Sheila (Xinyue) Gu
Business Analyst & Agile Team Facilitator at Arch Talents LLC- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Arch Talents LLC
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Analyst & Agile Team Facilitator
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Jun 2019 - Present
• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies • Gathered requirements, wrote user stories and acceptance criteria. • Educated and reinforced scrum methodology and agile mindset to team members and key stakeholders • Facilitated story estimation session and helped Product Owner on writing product roadmap • Acted as a liaison between technology team, stakeholders and subject matter experts to establish requirements and determine user need • Promoted agile principles by emphasizing scrum values, principles, and events • Continuously learned facilitation techniques and shared findings with the Scrum team • Promoted and supported Scrum through theory, practices, guidelines, and values. • Maintained balance between service and leadership. • Helped Development teams identify bottlenecks, and areas of waste. • Encouraged Development teams to strive towards Technical Excellence. • Coached effective backlog management in service to the Product Owner. • Assisted Product Owner in understanding release health. • Developed partnership with Product Owners to implement strategies of best practices. • Guided development teams successfully through the transition from Waterfall to Agile development. • Coached and empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionally. • Removed impediments and protected team member form interruptions and distraction to maximize productivity. • Encouraged and implemented process improved. • Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into the sprint planning session. • Coordinated and participated in estimation meetings to provide high-level estimated story points for backlog items. • Protected development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline. • In-depth knowledge of projects planning techniques and automated project planning tools. Show less
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Danshi Advertising Co., Ltd.
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Nanjing City, Jiangsu, China
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Business Analyst & Project Manager
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Sep 2012 - Present
• Had vision of business development, promotional item production, and events/festivals. • Actively engaged in and was a driving force in strategic planning meetings with shareholders. • Developed effective business plans, achieved profitability goals and grew business and client retention. • Good connect with stakeholders. Established long-team business relationships, major clients included Bosch Siemens, Samsung, Huawei as well as universities, government agencies and the Chinese military. • Created platform to allow smaller customers to make promotional item orders with manufacturers. • Built local industrial supply chain system to help small business owners attracting high quality clients. • Planned, organized, hired talent, contracted with vendors, etc. for 15 music festivals that were comprised of popular Chinese musicians, with budgets ranging from $200,000 to $5 million. • Helped core team grow from five employees to 3 self-organized departments. Show less
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Mingbo Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
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Nantong City, Jiangsu, China
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General Manager
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Nov 2010 - Aug 2015
• Invented, patented, and sold medical device to treat teenagers with myopia (nearsightedness) and amblyopia (lazy eye). • Device used traditional Chinese medicines and heat to stimulate circulation in the ocular areas. • Sold over 66,000 units for $600 each, producing them at a cost of $50 per unit. Additionally, sold franchising rights for $6000 per locationWorked with two manufacturers to produce medical devices and procured franchise contracts with 300 stores. • Had a big picture and a strategic vision of the business • Worked with the R&D team and developed a whole product and service system with them • Facilitated marketing eventsOversaw annual marketing budget of $24,000 for online, print, radio, and television advertising.Sold over 66,000 units for $600 each, producing them at a cost of $50 per unit. Additionally, sold franchising rights for $6000 per location • • Donated several thousand devices to individuals through primary schools to students living in poverty who needed such treatments. Show less
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Education
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UMSL Graduate Business Programs
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
Nanjing University
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Bachelor's degree, Chinese and Western Clinical Medicine