Honey Akula

I am a Business Analyst with 4+ years of experience translating complex needs into clear business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. I focus on requirements elicitation, stakeholder alignment, and turning data into actionable insights.

In my recent role at Oklahoma Christian University, I elicited and documented business requirements from 10+ stakeholders across concurrent campaigns, driving a 40% increase in graduate program engagement. I researched and synthesized enrollment data into insights for a cross-functional team, and I helped reduce campaign delivery time by 67% by streamlining task tracking and workflows.

At Tata Consultancy Services, I led the end-to-end business requirements lifecycle across 10+ stakeholders and delivered digital improvements that reduced escalation time from 45 minutes to under 5 minutes. I conducted AS-IS / TO-BE process modeling with Bizagi Modeler and Miro AI, supported backlog refinement in Hybrid Agile using Jira and Azure DevOps, and authored user stories and acceptance criteria for Agile sprint planning and UAT.

I also apply AI in business analysis—using tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, and Notion AI—to accelerate requirements documentation, validation, and process improvement. I’m motivated by work that strengthens clarity, reduces rework, and delivers measurable outcomes through structured, collaborative analysis.