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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Business Systems Analyst for the WSILL/Tipasa UI Modernization Project; documented detailed story requirements and process flows in Confluence. Presented product demos and performed manual QA testing.• Used JIRA to create Epics and Stories to manage the product backlog and JIRA scrum board. Organized discussions on estimation.• Engaged with the XD team to review design recommendations for modernizing UI with React and MUI components. Focussed on accessibility and responsive designs. • Performed current state analysis of existing WSILL/Tipasa UI and led requirements discussions for the modern UI with the development team, QA, and product members.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Business Analyst for the Consultant Service Portal Project; developed detailed product requirements and story specifications with wireframes. Organized product demos and performed manual QA testing.• Used JIRA to create Epics and Stories to manage the product backlog and JIRA scrum board.• Documented feature analyses, process flows, and requirements for the scrum development team in Confluence.• Worked on the IT assets budget reconciliation project, creating monthly financial reports in Excel. • Performed analysis for the insurance policy auto-renewal project; collaborated with internal, cross-functional teams, Stakeholders, and SMEs to analyze the project's needs and created detailed requirements.• Analyzed business data & software logs and created reports to track the progress of the auto-renewal project.• Scrum Master for the Consultant Service Portal Project; responsibility for 200+ people (15 teams); constantly collaborated with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and SMEs.• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, tracked and estimated team velocity, removed impediments, held team accountable to Agile best practices and took the lead on implementing retrospective action items.• Worked closely with the Product Owner to refine and add detail; gave the Product Owner clarification on technical requirements and provided story points estimation/sizing. • Followed Agile Scrum best practices to plan and manage development and worked towards incrementally delivering software.• Coached, mentored, and supported scrum teams to follow Agile values, principles, and practices.

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

• Assisted in teaching and research for two Undergraduate courses. Used Desire2Learn (D2L) platform to manage course materials and communicate with students.• Graded assignments and exam papers and provided feedback to the students; collated marks in the D2L platform.• Organized and facilitated Zoom classes for students and the Professor.• Used iPad and GoPro to capture outdoor lectures and activities; optimised video recordings before publication.• Assisted supervisor in research, literature review and citation, and transcription of articles.

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Founded a food-manufacturing company focused on healthy, nutritious vegan products; the business was developed from the ground up. • Played an active role in every aspect of the business, including the company’s set-up, product development, retail packaging design, sales, and marketing. Managed a team of sales & marketing associates, and bakers.• Planned, directed, managed, and evaluated the operations of wholesale and retail sales.• Performed operational tasks central to running the business, including scheduling, budgeting, accounting, and resource management.• Consulted with stakeholders to develop and implement market strategies focused on customer needs and calibrated the products based on market response.• Operated Kanban boards to manage inventory and production runs to maintain just-in-time supply and quality standards.

St John’S, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Taught basic and advanced concepts of Biology.• Demonstrated live examples and held laboratory experiments. • Assessed students’ strengths and weaknesses; and assisted them as required.• Marked students’ laboratory reports, assignments, midterms and finals examinations for Biology and assisted in exam invigilation.

St John’S, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Conducted observations of student attendance and engagement, using Reformed Teaching Observation Protocols (RTOP), in undergraduate courses from various disciplines and produced reports.• Coordinated schedules and duties of three other graduate research assistants.• Assisted with collecting data through surveys and focus groups and analyzed data from classroom observation.

Colchester, England, United Kingdom

• Conducted analysis to identify block shift and misplacements errors in multiple sequence alignment.• Analysed multiple sequence alignments to illustrate the types of errors and the error rate.• Applied exemplary attention to detail while analyzing results leading to the publication of the article.

Master Of Education - Med, Educational Studies, Cumulative Gpa: 86.6

Learned to serve a community by mediating, negotiating, and managing links between educational research and applied settings. In addition.

Doctor Of Science, Biology, 3.20

Activities and Societies: 1) Residence Representative 2) Volunteer Let's Talk ScienceResearch Topic: "Functional characterization.

Master Of Science - Ms, Molecular Medicine, 3.76

Activities and Societies: 1) Secretary and Program Coordinator 2) Directed and participated in a play on plagiarism for first-year.

Advanced Post Graduate Diploma In Bioinformatics

Focus on practical aspects and building on theory. Project: Assisted in a team-based project titled “Studies on the gene responsible.

Master Of Science - Ms, Bioinformatics, 3.88

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Microbiology, General

Activities and Societies: Drama