Experience Summary

Mr. Barr is a confident and analytical IT professional with exceptional talent for performing demanding IT technical and non-technical roles to lead the development of new lines of business. He is skilled in Decision Support Systems, Program Project Management, Business Requirements Management, Business Process Re-engineering, Information Architectures, Business Continuity and Information Security models. Mr. Barr possesses excellent communication skills both written and spoken to convey valuable knowledge to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Employment History

Senior Business Analyst

Confidential

Managed Business Requirements for USPTO system-upgrades custom solutions and system-replacements COTS integration for both USPTO-hosted and vendor-hosted configurations . Advised USPTO customers on security risks associated with vendor-hosted and cloud solutions. Partnered with project managers, technical leads and business partners to drive RFI and RFP solicitations for vendor-product offerings. Performed comparative analysis of vendor software products, of product demonstrations and of independent market research to recommend a vendor product selection. Successfully steered USPTO's Office of General Counsel through the review of review and selection of a COTS product designed to manage both their Legal Case and Document Management needs regarding the Patent Appeals processes in the Federal Courts. Instrumental in the other projects pertaining to Patents Appeals processing, Integrated Library Systems, Emergency Notification Systems, and Web-based Time and Attendance.

Senior Business Analyst

Confidential

Led the Requirements Analysis and Management through the Functional Design, Solution Development and UAT Test Plan phases for BCVS' Data Quality workflow solution. Designed processes to integrate Oracle's Enterprise Data Quality EDQ for data cleansing and standardization of newly acquired pension plan data stored on Oracle databases. Designed workflows for publishing pension plan data to the PBGC client via the BCVS. Designed an electronic data auditing solution according to the Agency's operational procedures. Liaised with project team and client to identify and rectify solution defects across the BCVS SDLC using HP's Quality Center. Conferred with Project Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, Trainers, Actuaries and Auditors on a daily basis to mitigate gaps in the system design, Training Guides and business logic relative to approved Business Requirements, Functional and Technical Design Specifications. All work performed in a SOA Service Oriented Architecture and using an Agile development methodology.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Led the business requirements definition for multiple projects to integrate new lines of business into RRD's proprietary Open Source printing solutions. Project life-cycles mirrored Agile methodology with 2-3 month durations. Created process flow diagrams. Conferred with Programming staff to document design specifications for IBM Mainframe COBOL , UNIX, Perl-scripting, HP Powerstream, and Dialogue imaging specifications. Managed requirements life-cycle for concurrent projects. Collaborated with other RRD facilities in the US and the UK on project development to meet Service Level Agreements SLA .

IT Patent Classifier Confidential

Researched and analyzed cutting-edge IT technical subject matter. Substantiated decisions in a fast-paced production environment. Assigned US and foreign patent classifications for patents prior to review by US Patent Examiners. Documented basis for adjudication defense in event USPTO rejected classifications. Processed 15-20 patent applications per day, consistently maintaining an error rate below 2 .

Business Analyst

Confidential

Led the business requirements definition stage for merging 3 acquired lines-of-business into MetLife's Reinsurance DB2 Data Architecture. Created and validated data mapping, staging and translation requirements. Manage business requirements traceability as a living document. Escalated special handling requirements to close gaps between source and target underwriting rules 20 of policies . Finalized rules on remaining 80 of policies. Applied due-diligence to ramp-up in 50 the expected time.

Business Systems Analyst

Confidential

Led the functional decomposition and Use Case definition for discharging Federal Student Loans for larger project to re-engineer the Federal Student Loan processing systems. Maintained design specifications across multiple project releases developed under an iterative methodology for upgrading the system platform. Created system transformation design specifications for legacy to Web, Web to Siebel, Web to Web. Utilized RequisitePro to manage requirements traceability, gap analysis and gap closure between Business Requirements and Use Cases. Managed deliverables using SharePoint.

