Vijay gadde ba cv
- 1. Page 1 of 4 VIJAY GADDE PERSONAL DETAILS Nationality : British E-mail : [email protected] Post Code : London, WC2H 7AS Mobile : 079464 22407 Linkedin : http://uk.linkedin.com/in/vgadde Other : 020 7766 5209 EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS Mar 2003 MSc Computer Application University of Chennai, Chennai Feb 2015 BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis BCS, London Nov 2011 Prince2 (Foundation) APMG, London Aug 2010 IT Project Management IIT, Mumbai Jan, 2009 Brain Bench Certified in Java2 Sun Microsystems. PROFILE A Business Analyst with over 10 years’ experience in Agile and Waterfall environments using sprints and scrum meetings to successfully complete projects within a range of sectors most recent being within the Automotive industry. A broad range of business analysis skills includes requirement gathering Target Operating Model, AS-IS and TO-BE processes. Problem solving skills coupled with excellent stakeholder management capabilities have ensured effective gap analysis and timely project completion. Enjoys being part of, as well as leading, a successful and productive team and thrives in highly complex projects and challenging working environments. Seeks contract work, immediately available for both interviews and starts for most locations across the UK and Europe. SKILL SUMMARY: Business Analysis: Business Process Modelling, Business Process Flow, Charting and reengineering, UML, Use Cases, Change Management, Stakeholder Management, Requirement Gathering, Reports, Requirements Traceability Matrix, AS-IS and TO-BE, Gap Analysis, Target Operating Model (TOM), SWOT Analysis, Scoping Document Design, Workshop facilitation, System Integrated Testing, User Acceptance Testing,Root Cause analysis Data Analysis: Data flow, Data feeds, Data mapping, Validation framework, Data Gap Analysis, Data Conversion, Configuration Management Database (CMBD), Data migration Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, eTOM Project Management: Project Management process, Preparation Scoping, Risk- Management, Vendor Management, Root Cause Analysis, Quality Assurance Product Management: End-to-end Product development & enhancement (back office asset finance and in-life case management),SDLC, Business development, Market Data Research and Analysis, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO),Sales & Marketing Campaigns. Software / Desktop: Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), MS Project, MS Visio, CRM, CMS, Quality Centre, Altamira Languages: Java, .Net, PL/SQL, T-SQL, VBA, Oracle, JIRA REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST; RECOMMENDATIONS AVAILABLE VIA LINKEDIN
- 2. VIJAY GADDE Page 2 of 4 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Mar 2015 – Jul 2015 White Clark Group, UK White Clarke Group is an end-to-end automotive and asset finance software company with clients from across the globe. Business Analyst.The aim of the project was to help and support FCA to use CALMS2CMS back office application to maintain hire purchase contracts. Responsible for handling all back office change requests that the client (FCA) raises to Whiteclark and writing functional specification documents providing high level estimations. Working within teams of up to 10 people both onshore and offshore including 2 Business analysts, a Delivery manager, a Client engagement manager, a Development head, 2 Java Developers, a DBA and 2 Testers. Responsibilities: Requirements gathering via stakeholder interviews, workshops and Business Intelligence reports. Analyse and validate requirements against AS-IS business process to find the root cause of business issues Organise workshops with stakeholders to map AS-IS and TO-BE process analysis, GAP analysis, root cause analysis for each of the change requests raised by client Produce Functional specification document using UML (Data Modelling ,Microsoft Visio) and publish to the client for approval Work with offshore development and testing teams, discussing change requests, defects and release schedules Review project documents and release pack making sure the release covers all change requests which are in-scope for that release Report defects according to business criticality in JIRA and manage the progress as part of daily defect tracking meetings Hand over with the stakeholders by walking them through the release notes of the change requests Complete risk assessments, document all requirements and present the details to senior management and business owners Achievements: Create and implement a new Business Requirement Definition (BRD) template document, reducing turnaround time to produce and submit functional specification as well as high level estimation from 2 – 3 weeks to 1 week Skill snapshot: Business analysis, Stake holder management , Requirement Gathering, Business process modelling, Data analysis, Business intelligence, Project management, AS-IS and TO-BE,SQL, Change management, Business intelligence, Microsoft Visio, Gap analysis, workflows, user acceptance testing, Advanced Excel Mar 2013 – Oct 2014 Jaguar Land Rover(JLR), UK JLR is a multinational automotive company established in 1989. Its principal activity is the design, development, manufacture and sale of vehicles across the globe. Business Analyst working within the Research and Development of innovative product development in an Agile environment for Jaguar Land Rover and the rest of the automotive industry. Responsibilities: Lead Business Analyst within a large collaborative product development project (IPCRESS and KINECT) co-funded by Technology Strategy Board and project partners (Universities and SME’s) Part of a team of 15 people both internally and externally within the company including a Lead Business analyst, a Junior BA, a Project Manager, a Program Director, a Project support officer, a SME CEO, 2 .net developers, 2 testers, a University professor and a Research assistant Create and maintain stakeholder map and publish project progress updates as required by key stakeholders and sponsors of the project
