SUMMARY:

• 6+ years of Industry experience as a Business system Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirements Gathering, Evaluating Data Sources, Translating Requirements into Specifications, Application Design.
• Proficient in Technical and Business Writing, Business Process Flow, Business Process Modeling, Business system Analysis and Testing various methodologies.
• Expertise in Project Management i.e. Project Scoping, Planning, Estimating, Scheduling, Organizing, Directing, Controlling, Budgeting and Drafting Remedy Procedures.
• Experience in facilitating Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with Business User Groups, conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with IT Groups and Conflict Management with Project team members.
• Utilized Open Migrate for successful implementation of QUMAS data structures.
• Experience with IBM WebSphere Business Modeller to understand and transform business through superior business modelling.
• Created Dashboards with interactive views, trends and drill downs for Intensified ADR, reporting for active substance and biologicamedicines
• Supervised Trackwise upgrade to version 8.2
• In depth knowledge Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology, Use Cases, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/D).
• Lead client relations and corporate content marketing initiatives at bioinformatics LLC, a leading life sciences market intelligence consulting firm
• Competent in Creating Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams such as Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams, navigational flows, story boards, UI specifications and Sequence Diagrams.
• Extensive experience in developing Use Cases, creating Screen Mockups, conducting Gap Analysis and Impact Analysis, SWOT analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk Analysis.
• Facilitated Change Management across entire process from Project conceptualization to Testing through Project Delivery, Software Development and Implementation Management in diverse Business and Technical Environments.
• Responsible to Track, Document, Capture, Manage and Communicate the Requirements using Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) which helped in controlling numerous artifacts produced by the teams across the deliverables for a project
• Involved in Test Planning, Test Preparation, Test Execution, Issue Resolution and Report Generation to assure that all aspects of a Project are in Compliance with the Business Requirements.
• Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of Test Cases. Expertise in designing and developing Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Interface with clients from Operations, Marketing, Sales, Technologies, and Outside Vendors and act as their customer interface point as the lead of the Projects.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent Interpersonal and Customer Relational Skills, Proven Communication, Organizational, Analytical, Presentation Skills, and Leadership Qualities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: C,C++,C#,VC++,VB,VB.NET,C#.NET, ASP.NET, Java, SQL, PLSQ

Development Methodologies: RUP, AGILE, Waterfall, ESDM, STV

Databases: MS - Access, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, DB2, Sybase

Application Servers: IBM Websphere, ATG Dynamo, BEA WebLogic.

Internet: HTML, XML, VBScript, ASP, JavaScript, JSP, J2EE.

Automation Tools: MS Visio,Qumas Doc Compliance Rational Rose, Trackwise, Rational ClearCase, Rational RequisitePro,Documentum

Bug Tracking Tools: Mercury TestDirector, Rational ClearQuest

Utility Tools: MS Office Suite, MS Project, TOAD, Adobe Photoshop

Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports, SQL Server Reports (SSRS)

Data warehousing Tools: Informatica, Business Objects, Cognos, Erwin

Testing Tools: Quick TestPro (QTP), TestDirector, WinRunner, LoadRunnerNiku Project Workbench

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Glenview, IL

Sr. Business system Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed Business Users to gather Requirements and analyzed the feasibility of their needs by coordinating with the project manager and technical lead.
• Prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRD’s) after the collection of Functional Requirements from System Users that provided appropriate scope of work for technical team to develop prototype and overall system.
• Used IBM WebSphere Business Modeller to fully visualize, comprehend, and document the business processes. To model and optimize the business-critical processes. Define and refine process models through the company's best practices.
• Interacted with users for verifying User Requirements, managing Change Control Process, updating existing Documentation
• Quality Assurance and Compliance of Medicaid Transmittals through Trackwisesystem.
• Created relationships in Requirement Traceability Matrix linking Business Requirements to Functional requirements and Functional Requirements to Systems Requirements.
• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with IT groups. Identified the Key Changes, and participated in Stakeholder Management to communicate effectively with them
• Developed and Documented timelines for Project Delivery, and managed Projects and Resources to successful completion.
• Involved in documentation of SOP, Preclinical requirement, Biologicalsample management.
• Successfully transitioned the responsibility for Lab Ware LIMSand Empower application administration and user account management from QC Lab Systems to Information Systems.
• Prepared graphical depictions of Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, State Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Component Based Diagrams, and Collateral Diagrams and creation of technical design (UI screen) using Microsoft Visio.
• Performed immunohistochemistry on tissue samples from thyroid cancer patient to correlate with the bioinformaticsresults.
• Worked on Documentum for Version Controlling, to maintain up to date changes in the Documents.
• Hands on experience with Qumas and Documentum for data mapping and data migration having complex schemas and modifying its various attributes.
• Wrote PL/SQL statement and stored procedures in Oracle for extracting as well as writing data
• Used Test Director, PL/SQL for testing the application
• Created reports from SAP modules using Business Objects / Crystal Reports based upon business requirements.
• Responsible to import the data from Crystal reports by using Business Objects Live office into Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Assisted to develop the Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scenarios to be used in testing based on Business Requirements, technical specifications and/or product knowledge.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing, gathered and documented User Manuals and Business Rules

