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Business Analyst
Phone: +91 80193 44889; Email: kasoju10@gmail.com; Location: Hyderabad, TN
Professional Summary:
Engineering Management Graduate with 4 years of experience IT Industry. Determined and passionate professional
seeking full-time opportunities to build a progressive career in a challenging and dynamic work environment
Intensifying experience in multiple roles as Business Analyst, SCRUM Master, Product Owner with excellent understanding
of various software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid Waterfall-Scrum and XP
(Extreme Programming) with good domain knowledge in Finance, Logistics and Supply Chain, Transportation Service
Highly-motivated, Innovative, Skilled-Listener, Excellent Negotiation, Proactive, Quick-Learning Individual
Strong Leadership skills in handling multiple teams and Offshore teams and ability to effectively communicate with senior
management, third party vendors, technical staff and Business users to improve business value
Excellent analytical skills to understand the Business process, functionality, cross functional requirements across various
business units and translating them into requirement specifications in order to provide comprehensive solutions and
understanding of project process and ability to analyze business problems and identify solutions
Experienced in conducting Gap Analysis (As-Is &To-Be) and possess strong knowledge in carrying out processes for Risk
Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Change Management and perform Impact Analysis to assess the change and feasibility study
Ability to work under tight deadlines and multi-tasking to meet business objectives, scheduling meetings, negotiating and
coordinating with software developers, solution architects and QA teams
Highly skilled in various Requirement Elicitation Techniques and analysis such as Client interviewing, Requirement
Workshops, Document Analysis and Joint Application Development (JAD)
A Dedicated liaison between management, development team and business users with experience in collaborating with
the design, technology, compliance/legal and operations teams for optimal solutions
Extensive Expertise in creating various artifacts including Request for Proposal (RFP), Business Requirement Document
(BRD), Product Requirement document (PRD), System Requirement Specification (SRS), Functional Requirement Document
(FRD). Assisted in creating Test Plan, Test Scenarios and Test cases as well as documenting project processes and
procedures
Hands on experience with various tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Atlassian Jira, Team Foundation
Server (TFS), HP Agile Manager and MS Project Professional for planning, tracking and managing projects
Evaluated the pros and cons of various features to be provided by the business based on the industry trends
Managed requirements and tracked defects working with HP Application Lifecycle Management (HPALM) and HP Quality
Center (HPQC) and well versed in conducting various types of testing including Smoke, Sanity Testing, Regression Testing,
System Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documented performance reports
Assisted Project Managers in preparing project plans, the Project schedules, establishing Milestones, work breakdown
structure (WBS)
Maintained a structured approach in organizing requirements to ensure that critical business rules and requirements are
met. Maintained a Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for efficiency
Proficient in creating UML Modeling like Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Use case Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams
and BPMN
Experienced as Scrum Master with immense skills in facilitating the Scrum Ceremonies, User Story Workshops, Training
the teams to better understand Scrum and increase the teams’ overall productivity
Proficient in writing user stories (INVEST criteria) and handling the requirement churn. Efficient at facilitating Estimation
techniques such as Planning Poker, T-shirt sizing, Relative Mass Valuation and Prioritization techniques such as MoSCoW
method, Kano techniques and Business Value Based
Engaged with Product Owners to successfully break down Epics into User Stories with various Vertical Slicing Techniques
Maintained Sprint Burn-down Chart, Product Release Chart, White Board in JIRA to keep track of the team’s progress and
the team’s velocity for better estimation of the sprints
Good knowledge on Data Warehouse related concepts such as Dimensional model (Conceptional and Logical), Star
Schema, Snowflake Schema and Fact Tables
Strong understanding of OLTP, OLAP, data marts, OLAP Cube, Conceptual modelling, logical modelling, ODS and ETL
concepts
Experienced in Data Profiling, Conceptual Data Modeling, Data Mapping and ETL Process consisting of extracting data
from various sources, data cleansing, transformation and loading it into the Data Warehouse
Adept in data analysis using various tools and constructing SQL queries including DML and DDL commands like CREATE,
INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE against various databases including Oracle and Relational Databases
Strong understanding in Data Warehouse Architectures like Independent Data Marts, Bus Architecture, Centralized
Architecture, Hub and Spoke Architecture and Federated Architecture
Good understanding of programming languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Java, AngularJS, XML, AJAX, JSON.
