Lead Business Analyst
Wellmark
USAMay 2026 - Present
Lead Business Analyst
Sai Jeshwanth
Goud Illuri
5+ years leading requirements elicitation, AI-powered workflow automation, and stakeholder-driven solution design across healthcare, supply chain, and enterprise IT.
5+ Years
Business Analysis
40%
Workflow efficiency gain
$1.2M
Overpayment recovery
150+
Global clients supported
Core Strengths
Requirements Engineering
GenAI Workflows
Agile Delivery
Process Automation
Data Visualization
UAT Coordination
Experience
Business analysis leadership across healthcare, enterprise IT, and supply chain with a focus on AI-enabled workflows.
Business Analyst
Centene Corporation
USAJul 2025 - APR 2026
- Led stakeholder interviews across claims and member services to gather functional requirements for an AI-powered prior authorization workflow, defining business rules and exception handling criteria that accelerated authorization turnaround by 40%.
- Drove AS-IS/TO-BE process mapping and gap analysis for a member services workflow redesign, delivering BRDs, FRDs, and RTMs that eliminated 3 manual handoffs.
- Coordinated UAT across Agile SDLC cycles for quarterly releases and AI feature rollouts, authoring 120+ test scenarios and managing defect triage in JIRA.
- Developed SQL-based data extracts and Power BI dashboards tracking claims denial rates and provider KPIs, surfacing a $1.2M overpayment pattern for corrective action.
- Partnered with data science and engineering to define functional requirements and HIPAA guardrails for a GenAI member chatbot, guiding phased rollout across 3 service lines.
IT Business Analyst
CyBIZ Lab
USAAug 2024 - May 2025
- Translated business requirements into technical specifications and UML diagrams, enabling delivery of an API-integrated module with AI-enhanced data processing.
- Structured 30+ user stories and acceptance criteria in JIRA, reducing requirement-related rework by 30% across four releases.
- Built Tableau dashboards and Excel analytical models with SQL data, giving leadership real-time visibility into adoption trends.
- Authored SOPs, workflow documentation, and BPMN models for release planning across three client environments.
- Performed root cause analysis on workflow management, recommending AI-based data classification strategies that cut manual reconciliation by 35%.
Technical Business Analyst Intern
Able Up Iowa
USAJun 2024 - Aug 2024
- Analyzed 280K+ borrower records using SQL and Python, translating risk segmentation findings into decision rules that improved loan approvals by 12%.
- Defined KPI logic and built a Power BI Impact Dashboard to support securing a $500K CDFI award.
- Defined data intake requirements and validation rules for an Azure Data Factory ETL pipeline, reducing processing time by 50%.
- Developed a data governance framework in Azure Databricks to flag inconsistencies across 15+ sources, improving data accuracy by 30%.
Associate Business Analyst
Accenture
IndiaOct 2021 - Jul 2023
- Spearheaded analysis for a cloud-based SCP platform serving 150+ clients, delivering BRDs and FRDs that supported launch of a Business Planning module generating $2M in revenue.
- Conducted stakeholder workshops with 40+ planners, validating wireframes in Figma to improve adoption by 25%.
- Documented business rules and data standards for demand planning workflows, driving 35% planning efficiency improvement.
- Built Power BI and Tableau dashboards by defining KPI logic and validating metrics with SQL against SAP and Snowflake sources.
- Partnered with engineering on ERP data ingestion automation, improving forecast accuracy by 20% across 30+ distribution centers.
Key Achievements
Measurable outcomes from AI, automation, and analytics initiatives.
AI-powered Prior Authorization
Accelerated prior authorization turnaround by 40% through stakeholder-driven requirements, business rules, and exception handling.
GenAI
Automation
Healthcare
Data-Driven Dashboards
$1.2M overpayment pattern surfaced with SQL and Power BI, enabling cross-functional corrective action and better claims oversight.
Power BI
SQL
Analytics
AI Chatbot Functional Specs
Defined HIPAA guardrails and intent mapping for a GenAI member chatbot rollout across three service lines.
LLM
HIPAA
Chatbot
Operational Efficiency Gains
Cut manual reconciliation by 35% and eliminated 3 manual handoffs through process redesign and AI-enabled workflow automation.
Process
UAT
Automation
Projects
Product-led initiatives showcasing innovation, impact, and user-centric design.
AI-driven fitness app delivering personalized health insights with adaptive workout plans, real-time feedback, and gamified challenges. Boosted user engagement by 30% in its first quarter.
Product Management
PRD
Figma
UI/UX
AI
Agile
Cloud-based data analysis tool built on Azure. Processes and visualizes Iowa vehicle crash data to uncover patterns. Integrates Azure Data Factory for ETL, Azure SQL Database, and Power BI for interactive dashboards.
Azure Data Factory
Azure SQL Database
Power BI
Python
Data Analytics
ETL Pipelines
Modern responsive portfolio with Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. Features dark mode, smooth animations, and component-driven architecture.
Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
UI/UX Design
Responsive Design
Skills
Full-stack business analysis and AI transformation capabilities.
Business Analysis & Requirements
Requirements elicitation
BRD / FRD
User stories
Use cases
RTM
Business rules
Agile Delivery & Tools
Scrum / Kanban
Jira / Confluence
Sprint planning
Backlog refinement
Release planning
Cross-functional collaboration
Process & Workflow
Process mapping
Gap analysis
Root cause analysis
UAT coordination
Data quality checks
SOP documentation
Testing & Delivery
UAT planning
Test scenarios
Defect tracking
Regression testing
Release readiness
Data validation
Technical & Cloud
Python
SQL
Power BI
Azure Synapse
Snowflake
Informatica / ETL
AI & Automation
Generative AI
LLMs
NLP
AI Agents
Predictive modeling
Intelligent document processing
Education
Academic foundation combining business strategy, technology, and analytics.
Master of Business Administration (STEM MBA)
Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University
Master of Science in Information Systems (STEM)
Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science
Pragati Engineering College (JNTUK)
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