Kalhastri Soma
Summary
Business Analyst with 3+ years of experience delivering Agile solutions across Automotive (Infotainment, RTOS, Cluster systems) and CRM enterprise platforms. Strong expertise in EPIC analysis, user story breakdown, Agile ceremonies, sprint execution, and cross-functional coordination. Proven ability to ensure successful sprint closures with Product Owner sign-off, maintain traceability, and support quality releases through close collaboration with development and QA teams. Experienced in working with global stakeholders and driving continuous improvement.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AGILE BUSINESS ANALYST & SCRUM MASTER
People Tech Group
Hyderabad
05.2023 - Current
- Supporting Agile delivery for Automotive Infotainment, RTOS, and Cluster software across multiple GM brands.
- Analyzing EPICs and Features, breaking them down into well-defined user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
- Facilitating Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Coordinating with Product Owners, development, and QA teams to track progress and ensure timely sprint commitments.
- Monitoring sprint execution, identifying risks and dependencies, and proactively removing blockers.
- Overseeing testing and validation activities on hardware and vehicle platforms, ensuring compliance with quality standards.
- Preparing and maintaining BRDs, FRDs, functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and test cases.
- Ensuring sprint closure only after formal Product Owner sign-off, maintaining delivery transparency and audit readiness.
Jr. BUSINESS ANALYST
CBIZSOFT INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Hyderabad
01.2022 - 02.2023
- Gathered and analyzed business requirements for the mobile CRM application, improving usability and user workflows.
- Collaborated with development and QA teams to coordinate testing and ensure defect-free releases.
- Analyzed user activity patterns to optimize application performance, navigation speed, and load times.
- Assisted in sprint execution, tracked progress, and supported resolution of delivery blockers.
- Created user stories, and test cases to support development and validation.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Swami Vivekananda Technical University
05-2021
Bachelor of Commerce -
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya
05-2019
Skills
- Requirement Gathering
- EPIC, Feature & User Story Analysis
- Agile & Scrum Methodologies
- Stakeholder Management
- Sprint Planning & Delivery Tracking
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Process Optimization & Gap Analysis
- Risk Analysis & Problem Solving
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Wireframes & Mockups
- Microsoft Office
- SQL (Learning)
- Python (Learning)
Certification
Professional Scrum Product Owner I
Certificate | Scrum.org
Generative AI Course for Product Owner & Product Manager
Currently expanding skills in SQL and Python for data analytics applications
Timeline
AGILE BUSINESS ANALYST & SCRUM MASTER
People Tech Group
05.2023 - Current
Jr. BUSINESS ANALYST
CBIZSOFT INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
01.2022 - 02.2023
Master of Business Administration -
Swami Vivekananda Technical University
Bachelor of Commerce -
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya