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Anand Ravi

Anand Ravi

Auckland,New Zealand

Summary

Strategic and results-oriented Business Analyst/Product Owner with 15+ years of experience managing complex projects within aggressive timelines, managing high-performance cross-functional teams, offering technical expertise and leadership in program and IT project management. Skilled Business Analyst with Agile and Scrum certifications, equipped with excellent communication skills, work ethics, and possesses a strong sense of leadership with a commendable record of accomplishment.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Product Manager (Role: IT Business Analyst)

EXL Service
Chennai
08.2023 - 01.2024

Led business analysis as 'Senior Product Manager'.
• Initiated business requirement gathering and analysed 12 month audits to formulate strategic plans.
• Prioritized product roadmap requirements, aligning them across various JIRA sprint boards.
• Acquired responsibility for crafting epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborated with two managers, prioritized user stories, and improved efficiency by 8% in Q3 2024.

Product Owner (Role: IT Business Analyst)

Calcium Health Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - 07.2023

Oversaw business analysis in the capacity of 'Product Owner’.
• Conducted in-depth analysis of business problems within an agile environment.
• Defined the product strategy, aligning stakeholders around the vision and goals.
• Upheld the feature roadmap and prioritized agile product and sprint backlogs.
• Crafted detailed user stories and acceptance criteria, leading to a 15% reduction in delivery timeline.
• Collaborated with developers to automate pathway creation processes, saving time and money, and credited as the primary force behind a 5% increase in margins this fiscal year.
• Served as a liaison between business stakeholders, leadership, and the Scrum team.

Product Owner (Role: IT Business Analyst)

HID Pvt Ltd
04.2020 - 08.2021

Guided business analysis initiatives as 'Product Owner'.
• Translated business problems into actionable work items in an agile work environment.
• Created business use cases, workflows, and wireframes using MS Visio and Figma.
• Broke down features into agile user stories in JIRA to enable incremental value.
• Optimized user journey through Miro boards.
• In the role of a Scrum Master, ensured the scrum team fully understood the business value.
• Constructed system demos for all business stakeholders in the UAT environment.

Consultant (Role: IT Business Analyst)

Verizon Data Services India Pvt Ltd
02.2016 - 03.2020

Commenced as ‘Program Management Specialist’, executing business analysis. Advanced to ‘Consultant’ through impactful contributions.
• Refined business needs, integrating releasable features into the product backlog in alignment with telecom market trends.
• Translated features into agile user stories and incorporated acceptance criteria in JIRA.
• Collaborated with agile cross-functional teams, business sponsors, and leadership.

Senior Business Analyst

Photon Interactive Pvt Ltd
07.2013 - 01.2016
  • Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
  • Performed risk assessments on potential projects to determine feasibility and viability before moving forward with implementation plans.
  • Optimized resource allocation by conducting capacity planning exercises based on historical data and forecasted demands.
  • Guided teams and refined Agile techniques throughout journey and evolution of delivery cycles, establishing documentation framework to support Agile methodology implementation with Waterfall-centric delivery team.
  • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.

Business Analyst

Congruent Solutions Pvt Ltd
09.2012 - 03.2013
  • Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
  • Facilitated change management initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions during organizational transformations.

Business Analyst

I3ITPEOPLE (Division of Cegonsoft Pvt Ltd)
07.2008 - 08.2012
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
  • Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators.

Education

MBA - Information Systems

Bharathiar University
07.2010 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Anna University
09.2004 - 05.2008

Skills

  • Business Requirements
  • Problem-Solving
  • Team Management
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Microsoft Office
  • Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
  • Microsoft Visio
  • JIRA & Confluence
  • Balsamiq
  • Axure RP
  • Power BI
  • Figma
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Process Flow Diagram Creation
  • Agile and Scrum Environments
  • Coordination
  • Enjoys working in a team environment
  • Respectable in meeting deadlines
  • Efficient time-management skills
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Trend Analysis
  • Sprint Planning
  • Product Enhancement Strategy
  • Process Improvement Initiatives
  • Product Strategies
  • Project Management
  • Product Roadmaps
  • Scope Definition
  • Product Team Leadership
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Status Updates
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Business Requirements
  • Go-To-Market Strategy
  • Product Knowledge
  • Change Management Process
  • Web-Based Reporting Tools
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Critical Thinking
  • Release Planning
  • Change Impact Analysis
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Time Management
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Scrum Methodology
  • Client Meetings
  • Scrum Processes
  • Agile Best Practices
  • Backlog Management
  • Project Requirements
  • Project Milestones
  • Risk Identification
  • New Product Development
  • Team Engagement
  • Web Development Technologies
  • Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
  • Presentation Skills
  • Writing Stories
  • Atlassian JIRA
  • Team Meetings
  • Agility Improvements
  • Waterfall Methodology
  • Collaborative Team Work
  • Prepare Reports
  • Stakeholder Negotiations
  • Presentations and Demonstrations
  • UAT Support
  • Deliverables Coordination
  • Product Owner
  • Status Meetings

Certification

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I), Scrum.org
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Alliance - Mar 2018-Mar 2026
  • Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), Scrum.org
  • Introduction to Data Science, CISCO
  • SAFe 4, Scaled Agile

Phone - Mobile

+64 022 356 3038

Nz Visa Status

NZ Open Job Search Visa (entitled to work full-time)

Personal Email

ranandbtechit@gmail.com

Choice Of Work Type

Full-time Contract / Permanent

Location Preferences

Any - Willing to Relocate

References

On Request

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Hobbies and Interests

Volunteer & Personal Projects

  • Volunteer at Auckland Tamil Association (Jan 2024 – Present)
  • Organizer at Tamil Cultural Event (Jan 2008 - Dec 2012)

Hobbies & Interests

  • Teaching – Passionate Agile Freelancer
  • Cooking – Authentic South Indian cuisines

Quote

Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.
Albert Einstein

Software

JIRA

Confluence

MS Visio

Balsamiq

Azure DevOps

MS Power BI

MS Office Suite

Figma

Axure RP

Lucid Chart

Miro

Pendo

Timeline

Senior Product Manager (Role: IT Business Analyst)

EXL Service
08.2023 - 01.2024

Product Owner (Role: IT Business Analyst)

Calcium Health Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - 07.2023

Product Owner (Role: IT Business Analyst)

HID Pvt Ltd
04.2020 - 08.2021

Consultant (Role: IT Business Analyst)

Verizon Data Services India Pvt Ltd
02.2016 - 03.2020

Senior Business Analyst

Photon Interactive Pvt Ltd
07.2013 - 01.2016

Business Analyst

Congruent Solutions Pvt Ltd
09.2012 - 03.2013

MBA - Information Systems

Bharathiar University
07.2010 - 05.2012

Business Analyst

I3ITPEOPLE (Division of Cegonsoft Pvt Ltd)
07.2008 - 08.2012

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Anna University
09.2004 - 05.2008
Anand Ravi