IT Security Advisor

Confidential

Advised Agency on measures to mitigate real and potential security risks to Medicare/Medicaid data. Tasked daily with evaluating vendors' Security Risk Assessments and Security Plans. Recommended safe-guards for the internal and external claimant systems to ensure compliance with Agency, NIST and HIPAA regulations. Represented CMS Security Section in Medicare Modernization Project status meetings. Briefed CMS CIO on critical project findings.

IT Specialist,

Confidential

System life-cycle management cradle-to-grave for business solutions serving the FDIC's oversight responsibilities to the commercial banking industry.

Business Unit Manager

Provided Program Management for Financial Risk Management solutions. Managed 10 staff and their contractors' assignments for the Supervisory Reporting Unit of the Business Applications Section supporting the FDIC's Division of Bank Supervision.

IT Project Manager

Delivered enterprise-wide financial risk management solutions to FDIC's bank examiners. Accountable for end-to-end project management of all assigned automated business solutions. Role fulfilled while concurrently serving as Application Security Architect and ISSO. Delivered nearly 50 projects on time and within budget. Influenced the progression towards CMMI-level 3 Certification using PMI-based methodology while enforcing strict regulatory standards. Influenced the delivery of Business Process Re-engineering initiatives. Managed legacy system enhancement and modernization objectives using both Iterative/Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies. Managed business solutions spanning cradle-to-grave life cycle. Repeatedly recognized for superior achievement.

Application Security Architect

Designed and administered a database-driven, Roles Based Access Control RBAC security model to manage access for 10,000 users and enforcing access management policies for both internal and external stakeholders. Designed and implemented auditing functions to ensure compliance with OIG and NIST standards. Designed and implemented a means to decentralize security administration function across FDIC Division lines.

Information Systems Security Officer

Administered Identity and Access Management IAM controls for staff and vendors assigned to department-level projects. Provided oversight to security risk evaluations, external audits and Certification and Accreditation projects. Developed security planning documents. Consulted on projects with project managers, senior management and client-side automation control experts.

Software Engineer

Designed and delivered structured Decision Support pre-business intelligence BI solutions. Heavy exposure to using financial derivatives based solutions to monitor banking practices and performance. Designed and developed automation tools in a Build vs. Buy environment. Developed custom business solutions, elicited and validated Business Requirements and performed unit and systems integration testing. Developed all SDLC documentation. Created Proofs of Concept. Evaluated software tools and made recommendations.

Awards

Recipient of 7 awards for superior performance achieving FDIC's mission-critical business objectives for financial risk management of the commercial banking sector.

Relevant Skills

Documentation: Business Requirements BRD Functional Design FRD, Internal, External Technical Design TDD, Internal, External Test Plans Project Planning/Initiation Feasibility Studies Cost/Benefit Post-implementation Review PRD .

Testing /Defect Management: HP Quality Center, Merant Tracker, SharePoint Section 508 Compliance, Systems Integration SIT , Regression, Performance PT User Acceptance UAT .

Process Solutions: Oracle's Enterprise Data Quality EDQ , Electronic Data Audits, Actuarial and Auditing Solutions, Use Cases Storyboarding Functional Analysis Decomposition Systems Re-design/Modernization Reverse Engineering.

Database Solutions/Data Repositories: Relational DBs: Oracle, CA-Datacom, DB2, SQL Database Design EDI/Data Sharing VSAM file management IDCAMS Data Warehouse Database Access Optimization.

Project / Requirements Management Tools: Rational RequisitePro SharePoint Visio MS Project Harvard Project Manager Critical Path Method CPM PMI Methodologies Visual SourceSafe .

Information Security: IAM Methodology RBAC Methodology ACF2 CICS Transactions DB2 Secondary Authorizations n-tier layers.

Web Platforms: Oracle Application Express APEX , 3-tier backend databases Secure Intranet Extranet Embedded SQL access to DB2 DB.

Methodologies: Formulated Workplace PMI Standards Strategies Change-over, Parallel w/Back-fill, Distributed Iterative Agile Waterfall.

Office Networks Software: MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Visio Windows Novell Lotus Notes.