Basic understanding in NodeJS, Unit Testing Concepts using Protractor, Jasmine, Karma
Own excellent communication, analytical and time management skills, with capability to handle new technologies and
situations and an ability to lead, manage and work in challenging environments
Skills:
Operating Systems Windows 7,8,10, XP/Vista/Mac OS X
Modeling Tools Rational Rose, MS Visio 2013, Azure, Balsamiq, Mockup Screens, SmartDraw
SDLC Methodologies Waterfall, Agile-Scrum, Waterfall-Scrum Hybrid, Extreme Programming
Change Management, Conflict Management, GAP Analysis, Impact Analysis, SWOT Analysis,
Business Skills
Project Planning, Project Scheduling.
Requirement Management MS Office, JIRA, TFS, Version One, VSTS
Project Management Tools MS Project, MS SharePoint Server
Testing Tools HP QC/ALM v11.5, Bugzilla, Rational TestManager
ETL Tools Informatica PowerCenter, SQL Server Data Tools
Reporting Tools Tableau Desktop v8.0, IBM Cognos, MS Office Suite, Spotfire
Languages HTML5, SQL, JavaScript, Java, CSS3, XML, AngularJS, SASS, LESS
IDE MS Visual Studio, Eclipse
Databases MySQL, Oracle, MS Access
Professional Work Experience:
Renee Systems Inc
Client: CSX Corporation Inc June 2019 – Nov 2019
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Role: Business Analyst/ Product Owner
Project Description: The project is to develop Track Works Application in order to allow the Maintenance Team to resolve
Rail Defects. Project included developing various components for Road Master & Foreman such as Capturing Defects from
various data sources with the ability to Filter & Search via Keywords, Creation of Work Order, Assigning Work Orders to
various teams like Maintenance Teams, Sectional Teams, Zonal Teams, Signal Teams etc, View list of Work Orders with
the ability to change their statuses (Open, In-Progress, Completed, Closed). The project also involved providing various
features to Foreman in order to report their work like Adding Reports for various work performed, Adding Track
Disturbance Reports and Adding Corrective Actions that were performed accordingly
Responsibilities:
Supported multiple product teams by tracking inter-team dependencies and ensuring those were being mitigated by
working with the Product Owner by maintaining a risk log and creating a plan
Analyzed the Business Process along with the prior project documentation for complete understanding of the project
and contribute in the Business Process Model re-engineering and optimization
Performed extensive Document Reviews, GAP Analysis and Analyzed the Existing Application to get a thorough
understanding of AS-IS business process
Conducted high-level requirement gathering sessions with Business Owners, risk analyst and concerned teams for
requirement elicitation via JAD sessions, Interviews and Brainstorming sessions
Converted Functional Requirements into Epics and User Stories and tracked them using JIRA
Tracked and managed Technical Debt by creating Technical Debt User Stories
Facilitated and conducted the Backlog Grooming Meeting, Sprint Planning Meeting, and the Daily Scrum Stand-up
Meeting
Facilitated prioritization of user stories using MoSCoW and estimated using Planning Poker techniques
Developed and analyzed the Sprint/Product burn down chart in order to calculate the team’s velocity and track Sprint
progress. This was then utilized for planning of the upcoming sprints. Used JIRA to plan and track the Sprints
Resolved impediments faced by the Scrum team at the team level and the organizational level
Developed mock-ups and wire-frames along with the screen designs using Mockup Screens
Performed Impact Analysis, Feasibility Study, Cost-Benefit Analysis in order to mitigate certain risks associated with
the project and project output
Performed as Product Owner in order to fill the gap between Business Team and Offshore Technical Team
Successfully demonstrated the PSPI to the Business Team at the end of each Sprint and converted their feedback into
useful User Stories
Created Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in order to track test cases and test plans
Facilitated Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective Meetings at the end of each sprint
Environment: Agile Methodology, MS Office, JIRA, Confluence, MS SharePoint, MS Visio, MS Outlook, Mockup Screens
BSASPEC Inc
Client: United Parcel Services June 2018 – Feb 2019
Location: Wayne, New Jersey
Role: Business Analyst
Project Description: The project was to consolidate various time capture systems into one that can send the check in and
check out time of the employees to the UPS Payroll System accurately. UPS Payroll System then calculated the wages of
the employees with the information received from the resulting single time capture system. This project was focused
highly on improving data quality that was being sent to UPS Payroll System and eliminate inaccurate employee payments.
