Skills

  • Product Management & Delivery: Product Backlog Management, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Product Discovery, Prioritization, Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Agile Delivery, Scrum, Kanban, UAT, Stakeholder Management, Cross-Functional Team Coordination, Evidence-Based Management (EBM), Nexus Scrum Framework
  • Business & Process Design: Current-State / Future-State Analysis, Workflow Design, Process Improvement, BPMN, Use Cases, Functional Requirements, Business Rules, Cross-System Impact Analysis, Change Management
  • Systems & Platforms: ERP-Style Platforms, CRM Workflows, ITSM / Service Management Platforms, Operational Systems, Billing and Tracking Workflows, System Integrations, API-Enabled Platforms, Data Exchange Solutions, Snowflake, BigQuery
  • Data & Reporting: SQL, KPI Definition, Dashboard Requirements, Power BI, Tableau, Data Validation, Data Quality, Reporting, Analytics, Data Cleaning, Data Integration, Operational BI
  • Tools: Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, CRM (SLATE), Miro, Figma, Lucidchart, GitHub, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Excel, Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Technical Foundation: REST APIs, C#, .NET Core, JavaScript, React, Python, System Architecture Concepts

Work Experience

Technical Business Analyst (Remote)

Azsoftware Baku, Azerbaijan -
  • Led discovery and workflow design for a B2B digital trade platform supporting cargo owners, freight forwarders, and external logistics partners, including booking, trade service, trade guidance, and partner service workflows.
  • Shaped end-to-end data flows for international trade documents including BL, CMR, CIM, and SMGS, supporting legal compliance across multimodal transit.
  • Translated operational needs into prioritized requirements, user flows, API-oriented deliverables, and implementation-ready documentation for business and technical stakeholders.
  • Coordinated across teams during delivery, validation, and rollout of digital solutions, supporting use-case refinement, data validation, deployment readiness, and post-launch evaluation.
  • Designed cross-system data exchange workflows that reduced manual declaration effort by 60% and improved process consistency.

Master Research Project Product Analyst

Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO, USA -
  • Contributed to product design for a student and alumni engagement platform, helping define role-based dashboards, reporting needs, and workflow requirements for multiple user groups.
  • Worked with team members to translate user needs into functional requirements and platform features focused on engagement visibility and process improvement.
  • Designed feature thinking around analytics, user experience, and platform value for students, alumni, employers, and administrators.

Graduate Admission Office

Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO, USA -
  • Supported admissions operations through CRM workflow administration, process documentation, and training material development.
  • Helped improve consistency in user processes, communication activities, and operational support practices.
  • Assisted in batch data updates and validation to ensure CRM data accuracy, reliability, and usability for communication and reporting.

Product Owner

Port of Baku Baku, Azerbaijan -
  • Owned delivery of digital transformation initiatives across finance and billing, procurement, operations, access control, and external partner workflows, replacing fragmented manual processes with centralized digital solutions.
  • Partnered with business leaders, operational teams, and developers to define product scope, prioritize backlogs, and align releases with business needs and operational constraints.
  • Owned the functional transformation of the financial module and defined automated billing logic for invoice and voucher generation, improving revenue integrity and control.
  • Led development of an in-house service management platform by defining workflows, automation rules, escalation logic, and user requirements, reducing response times by 45%.
  • Drove digitization of billing, tracking, and access control processes, reducing paperwork by 50% and improving operational visibility by 40%.
  • Defined integration requirements, data mapping logic, reconciliation rules, and reporting structures across finance, operations, procurement, and external partner systems.
  • Coordinated Customs and Railway integrations, eliminating duplicate data entry and improving inter-agency transparency.
  • Designed gate-in / gate-out automation logic using IoT-enabled workflows, resulting in 99% automated entries and reduced operational bottlenecks.
  • Defined and tracked product, operational, and BI KPIs related to adoption, usability, billing accuracy, process efficiency, and system performance; supported Power BI reporting and SQL-based validation for leadership visibility.
  • Managed backlog prioritization, release validation, and UAT activities for a cross-functional team of 10+ developers.

Business Analyst

Port of Baku Baku, Azerbaijan -
  • Gathered and documented requirements for billing, finance, operations, strategic planning, and system integration initiatives.
  • Created process models, workflow diagrams, and technical documentation to support platform enhancements and legacy system improvements.
  • Implemented a centralized BI reporting layer by writing complex SQL queries to extract and transform data from legacy terminal operating systems, replacing manual Excel-based reporting.
  • Designed and maintained interactive Power BI dashboards to track real-time terminal KPIs including vessel turnaround time, gate throughput, and yard density, improving executive visibility into operational bottlenecks.
  • Performed root-cause analysis on operational workflows, using data-driven insights to identify lag in rail-shunting operations and inform system redesign.
  • Partnered with engineering teams to define data mapping logic and validation rules for legacy system upgrades, supporting a single source of truth for historical operational records.

Operation Specialist

Port of Baku Baku, Azerbaijan -
  • Managed day-to-day operations, logistics, and cargo documentation activities across container and break-bulk operations.
  • Supported system-based operational coordination, real-time data entry, and warehouse-to-vessel handover processes.
  • Built practical understanding of frontline operational workflows that later informed product and process improvement work.

Projects

  • Workforce ERP (ArchBuild) - MVP full-stack workforce and project operations platform for construction/remodeling teams, unifying field activity, project tracking, labor control, and finance through role-based workflows and reliable reporting.
  • Port Management Information System - TOS integrations, technical analysis, implementation.
  • Equipment Infrastructure Maintenance System - Tracking tools & schedules; automated procurement workflows.
  • Digital Trade System - Tracking, digital booking, multi-party integration, online payment.