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1. Project description: Performing IT consulting services to develop a platform to improve consumers’ access and experience in healthcare, thereby improving health outcomes and reducing aggregate costs.Role: Product Owner- Defined the scope for PI;- Participated in the discovery phase for new capabilities with Customer and on-shore PMs;- Defined the cross-team dependencies with constant communication with the impacted stream;- Defined and prioritizing the product backlog;- Participatd in release and PI planning (by SAFe);- Hold clarification sessions with Customer;- User Story Acceptance.Distributed teams: 500+ ppl, 12 time zones, 85 cities in 21 countries.2. Project description: Digital Banking Center Of ExcellenceRole: BA- Participated in roadmap development and prioritization;- Analyzed business requirements;- Worked with stakeholders to elicit and clarify project requirements;- Documented product requirements: User Stories, AC, data mapping;- Collected data using Jira and Confluence;- Participated in Demo presentation.3. Project description: EPAM IT Security orchestration platform development.Role: BA- Performed BA activities during Discovery phase;- Requirements elicitation and management;- Requirements documentation (Confluence, Jira);- Change management;- Conducted of estimation sessions;- BA processes setup;- Communicated with the stakeholders;- Reviewed and verified wireframes, coordinated the work of UI/UX designer;- Participated in requirements grooming sessions with UX & UI team / Dev team.Results: - Defined cross-team dependencies, facilitating seamless communication between impacted streams and ensuring synchronized progress.- Led release and PI planning sessions following SAFe principles, enabling efficient resource allocation and timely feature delivery.- Rollout Enterprise Web Solution.

Project description: online casino software. Role: BA/ Proxy Product Owner- Conducted content analysis according to regulations requirements for Casino games. Maintained the product backlog.- Worked with the components of the web interface: analyzed, and evaluated necessary improvements, joined the preparation of technical documentation with developers.- Engaged in continuous improvement of BA process, development, and reporting processes.Results: - Documented the new SRS.- The game has been shortlisted for ‘Game of the Year’ (2022) at the year’s EGR Operator awards.

Ukraine

Project description: businesses transformation through creating effective digital solutions with the use of innovative technologies.Worked on several projects in parallel in the role of Business analyst with the following responsibilities:- Established requirements lifecycle process from scratch.- Provided pre-sales support to sales team, including discovery workshops and consulting clients on corresponding processes.- Gathered customer needs, prepared user stories, supported software engineers with the implementation tasks. - Created & maintained the product backlog.- Prototyped the project features using mockup tools (Balsamiq, Mockups, Drawio).Results: - Led successful releases for 4 projects.- Established efficient requirements lifecycle process, helped to reduce project initiation time by 50%.

Kyiv City, Ukraine

Project description: R&D development center, generate Artificial Intelligence Technologies, with machine learning & deep learning.Role: BA- Worked with stakeholders to define business needs and goals.- Prioritized and estimated features.- Monitored backlog and task creation according to the requirements. - Performed Acceptance testing.- Reported to CEO about the results of teamwork.

Ministry Of Culture Of Ukraine

Owned/participated in the following processes: - Preparation of analysis of the EU legislation on the definition of "creative industries".- Advising on the development of cultural policy in Ukraine. - Strategic consulting activity.- Participation in internal and inter-institutional consultations.- Coordination of procedures amongst governmental bodies for improved implementation of The European Union-Ukraine Association Agreement.- Analysis of the situation on implementation of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in Ukraine. -Preparation of financial and economic rationale for the minimum list of cultural services guaranteed by the state. Results:- Hold the 1st International Forum "Creative Ukraine".- Successfully passed Performance Review/Performance Evaluation.- Policy recommendations for adapting the European/international experience in Ukraine.

Master'S Degree, European Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, History