Other projects involved gathering business rules for Paid Sick Time and Family Medical Leave Act for US-based employees
Responsibilities:
Supported multiple product teams by tracking inter-team dependencies and ensuring those were being mitigated by
working with the Product Owner by maintaining a risk log and creating a plan
Analyzed the Business Process along with the prior project documentation for complete understanding of the project
and contribute in the Business Process Model re-engineering and optimization
Performed extensive Document Reviews and GAP analysis to get a thorough understanding of AS-IS business process
model and develop TO-BE business process model and created Workflows using MS Visio
Conducted high-level requirement gathering sessions with Business Owners, risk analyst and concerned teams for
requirement elicitation via JAD sessions, Interviews and Brainstorming sessions
Created Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document (FRD) and Request for Proposal (RFP)
Created use case diagrams, activity diagrams using MS Visio
Facilitated and conducted the Backlog Grooming Meeting, sprint planning meeting, and the daily scrum standup meeting
Facilitated prioritization of user stories using MoSCoW and estimation using Planning Poker techniques
Developed and analyzed the Sprint/Product burn down chart in order to calculate the team’s velocity and track sprint
progress. This was then utilized for planning of the upcoming sprints. Used Jira to plan and track the sprints
Resolved impediments faced by the scrum team at the team and the organizational level
Developed mock-ups and wireframes along with the screen designs using Mockup Screens
Performed Impact Analysis, Feasibility Study, Cost-Benefit Analysis in order to mitigate certain risks associated with the
project and project output
Worked with the Product Owner to partner with market research and created a comprehensive competitor analysis
report and presented it to the management
Analyzed and Designed the Data Mart model using Star Schema model with Facts and Dimension table
Assisted in the implementation of Data Warehouse with data marts to address areas of business interest
Developed reports using Tableau v8.0 to communicate information using graphs, charts and other info graphical
solutions to the project team
Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in conjugation with the QA team. Also, created an error repository and assisted
in creation of test cases in HPQC and scheduling manual and automated execution of those test cases through integration
with HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT)
Created Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in order to track test cases and test plans
Facilitated Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective Meetings at the end of each sprint
Environment: Waterfall-Scrum Hybrid, Team Foundation Server (TFS), MS-Visio, MS Project, MS Office, MS SharePoint, MS
Outlook, HP Quality Center 11, Balsamiq, Mockup Screens, Datamapper, Tableau, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT)
BSASPEC Inc
Client: Co-op Financial Services Aug 2017 – May 2018
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Role: Agile Business Analyst
Project Description: The project was to plan, design, assemble and configure a network infrastructure for a Call Center. Then
to build a Call Center Management Application, which will enable the functional teams in the organization (Sales, Billing,
Technical Help, Network Maintenance and Management) to work along with the call center teams. This is a Business
Process Improvement project, to build a centralized system, to increase the performance and efficiency of the customer
care & network service, and to reduce the customer churn by providing a good service
Responsibilities:
Planning and driving Project kickoff meetings with Business Users, Capability Owners, Technology Architects to identify
the high-level project objectives and scope
Engaging all required development and test support teams using standard engineering process
Documented BRD, SRS and published for SharePoint signoff by all the stakeholders
Created Use Case scenarios and documented workflow and business process using MS Visio
Conducted JAD and Elicitation sessions for user interviews to gather requirements
Created Process flow diagrams, ER Diagrams and helped the business users in understanding how the data flows between
the systems
Created prototypes using MS Visio so that the stakeholders can have a clear understanding of the internal business
procedures
Assisted in all aspects of verification including functional, regression and system testing
Helped Scrum Master in resolving Impediments and Dependencies faced by the scrum development team
Actively participated along with the scrum master and product owner for keeping track of user stories and epics
Also worked as a Scribe during JAD sessions and review meetings to document various feedbacks etc
Acted as a liaison between management and technical teams and generated testing reports for developers
Actively participated with product owner for keeping track of user stories and epics
Validated requirement churns after sprint review meeting and took feedback from product owner and stakeholders
Acted as a liaison between management and technical teams and generated testing reports for developers
Created Data Dictionary and have developed conceptual and logical entity relationship (ER) diagrams
Worked with testing team to design and develop Test Plans, Test Strategies and Test Cases to perform User Acceptance
Testing (UAT), Graphical user interface (GUI) testing, Functional testing and Fuzz testing
Identified Source systems for financial data profiling of expenditure tracing and budget processes
Environment: Agile Scrum, MS Office Suite (MS word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, Outlook), java, Rest API,
HTML, CSS, JAVA Script, MS Project, MS Visio, JIRA, SQL, SharePoint, HP QC, UML Modeling
Spino Inc
Role: Programmer Analyst June 2016 – May 2017
Project Description: The business need for this project was to develop an automated web-based system for the process of
recording and maintenance of employee reports. The system generates employment reports of individuals based on the
data provided by the employees. The system also maintains a record of any information obtained to an individual’s report
and updates the database
Responsibilities:
Worked with numerous project teams on as many as 15 separate projects from start to end across varying project
framework versions
Successfully created and integrated web services using SOAP and REST services
Implemented company policies, technical procedures and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data
Recommended architectural design and integration solutions to the software engineering team working on the
underlying framework
Excelled in rapid application development and management of technical issues for assigned projects, frequently having
smaller timeframes to deploy projects
Interacted with project stakeholders, internal clients, and third-party software and file vendors
Efficiently prepared functional and technical specifications and validated the deliverables for quality assurance
Assisted the teams within the organization with ad-hoc requests on a regular basis
Environment: Waterfall, MS Office Suite (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint), Windows XP, SharePoint, HPQC v8.0, HTML,
Java Script, CSS, Java, J2EE, XML, MS SQL server
Randstad India
Client: Facebook Online Services Sept 2013 – Oct 2014
Role: Data Integrity Analyst
Project Description: The scope of the project was to enhance the Places/Check-ins tool in order to make it easier for
Facebook users to find places nearby and make a check-in conveniently
Responsibilities:
Successfully tested the evaluation tool designed to label the places database
Worked on places (worldwide) and classification project in order to authenticate the places database
Worked for the data integration of Facebook’s location-based data, i.e. analyze and authenticate data
Compiled and validated data; fortify and keep up consistence with corporate guidelines
Developed and initiated more efficient data collection procedures
Worked on check in’s tool to make sure the users can find the correct places nearby
Identified and analyzed trends based on a given set of data efficiently
Efficiently reviewed high volumes of content on daily basis
Advised and implemented new policy changes to ensure better quality
Proactively worked closely with cross functional teams to identify and implement new working methods
Responsible for assigning tasks and team co-ordination to ensure successful completion of the project
Tracked individual quality and productivity on weekly basis to ensure team quality
Organized team meetings for quality check which involved effective communication with project manager, team lead and
the team
Environment: MS Office Suite (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint), SharePoint, MS Outlook, Facebook Data Evaluation Tool,
Facebook Check-ins Tool
Education:
Master’s in Engineering/Industrial Management (2016)- Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor’s in Information Technology (2013)- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India