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AKPOS OGUMA

Summary

Results-driven Business Analyst with over 3 years of experience in process optimization, data analysis, and IT Service Management (ITSM). Skilled in managing ServiceNow implementations and enhancements, leading projects end-to-end from requirements gathering to UAT. Strong collaborator with proven ability to bridge business needs and technical solutions. Experienced in cybersecurity and compliance, including risk assessments, incident response, and adherence to HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR standards.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior ServiceNow Business Analyst

LMD Staffing Solutions: Compucom
01.2024 - Current
  • Assisted with a large enterprise ITSM transformation aimed at enhancing the employee experience through the implementation and improvement of ServiceNow modules and workflows.
  • Harvested and documented requirements for knowledge base design, approval flows, and lifetime rules; completed testing and refinements of Virtual Agent conversations for IT and HR use cases.
  • Conducted end-to-end testing for Service Catalog items to confirm SLA, workflow actions, and UI conformance; documented request /incident workflows and linked escalation paths for the Service Desk.
  • Designed and executed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles, authored test scripts, defect logs, and led stakeholder reviews to confirm service quality and delivery commitments.

Cybersecurity & Compliance Support:

  • Supported Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) to identify risks and improve data protection controls.
  • Contributed to incident response planning and periodic review of incident response plans to improve organizational awareness and result in more time-efficient responses.

Business Analyst/Project Coordinator

German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
10.2021 - 12.2023
  • Assisted in defining project objectives, requirements, and assumptions.
  • Investigated key business trends, performance issues, and behaviors using large datasets.
  • Supported oversight of risk management efforts, identifying and mitigating risks.
  • Generated compelling data visualizations that effectively communicate insights.
  • Managed projects within established scope, schedule, and budget parameters.


Web & UI Solutions Developer

Dork Discovery Limited
03.2020 - 02.2021
  • Assisted in the design and implementation of high-performing web interfaces for both client-facing and internal tools.
  • Developed responsive landing pages using HTML, CSS, and Javascript to create an improved user experience for customers and bring consistency to brands' identities.
  • Conceptualized and tested form validations continue to enhance the quality of interactions from users, while also decreasing submission errors.
  • Assisted and continued feature development working on UI allowed changes, modal behavior, and menu behavioral attributes for interactive dashboards.
  • Collaborated with the back end teams of employees to ensure the APIs were fulfilling the requests from the browser frontend.
  • Kept pageload time down from 5s to under 2s by optimizing image assets and reducing the implementation of the code base.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems

Covenant University
09.2021

Skills

  • Business and requirement analysis
  • User acceptance testing (UAT)
  • Service Catalog Item Testing & Enhancement
  • Risk Management
  • ServiceNow ITSM (Incident, Change, Request, Knowledge)
  • Process Automation & Documentation
  • BI, ERP, Big data platforms
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

Certification

  • Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
  • Scrum Fundamentals Certified
  • ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) - In Progress

Tools

  • Testing & Scripting Tools: Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables), Power BI, SQL (MySQL), Postman
  • Languages & Frameworks: JavaScript, Python (BeautifulSoup2, Matplotlib), HTML, CSS, R
  • ServiceNow Modules: ITSM, CMDB, Discovery, Service Catalog, Virtual Agent
  • Project Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Git
  • Methodologies: Agile, Scrum

Timeline

Senior ServiceNow Business Analyst

LMD Staffing Solutions: Compucom
01.2024 - Current

Business Analyst/Project Coordinator

German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
10.2021 - 12.2023

Web & UI Solutions Developer

Dork Discovery Limited
03.2020 - 02.2021

Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems

Covenant University
AKPOS OGUMA