Maria Smekhov

Maria Smekhov is a strategic IT professional known for her expertise in product management, business analysis, and strategic relationships.

She has a track record of successful project launches in various areas such as Fund Accounting, Fixed Income and Credit Swaps Multi-Currency trading systems, Credit Reporting, and Reconciliation.

Maria specializes in Business Analysis, Requirements gathering, Use Cases, Functional specifications, Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Scrum, and Strategic Problem Solving.

Her application analysis and design skills along with excellent verbal and written communication abilities set her apart in the IT industry.

Maria is well-versed in technologies and tools like Agile, ADO, JIRA, Scrum, SQL, Python, among others.

She holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Information Systems from DePaul University.

Maria's professional experience includes roles at reputable organizations like Northern Trust Corporation, Newedge, WACHOVIA SECURITIES/WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, and Bank of America.

Before venturing into project management and business analysis, she served as a Programmer and System Analyst at STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION.