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Prashant Katrabad

Prashant Katrabad

Lead Business Analyst| Product Owner
Pune

Summary

Results-driven and strategically minded MBA professional with 11 years of experience in Business Analysis, Product Ownership, and IT Product Management across multiple domains, including Banking & Financial Services (BFSI), Retail/CPG-FMCG, Media, and Strategic Consulting. Currently working as a Lead Business Analyst/Product Owner at UBS (formerly Credit Suisse), leading cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical products that drive measurable outcomes and organizational growth.

Demonstrated ability to align business goals with technical solutions, leveraging agile frameworks and customer-centric approaches. Adept in managing end-to-end product lifecycles, gathering and translating complex requirements, and driving prioritization to ensure timely delivery.

Key strengths include:

6+ years of onsite/client-facing solutioning and consulting experience

Proven stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration

Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills

Adaptable and resilient in fast-paced, evolving business environments

Recognitions & Achievements:

Business Excellence Award – Brand Slam 2019, Indira Group of Institutes

Best New Employee – Ivy Mobility, 2018

Team of the Year & Project of the Year – Media Micro-Scheduling project (M-Net), Nihilent Technologies, 2015

Committed to fostering innovation and operational excellence while continuing to evolve as a strategic leader through mentorship, experiential learning, and continuous development.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4040
4040
years of post-secondary education
8
8
Certifications
4
4
Languages

Work History

Product Owner/ Lead Business Analyst

COFORGE
Pune
01.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Client UBS AG Bank (Ex - Credit Sussie bank)
  • As Product Owner & Lead Business Analyst, manage workflows and processes for Compliance & Risk, Fraud Detection, and Suspicious Activity Reporting within the bank.
  • Key responsibilities include backlog management, prioritization using MoSCoW and RICE, and roadmap ownership, ensuring alignment with stakeholder needs.
  • Compliance workflow requires, gathering requirement from internal stakeholder to evolve the existing workflows and processes with latest Marco and Micro changes.
  • Accomplishments: Project Delivery for Internal Stakeholders
  • Managed end to end devlopment of a suspicious activity reporting workflow to streamline regulatory compliance, leveraging AI/ML for pattern detection.
  • Defined and managed Epics, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria for fraud detection enhancements, using Agile practices and SAFe methodologies.
  • Conducted Agile story pointing sessions for sprint planning and prioritization.

Senior Product Business Analyst

Convoso Inc
Pune
07.2021 - 01.2022
  • Company Overview: A product-focused firm specializing in AI-driven call centre optimization
  • Worked closely with Customer Success and Product teams to translate requirements into actionable deliverables, applying Agile and backlog refinement techniques.
  • Area - AI based IVR system - a system designed and thought to help eliminate first level of service requirements for call centre operations.
  • A product-focused firm specializing in AI-driven call centre optimization
  • Accomplishments:
  • Delivered an AI-based IVR system for an international client, significantly improving call center first response efficiency through automated workflows.
  • Created and maintained detailed user stories and requirements for development teams, integrating customer feedback for iterative improvements.

Product Owner / Solution Consultant

Ivy Mobility
Mumbai/Pune
01.2018 - 07.2021
  • Company Overview: A Product Company which deals in E-commerce, Distribution Management Systems and Sales force SaaS Applications
  • Responsible for designing solutions for E-commerce and Distribution Management Systems.
  • Engaged in backlog grooming, prioritizing using stack ranking, and client onboarding through UAT and training sessions for web and mobile applications.
  • A Product Company which deals in E-commerce, Distribution Management Systems and Sales force SaaS Applications
  • Accomplishments: Project Delivered
  • Implemented Distribution Management System & E-commerce applications for a leading global Agriculture brand across ASEAN Market (Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand & Malaysia).
  • Implemented the Ivy Sales force App for Sellers & Merchandiser for leading global FMCG brand specialising in baby products category across multiple markets (Egypt, Dubai & Thailand).
  • Ivy Salesforce Application, E-commerce, Marketplace, E-commerce & Distributor Management System on AWS & SFDC platform for global leader in Beverages & Snacks in Oman.
  • Train customers in the use and optimization of the Ecommerce and Marketplace platform and the onboarding new users.
  • Leading a team of business analyst to cater projects across APC & AMEA region.

Business Analyst

Optymyze India
Pune
07.2016 - 01.2018
  • Company Overview: Sales Compensation and Incentive Management
  • Optymyze helps organization with large sales force Sales and Incentive Compensation a PaaS application on daily basis with a Proprietary tool.
  • Focused on Sales Compensation and Incentive Management as part of a PaaS application.
  • Conducted data analysis, requirement gathering, and backlog prioritization for customizations to optimize payroll and incentive processes.
  • Sales Compensation and Incentive Management
  • Accomplishments:
  • Supported McKesson in managing monthly sales data, optimizing incentive models.
  • Customized and deployed an incentive compensation tool for Charter Communications.

Business Analyst/Associate Consultant

Nihilent Technologies
Pune
03.2014 - 06.2016
  • Company Overview: A consulting firm providing IT and consulting services across sectors.
  • Worked in the Enterprise Transformation Group at Nihilent, a consulting firm providing IT and consulting services across sectors.
  • Focused on change initiatives to enhance client organizational competencies.
  • A consulting firm providing IT and consulting services across sectors.
  • Accomplishments:
  • Developed 15 business cases for project selection at SANBS, a leading blood bank in South Africa.
  • Established a Prince2 and BABOK-based PMO office, deploying Agile/Waterfall practices and a talent management framework at SANBS.
  • Assisted in Electronic Program Guide assessment for M-Net, optimizing media workflows.
  • Supported the deployment of a critical micro-scheduling system for M-Net, streamlining budgeting, acquisition, and broadcasting.

Education

MBA - Marketing

University of Pune
Pune
04.2001 - 01.2021

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer

University of Pune
Pune
06-2012

Diploma - Computer

MSBTE
Pune
06.2008

Skills

  • Business Analysis

Business Cases

  • Requirements Gathering

  • Requirements Analysis

  • User Acceptance Testing

  • Business Process Mapping

Agile/Scrum/Kanban/SDLC

Business Process Mapping

Problem solving/Analytical Thinking

Product Management

Product Backlog management

Roadmap development

Product lifecycle management

Release planning

Design thinking

Feature prioritization

Product metrics tracking

Certification

CBAP

Personal Information

  • Total Experience: MBA professional with 10+ years of experience currently working as a PO/Lead Business Analyst at UBS (Ex-Credit Sussie)
  • Date of Birth: 12/01/87

Interests

Reeading Books, Movies, Chess

Reading Books , Movies

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Timeline

Product Owner/ Lead Business Analyst

COFORGE
01.2022 - Current

Senior Product Business Analyst

Convoso Inc
07.2021 - 01.2022

Product Owner / Solution Consultant

Ivy Mobility
01.2018 - 07.2021

Business Analyst

Optymyze India
07.2016 - 01.2018

Business Analyst/Associate Consultant

Nihilent Technologies
03.2014 - 06.2016

MBA - Marketing

University of Pune
04.2001 - 01.2021

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer

University of Pune

Diploma - Computer

MSBTE
Prashant KatrabadLead Business Analyst| Product Owner