Alston Feggins

About

As a Business Analyst and Product Owner with 5 years of agile experience (SCRUM & SAFe), I lead agile ceremonies such as Program Increment, Sprint Planning, and Backlog Grooming. I collaborate with stakeholders to gather and refine requirements, creating product roadmaps and user-friendly interfaces like wireframes and mockups. I develop project status reports and am passionate about delivering successful projects. My experience spans across technical system analysis, project management, and research in biomedical engineering.

Experience

• Senior Technical System Analyst · Booz Allen Hamilton2024-11-01 –

  Drives requirements gathering and analysis for Pega development projects, translating complex business needs into clear and actionable user stories in Jira. Facilitates technical reviews and fosters collaboration among diverse stakeholders (Pega developers, SMEs, analysts) to ensure alignment on requirements and solution design in the Pega cloud platform. Works closely with UX/UI designers and developers in Figma to effectively communicate requirements and facilitate stakeholder feedback on proposed solutions. Collaborates with technical leads and architects to design comprehensive solutions, addressing technical feasibility, system dependencies, and potential impacts on existing workflows, while proactively mitigating technical constraints. Drives communication and alignment across stakeholders (business, development, external development) through requirement sessions, technical reviews, and clear documentation (process flows, diagrams, mockups). Proactively monitors project progress, identifies potential risks and roadblocks, and provides regular status updates to PMO and senior leadership. Serves as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, ensuring full understanding and approval of requirements, driving consensus and managing expectations throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Product Owner · Booz Allen Hamilton2021-07-01 – 2024-10-01

  Product Owner driving successful product delivery by leading a high-performing 20-person release train and ensuring alignment across diverse teams. Orchestrates effective Program Increments to deliver value on time and within budget, fostering collaboration and commitment among stakeholders. Ensures a shared understanding of product vision and goals through effective Program Scrum of Scrums and Sprint Planning. Continuously improves product development processes by conducting regular retrospectives and identifying opportunities for optimization. Bridges the gap between waterfall and agile methodologies to ensure a smooth transition and effective requirements gathering. Defines clear product requirements that align with user needs and business objectives, ensuring the development of high-quality solutions for legacy C++ and JavaScript applications.

• Project Manager · Booz Allen Hamilton2019-06-01 – 2021-07-01

  Deputy Project Manager for Enterprise Modernization Integration leading a cross-functional team of five in a complex enterprise modernization initiative. Overcame technical challenges and implemented innovative solutions to successfully integrate legacy systems with modern technologies. Developed and executed a comprehensive project plan that delivered tangible business outcomes within budget and on schedule. Fostered a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration among Enterprise Architecture by initiating regular meetings and discussions. As a Project Manager and Business Analyst for Strategy Enterprise Architecture, drove successful project execution by effectively managing requirements, backlog, and client relationships. Led a high-performing team to deliver quality deliverables on time and within budget. Provided technical guidance and support to ensure the success of front-door training initiatives. Championed Agile SCRUM transformation to enhance team productivity and deliver valuable products. As a Business Analyst, ensured data accuracy and integrity through rigorous data validation and cleaning processes, leveraging advanced Excel techniques (VLOOKUPs) to analyze and verify data sources, and conducting in-depth data testing to identify and resolve discrepancies in Power BI reports.

• Scrum Master for IBM Architect · IBM2018-05-01 – 2018-08-01

  Assisted in designing a Design Thinking Bootcamp. Maintained team progress by using Trello, Slack, and Zoom for individual and group project updates. Learned agile methodology and design thinking basics through virtual learning and direct mentorship from IBM Architect. Created a set of personas and empathy maps using Mural. Created a traveling application using Alexa coded in NodeJS and Javascript.

• Research Assistant · Florida Institute of Technology2017-08-01 – 2018-04-01

  Assisted a graduate student in carbon monoxide releasing molecules on electrospun polyethylene fibers. Measured fiber diameter and angular standard deviation on Scanning electron microscope images using Image Pro software.

• Mechanical Testing Assistant · Florida Institute of Technology2017-08-01 – 2017-12-01

  Conducted mechanical testing on low-density polyethylene and synthetic skin samples using the Instron or medical devices. Analyzed the rate of failure, load applied, and extension on samples tested. Used collected data to graphically display results of the mechanical testing using MS Excel.

• Research Assistant · Florida Institute of Technology2016-08-01 – 2017-08-01

  Designed a bioreactor system for perfusion through laser cut micro-channels of a polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogel. Conducted cell study experiments to characterize cellular attachment and viability using aseptic techniques. Analyzed results on a scanning electron microscope to distinguish vascularization.

• Summer Research Assistant · University of Texas at Austin Biomedical Engineering2016-06-01 – 2016-08-01

  Gained in-depth knowledge on how to electrospin PCL in HPIF fibers. Gained skills in Cell Culturing. Gained knowledge on how to create and write an abstract to develop research project presentations. Presented a poster at the Society of Biomedical Engineers Conference October 2016.

Education

• Florida Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering

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