Edward Manoukian, MSc
Liberty,Missouri
Summary
Business Analyst for 4 years, with experience in project management, public relations, scrum mastery & quality assurance analysis. Highly qualified with a solid foundation in evaluating, analyzing, and validating business processes for efficiency and optimization. Possess strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions that propel business growth. Demonstrated success in identifying potential issues, implementing solutions to ensure operational excellence. Adept at contributing valuable insights through analytical thinking and innovative problem solving.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business and Quality Assurance Analyst
Americo Life Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri
11.2023 - Current
- Work in an Agile environment, to document and communicate test results for over 7 Agent Tools products while simultaneously creating test plans based on the software requirements, business requirements and project timelines. Cross-functionally work between the development team and multiple other internal operational departments.
- Create Data specs, for architectural data mapping utilizing Excel for an API integration project worth $2.8 million for a direct to consumer and agent assisted product.
- Create detailed test designs, around test cases and execute them in order to specify input data, expected results, and execution steps for both manual and automated testing utilizing Azure Dev Ops.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, understand and critically analyze product requirements for life insurance work flow processes to ensure that the requirements are clear, complete, and testable.
- Perform regression testing on hundreds of documents to ensure that new developments or enhancements do not adversely impact existing functionalities on life insurance products.
- Gather business requirements from internal project stakeholders while collaborating with teams, design cross-team frameworks, offer professional input on end-user requirements.
Business Analyst
Credit Acceptance
Liberty, Missouri
08.2022 - 11.2023
- Product ownership and critical thinking throughout the requirements evaluation, estimation, and implementation phases with proper elicitation channeling utilizing Agile methodologies.
- Analyze internal B2B contract and financial data for potential application in generative AI, aiming to optimize cost savings and streamline workflows across departments.
- Explore the integration of a chatbots and automate predictive business intelligence analytics using Microsoft Copilot and Power BI to enhance overall organizational efficiency, adaptability & trust.
- Scrum management and cross-functional communication between critical internal stakeholders & team members of software engineers to ensure business objectives meet project, product & enhancement deadlines.
- Worked within Business intelligence and evaluated business processes in order to diagram and find solutions to assist in streamlining work processes around reporting metrics for departments within the company including sales, remarketing, finance, repossession, redemption, corporate legal, Etc.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings with Microsoft Teams in order to provide Application Testing, or UAT for products with stakeholders. Created mapping documents, design review documents using Excel sheets and Microsoft word.
Business Analyst & Project Manager
Prodjex
Liberty, Missouri
09.2021 - 09.2022
- Implementation of web marketing plans designed to meet business goals, and increase revenue, clients, and profitability while ensuring product intake workflow for expected users are updated and properly supported while QA testing the portal environment
- Discovered 1.7M in savings after consolidating data for automated communication channels while researching impacted business acquisition workflows, and key fax, SMS & email vendors
- Cross-functional communication between business partners and key stakeholders to ensure business objectives meet website enhancement requirements
- Risk management analysis and reporting of web project planning timelines, including any potential impacts on schedule, quality, costs, and resources; providing consultancy for a multi-million-dollar company (Adapt Health) and its consolidated mergers
- Creating user documentation guides, research, flow charts, writing technical notes & B2B meeting minutes for businesses
Founder & Blockchain Analyst
CryptoGnosis
Kansas City, Missouri
05.2022 - Current
- Lead the development of tailored blockchain strategies, providing strategic advice and benefits assessments for small businesses and start ups across multiple industries.
- Continuously research Blockchain, AI, AR, Metaverse, IoT tools for transparent data gathering across industries, emphasizing trust-building for local businesses
- Explore AI and blockchain convergence for enhanced data security and decentralized consensus, bolstering trust in diverse business ecosystems
- Specialization in tokenization/encryption, blockchain analysis, smart contract analysis, competitive analysis, and business case preparation.
- Assist in Designing secure blockchain architectures, manage projects, evaluate large vendors, and establish trustworthy governance frameworks & partnerships
- Provide expertise in tokenomics, ICO/STO planning, data security, and smart contract audit education.
- Enable clients to harness blockchain technology through data reporting utilizing Python, Power BI, Excel, and Jira.
Education
Master of Science - Blockchain And Digital Currency
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus11-2023
Bachelor of Arts - International Studies
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO05.2018
Skills
- Blockchain
- Web Research
- Azure Dev Ops
- Business Management
- API's
- SQL
- Generative AI
- Teamwork
- Risk Analysis
- Project Management
- Critical Thinking
- Excel
- Visio
- Agile
- PowerPoint
- Bi-Lingual (Russian Fluency)
- Negotiation
- Time Management
- Product Development
- Quality Assurance
- Technical Analysis
- Power BI
Certification
- Udemy | Tokenization and Encryption in Digital Payments, Fintech, 12/2023
- Ciphertrace, a MasterCard Company | Cryptocurrency Tracing Certified Examiner (CTCE), 10/2023 - 10/2025
- Udemy | Open Banking and PSD2, 10/2023
- Blockchain 101 | Blockchain Security Expert (CBSE), 08/2023
- IBM | AI Foundations for Business, 07/2023
- Udemy | Blockchain for Finance, Using Blockchain & Smart Contracts, 04/2023
- Scrum Alliance | Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), 04/2023 - 2025
- Duke University on Coursera | (DeFi): The Future of Finance, 05/2022
- University of Boulder Colorado | The Structured Query Language (SQL), 05/2022
- University of Nicosia, Cyprus | Introduction to Digital Currencies, 01/2022
Blockchain Skills
- Public, Private & Consortium Blockchains
- DAO’s
- Distributed Ledger Frameworks
- PoW
- PoS
- DPoS
- Polygon
- Ethereum Virtual Machine
- Metaverse
- Bitcoin
- EVM
- Binance Smart Chain
- Solidity
- DeFi
- NFTs
- Utility tokens
- Digital assets
- DApps
- Swaps
- Bridges
- Launchpads
- Marketplaces
- ERC20
- Smart Contracts
- Project Management
- Roadmap Creation
- Whitepaper Analysis
- Business Analysis
- Mobile Banking
- Open Banking
- PSD2
- Ciphertracing
- Chainalysis Reactor
- Etherscan
- Public explorers
- AML
- Blockchain.com
- Coinmarketcap
- Tokenization
Volunteer Experience
- International Relations Council, Board of Director - Fundraising Committee Member, 12/2023, Current
- Kansas City A.I. Club, Member, 08/2023, Current
Hobbies and Interests
- Entrepreneurship and Strategic Consultancy
- Commodities Investment Portfolio
- Early Cryptocurrency adopter investor & trader with a current portfolio over 7,000% since 2017
- Web3 Educator
- World Affairs
- Geopolitics
- Macroeconomics
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Russian
Native/ Bilingual
Websites
Timeline
Business and Quality Assurance Analyst
Americo Life Inc.
11.2023 - Current
Business Analyst
Credit Acceptance
08.2022 - 11.2023
Founder & Blockchain Analyst
CryptoGnosis
05.2022 - Current
Business Analyst & Project Manager
Prodjex
09.2021 - 09.2022
Master of Science - Blockchain And Digital Currency
University of Nicosia
Bachelor of Arts - International Studies
University of Missouri-Columbia