Bhavana Siddu Magadi
Scrum Master
Westmont,IL
Summary
Business Analyst successful at responding to shifting business needs and priorities. Well-versed in operational assessment strategies and functional analysis methodologies for businesses of different sizes. Quantitative expert with comprehensive approach to analytical projects, business reporting and process improvements.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Scrum Master/Business Analyst
U.S. Venture, Inc.
Appleton, WI
10.2021 - Current
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
- Led cross-functional teams to analyze and understand enterprise-wide operational impacts and opportunities of technology changes.
- Performed competitor bench-marking analysis to identify manufacturing savings opportunities and potential product enhancements.
- Supported leadership team with reporting, analysis and business presentations to inform divisional strategies.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
Sr. Technical Business Analyst
EY
Bangalore, Karnataka
10.2018 - 12.2020
- Assessed business requirements to forecast annual budgetary operational costs.
- Elicited the business requirements and identified gaps in different processes and implemented process improvement initiatives across the business improvement model.
- Worked on AGILE/SCRUM methodology following the CI/CD model for various projects and conducted JAD sessions.
- Guided teams and refined Agile techniques throughout journey and evolution of delivery cycles, establishing documentation framework to support Agile methodology implementation with Waterfall-centric delivery team.
- Analyzed and gathered users’ requirements using use cases, mockups, and elicitation meetings.
- Created and maintained BRDs and FRDs and prepared technical design documentation, mockups, wireframes using balsamic.
Collaborated on readiness and acceptance tests and verified programming changes made met client's needs. - Planned and defined system requirements to Use Case, Use Case Narrative, Use Case Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams and prepared AS-IS and TO-BE analysis for improvised system
Developed KPI metrics derived from raw company data to track improvements in organizational efficiency.
Sr. Business Analyst
EY
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2016 - 09.2018
- Analyzed sales, profitability and market conditions and presented findings in cohesive format.
- Provided technical expertise and build solutions based on SharePoint, Content management requirements ensuring design and quality standards.
- Produced and maintained high-quality functional specification document requirement for multifeatured document management system.
- Recommended and deployed appropriate processes and technologies to support content needs aligned to Knowledge vision.
- Tracked key metrics and developed spreadsheets and data models.
Prepared business overview reports for clients. - Created new analytical systems to boost vital business metrics visibility.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
Business Analyst
Ariba, An Sap
Bangalore, Karnataka
02.2014 - 12.2015
- Performed customer requirements analysis to map their requirements to the product functions.
- Lead meetings with customers for requirements management.
Compiled the needed deliverables for the customer and the development team. - Communicated with the development team to resolve defects. Perform testing scenarios to verify feature implementation.
- Performed requirements analysis including a request for proposals evaluation to comprehend client requirements.
- Managed risk management tools and capture assumptions, issues, risks, and risk costs during the project’s phases.
- Lead a team to ensure actions and risk management tool tasks were completed on time.
- Analyzed business process and perform process mapping using MS Visio.
- Created a tool to standardize the approach to and size our projects and facilitate a client dialogue.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology Project Management
Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY 01.2021 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Information Science
VTU
Belgaum 06.2009 - 01.2014
Skills
Microsoft Office Suite
undefinedTimeline
Scrum Master/Business Analyst
U.S. Venture, Inc.
10.2021 - Current
Master of Science - Information Technology Project Management
Campbellsville University
01.2021 - 05.2022
Sr. Technical Business Analyst
EY
10.2018 - 12.2020
Sr. Business Analyst
EY
01.2016 - 09.2018
Business Analyst
Ariba, An Sap
02.2014 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Information Science
VTU
06.2009 - 01.2014
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