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surabhi-Resume
1. Surabhi Calla
Mobile: +61 479087084 Email: Surabhi.calla@gmail.com
Senior Delivery Analyst with a strong retail experience
Extensive experience working in Agile development methodologies
Motivated achiever with demonstrable ability to analyze and recommend enhancements to
business processes and also challenge processes with confidence
Strong focus and driving skills while working in cross team projects
Outstanding stakeholder management skills facilitating the right decisions by business to
align to the company’s strategic direction
Exceptional problem-solver with keen ability to resolve business issues, analyze and define
business process improvements, design and document solutions.
Education
MS (Information Systems), University of Melbourne, Australia
Bachelor of Engineering, RCEW, Rajasthan University, India
Scrum Master Certification from International Scrum Institute
Summer internship at Deloitte ( IT External Audit)
Summer Internship at Microsoft Seattle (Test planning Xbox 360 – dashboard)
Career Summary and Selected Accomplishments
Senior Delivery Analyst, Coles Group, July 2015 to Present:
Project: OneShop POS replacement Project
Subject Matter expert for NCR self- checkout point of sales system organization wide
Worked from start to end of a major point of sale replacement project through the fleet. Transition
from Fujitsu to Retalix (NCR) POS software.
Identifying strategic drivers and market trends
Track project budgets, scheduling, forecasting and performance
Requirements prioritization and managing iteration sessions
Conduct workshops and presentations with steering committee to provide stakeholders with status
reports on the project outcomes
Liaise with developers and testers to communicate business requirements and specifications
Confidently close issues and make decisions to remove road blocks quickly to keep project on track
Business Analyst, Coles Group, Feb 2011 – July 2015:
Project: Automatic Store Layout, Coles Online, Compliance, Tickets and labels, BAU POS
changes
Ability to document clear and detailed business requirements for developers to interpret
Design pictorial work flows for business teams to understand any new system changes and impact to
business processes
Ability to multi-task and work under pressure
2. Demonstrate strong business knowledge that give stakeholders and team the confidence that the
tasks assigned will be completed as expected
Positioned myself as the go to person for project managers, vendor and other stakeholders when
something had to be analyzed or completed urgently
Facilitate business sign-offs and approvals
Defects triaging and prioritizing
Analyst Programmer, Syntel, August 2006 – June2009
Project : Target Credit Systems, Target Corporation
Writing codes for Target business cards system in DB2, JCL, COBOL
Preparing unit test plans and Unit testing
UAT testing
Preparing for production implementation, monitoring & fixing defects
Creating Requirements Analysis report on behalf of the client. Prepared requirements, business needs
and project objectives, via feedback sessions and client meetings, in collaboration with important
stakeholders
Stakeholder management - Primary point of contact for the relevant stakeholders
Conducting technical interviews in recruitment drive
Scope definition, feasibility study, Project Planning, Designing and Development, Testing and
implementation of the Project
Creating Work Breakdown Structure and milestone list
Prioritization of change requests
Other Activities
Owner of Mishi Impressions (www.mishiimpressions.com.au), a company for personalized kids
products
Active member of Australian Computer Society- Actively participating in workshops for new
graduates
Member of Vic ICT for Women organization- Conducting workshops for high school girls to
introduce them to the world of IT so they can consider a career in IT