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Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

- Stakeholder Communication and Collaboration: Engaged with key stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals and progress, leading to a significant improvement in communication and smoother project execution.- Key Documentations: Developed and maintained RACI charts, Business Requirements Documents, Project Plans, and Status Reports, leading to clearer project roles and responsibilities, better alignment on requirements, and improved project tracking and communication.- Progress Tracking and Performance Monitoring: Enhanced project transparency by 80%, using advanced tracking tools, which significantly improved project visibility and stakeholder alignment.- Agile/Scrum Facilitation and Process Optimization: Facilitated Agile/Scrum processes and prioritized backlogs, increasing sprint completion rates by 35%.- Dashboard Development and Data Visualization: Created dashboards that significantly enhanced reporting efficiency and decision-making by 60%.- Change Control Board (CCB) Leadership: Co-led Change Control Board processes, which improved project consistency by 15% and streamlined change integration, leading to more stable project outcomes and reduced rework.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

- Excel Proficiency: Completed hands-on projects using advanced Excel functions such as pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data validation, and macros to analyze data, generate reports, and support business decision-making. - Agile Methodologies: Participated in scored Agile projects, applying Scrum and Kanban frameworks in real-world simulations, including sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and retrospectives to improve team performance and deliver successful outcomes. - SDLC Knowledge: Gained hands-on experience across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases through scored projects, contributing to requirements gathering, system design, development, testing, and deployment of applications. - Project Management: Completed a practical project management assignment, which was scored, involving scheduling, resource management, risk analysis, and progress tracking to ensure on-time and within-budget project delivery. - Scrum Master Role: Shadowed a certified Scrum Master during scored projects, learning to lead sprint ceremonies, manage backlogs, resolve impediments, and facilitate cross-functional team collaboration. - Finance Knowledge (Stocks, Bonds, Options): Completed finance-related courses and a scored hands-on project, applying knowledge of stocks, bonds, and options in portfolio management, risk assessment, and financial planning scenarios. - Power BI Expertise: Delivered scored projects using Power BI, creating interactive dashboards and data visualizations that supported decision-making and performance tracking for business stakeholders. - Business Analysis Skills: Participated in scored business analysis projects, conducting stakeholder interviews, requirements elicitation, process mapping, and developing BRDs and user stories that aligned with project objectives.

Houston, Texas, United States

- Played a pivotal role in optimizing the forecast and production planning process, establishing a comprehensive framework to develop and implement a practical production plan that optimized the entire value chain.- Collaborated with Product Owners (PO) and Project Managers (PM) to effectively deliver on the product vision within the FPP (Feature Planning and Prioritization) process area.- As part of creating roadmaps to optimize capabilities, I identified and proposed the best solutions tailored to address specific challenges and goals. These solutions included a combination of process improvements, and technology enhancements, which drove maximum efficiency and value.- Re-conceptualized tools and processes to transform the business planning and scheduling.- Developed a streamlined test case format that enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in the testing process.- Co-created visually appealing and informative “Project on a Page” documents, condensing complex project information for easy comprehension.

Houston, Texas, United States

- Took the lead in designing and updating the landing page of the AI team on our internal website, ensuring a visually appealing and user-friendly interface for showcasing team information and resources.- Collaborated with project stakeholders to develop comprehensive AI Ethics training materials, ensuring awareness and understanding of ethical considerations within the project.- Optimised and consolidated project information on Salesforce tools like iTeM, GTR and Digital Funnel, leading to enhanced progress tracking during fiscal quarters.- Maintained meticulous tracking, updating, and reporting of project Delve scrum activities, ensuring transparency and accountability throughout the process.- Successfully migrated multiple projects into a centralized location in SharePoint, streamlining tracking and facilitating easy access at the organizational level.

Remote

- Created comprehensive business and functional requirement documents/user stories in Rally, capturing detailed specifications for Change Requests and Enhancements.- Effectively translated business needs into clear and concise specifications, ensuring a consistent understanding among clients, designers, and testers.- Conducted reverse engineering tasks to address situations where the software documentation was outdated or insufficient.- Developed a robust Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) mapping, ensuring a strong link between project requirements and various stages of development and testing.- Designed visually engaging and informative process flow diagrams that effectively depicted the sequential steps and interactions within diverse processes.

Mba, Management Information Systems, General

Studied Business Management in Information System

Degree: Bachelors, Accounting And Finance

Social services, Old age home services through National Seva Samaj organization