Preethi Praveen, CAPM, CSM
***************@*****.*** 310-***-**** Eastvale, CA
A responsible, hardworking, stay at home mom eager to return to the workforce, and Aspiring Business Analyst with 2+ years of experience in managing software development project for Fortune 500 company (Bajaj Allianz) in Legal and Insurance domains with budgets ranging from $85K to $130K. WORK EXPERIENCE
Self - Employed (Homemaker) Nov.2008 – Present
• Oversee activities directly related to the overall well being of family members and up -keep of home.
• Participated and volunteered in local community events and activities. Bajaj Allianz Jun. 2006 – Sept. 2008
Business Analyst
Bajaj Allianz is a non-banking financial service company headquartered in Pune. It is focused on lending, asset management, wealth management and insurance. This project is to migrate legacy insurance premium service to a fully automated web-based insurance service portal to manage, update and generate insurance details for the company’s internal need.
• As a Business Analyst, I have end-to-end implementation experience in Legal and Insurance applications.
• Defined project scope, proposals, and plan; executed plans through schedule, scope, cost, and quality management.
• Managed and guided team members, in completion of their work, resolving any risks and issues impacting key project metrics and timelines.
• Managed QA testing and User Acceptance testing, bug tracking and ticketing to ensure high quality and user experience.
• Developed strong relationships with stakeholders by effectively communicating project status, and proposed alternative technology strategies and/or solutions
• Responsible for resource leveling and smoothing, work allocation and prioritizing the projects task based on business value.
• Coordinate and organize meetings with team members at regular intervals to share knowledge, best practices, resolve impediments.
• Proposed several process improvement changes based on lesson learned and root cause analysis meetings.
• Monitored Project risk and communication protocols and assisted development managers in developing mitigation strategies to meet the project’s goals and objectives.
• Ensure that team maintains high level of competence and operational excellence.
• Organized Training session to stakeholders to successfully transition to the new system in an optimal manner.
TOOLS & SKILLS
Tools: JIRA, Confluence, MS Office Suite, MS Project (MPP), HP Quality Center, VSS
Languages: Java, Javascript, CSS, HTML
Skills: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall Methodologies, GTM Strategic Planning, Time Management, Resource Management, Exceptional Problem Solver, Executive Presence CERTIFICATIONS
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
EDUCATION
Anna University, India (2002 -2006)
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering.