Afsaneh Ghahramani
Active Public Trust
Springfield
Summary
Business Analyst with over 15 years of experience delivering solutions that drive organizational success and efficiency. Skilled at gathering and analyzing requirements, streamlining processes, and collaborating with stakeholders to align business needs with technical solutions. Proven ability to lead enterprise projects, including application modernization and cloud migrations, while implementing best practices in Agile environments. Experienced as a Scrum Master, facilitating Agile ceremonies and fostering team collaboration to enhance project delivery. Strong background in data analysis and visualization, using tools like Tableau and ServiceNow to provide actionable insights that support decision-making. Adept at bridging business and technical teams, with a successful track record in public and private sectors.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
10
10
Certifications
Work History
Senior Associate/Scrum Master
Guidehouse
11.2021 - Current
- Led Agile transformations and coached over 200 teams to establish Centers of Excellence, enhancing product and portfolio management practices.
- Gathered and documented complex business requirements, visualizing insights with Tableau dashboards for real-time data analysis.
- Designed custom ServiceNow modules to improve records management, introducing automation that increased data accuracy and retrieval speed.
- Collaborated with stakeholders, product owners, and program managers to resolve data issues, ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Decomposed requirements into epics, features, and clear user stories, facilitating efficient Agile development cycles.
Scrum Master/Business Analyst
Northrop Grumman
10.2013 - 10.2021
- Spearheaded DevOps projects by defining functional requirements, creating business cases, and ensuring SDLC alignment with organizational goals.
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies, managed product backlogs, and guided sprint planning for timely project delivery.
- Created user stories and supported integration, regression, and UAT testing phases to ensure production-readiness.
- Improved team collaboration and removed impediments, enabling consistent sprint progress and delivery.
QA Engineer
Planned Systems International, (PSI), SAIC
05.2008 - 09.2013
- Directed all phases of testing, including smoke, functional, regression, and UAT, ensuring deliverables met stringent quality standards.
- Developed detailed test plans and executed automation testing with Selenium, JUnit, and UFT to streamline defect identification.
- Collaborated with developers to resolve defects, ensuring rapid issue closure and seamless system performance.
- Presented product functionality to stakeholders, earning recognition for clarity and engagement during demonstrations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information System Management
Potomac University
Washington, DCSkills
- Business Analysis: Process improvement, requirements elicitation, data modeling, and documentation
- Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, backlog management, and sprint facilitation
- Collaboration Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Tableau, SharePoint
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, SaaS, Microsoft 365
- Data & Testing Expertise: Business Intelligence (Tableau, Splunk), API testing, CI/CD pipelines
Certification
Selenium: George Mason University
Timeline
Senior Associate/Scrum Master
Guidehouse
11.2021 - Current
Scrum Master/Business Analyst
Northrop Grumman
10.2013 - 10.2021
QA Engineer
Planned Systems International, (PSI), SAIC
05.2008 - 09.2013
Bachelor of Science - Information System Management
Potomac University