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Krishna prakash Kumar

Krishna prakash Kumar

Product Owner & Lead Business Analyst
Chennai,TN

Summary

  • 16 years of experience spearheading digital transformation initiatives through business analysis and effective product ownership.
  • Collaborated with diverse clients in the healthcare (US), e-publishing (UK), and education (Middle East) sectors, providing tailored solutions.
  • Domain knowledge in education, e-commerce, health insurance, banking, and e-publishing, enabling strategic insights.
  • Expertise in Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, leads cross-functional teams to deliver solutions.
  • Defined vision, strategy, and roadmaps within Agile frameworks, aligning with business goals and market demands.
  • Managed product backlogs, prioritized features, and guided Agile teams through sprint cycles as a dedicated Scrum Master.
  • Conducted thorough sprint reviews and retrospectives, driving iterative enhancements for continuous product improvement.
  • Effectively managed multiple business analyst resources within projects, fostering their growth and ensuring project success.
  • Collaborated closely with clients and stakeholders to define product roadmaps, features, and functionality aligned with business goals and user needs.
  • Conducted dynamic brainstorming sessions to define detailed user stories and product designs, ensuring clear understanding and alignment of requirements.
  • Experienced in business analysis techniques and tools like Visio, Draw.io, Pencil, Axure, Figma, and Balsamic for comprehensive functionality, use cases, and process flows.
  • Demonstrated exceptional technical writing skills through BRDs, use case specifications, user stories, and FSDs.
  • Leveraged artificial intelligence to develop functionalities, utilizing services like OpenAI and DALL-E.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
2
2
Certificates

Work History

Product Owner

Aspire Systems
1 2022 - Current

Educational Domain: Web, Mobile and Tab platform

As a product owner, I led the digital transformation of numerous legacy educational systems, guiding them towards a unified platform from the initial discovery phase through to full implementation across multiple curriculum schools.

Discovery Phase

  • Thoroughly documented the existing legacy system processes, encompassing features, functionalities, and data dependencies.
  • Engaged in extensive research by collaborating with educational institutions to gain insights into current challenges.
  • Presented a comprehensive gap analysis, identified improvement opportunities, and conceptualized future processes for stakeholders.

Requirement Phase

  • Created a detailed product backlog with Epics and high-level user stories aligned with milestones (MVP).
  • Facilitated backlog prioritization meetings, developed detailed user stories and wireframes, and presented them to product stakeholders and SMEs.
  • Ensured educational institutions were consistently updated about the unified platform, new features, and design enhancements.
  • Proactively crafted user stories with review and signoff, ensuring their availability two sprints ahead and accommodating changes in business priorities.
  • Conducted workshop sessions for the Sprint team to discuss technical solutions and Sprint planning.
  • Conducted thorough test case reviews and implemented the necessary amendments.
  • Played a pivotal role in solution discussions with architects and development teams.
  • Facilitated cross-functional collaboration to address technical and functional dependencies.
  • Conducted thorough research to gather requirements for each new module, transferring them to the product backlog for implementation.

Implementation Phase

  • Conducted functional reviews for every sprint deliverable and conducted demos with stakeholders and SMEs.
  • Facilitated the UAT group in executing user acceptance testing and meticulously tracked the reviews in the product backlog.
  • Conducted sanity testing in the production environment for each sprint deliverable.
  • Showcased new features and enhancements through demos with educational institutions.

Lead Business Analyst

Aspire Systems
8 2019 - 12.2021

Health Care Products-Web App

  • As a Lead Business Analyst, I implemented the Agile process for requirement management on a long-standing healthcare product requiring enhancements and new features.
  • I played a pivotal role in customizing the requirements, conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and provided training sessions for clients as part of the new implementation.

Mobile Banking App (hybrid) Product

  • As a Lead Business Analyst, I led the requirements for a multi-platform banking application by transforming the web application requirements to a mobile platform.


Lead Consultant

GAVS Technologies
10.2014 - 8 2019

E-Publishing: CMS-Web & Mobile App

  • As a Business Analyst and Proxy Product Owner, I operated as an independent contributor and led a team of Business Analysts for a significant digital transformation project. Collaborating directly with stakeholders from diverse geographic locations, such as the US, UK, and Mexico,
  • I played a crucial role in formulating product roadmaps. I meticulously analyzed and standardized requirements within established legacy systems, effectively overseeing the creation of product backlogs, epics, and user stories to ensure project success.

Associate Project Manager

Elite Software Solutionss
10.2011 - 09.2014

CMS, E-commerce, and Education : Open Source Web App

  • As an experienced Business Analyst and Project Manager, I have a proven track record of leveraging open-source platforms like Joomla, Moodle, Magento, and WordPress to enhance existing capabilities and develop customized solutions. I am proficient in implementing Content Management Systems (CMS) and E-commerce systems within web-based applications. My expertise lies in seamlessly integrating these tools to deliver comprehensive and tailored solutions that meet client requirements.

Business Analyst

Ellaar Infotek
08.2008 - 9 2011

Education, E-commerce, E-publishing and Telecom : Web App

  • As an independent contributor, I excelled in understanding and meeting complex requirements, creating documents, workflows, user journeys, basic wireframes, and use cases across various industries like telecommunications, e-commerce, e-publishing, and government projects (TAHDCO).

Officer - RAPG Operations

ICICI Bank ltd
07.2004 - 06.2008

Retail Asset Operation (RAPG)

  • Managed centralized retail asset operations in the Pondicherry region, supervising the verification, processing, and distribution of various consumer loans.

Education

Professional Certificate Programme - Product Management

Indian Institute of Management
Kozhikode, India
04.2001 -

Master's Certificate in Business Analysis - Business Analysis

George Washington University
United States
04.2001 -

MBA - Information Technology Project Management

National Institute of Business Management
Chennai, India
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Cost Accounts

Annamalai University
Chidambaram, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Product Development

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Telugu
Intermediate (B1)

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCareer advancement

Interests

Sports

Travel

Drawing & Painting

Astrology

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Certification

Masters in Business Analysis

Timeline

Certified Professional in Product Management

02-2025

Masters in Business Analysis

01-2015

Lead Consultant

GAVS Technologies
10.2014 - 8 2019

Associate Project Manager

Elite Software Solutionss
10.2011 - 09.2014

Business Analyst

Ellaar Infotek
08.2008 - 9 2011

Officer - RAPG Operations

ICICI Bank ltd
07.2004 - 06.2008

Professional Certificate Programme - Product Management

Indian Institute of Management
04.2001 -

Master's Certificate in Business Analysis - Business Analysis

George Washington University
04.2001 -

MBA - Information Technology Project Management

National Institute of Business Management
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Cost Accounts

Annamalai University
04.2001 -

Product Owner

Aspire Systems
1 2022 - Current

Lead Business Analyst

Aspire Systems
8 2019 - 12.2021
Krishna prakash KumarProduct Owner & Lead Business Analyst