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BusinessAnalyst

Gokulraju Gopalakrishnan

Business Analyst
Chennai

Summary

Diligent Business Analyst offering 7+ years of success in product roadmap development, market research and data analysis. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize revenue. Driven and strategic with proven history of superior market penetration and product launch.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
Certificates
2
2
Languages

Work History

Business Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
06.2017 - Current
  • Managed product roadmap, drove prioritization, and managed stakeholders to deliver first-class projects at global scale
  • Led team of 9 Developers and 3 Testers in developing utility to perform Due Diligence during the deal acquisition process, thereby reducing the organization's loss by $100mn; received multiple accolades from the senior management (e.g., Global Head and AVP) for delivering the utility on time and within budget during the Iteration period
  • Assisted the stakeholders in delivering the stated milestones during the iteration and with a reduced workforce
  • Researched and built dashboards with deal status, conclusions, and historical data to reduce the 45 man-hours a month; utilized by 30+ senior management of the organization
  • Led project to migrate the manual scanning of the Statement of Work (SOW) documents to system-driven scanning using AI/ML solutions and generate Insights for the deals
  • Worked parallel on an external project to develop the aforementioned AI/ML solution, with a different objective; developing two utilities with the same headcount; hence saving 50% of the allocated budget
  • Created end-user training manuals for 50+ employees within the vertical on how to use the latest technology products
  • Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
  • Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.

Junior Business Analyst

Ugam Solutions
Coimbatore
07.2015 - 12.2016
  • Provided support to the Product Managers, defined requirements, and designed optimized processes to drive the successful delivery of products
  • Researched competitors to build report of rising trends in cyber-security markets.
  • Analyzed three-year data available in the application and proposed an effective way to capture the data, which has saved around 1 hour of work per week
  • Collaborated with developers and product management team to assess project outcomes and prioritize future app features
  • Assisted Sales, Financial departments and Technical staff to improve client satisfaction.
  • Worked one-on-one with clients to improve application specifications.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Electronics

Karunya University
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
06.2011 - 2015.07

Skills

Strategic planning

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Software

Azure DevOps

MS SQL Server

PowerBI

Tableau

MS Excel

Certification

Certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager

Timeline

CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional

01-2023

Certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager

06-2022

Business Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2017 - Current

Junior Business Analyst

Ugam Solutions
07.2015 - 12.2016

Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Electronics

Karunya University
06.2011 - 2015.07
Gokulraju GopalakrishnanBusiness Analyst