ajinkya's CV
Profile summary
Accomplished Business Analyst with 9 years of progressive experience delivering Guidewire Insurance Suite implementations and cloud migrations. Track record of configuring PolicyCenter product models, executing end to end policy lifecycle transformations, and facilitating agile backlog refinement. Dedicated to aligning complex insurance requirements with regulatory standards and functional specifications.
Career highlights
Guidewire Cloud Implementation: Managed functional requirements and conducted gap analysis for Guidewire Cloud migration while mapping legacy property and casualty processes to cloud-standard features.
Product Model Design: Configured PolicyCenter product models in Studio, defining risk objects, coverages, conditions, and exclusions for commercial lines and other insurance products.
Agile Sprint Facilitation: Facilitated sprint grooming and backlog refinement ceremonies to maintain project velocity and support the delivery of high-priority insurance software stories.
Professional Certification: Earned the Business Analyst IIBA certification in 2021 alongside basic and advanced claim center certifications for artificial intelligence in insurance.
Key skills
Professional experience
Directed functional workstreams for cloud migration initiatives, overseeing policy lifecycle transformations and guiding technical specifications for insurance platforms. Managed stakeholder partnerships across underwriting teams to modernize workflows and align configurations with regulatory standards.
- Configured PolicyCenter Product Models in Studio, establishing risk objects, coverages, and exclusions for property and casualty lines.
- Modified PCF user interface screens and extended data model entities to support underwriting and policy issuance requirements.
- Wrote technical documentation for PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter integration points to maintain data consistency across systems.
Guided requirements elicitation and scope management while coordinating developer estimates and tracking project metrics for insurance solutions. Directed functional specifications, backlog refinement, and Agile ceremonies to align business needs with PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter workflows.
- Configured insurance products and underwriting rules using Product Designer to meet specific business requirements.
- Facilitated user acceptance testing sessions and defect triaging to ensure quality before production release.
- Created functional documentation and mapping documents for system enhancements and data migrations.
- Evaluated current and future business states through structured requirements analysis and elicitation over phone and email.
- Managed scope with stakeholders to prevent scope creep and ensured delivery of agreed project requirements.
Education
Mechanical Engineer