Surrey, British Columbia / Open to new opportunities

Making complex systems make sense.

I’m Mehdi Vahabisani, a Business Systems Analyst who translates business needs into clear software requirements, using UML, BPMN 2.0, and user story mapping.

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3+: Years of industry experience
5: Analyst & design roles
3: Degrees in systems & technology

BPMN 2.0 · Requirements to delivery

A little about my work

I work where people, processes, and technology meet, bringing structure to ambiguity so teams can build with confidence.

3+ years of industry experience in requirements elicitation, process modeling, UI wireframing and technical documentation (SRS, use cases, product vision), grounded in systems and industrial engineering, and extended by graduate research in decision intelligence and human-centered AI at Simon Fraser University.

Areas of expertise

From ambiguity
to alignment.

Three areas I bring to every project. Open one to see the methods and deliverables involved.

Methods

Requirements elicitation
UML 2.0 modeling
Data modeling (ERD)
UI prototyping & wireframing
User story generation & mapping
UX research
BDD
DDD

Deliverables

Software requirements specifications (SRS)
Use case specifications
Product vision & personas
Test cases & scenarios

Methods

Process identification
Process architecture
BPMN 2.0 modeling
APQC
SAP
ITIL

Deliverables

As-is and to-be process models
Process documentation
Implementation support

Methods

Agile
Scrum
Kanban
Business planning
Cost estimation
Effort estimation

Deliverables

Prioritized backlogs & story maps
Project cost and effort estimates
Plans in JIRA, Trello and MS Project

How I work

A clear path from
question to spec.

A typical engagement, step by step. Select a stage to see what happens and what you get.

Understand the real need

Stakeholder interviews, UX research and personas to gather functional and non-functional requirements, and to separate what people ask for from what they actually need.

You get

Stakeholder & requirements list
Product personas
Product vision

A record of making things clearer

Experience &
research.

2023 — PresentCurrent
Software Designer

Integrated Science Lab · Surrey, BC
- Analyzed the requirements of a multi-stage, causality-driven decision support system.
- Designed mid- to high-fidelity UI wireframes of the system.
- Implemented selected interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG and D3.js.
- Requirements analysis
- Wireframing
- D3.js
- SVG
Apr 2023 — PresentCurrent
Research Assistant

Simon Fraser University · Surrey, BC
- Decision intelligence, visual analytics and human-centered AI.
- Supervisor: Dr. Brian Fisher.
- Decision intelligence
- Visual analytics
- Human-centered AI
Nov 2021 — Sep 2022
Systems Analyst & Tester

System Group Co. · Tehran, Iran
- Elicited, analyzed and specified software product requirements; generated product personas and user stories.
- Applied user story mapping to refine and prioritize backlog items, and designed medium- to high-fidelity UI wireframes.
- Modeled user flow, behavior and structure with UML 2.0, created use case specifications, and worked with design and development teams to clarify and review requirements.
- User story mapping
- Personas
- UML 2.0
- Use cases
Jan 2021 — Nov 2021
Business Systems Analyst

Alo Application Co. · Tehran, Iran
- Gathered and analyzed functional and non-functional business and stakeholder requirements.
- Modeled core business processes with BPMN 2.0 and designed the software data model with ERD.
- Applied BDD for living documentation and acceptance tests, and DDD with event storming to classify business entities; authored SRS documents.
- BPMN 2.0
- ERD
- BDD
- DDD
- SRS
Sep 2020 — Dec 2020
Business Analyst

Algorithm Pars Co. · Tehran, Iran
- Designed the data model and low-fidelity UI wireframes for HSE software modules, and created SRS documents.
- Applied BDD for living documentation of customer needs and acceptance tests, and DDD with event storming to identify business domains.
- Data modeling
- Wireframing
- Event storming
- SRS
Sep 2019 — Dec 2022
Research Assistant

Tarbiat Modares University · Tehran, Iran
- Agile software development and software development risk assessment.
- Agile
- Risk assessment
Oct 2019 — Sep 2020
Junior System Analyst

ARKA DML Co. · Tehran, Iran
- Modeled the as-is behavior and data model of the implemented software solution using UML diagrams.
- Identified test scenarios, created test case documents, and performed static analysis to identify and fix code-related issues.
- UML
- Test cases
- Static analysis
Dec 2018 — Sep 2019
Research Assistant

University of Tehran · Tehran, Iran
- System dynamics modeling, macroeconomic policy planning and the water–food–energy nexus.
- System dynamics
- Policy planning

Tools & skills

The working
toolkit.

Visual Paradigm
Enterprise Architect
Microsoft Visio
Bonita BPMS
Bizagi BPMS
Figma
Adobe XD
JIRA
Trello
MS Project
Microsoft SQL Server
Python
C++
C#
JavaScript
HTML & CSS
SVG
D3.js
GAMS
Vensim
SPSS
Word
Excel
Access
PowerPoint

The foundations

Education &
perspective.

Languages

EnglishFluent

FarsiNative

Apr 2023 — Present

M.Sc. Interactive Arts and Technology

Simon Fraser University · Surrey, BC, Canada

Research in decision intelligence, visual analytics and human-centered AI.

2019 — 2022

M.Sc. Systems Engineering

Tarbiat Modares University · Tehran, Iran

2015 — 2019

B.Sc. Industrial Engineering

University of Tehran · Tehran, Iran

Have a complex problem worth untangling?

Let’s find the
clear next step.

Hiring for a business or systems analyst role, planning a project, or exploring a research collaboration? Send a note and I’ll get back to you.

Email mehdivahabisani@gmail.com
Phone +1 604 365 3208
Location Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Making complex systems make sense.

From ambiguityto alignment.

Methods

Deliverables

Methods

Deliverables

Methods

Deliverables

A clear path fromquestion to spec.

Understand the real need

You get

Experience &research.

Software Designer

Research Assistant

Systems Analyst & Tester

Business Systems Analyst

Business Analyst

Research Assistant

Junior System Analyst

Research Assistant

The workingtoolkit.

Education &perspective.

M.Sc. Interactive Arts and Technology

M.Sc. Systems Engineering

B.Sc. Industrial Engineering

Let’s find theclear next step.

Message sent.

From ambiguity
to alignment.

A clear path from
question to spec.

Experience &
research.

The working
toolkit.

Education &
perspective.

Let’s find the
clear next step.