SRIPRADA CH
Woodinville,WA
Summary
Business Analyst| Scrum Master, with experience delivering projects end-to-end using standard PM and Agile tools and practices. I manage scope, schedules, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication while translating business needs into clear requirements and actionable plans. Using tools like Jira/Confluence, MS Project/Smartsheet, and Teams/Slack, I keep delivery on track across onshore and offshore teams. I use dashboards and reporting to monitor KPIs, track progress, and drive timely decisions. I also support smooth releases through testing coordination, change management, and user enablement.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Analyst
Apple
11.2025 - 04.2026
- Facilitating daily standups/check-ins to track progress, surface impediments, and drive timely resolution.
- Run retrospectives focused on reducing defects, cycle time, and rework.
- Managing QA/Engineering to ensure test plans are defined, resourced, and scheduled.
- Ensure defects are logged with proper severity/priority, reproducible steps, and ownership.
- Manage requirement changes by documenting impact to scope, timeline, and risk, and driving fast decisions.
- Improved UAT cycle rate by 30% by providing structured scripts, training, and real-time support during execution windows.
- Plan and deliver user enablement: training sessions, job aids, FAQs, and release notes.
- Ensure vendors follow internal best practices for documentation, security/compliance needs (where applicable), and release governance.
- Drive continuous improvement with vendors by conducting post-release reviews, capturing lessons learned, and implementing corrective/preventive actions.
- Stack: Radar, Chorus, Agile PLM, Team Centre PLM, Test Suite, Word, Excel
Business Analyst | Scrum Master
NTT DATA
03.2023 - 10.2024
- Acted as a Scrum Master, facilitating all Scrum ceremonies for multiple cross-functional teams, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and sprint reviews, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and fostering team collaboration with an ASD mindset.
- Drove Waterfall-to-Agile transformation by developing and delivering hands-on training, increasing Agile adoption by 25% and improving on-time sprint delivery by 15%.
- Collaborated closely with Product Owners and key Allstate stakeholders to define and align business requirements for life insurance and annuity products, ensuring user stories were well-defined and prioritized in the product backlog.
- Proactively identified and resolved impediments by coordinating with multiple engineering teams and business stakeholders, minimizing disruptions and ensuring timely completion of sprint deliverables.
- Developed and managed the product backlog, user stories with clear acceptance criteria, and bug resolution using Jira, ensuring a seamless project flow and timely delivery.
- Served as the primary liaison between business teams and IT, fostering clear communication and conducting regular stakeholder meetings to present progress, gather feedback, and manage expectations, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Managed and maintained the organization's SharePoint repository for efficient document control and versioning.
- Facilitated weekly project update meetings via Outlook, including agenda preparation, invitations, and session recording for team reference.
- Stack: JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Excel, Word, SHARE SITE, MS Outlook, Teams
Business Analyst
WCG CLINICAL
12.2021 - 05.2022
- Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
- Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items.
- Collaborated with Product Owners, development team to capture and align business requirements with customer needs and project scope.
- Proactively identified key resource constraints, deadlines, and dependencies; created comprehensive project plans, including scheduling and forecasting, to ensure efficient resource allocation and mitigate risks to timely project completion.
- Supported the Product Manager in monitoring project progress and status using MS Project, and tracked business requirements in Aha to ensure alignment with release plans, adapting to changes as directed by the development team.
- Developed detailed use cases using UML, mapped existing processes, identified system gaps, and created functional requirements documentation (FRD) to guide development.
- Created flow charts with Visio and maintained necessary documentation in Confluence, streamlining communication and documentation processes.
- Demonstrated proficiency in requirements/change management and gap analysis, ensuring project deliverables met business objectives.
- Stack: JIRA, Confluence, Helix, MS office, Share Point, Aha, Visio
Project Manager
RELIANCE RETAIL
03.2016 - 09.2016
- Led retail initiatives by translating sales insights into prioritized delivery plans, improving decision-making through trend analysis, forecasting governance, and performance tracking against targets.
- Monitor sales performance against goals/quotas, identify risks early, and drive corrective actions i.e., promo adjustments, replenishment changes, assortment swaps, pricing updates.
- Reduced promo execution defects by 10%.
- Developing floor plans for new stores, planning the display of the merchandise.
- Analyzed previous season's sales and report on current season's lines.
- Stack: Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint
Project Manager
REGIS INFOTECH
06.2013 - 06.2014
- Led cross-functional execution by aligning priorities across marketing campaigns, engineering delivery, and business goals; communicate milestones, blockers, and decisions on a regular cadence.
- Analyzed current and historical sales data to identify trends, patterns, sales opportunities, and areas for improvement. This can include analyzing previous season's sales and reporting on current season's lines.
- Identify workflow gaps and issues, propose solutions, and drive alignment across stakeholders on the target-state approach.
- Established recurring performance reviews (weekly business review) with clear action items, owners, due dates, and measurable outcomes.
- Stack: Word, Excel, JIRA, Confluence
Education
MBA -
ITM
01-2016
Bachelors - ECE
SRKIT
01-2013
Skills
- Data analysis
- Requirements gathering
- Team collaboration
- Microsoft Office Suite
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Timeline
Business Analyst
Apple
11.2025 - 04.2026
Business Analyst | Scrum Master
NTT DATA
03.2023 - 10.2024
Business Analyst
WCG CLINICAL
12.2021 - 05.2022
Project Manager
RELIANCE RETAIL
03.2016 - 09.2016
Project Manager
REGIS INFOTECH
06.2013 - 06.2014
Bachelors - ECE
SRKIT
MBA -
ITM