- 3. VIJAY GADDE Page 3 of 4 Organise and conduct requirement gathering workshops, interviews among stakeholders, dealership network and capture use cases, produce UML artefacts, AS-IS and TO-BE process mapping using ARIS Modify SQL scripts to generate real-time reports according to new releases in an Agile environment. Create test cases and quality assurance checks for all functions of service assurance business unit Capture and document use cases using MS Visio, from workshops and interviews that are relevant to current research project product Document test case scenarios to lead User Acceptance Testing sessions Organise UAT with business to test the change delivered to business Support business change by developing test scenarios and working with users as they apply scenarios to the processes and systems. Workflow and process mapping using Aris process mapping tool Analyse and document complex data model using ER diagram, data flow and data mapping diagrams using UML and Microsoft Visio Produce business requirement specification documents, system requirement and work with vendor’s development team to design and develop the required product Chair daily stand-up calls , scrum meetings and monitor work progress among all consortium teams Create procedure manuals and user guides for production buyer’s team covering document generating guide, rfq package generation and publishing rfq pack to suppliers Training business staff in the use of new processes and IT systems, supporting them as they begin to adopt new and unfamiliar approaches Mentor and guide junior BA's about techniques, approaches and best practices that they need to use on research projects at Jaguar Land rover Achievements: Create and implement a research project product development approach and strategy, so that the rest of JLR research projects save 20% of time and resources throughout the lifecycle of the research projects Skill snapshot: Business Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Agile, Scrum, Project Management, SQL, Requirement Gathering, Use Cases and User Stories,Data Analysis, Data modelling, Microsoft Visio, UML, Change management, Prince2, User Acceptance testing,ARIS process mapping. Oct 2012 – Mar 2013 NissanTechnical Centre, UK Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) designs and developsvehiclesmanufactured across Nissan's European production plants. NTCE IT department supports Nissan European offices. Business Systems Analyst to produce business requirements documents from 28 Project summary sheets. Working solely to produce project summary sheets and write a report detailing how much effort and resources are required to full-fill all project requests. Responsibilities: Working solely to produce high level business requirements Establish a strong rapport with key stakeholders by proactively scheduling conference calls, publishing requirement elicit questions well before the conference calls capture details requirements and current landscape of systems Produce high level Business requirement specification documents, estimations and propose best possible solutions Produce an analysis report for Nissan technical centre to understand how much time, money and resources they need to deliver business IT applications Organise workshops, conducting interviews and observation techniques to understand and capture business requirements Data analysis, GAP analysis, AS-IS and TO-BE process analysis to understand project summary sheet documents Using Microsoft Visio producing UML artefacts from requirement gathering workshops Analyse current data warehouse setup and propose to Nissan best fit Business intelligence system
- 4. VIJAY GADDE Page 4 of 4 Help the business to generate complex finance reports by automating reports using SQL SSIS packages to generate and export into excel Support business change by developing test scenarios and working with users as they apply scenarios to the processes and systems Achievements: Deliver high level business requirements for all 28 project summary sheet documents within a short span of time helping Information Services department to further progress with their planning of priorities and annual budgets. Skill snapshot: Business Analysis, Stake holder management, AS-IS and TO-BE, Complex Data Analysis, Data modelling ,SQL, GAP Analysis, Data Migration, Business Intelligence, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Excel, UML. Mar 2009 –Aug 2012 Royal Caribbean International, UK Royal Caribbean International,is a cruise line company with 21 ships, RCCL International IT UK team supports all international RCCL office. Projects and Business Systems analyst Employed as an Integration analyst and later promoted as Projects and business systems analyst to work on change requests and defects of various business & customer facing web applications Responsibilities: Worked with external travel agents and organised workshops to capture technical requirements to roll-out CruiseAPI web services. Coordinated system analysis / project estimation with project stakeholders. Roll out of Oracle CRM on demand across 6 RCCL International offices – conducted workshops to capture requirements, gap analysis, liaise with IT to provide test data, produced UAT scenarios. Engaged with RCCL International offices and prioritised all work requests. Liaise with technical and business teams to ensure delivery of functional product. Completed systems and gap analysis and drive changes to the business via enhancements of the current systems and introduction of new system. Liaise with developers on site, offsite and 3rd party. Liaise with Quality Analyst to ensure appropriate test strategy developed and executed UAT testing. Achievements: Initially contracted for 6 months, after two extensions I was offered permanent position with more responsibilities to handle all web-applications related change requests. Awarded pat on the back award, 22 International travel agents gone live in 6months with CruiseAPI web services, helped to save RCCL huge amounts of agents booking commission) Skill snapshot: Stakeholder management, Business Intelligence, Agile and waterfallsoftware development methods, UML, User Acceptance Testing,Project management (at technical level), Change management, Business case development, Data analysis and modelling, UML, Migration from Lotus notes to MS SQL. Earlier Career History Apr 2008 –Feb 2009 Web services architect Celerity Information Services Ltd, UK Dec 2005 –Jan 2008 Solution Designer Tech Mahindra and British Telecom, UK Mar 2003 –Dec 2005 Solution Designer Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India -- end--