Charukesi Rajakumar's Linkedin Analytics

• I have 40 years of software industry experience, with more than 30 years focused on Business and Functional Analysis, including team lead roles. • Have been at Project Leader levels with ownership / involvement in business cases and gap analysis, scoping, feasibility studies. Was part of Ferrit team (eCommerce – online shopping mall project) from very initial stages, through RFP, vendor-selection. • My previous experience includes industries such as Local Government Enterprise Systems (for Councils in NZ and AUS), Utility Billing (Energy Sector), Online eCommerce Shopping Mall and Online Learning & Assessment software for the Education sector, website projects (Microsoft SharePoint) for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Watercare, SharePoint project at Fonterra, a wider variety of Telco projects at Downer, NewCore project at Auckland Council • Vast experience with Software Product companies, Software Consulting / bespoke Software projects as well as in-house Software Projects with end-to-end involvement in SDLC, in autonomous roles as well as team management roles. • I am suitable for a Senior BA / Lead BA type roles, with or without team management responsibilities or Project Leader type roles to manage a team of BAs or run a small or medium sized project. • Have been on agile projects, projects following iterative, time-boxing and waterfall methodologies • Have always had a strong internal relationship / rapport built as well as with external vendors throughout my career. SUMMARY of SKILLS  Business Case, Scoping  Requirements Gathering / Analysis (high & detailed levels)  Process Mapping  Workshop facilitation  Problem Solving  UML & Use Case Modeling  SDLC – Agile, Iterative, MoSCoW / Time Boxing, Waterfall  External Vendors Management  SQL & report writing skills  Test Lead / Analysis, QA - UAT, regression and functional testing  Clients / stakeholder engagement