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Suvarna Kadadi

Dombivali

Summary

Dynamic Sr. Business Analyst at Tech Mahindra with a proven track record in business analysis and product backlog management. Adept at fostering team collaboration and driving process improvements, I excelled in aligning client visions with actionable strategies, enhancing stakeholder engagement, and supporting leadership with impactful data visualization and reporting.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Business Analyst

Tech Mahindra
Mumbai
06.2021 - Current
  • Creating and maintaining product backlog. Define and order Product Backlog
  • Work with Product Manager to create product vision and roadmap.
  • Conducting PI planning on time and understand and help in resolving roadblocks, connecting with appropriate participants
  • Connecting with multiple stake holder to refine and clarify requirements
  • Conduct and participate in recruitment drives for engagement Develop and maintain strong customer relationships at all levels of organization
  • Align & collaborate with client’s business vision, direction, plans, culture and development environment
  • Supported leadership team with reporting, analysis, and business presentations to inform divisional strategies.
  • Supported leadership team with reporting, analysis, and business presentations to inform divisional strategies
  • Worked with team leads and managing leadership, establishing robust talent pool with focus on people and continuous improvement

Scrum Master

Hexaware Technologies Ltd
Navi Mumbai
06.2020 - 02.2021
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

Business Analyst/Product Owner

Hexaware Technologies Ltd
Navi Mumbai
08.2014 - 02.2021
  • Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
  • Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Creating and maintaining product backlog. Define and order Product Backlog
  • Work with Product Manager to create product vision and roadmap.
  • Ensure product backlog is updated and available to entire development team.
  • Facilitates product decisions. Evaluate progress throughout development process
  • Requirement analysis from product specifications/scope documents of life insurance products –Universal life. (for Trustmark Client – North America)
  • Requirement analysis on CSR web-based application. (I.e. creating and executing initiatives for EY client).
  • Have demonstrated ability to excel in gathering requirements as per client needs.
  • Communicate client’s business requirements by constructing easy-to - understand data and process models.

Test Manager

Hexaware Technologies Ltd
Navi Mumbai
06.2017 - 03.2018
  • Updated ongoing testing procedures for software to account for changes resulting from post-release patches.
  • Maintained bug reporting system for logged faults, delegating issues to development personnel for remediation.
  • Edited software documentation to increase accuracy and reduce occurrences of user error due to confusing content.
  • Ensuring right skilled resources are available at right time to deliver and within budget.
  • Turn around low-spirited individuals and team into highly motivated fungible pool of resources with coaching, training,
  • Rewarding strong performance, and addressing performance issues directly and with fairness if/when they arise

Senior Software Engineer/Test Lead

Hexaware Technologies Ltd
Navi Mumbai
09.2007 - 06.2014
  • Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
  • Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills and working to improve overall team performance.
  • Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
  • Worked with project managers, developers, and other quality assurance team to resolve issues.

QA Software Tester

Arrk Soltions Pvt.Ltd
Navi Mumbai
01.2006 - 08.2007
  • Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
  • Developed, implemented and maintained automated test ware for scripts, functions and programs to boost testing efficiency.
  • Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
  • Supported test review, defect control and configuration management within delivery pipeline.
  • Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
  • Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Bhimanna Khandre Institute of Technologies, REC
Bhalki, Karnataka

Post-Graduation Diploma - Human Resource

Welingkar Institute Of Management (WE School)
Mumbai

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Business analysis
  • Problem solving
  • Team collaboration
  • Critical thinking
  • Data visualization
  • Leadership
  • Decision making
  • Process improvement
  • Requirements gathering
  • Product backlog management

Affiliations

  • Multiple spot awards, Pat on back awards.
  • Star award for a Quarter for helping client meet a major production roll- out in challenging timelines by implementing Risk based testing approach.
  • Successful client engagement with CSS rating 7 and above on scale of 1 to 7

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner
  • Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner
  • SAFe Agilist 6.0

Software

MS Office

Timeline

Sr. Business Analyst

Tech Mahindra
06.2021 - Current

Scrum Master

Hexaware Technologies Ltd
06.2020 - 02.2021

Test Manager

Hexaware Technologies Ltd
06.2017 - 03.2018

Business Analyst/Product Owner

Hexaware Technologies Ltd
08.2014 - 02.2021

Senior Software Engineer/Test Lead

Hexaware Technologies Ltd
09.2007 - 06.2014

QA Software Tester

Arrk Soltions Pvt.Ltd
01.2006 - 08.2007

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Bhimanna Khandre Institute of Technologies, REC

Post-Graduation Diploma - Human Resource

Welingkar Institute Of Management (WE School)
Suvarna Kadadi