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Olasubomi Odutayo

Mississauga,ON

Summary

Results driven business analyst with over five years of experience in analyzing business operations, identifying areas for improvement, and developing solutions to drive operational efficiencies. Extensive experience in SDLC, product life cycle, iterative product delivery, Design Thinking, Lean Six Sigma, Agile Scrum & Kanban, and Waterfall methodologies and a strong desire to learn new techniques. Proven ability to collaborate with cross functional teams, translate business requirements to technical specifications and manage project timelines to ensure successful delivery. Collaborated with business stakeholders to analyze existing business processes, and successfully identified and documented improved future state processes for the benefit of both the business and technology teams.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Analyst/Product Owner

Sprint Lab Digital
Toronto, Ontario
12.2022 - 12.2023
  • Enabled the implementation of an integrated knowledge exchange platform with centralized data center via APIs to enable a bird eye view of students’ candidacy and journey on the platform
  • Delivered a project-based experience platform that connects mentees to mentors while monitoring project status from idea contribution to project formation, team constitution, mentor matching and eventual project delivery
  • Worked with client, stakeholders, and analytics to understand the business and user needs and develop a product backlog that solves for user problems, meets business objectives, and prioritizes work with the maximum value
  • Gathered requirements from relevant business units and translate into clear and detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for product features
  • Helped drive product strategy, vision, and roadmap for the different lines of products assigned
  • Created and maintained a prioritized product backlog
  • Created UAT plans, UAT cases, and training material to facilitate UAT
  • Developed and communicate product release plans and set expectations for the delivery of new functionality
  • Identify edge cases, and work with the engineering and QA team to roll out features.

Business Analyst

IT Horizons Limited
Lagos, Nigeria
02.2020 - 11.2022
  • Performed business requirements gathering and analysis; documenting current state as-is and future state to-be processes, ensuring the solutions meet business requirements
  • Managed and organized data to track project progress and ensure all tasks are completed efficiently and effectively
  • Liaised with stakeholders and end users to ensure all needs are properly understood and executed
  • Ensured that all services are in accordance with the business requirements and made recommendations and improvements where necessary
  • Worked cross functionally, collaborating with other departments to understand their needs, identify area of inefficiency, and make recommendations accordingly
  • Conducted research and analysis of new technology, leading to the acquisition of new controlling software, thus improving the business process.

Junior Business Analyst

Brainshare Technology Limited
Lagos, Nigeria
05.2018 - 01.2020
  • Supported process design implementation and quality control monitoring to identify improvement opportunities
  • Liaised with stakeholders and end users to elicit, capture, refine and analyze business requirements
  • Analyzed data and reports on key performance indicators to identify areas for improvement and track progress towards organizational goals
  • Optimized business processes and increased efficiency
  • Conducted gap and competitor analysis to identify areas of improvements.

Education

B.Sc. Geoscience -

09.2017

Skills

  • Communication, Interpersonal, Creative thinking, Business Knowledge, Analytical Thinking, Problem Solving, Project Management, Market Research, and Solutions
  • Jira, Confluence, Microsoft PowerBI, Tableau, SQL, Drawio, Visio, SnagIt, Lucidchart, Microsoft 365 App (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Balsamiq, Miro, Figma
  • Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, Design Thinking, Lean, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Certification

  • CSPO, 04/01/24
  • AZ 900, 06/01/22

Timeline

Business Analyst/Product Owner

Sprint Lab Digital
12.2022 - 12.2023

Business Analyst

IT Horizons Limited
02.2020 - 11.2022

Junior Business Analyst

Brainshare Technology Limited
05.2018 - 01.2020

B.Sc. Geoscience -

Olasubomi Odutayo