TECHNICAL SKILLS

• JAVA
• C++
• HTML
• XML
• Java Script
• PL SQL
• SAP R/3 (ECC 6
• APO
• SCM
• ERP configuration
• Business Intelligence
• Crystal Reports) - Experience 2 years
• Werum PAS X-Manufacturing Execution Systems software
• Camtasia Recorder
• Primavera
• JIRA Bug tracker
• Microsoft: Excel
• Word
• Power Point
• Access
• Project
• Visio
• SharePoint
• Rational Rose
• UML
• SPSS
• SAS
• Micro Strategy
• Google Analytics (beginner)
• Business Process and Project Management Tools: PERT
• WBS
• Gantt Charts
• Use Case Diagrams
• Activity Diagrams
• Feasibility Analysis
• Data Analysis:OLAP
• Sensitivity Analysis nPV
• Forecasting models:Moving Averages
• Exponential Smoothing
• Linear Regression
• Holt’s model and Winter’s model
• Financial Accounting
• Engineering Economics
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• ITIL experience (Preparing for ITIL v3 certification)
• HIPAA certified
• Healthcare client experience
• Technical documentation
• RFPs work instructions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the meeting with Business Process Owners, SME (Subject Matter Experts) and store users for Requirement gathering in Definition Stage.
• Designed and implemented basic SQL queries for testing and report/data validation
• Responsible for writing Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS)
• Analyzed Business Requirements and segregated them into high level and low level Use Cases, Activity Diagrams/State Chart Diagrams (UML).
• Mapped the old requirements with the new requirements and communicated it with the business groups for the gap analysis.
• Created Data Stage jobs to extract, transform and load data into data warehouses from various sources like relational databases, application systems etc.
• Created Process Flow diagrams, Use case diagrams (UML) using MS - Visio
• Prepared Screenshots and web layouts for the application
• Performed UAT based on Requirements Document and prepared the Test Cases.
• Maintained Traceability Matrix in Excel.
• Worked on Module testing and Factory acceptance testing for Confidential using Werum-PASX Manufacturing execution Systems software.
• Used Camtasia recorder to record the testing.
• Documented the test results to verify the efficiency of the system
• Helped in integrating PAS-X and ERP systems
• Worked with the other team members in order to maintain the Change control process and Version Control

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Lead Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Currently working on Well point - Confidential and Medco- Confidential Merger internal projects as a part of the Confidential Corporate Systems and Data Warehouse team.
• Helped define the scope of different projects by interacting with cross functional teams through JAR sessions.
• Attended stake holder meetings and interacted with business owners to gather requirements and define project scope.
• Created a High level requirements document, current as-Is process flow and future To-be process flows.
• Performed Gap Analysis.
• Created Context level data flow diagrams; reviewed with the stake holder’s context level data flow diagrams and updated these diagrams.
• Created Functional decomposition diagrams; reviewed with the stakeholder’s decomposition diagrams and updated these diagrams.
• Initiated the signoff for these documents after detailed reviews by the stake holders, project managers and business systems analysts.
• Attended High level design meetings and updated the Requirements Walkthrough process with missed high level requirements.
• Performed traceability between High level requirements and high level design and documented them.
• Scheduled meetings to conduct detailed requirements walk through and documented the final changes.
• Routed the detailed requirements for approval and helped store them in the appropriate audit folders.
• Attended detailed design meetings, updated the detailed requirements walk through process with missed detailed requirements.
• Performed traceability between detailed requirements and detailed design and documented them

