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Barcelona, Ct, Es

Linking out-of-the-box capabilities to business requirements for small to large clientsConsulting Clients for • Project Life Cycle Management (Project/Program Management)• Data Integration• Software Development and Life Cycle• Data and tech framework• Agile (Scrum and other frameworks)• Websites and App development and release• Digital Adoption plans

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ca

Led the Rail and Marine Tracking project at Nutrien, overseeing cross-functional teams in operations, IT, design, and QA.Applied Agile and Kanban methodologies to manage the product backlog and development process, ensuring alignment with business requirements.Enhanced client satisfaction by proactively addressing needs, conducting iterative product evaluations, and fostering strong stakeholder relationships.Directed a diverse team of 18 professionals in design, development, and QA; performed UAT testing and secured project sign-offs.Facilitated stakeholder engagement, resolving queries and integrating feedback, while delivering targeted training to enhance project understanding.Managed risk and change effectively, coordinating stakeholder involvement and mitigating potential disruptions during transitional phases.Utilized tools like JIRA and Confluence for project management; led a Scrum team of 22, maintaining continuity despite changes in product ownership.Specialized knowledge in transportation and logistics, focusing on rail and marine tracking, freight transportation, and supply chain management.

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

Sector- Government Initiatives• Supporting the City of Guelph for the data as a Utility initiative tied to Smart Cities Vision. (Our Food Future, Developing Canada's first circular food economy)• Advisory and consulting support to develop a Data Utility Governance and Sustainability Framework. Further, supporting expanding and formalizing the data/tech table as an Advisory Body for this work. • Help determine the next data set use case(s) to work on with external partners that will assist in building out the Governance and Sustainability Framework • Architecting the Data Hub solution incorporating ESRI premium hub platform and designing related components and services. • Data analysis and engineering activities concerning the use-cases and user stories. • Project leadership/management support to the smart cities (circular food economy) initiative, planning advisory board meetings, helping conceptualize the work and the work plan, documenting various aspects of the project, and driving the project forward

Guelph, Ontario, Ca

Sector- Food Manufacturing and sustainability• Working on developing User guides for Food Loss and waste Toolkit.• Working with Enginess (Tech Company) to translate the tools (French) and Google translate (API) hybrid solution to finish the project in time and under budget.o End to end solution (website, Dashboard, tools and Reports)• Working with Project Managers to use existing templates and develop an automated solution for manufacturing companies to input data to the system to measure and track KPI’s.• Identifying opportunities and gaps for existing tools. Working with developers to update tools to enhance better user experience. (Food Loss and waste Tool and Facility Self-Assessment)• Providing recommendation on best practice for client data and digital media solution.• Collaborating with the CEO and other consultants for recommendation on changing the pricing model to subscription-based service. Providing the infrastructure and solutions to make the transition.• Recommending improvements in systems and policies around Data storage.• Developing a 5 year plan to scale the IT infrastructure to convert to SaaS business.

Guelph, Ontario, Ca

Sector - Finance and Accounting• SME for Bloomberg Tax Fixed Asset SAAS and helping clients using SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle, and other accounting software to be integrated into Bloomberg Tax's Platform.• Interact with Clients onsite to finalize Business Requirements for the application.• Created the product documentation and Demo to communicate features, benefits, positioning, and impacts to different audiences (Clients from various sectors using the product) and ensured that documentation deliverables from various groups are produced as needed.• Analyse Requirements and created Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams using MS Visio.• Developed detailed BRDs using modeling tools following the SDLC structure.• Conduct JAD sessions for better understanding and refining of requirements in coordination with multiple accounting teams for a Client.• Gather business requirements and convert them into functional requirement specifications and user requirement specifications.• Clarify and prioritize requirements by conducting brainstorming sessions with the stakeholders, developers, and SMEs.Tools Used: Jira, Confluence, Azure Dev Ops, SQL, Balsamiq

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Sector- Trading and FinanceSenior BA responsible to develop the mobile (iOS and Android) and desktop versions of a portfolio management application used by fund managers to perform investment transactions in agile environmentResponsibilities:• Conducted JAD sessions with business area experts, asking detailed questions and carefully recording the requirements that can be reviewed by both business people and the IT development team.• Responsible for creating the User Interface Specifications document for the Mobile app and WAP based on the iOS/Android/Windows platforms. This document is provided to our 3rd party mobile application developer for building out the apps since it defines each view, navigations, modals, alerts, controls, transitions, field edits, API interfaces, error codes and http status codes. • Attended daily PMO Project Review meeting to communicate the status of the project.• Facilitated collection of functional requirements from system users and preparation of business requirement documents.• Assisted with user testing of systems (UAT), developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation is in place.• Create sequence diagrams documenting the flow and sequence of Web Service calls.• Worked closely with the UI design and development team to ensure viability of new features to ensure proper functionalities of the complete system.• Worked with QA team to ensure adequate testing of software both before and after completion.• Conducted UAT testing after System Integrated Testing. • Created UAT test plan, UAT test cases and test scenarios for the Business Process Testing.

Nacogdoches, Tx, Us

Post Graduate Diploma, International Business

Post Graduate Diploma Certificate, Distinction In Leadership

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business/Commerce, General