience as a Business Analyst, Scrum Master & Data Analyst.
Domain of expertise is Banking, Telecom & Travel industry.
Masters in Management Studies (Finance), although I am willing to work in other domains.
Certified Scrum Master(CSM) from Scrum Alliance.
Expertise in Agile as well as waterfall Methodology.
Expertise in ownership of new requirements, elicitation to follow-up for confirmation of what is required and then explaining to the development team.
Knowledge of entire spectrum of software development from requirements gathering to production deployment and production support.
Proficient in project management tools like Rally, Confluence, Project.
Knowledge of alternate Agile practices like XP, Kanban.
Expertise in Unified Modeling Language notation
Self-organized, Quick learner & good time management skill.
Experience
Sierra Infosys Inc. Alpharetta GA Oct 2014 – Oct 2015
Business Analyst /Scrum Master
Interacted with business users and software development teams as a liaison in helping translate the business requirements in technical standards ensuring the proposed applications and solutions comply with business specifications.
Documented user stories for new requirements and modifications, conducted JAD sessions for requirements elicitation.
Coordinated with development team to review the technical specification documents.
Participated in the scrum calls, provided updates on the progress and impediments.
Ensure scrum team is working smoothly without any hindrances
Conduct and facilitate scrum ceremonies (stand-up, planning, demo, refinement, retro)
Identify risks & dependencies. Escalate immediately and track to closure
Deduce and monitor metrics of the team and report to management
Work with product owners and project managers to ensure business value is delivered
Experienced with leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency
eClerx, Pune India Jul 2011 – Oct 2011
Business Analyst
Create user stories to capture new and updated requirements
Work with business representatives to refine user stories
Ensure relevant reports are generated correctly and pass them on to management
Crossover Technologies, Mumbai Jan 2010 – Jul 2011
Business Analyst
Requirements gathering
Create user stories
Conduct JAD sessions to define system impacts
Use UML (Unified Modeling Language) to capture requirements
Create traceability matrix and maintain the same
Perform smoke test to ensure all changes are correctly reflected
Celestial Travel Service Pvt. Ltd, Gurgaon India Jul 2005 – Jun 2008
Data Analyst
Generate multiple reports and report to management
Perform data analysis and reconciliation
Work with vendors to remediate incorrect data
Education
Masters in Management Studies(MMS) in Finance 2008 to 2010
Mumbai University, India
Bachelor of Commerce(B.com) 2002 to 2005
Patna University, India
Skills
Scrum, Agile Methodology, Business Analysis, creating user stories, creating and confirming wireframes/mockups, reporting, SQL, UML Scaled Agile(SAFe)
Tools
Rally, ALM, JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Slack, WebEx & Salesforce
Certifications
CSM (Certified Scrum Master), Scrum Alliance
January 2018-Jan 2020