CAREER PROFILE

Well organized result-driven Information Technology Consultant with proven ability to learn and understand the customer's business, current system, and needs for improvement. Expertise in elicitation and analysis of requirements for complex systems, data management, system test engineering and management, the development of technical documentation, Software Development Life Cycle SDLC , Health and Human Services HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle EPLC , Information Technology Information Library ITIL .

CHRONOLOGY OF EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Business Analyst

• Facilitated working group meetings.
• Analyzed existing business requirements and business processes.
• Developed new business requirements.
• Developed new business use cases.
• Developed project schedule.
• Identified, documented, and managed project risks.
• Coordinated with OB and IT stakeholders for planning and information gathering.
• Developed acceptance criteria plan.
• Developed SQL query scripts to analyze the existing system data.
• Developed the conceptual data model for the proposed modernized system using CA ERwin data modeler tool.

Confidential

• Developed and maintained project schedule for each system.
• Developed system overview document and data dictionary for each system.
• Develop ERDs using Toad.
• Coordinated product systems and IT stakeholders for information gathering.
• Documented preliminary findings of the analysis performed.
• Presented preliminary findings to the senior management team.
• Developed SQL query scripts to analyze data.
• Performed and reported on the data gap analyses that were performed for various systems.

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Project Management/Consultant

• Utilized IBM Rational Tool,RequisitePro, for the analysis and management of all requirements.
• Developed the requirements traceability matrix RTM .
• Developed system acceptance test scenarios.
• Utilized HL7 RIM to model HI business requirements.

Project Management

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• Worked with the FDA Program Manager to track the program level tasks and requirements.
• Developed and maintained the e-431 Electronic Data Capture EDC pilot project schedule.
• Developed the acquisition packages including statement of work SOW for the purchase of hardware and software for the ALM Program.
• Advised both FDA IT and Business representative during the requirements phase of the ALM Laboratory Information Management System LIMS project.
• Consolidated grading of requirements for all 13 laboratories.
• Reviewed and commented on all technical vendor deliverables for the LIMS project.
• Worked with the FDA San Francisco District Lab Deputy Director to develop:
• Three training/user manuals
• e-431 EDC pilot project hardware deployment guide
• Identified, documented, and managed project risks.
• Developed mitigation strategies for the identified risks.

IT Systems Engineer/Project Management

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• Developed documentation supporting the Initiation and Concept Development Phase of the HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle Framework EPLC , the FDA's SDLC.

• Researched information and interviewed stakeholders for requirements to define and document the business case in the System Boundary Document for the following projects: Authorization Roles and Responsibilities Management Service ARRMS , Work Assignment and Accomplishment WAAM , ALM e-431 EDC Project.

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IT Systems Engineer/Project Management

• Developed the required documentation to support the Initiation and Concept Development Phases for the SDLC and align with the HHS EPLC.
• Researched information and interviewed stakeholders to gather requirements to define and document the business case in the System Boundary Document for the following projects: Authorization Roles and Responsibilities Management Service ARRMS , Work Assignment and Accomplishment WAAM , ALM e-431 EDC Project.
• Categorized requirements for FDA CFSAN Violation Letter Tracking System VLTS Project.
• Developed the plan and schedule that led to the successful and on schedule deployment of CFSAN's VLTS.
• Reviewed and commented on all deliverables for the MI/CV project.
• Maintained the data input and prepared reports for the project monthly Earned Value Management EVM report.
• Identified and documented the risks associated with the project, and developed a mitigation strategy for the identified risks.
• Analyzed all project schedules to confirm that they adhered to FDA SDLC and were inline with vendor's monthly report and invoice.

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QA/Test Manager

• Worked closely with FDA ORA IT Project officers and their Director to ensure that their project schedules adhered to the SDLC requirements.
• Reviewed all deliverable artifacts for each project from the planning phase through testing phase.
• Developed and maintained the VMS-to-Unix Migration Project schedule
• Developed the overall test approach for the VMS-to-Unix Migration Project.
• Participated in the VMS-to-Unix Review Board to ensure that all issues, and resolutions were captured, accessed, and closed in accordance to the ORA OIT processes and procedures.
• Worked with Federal counterpart to improve or clarify requirements and their test approach for each project.
• Managed the test team responsible for the effort to reorganize the test strategy for the Tactical Work Planner TWP , first MARCS application for the FDA ORA OIT. This effort included the rewrite of all test cases to reduce the number from 300 to 60 test cases without the loss of quality.
• Utilized LoadRunner currently HP Peformance Center to develop automated performance test scripts.
• Managed test execution and the analysis of the results manage the defect-tracking list for the project and developed the test analysis report TAR for each drop of the release of the software.