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering phase.
• Provided data raw material to Decision support system group to enhance its decision-making effectiveness and accuracy by implementing someData warehouseconcept.
• Worked with SME’s to collect the Business process requirements, documented them in Business Requirement Document (BRD) and performed Business Process Re-engineering.
• Played a key role in helping the company adopt RUP and use UML notations for OOAD
• Worked closely with the Data Warehouse team and Business Intelligence Architecture team to understand repository objects that support the business requirement and process.
• Utilized Rational Unified Process (RUP) to configure and develop process, standards and procedures.
• Assisted the PM on various projects throughout the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) including Project Charter, Project Plan and Resource allocation.
• Setting up document hierarchy and standards to define different level of requirement using Rational Requisite Pro
• Met with report users and stakeholders to understand the problem domain, gathered customer requirements through surveys, interviews (group and one-on-one) along with JAD sessions.
• Involved in understanding the current business process, defining scope of the project along with position statement.
• Assisted in writing BRD, FRD, use cases, test scenarios, test cases for testing the functional requirement.
• Followed Unified Modeling Language (UML) methodology using Requisite Pro and Rational Rose to maintain: Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, and Collaboration Diagrams.
• Assisted Design Team in preparing Software Design Document (SDD), User Interface Design, Application Architecture & Database Modeling.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed blueprint sets of the client Costco’s warehouse, gas station, depots and packaging facilities to identify assets eligible for depreciation over shorter recovery periods and prepared the load analysis based on the qualified electrical assets.
• Determined Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing Costs qualifying for short recovery periods and applied tax authorities.
• Reviewed Change Orders and documented them accordingly.
• Allocated project fees and indirect costs based on relative dollar amount of the asset to the total project cost.
• Compiled documentation for assets depreciated over recovery periods shorter than 39 years.
• Assigned appropriate cost recovery periods in accordance with IRS guidelines.
• Prepared Asset description and final report and submitted it for audit by Confidential R&D Tax practice.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated short and long term labor, regulatory and port related policies and determined impact to Toyota’s Parts and accessory supply chain.
• Created an nPV model from the given data to forecast the financial impact of port policies on TOYOTA’s supply chain.
• Created a model using sensitivity analysis of data for container volume vs. profit, chassis cost vs. average hold time and maintenance vs. storage cost to determine the operational impact on the supply chain.
• Identified and provided recommendations which would help TOYOTA save $26,336,603 from Port Infrastructure Cargo fees in the next 15 years.
• Suggested that owning chassis is not a core competency and Toyota would incur $5,878,740 from Chassis policies in the next 10 years if TOYOTA owns the Chassis instead of leasing them.
• Conducted interviews with industry executives and reported to Toyota about the changes brought by the Clean Truck Program before its stipulated time period of 5 years.
• Performed a cost-benefit analysis to indicate the benefits from the ongoing consolidation in the future.
• Presented the reports to the Logistics head and the COO.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identified product targeting information needed by management and sales force.
• Conducted Market Research and historical data analysis to identify Chief users of Confidential ’s software and their competitors.
• Conducted a root cause analysis to find out decrease in sales and failure to meet expectations
• Interacted with the IT department and interviewed engineers to understand the current product and analyze user requirements.
• Identified lack of integration between different databases.
• Suggested synchronization solutions and developed a model to implement the solutions to optimize the existing database thus increasing efficiency by 40%
• Interacted with C-level executives for getting an overall picture of the current scenario and presented progress reports

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with key stake holders for Requirement Gathering and Requirement Analysis through JAR sessions.
• Conducted Knowledge transfer sessions and reverse knowledge transfer sessions for junior team members thus making sure that loss of information was less than 6%.
• Created use case specifications, sequence and activity diagrams using Visio which efficiently reduced process time and saved $100000 approximately for the firm.
• Participated in design review with Project managers and Business System Analysts to ensure integration of all requirements.
• Prepared Unit and Integration Test Plans for the Data Delivery to Customers Module, Release content management systems sub module and helped reduce cycle time by 20%.
• Conducted user acceptance testing.
• Fixed bugs, tracked defect in usage and functionality of interfaces which helped increase the code efficiency by 30%
• Aided in developing a Monitoring System for the testing process to track a transaction using JAVA STRUTS framework
• Created test data for validation of code using XML.
• Participated in building and launching new features to the existing product.
• Worked with technical and business users to monitor the deployment of the product