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Venkatakrishnan Suresh

Chennai

Summary

Over 15 years of experience in the IT industry with vast experience in Project Management, Product Management, Agile-Scrum, Problem resolution and gap analysis.

  • 8+ years of relevant experience as a Senior Business Analyst/Product Owner.
  • Seasoned Business Analyst professional who led many applications from end to end successfully.
  • Expertized in Requirements Gathering, Business Analysis, thereby maximizing the value of the product and cost optimization.
  • Experience of building CRM Mobile app associated to Microsoft Dynamics 365.
  • Recognized for delivering the requirements in a short and fast-paced environment.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Business Analyst

Standard Chartered GBS
Chennai
06.2017 - Current

Achievements:

  • Worked on CRMx Mobile app within a short stint and made the MVP successful.
  • Successful MVP deliverables of a module that were highly anticipated due to long stagnation of deliverables.
  • Effective reduction in time and cost optimization for the product deliverable.
  • Mentored junior BA's to match the pace of the programme and trained them overall.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain the Product Backlog and Sprint Board regularly.
  • Regular interaction with Stakeholders and Gather Business Requirements.
  • Convert and breakdown the requirements as a user story via Azure DevOps (ADO) and JIRA.
  • Facilitate discussions on API usability, performance, and design.
  • Analyze and map business processes to API functions, identifying opportunities for automation and integration.
  • Assess the value, risks and outcomes of the changes and enhancements.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to elicit the requirements and set the expectations to meet the release timeline.
  • Conduct meetings with UI/UX team to prepare wireframe/Figma design to conduct demo with the squad.
  • Conduct multiple sessions to demo the new enhancement features with the Stakeholder, Business Owners, End users and internal teams.
  • Negotiate with the Stakeholders and Tech team to set priorities.
  • Worked and Implemented Finance and Reporting Dashboards.
  • Validate that APIs meet business requirements and verify during User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  • Collaborate and Maintain the user guides and Walkme items up to date.
  • Worked for Mobile UI (iOS) as part of CRMx mobile app (MS Dynamics 365) as part of critical deliverables.
  • Collaborate with other Product Owners to understand and set the requirements and implement the changes based on the timelines factored.
  • Collaborate and conduct Agile ceremonies regularly.

Business Support Analyst

Standard Chartered GBS
Chennai
10.2014 - 06.2017
  • Provide functional support for end-user queries related to a CRM application.
  • Perform UVT as part of the internal verification for the business.
  • Handled several modules within the application as the SME.
  • Conduct weekly calls with a Business Analyst to gauge the queries from the users and how to remediate those as part of training.
  • Facilitate training for the end-users.
  • Feedback and surveys received from the end users will be consolidated and presented to the Business Analyst and Product Owners.
  • Traveled to Singapore multiple times as part of knowledge transfers and for business meetings.

Infrastructure Analyst

UST Global
Chennai
03.2014 - 09.2014

Senior Analyst

HCL Technologies
Chennai
06.2011 - 03.2014

Customer Support Executive

Sutherland Global Services
Chennai
06.2010 - 03.2011

Customer Support Officer

Allsec Technologies
Chennai
01.2010 - 05.2010

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - E.C.E

Jaya Engineering College
Chennai
06.2009

Skills

  • Agile - Scrum
  • ADO
  • JIRA
  • Communication - Business English Certified
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Product Management
  • Project Management
  • Negotiation
  • Problem Resolution
  • Documentation Skills
  • Data Analysis
  • Process Improvement
  • MS Dynamics 365
  • SQL
  • Walkme
  • Figma

Certification

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I), 04/01/25, Scrum.org
  • Agile Scrum Essentials Certified, 04/01/25, Techcanvass
  • Business English Certified (Vantage), 04/01/13, University of Cambridge

Awards

  • Won the Business Excellence Award for creating value for the stakeholders and clients.
  • Received multiple GEMS and MAS awards for consistent performance.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Fitness
  • Pet Care
  • Gardening

Languages

  • English
  • Tamil
  • Telugu

Timeline

Senior Business Analyst

Standard Chartered GBS
06.2017 - Current

Business Support Analyst

Standard Chartered GBS
10.2014 - 06.2017

Infrastructure Analyst

UST Global
03.2014 - 09.2014

Senior Analyst

HCL Technologies
06.2011 - 03.2014

Customer Support Executive

Sutherland Global Services
06.2010 - 03.2011

Customer Support Officer

Allsec Technologies
01.2010 - 05.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - E.C.E

Jaya Engineering College
Venkatakrishnan Suresh