Azure Devops (TFS)
Smit Parekh
Business Analyst - Product Owner
Mumbai,MH
Summary
Dynamic Business Analyst with a proven track record at Altera Digital Health, excelling in solution management and requirements gathering. Adept at creating user stories and driving project success through effective communication and analytical thinking. Successfully delivered key initiatives, enhancing product quality and operational efficiency while fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Business Analyst - Product Owner
Altera Digital Health
03.2025 - Current
- Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
- Streamlined project management with effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
- Partnered with Solution Managers, Product Managers, and business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into well-defined product backlog items (PBIs) and user stories, using Azure DevOps (TFS).
- Owned end-to-end feature and project delivery, including requirement grooming, sprint planning, development coordination, QA validation, acceptance, demonstrations, and production rollout.
- Acted as the primary liaison between business users, development, QA, support teams (including US support), vendors, and leadership to ensure alignment and timely delivery.
- Led Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, bi-weekly sprint planning, backlog grooming, and weekly Change Control Board (CCB) meetings with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Delivered functional specifications, detailed requirement documents, use cases, and business process workflows to support development and system analysis.
- Monitored and prioritized defects based on severity and business impact, driving resolution through close collaboration with development, QA, and support teams.
- Conducted product demonstrations for stakeholders, gathered feedback, and influenced future product direction.
- Created and maintained end-to-end project and release documentation in Confluence, and supported employee innovation initiatives via the Aha Ideas portal.
- Tracked delivery metrics and project health through Power BI dashboards, and presented progress updates to leadership in bi-weekly reviews.
- Served as Product Owner for the ClinDoc Sustenance team, ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Successfully delivered key initiatives, including ClinDoc Patient Education, Save & Sign (Tech Debt), Data Segmentation, Release of Information, CPOE Interaction, and PDSI Source Attributes.
- Contributed to sharing ideas on the company’s ideas portal and sharing reviews in Aha.
- Ensured adherence to quality standards, scope, timelines, and proactive communication of risks and dependencies.
- Contributed to sharing ideas on the company’s ideas portal and sharing reviews in Aha.
Business Operations Analyst
Avestor India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2023 - 01.2025
- Data Analysis: Proficient in analyzing complex datasets to identify trends, inform decision-making, and develop actionable insights.
- Requirements Gathering: Skilled at eliciting and documenting business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and surveys.
- Process Improvement: Experienced in mapping current processes, identifying bottlenecks, and recommending enhancements to streamline operations.
- Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC), project management methodologies (Agile/Scrum), and tools such as SQL, Excel, GoHighLevel, Airtable, Word, Slack, Wave, Jotform, Excel, and QuickBooks.
- Testing: Create test plans and strategies tailored to project needs. Manage the testing team, ensuring timely completion of testing activities. Report on testing progress and quality metrics to stakeholders.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, adept at presenting findings, and facilitating discussions among diverse stakeholders.
- Business Process Modeling: As a Business Analyst, I leverage business process modeling to visually map and analyze workflows, identifying inefficiencies and opportunities for optimization to drive operational improvements and align processes with organizational goals.
Product Technical Analyst
Zycus
01.2022 - 10.2023
- Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC), project management methodologies (Agile/Scrum), and tools such as Excel and Remedyforce.
- Defect Management: Track defect status through the ticketing system, from discovery to resolution. Ensure clear communication regarding defect status among team members.
- Test Case Development: Develop test cases based on requirements, ensuring clarity and simplicity. Include necessary details such as prerequisites, expected results, and execution steps.
- Test Cycle Closure: Conduct a review meeting post-testing to analyze outcomes and document lessons learned. Prepare final reports summarizing testing activities, defect metrics, and overall product quality.
- Ticketing Systems: JIRA for tracking defects and managing workflows, and Remedyforce for ticketing.
- Client management: Served as a SPOC for clients through my journey. Few clients were Nissan, CBRE, Regeneron, Daiichi Sankyo, Porsche, Dow Chemical Co., The Polaris, Home Depot, Idaho Power Company, Delta Airlines, and others.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Universal College of Engineering
Mumbai, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Solution Management
Additional Information
- BUSINESS ANALYSIS | Airtable, Jotform, GoHigh Level, Wave, Quickbooks, MS Word, MS Excel, Azure Devops (TFS), Aha, Postman, Power BI
- QUALITY ASSURANCE | Airtable Checklist, Flowcharts
- TESTING | UAT, Selenium, JIRA
- DATA PIPLEINES | Jenkins Azure
- SDLC | Waterfall & Agile
- DEFECT AND TICKETS | JIRA, Remedy Force, Boldesk, Azure Devops (TFS)
- CURRENTLY PURSUING | Upright, Tableau
Software
Boldesk
RemedyForce
Jotforms
GoHighLevel
Aha
Confluence
AirTable
Power BI
Jenkins
Tableau
Postman
Certification
Supply chain management
Timeline
Business Analyst - Product Owner
Altera Digital Health
03.2025 - Current
Excel
06-2024
Supply chain management
05-2024
Business Operations Analyst
Avestor India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2023 - 01.2025
Python
04-2023
Product Technical Analyst
Zycus
01.2022 - 10.2023
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Universal College of Engineering
04.2001 -