Business Analyst Chicago, IL M.S. Computer Science

Navyasri Maskani

I turn business needs into clear requirements, map where workflows break down, and validate every release with SQL and UAT.

2+ years across rideshare, non-profit operations and enterprise consulting, working in Agile teams with developers, QA and stakeholders.

99.9%
uptime · 10,000+ active users
98%
defect resolution rate
20%
process efficiency improvement

Impact at a glance

Results measured across three roles.

Efficiency gains
Faster defect resolution · Accenture30%
Faster team onboarding · Accenture25%
Process efficiency · Feeding America20%
Workflow efficiency · Ridextra15%
Quality & reliability
99.9%
System uptime
98%
Defect resolution
95%+
SLA compliance
Scale of work
10,000+
active users supported
100k+
records validated with SQL
40+
user stories authored
12+
SDLC sprint cycles
5+
core modules documented
3
time zones coordinated

Experience growth

Cumulative professional experience since Oct 2021, with each role marked.

Experience

What each role asked of me, what I did, and what changed.

Projects & research

Academic work at Northeastern Illinois University.

Academic project

Campus Connect

A cross-platform student engagement app. I defined the requirements, user stories and workflows, then built real-time communication with Socket.io and REST APIs.

React NativeNode.jsSocket.ioREST APIsMongoDBJWT Auth
Data analysis

Predicting and Mapping U.S. Mortality

Exploratory analysis of CDC mortality data with engineered socioeconomic features, a predictive model and choropleth maps.

67%Random Forest model accuracy
PythonPandasScikit-learnSeaborn
Research · Fall 2025

AI & Security Research

SPEED Internship project evaluating LLM security vulnerabilities under faculty supervision. Documented the work and presented findings on safety protocols to research teams.

LLM SecurityTechnical Documentation

Toolkit

Methods and tools I use day to day.

Business Analysis
Requirements GatheringBRDFRDUser StoriesAcceptance CriteriaProcess MappingGap AnalysisUATDefect ValidationStakeholder Management
Data
SQLMySQLMongoDBPythonPandasNumPyScikit-learnEDAData Visualization
Tools & Methods
JIRAConfluenceGitHubVS CodeAgileScrumSDLC
Tech
JavaScriptReact NativeNode.jsREST APIsSocket.ioMatplotlibSeaborn
M.S. Computer Science
Northeastern Illinois University · Dec 2025
B.Tech Computer Science
Sri Vasavi Engineering College · May 2021

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