Josh Hanamann
Business Analyst

Josh Hanamann

Agile Product Owner for Kroger and TRIMEDX.
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About

Josh Hanamann specializes in Agile and Waterfall methodologies for customers and self-sufficient teams to achieve business goals. He is experienced in JIRA, Wireframes, Lucid Chart, Fun Retro, Draw.io, Sharepoint, Confluence, Scrumban, SQL, Java, and HTML. A Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master and Certified Professional for Agile Team Facilitation, he drives the development of data and data virtualization to enterprise users and delivers products and value-driven slide decks to the stakeholders. Josh has worked with companies such as TRIMEDX, Kroger Technology, and Humana.

Employment

6 roles
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022 9 months
Product Owner
TRIMEDX
  • Updated and enhanced the mobile app utilized by medical technicians to better serve their day-to-day responsibilities.
  • Prioritized sprint backlog and kept feature commitments up to date and performed product demos throughout the sprints to align with stakeholders’ requirements.
  • Conducted end-user discussions regarding bugs/issues to improve the mobile app and created user stories to mitigate problems quickly.
  • Hosted PI Planning ceremonies for team understanding of upcoming work.
  • Assisted with user acceptance testing for mobile app and informatics work.
  • Reported on monthly progress to the delivery team presenting a high level overview of implementation and progression towards PI or sprint goals.
Aug 2021 - Nov 2021 3 months
Product Owner II
Kroger Technology
  • Enhanced the Health and Wellness mobile app by launching pay online and home delivery features.
  • Implemented changes to the product by listening to consumer reviews.
  • Gathered business requests; developed and maintained product backlog.
  • Coordinated work in each sprint according to scheduled releases and started to find areas of improvement by refining the process to support the team.
  • Acted as liaison between business stakeholders and the development team.
  • Presented slide decks showcasing product vision and scorecard of the quarterly review
Nov 2020 - Aug 2021 9 months
Product Owner
Humana
  • Helped market and drive the development of synthetic data and data virtualization to enterprise users and maintained and groomed backlog for 2 teams.
  • Delivered highly complex products to stakeholders in a timely manner according to their desired needs.
  • Worked with and communicated with offshore developers and presented value-driven slide decks to stakeholders in hopes to onboard them with our services.
  • Observed and interviewed internal customers to elicit their requirements and conducted process modelling and stakeholder analysis.
  • Identified trends through both internal and external sources to determine the best route for user experience.
  • Assisted with user story development and facilitated meetings with internal customers in business and IT.
Nov 2019 - Nov 2020 1 year
Product Owner
Maya Partners
  • Constantly groomed product backlog in JIRA to deliver prioritized tasks towards client vision and worked remotely with the offshore development team for the following clients: HireWorks and Tara Booking.
  • Developed detailed product requirements that define the user capabilities, specific functional specifications, data and analytics and additional details that show how the user stories are to be satisfied.
  • Performed JIRA story creation and maintenance and partnered with IT to ensure alignment and realization of business requirements during the development process.
  • Maintained strong relationships and communication with stakeholders and gathered information consistently as the project went on to establish prioritization of work.
  • Facilitated remote demos between stakeholders and the development team and successfully gathered business and functional requirements by interviewing stakeholders.
  • Gave the development team clear guidance on which feature to deliver next and served as the product planning eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, workshops, and business.
Sep 2017 - Sep 2019 2 years
Product Owner
Outlook Group LLC
  • Worked with several retail companies going through brand/packaging changes including the client Mighty Spark Food Company.
  • Used previous sales/business development experience for better communication with clients and implemented Agile best practices to a traditional waterfall system.
  • Improved business performance and effectiveness through data analysis, impediment identification, and user acceptance criteria for new projects.
  • Acted as liaison between the technology team, stakeholders, and subject matter experts to establish requirements and determine user needs.
  • Educated and reinforced Agile methodologies or mindset to key stakeholders and determined the time for tasks and user stories, worked through any roadblocks with the Business Analyst.
  • Maintained consistent communication with stakeholders leading to project success and met with customers to gather project info and discuss pain points and translated findings to the internal development team.
Jul 2015 - Aug 2017 2 years 1 month
Business Analysy, Product Owner
West Corporation
  • Communicated with a remote team on daily basis via phone, email, and video calls and facilitated remote demos between stakeholders and the development team.
  • Successfully gathered business and functional requirements by interviewing all stakeholders involved and shared best practices with colleagues while promoting program initiatives.
  • Acted as liaison between the technology team, stakeholders, and subject matter experts to establish requirements and determine user needs and worked with the marketing development team to improve and support marketing efforts.
  • Answered, evaluated, and resolved problems reported by end-users and upon requirement, escalated to IT management and/or other support teams.
  • Prioritized Backlog items and determined minimum viable products and analyzed client’s business requirements and processes through customer interviews, and interactive workshops and thoroughly documented each process.
  • Facilitated customer surveys to evaluate process flow and focused on projects including operational support, enrollment, and data migrations

Education

Jul 2003 - Jul 2009 6 years
Bachelor's Degree, Sports Management
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse