Stephen Koranteng
Summary
Detail-oriented Business Analyst professional who helps organizations improve their processes by analyzing business data and identifying trends and opportunities for improvement. With excellent communication, interpersonal and creative thinking skills. Aiming to leverage my abilities to successfully fill the vacancy at your company. Frequently praised as hardworking by my peers, I can be relied upon to help your company achieve its goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Analyst
Associated Test Laboratory
07.2016 - Current
- Engaged with my stakeholders to understand their needs and translated those needs into clear and concise requirements
- Collaborated and coordinated multiple teams, tracking project progress, and ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
- Supported initiatives that focused on meeting and growing business needs.
- Presented findings and recommendations to stakeholders in the form of reports, presentations, or other deliverables.
- Tracked change order requests and financial impact on project.
- Based on the business plan analysis, I recommended changes to business processes, systems, or policies to address identified problems or opportunities.
- Used data analysis and other techniques to identify areas where an organization can improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase profitability.
- Utilized various business intelligence tools to identify and monitor current and potential customers
- Documented specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports and dashboards.
Quality Assurance Analyst
CTI Consultants INC, Chantilly
07.2011 - 03.2016
- Translated business requirements into test requirements.
- Analyzed and reviewed the requirements for a software project to ensure that they are complete and accurate.
- Analyzed functional and technical specifications to develop test plans, scenarios and test cases
- Created a detail plan for testing the software to ensure that it meets the necessary requirements and is free of defects.
- Carried out the tests outlined in the test plan, either manually or using automated testing tools.
- Documented all the defects found during testing and work with the development team to resolve them.
- Wrote technical reports and documentation, such as deviation reports, testing protocols and trend analyses.
- Evaluated new technologies and methods to make recommendations regarding use
Agile Scrum Master
CTI Consultants INC | Chantilly
05.2007 - 03.2011
- Conducted review meetings with end-users to gather and document business needs and translate into functional requirement documents.
- helped my team plan and prioritize work for the upcoming sprints and facilitated the creation of the sprint backlog and helping my team define clear, achievable goals.
- Protected the team from external distractions and disruptions that might prevent them from getting work done
- Organized Scrum processes by facilitating ceremonies such as sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospectives.
- Resolved impediments preventing agile team from employing agile and lean processes
- Utilized feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity and monitor progress against commitments
- Coached teams on agile and lean principles and practices, increasing agile maturity and self-organization. • Performed risk assessments to develop response strategies.
- Assigned duties, responsibilities and spans of authority to project personnel
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA06.2011
Skills
- Requirements Analysis
- Test Plans and Cases
- User Expectations
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Atlassian JIRA
- Program Testing
- Acceptance Criteria
- Requirements Definition
- Functional Improvements
- Stress Tolerance
- Oracle
- Business Intelligence
- MySQL
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
- CompTIA Security+
- Oracle cloud Infrastructure Certified foundations Associate
- Third-Party Risk Management ( Onetrust)
professional membership
- Information Systems Audit And Control Association (ISACA)
- International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2)
soft skills and related proficiencies
- Critical thinker
- Presentation Skills
- Problem Solving
Timeline
Business Analyst
Associated Test Laboratory
07.2016 - Current
Quality Assurance Analyst
CTI Consultants INC, Chantilly
07.2011 - 03.2016
Agile Scrum Master
CTI Consultants INC | Chantilly
05.2007 - 03.2011
Bachelor of Science - Finance
George Mason University
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
- CompTIA Security+
- Oracle cloud Infrastructure Certified foundations Associate
- Third-Party Risk Management ( Onetrust)
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