Azadeh Izad, Mba Email & Phone Number

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Led cross-functional teams, ensuring the development and delivery of multiple products with high-quality outcomes, meeting deadlines, and budget constraints within a globally distributed team across different time zones.Developed and communicated a compelling product vision and strategy, aligning with the business objectives of internal and external stakeholders, while maintaining a feasible and accurate roadmap.Defined user stories, acceptance criteria, and UI mockups, actively participating in technical design reviews to ensure project goals were met.Collaborated with product management, software developers, UI/UX experts, architects, and product stakeholders to define requirements and ensure alignment with overarching business objectives.Managed project risks effectively, implementing mitigation strategies, monitoring progress, and providing regular status updates to senior leadership to enable informed decision-making.Successfully led the migration of on-premises databases to the Azure cloud, working with a cross-functional team across multiple geographical locations.Leveraged data analysis skills using SQL, Excel, and Qlik to extract actionable insights for process improvements, contributing to ongoing enhancements.

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Worked as an Agile business analyst and product manager for an engineering enterprise application, leading a distributed development team to successfully deliver a high-quality web application in 2-week sprints.Actively participated in requirements gathering sessions with subject matter experts to capture and understand stakeholder needs.Defined a comprehensive product vision, roadmap, user stories, and workflows to address stakeholder requirements, enhancements, and change requests effectively.Utilized Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) to define and analyze business processes, recommending efficiency improvements from the "As-Is" state to the "To-Be" state.Managed and prioritized the product backlog using the MoSCoW Method and employed story mapping in Jira for efficient project tracking.Led and coordinated an offshore development team, overseeing design and solution reviews to ensure alignment with project goals.Created user interface wireframes (prototypes) and presentations to gather feedback from stakeholders and refine the user experience.Developed test cases and supervised business requirements through functional and user acceptance testing, ensuring the application met quality standards.Wrote release notes and user manuals, conducted training sessions, and provided support to stakeholders across various time zones.Significantly enhanced project efficiency by transitioning from semi-annual software releases to a bi-weekly release cycle, resulting in a clear definition of project completion criteria.

Vancouver, Canada Area

As a product owner, spearheaded the development of a Blockchain-Secured Event Management solution, implementing Scrum best practices to successfully deliver features according to the product roadmap.Conducted comprehensive market research and competitor analysis, preparing a robust business case and a well-defined product roadmap to guide project development.Elicited detailed functional requirements, formulated user stories, and established acceptance criteria to ensure precise project specifications.Maintained the product backlog continuously, ensuring that all items were clearly described, estimated, and prioritized to align with project goals.Facilitated sprint planning meetings utilizing poker planning and story point allocation to optimize resource allocation and project planning.Played a pivotal role in designing UI wireframes using Balsamiq and actively participated in evaluating user experience for both web and mobile platforms, ensuring an intuitive and user-friendly interface.Demonstrated strong leadership and mentoring skills by guiding and supervising junior business analysts throughout their mentorship plan, facilitating their professional growth and development.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Conducted in-depth analysis of business processes, translating customer requirements into essential product features for a Distribution System.Developed detailed User Stories and acceptance criteria that were rooted in stakeholder needs, ensuring alignment with project objectives.Crafted a comprehensive Test Plan and Test Cases, facilitating thorough testing processes to guarantee product quality and functionality.

Iran

Conducted business analysis and effectively managed the product backlog for the Loan Origination application developed for the National Bank of Iran.Collaborated closely with developers and project customers within an agile environment, employing the SCRUM approach to ensure successful project execution.Led and directed system testing efforts, including the design of test cases, decision tables, and SQL queries for thorough database testing.Utilized JIRA to report and analyze software defects, working collaboratively with the development team to address and resolve any identified issues.

Iran

Proficiently collected and documented business requirements for a Learning Management System, conducting information-gathering sessions with subject matter experts to ensure a comprehensive understanding of project needs.Assumed the role of business analyst, responsible for meticulously documenting business requirements and producing Use Case Specification documents under the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) framework.Actively developed the system testing process, which included designing test cases and diligently creating bug reports to maintain product quality and functionality.

Iran

Skillfully elicited the requirements for a CRM system through the utilization of an iterative methodology (Rational Unified Process - RUP) and employed Use Case and UML diagrams to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the project's needs.Collaborated closely with the Quality Management director to create compelling presentations, conducted market analysis, and monitored industry trends, contributing to informed decision-making and strategic planning.Conducted in-depth analysis of existing business processes, effectively identifying workflow improvements and automation opportunities to enhance operational efficiency.

Iran

Skillfully elicited user requirements for the Integrated Marine System designed for the Port & Maritime Organization of Iran, preparing detailed Use Case Specification documents following the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) framework and utilizing UML diagrams.Produced comprehensive documentation, including Business Rules documents, Activity Diagrams, Data Models, and User Interface prototypes, to guide the development of the Integrated Marine System.Demonstrated proficiency in both desktop and web programming, utilizing C# and ASP.NET, and managing data with SQL Server, contributing to the successful implementation of the system.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Software Engineering

Software Development With Scrum

Quality Assurance And Software Testing