Environment: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, Documentum, Windows NT/XP, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, Pl/SQL, Cognos, Sybase, EVPN, IBM Websphere Business Process Modeller, VBScript, Adobe Photoshop, MIS-IP, C#. NET, ASP.NET, Business Objects, Trackwise, TestDirector, LoadRunner, Niku Project Workbench, AVPN.

Confidential, Cambridge, MA

Sr. Business system Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analysed User Requirement Document, Business Requirement Document (BRD), Technical Requirement Specification and Functional Requirement Specification (FRS).
• Prepared and analysed AS IS and TO BE in the existing architecture and performed Gap Analysis. Created workflow scenarios, designed new process flows and documented the Business Process and various Business Scenarios and activities of the Business from the conceptual to procedural level.
• Performed enhancements to various tables and schemas with the help of QUMAS.
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) to strategize the Implementation of RUP effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle. applied accordingly and validated changes (VSCRs) were adequately closed in Trackwise.
• Worked as an Interface between the Users and the different teams involved in the application development for the better understanding of the Business and IT Processes.
• Followed a structured approach to organize Requirements into logical groupings of essential Business Processes, Business Rules, and Information needs that insures any Critical Requirements are not missed
• Followed the UML based methods using Microsoft Visio to create: Use Cases Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, State Chart Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Collaboration Diagrams.
• Prepared Logical Data Models that contains set of Entity Relationship Diagrams and Data Flow Diagrams and supporting documents and descriptions of the Relationships between the data elements to analyze and document the Business Data Requirements.
• Worked extensively with the QA team for designing Test Plan and Test Cases for the User Acceptance Testing.
• Created a biologicalDrug Pricing Database for US, UK, and Germany
• Staffed and managed new QC Lab Systems team providing application management and end-user support for Lab Ware LIMS and Waters Empower.
• Implemented data access, storage and validation routines on the database server using Procedural Language/Structured Query Language (PL/SQL).
• Wrote PL/SQL statement and stored procedures in Oracle for extracting as well as writing data.
• Led the development of a program to train users on a custom web application and a Cognos ad-hoc reporting environment.
• Created Graphical representation of reports such as Bar charts, Pie charts etc as per the End user requirements using Business Objects and Crystal reports.
• Assisted front-end development teams in integrating Crystal Reports in the .NET application using SDK.
• Responsible for providing analytical support in the Design, Development and Implementation of Project.
• Verified the Business Scenarios on new builds to allow extended testing by the QA team.

Environment: Rational Enterprise Suite (Rose, RequisitePro, ClearCase, ClearQuest), Visual Basic, SQL, SQL Server, Pl/SQL, Crystal Reports, Trackwise, Cognos, Oracle, C#.Net, WebLogic, Websphere business process modeller, IPFR Services, HTML, Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Windows Forms, Web Forms, LoadRunner, WinRunner,Trackwise, Niku Project WorkBench, Project Management.

Confidential, San Diego CA

Business system Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with SME’s in understanding the Requirements pertaining to Loan Origination to Loan Processing.
• Extracted the Business Requirements from the end users keeping in mind their need for the application and prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRD) using Rational RequisitePro.
• Reviewed Design Documents, Requirements Analysis Specifications with Project Lead, Business Owners and the Technical Lead
• Sought out by organizations worldwide to for Trackwise expertise and successful track record.
• Created and managed Project Templates, Use Case Project Templates, Requirement Types and Traceability Relationships in RequisitePro.
• Involved in creating automated Test Scripts representing various Transactions, Documenting the Load Testing Process and Methodology. Created meaningful reports for analysis and integrated the Performance Testing in the SDLC.
• Developed and managed Project Plans and Schedules. Managed resolution of Project issues and conflicts.
• Conducted Functional Walkthroughs, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and supervised the development of User Manuals for customers.
• Worked as a User/Customer advocate and negotiated with user as well as with developers and management staff to resolve any requirement conflict to bridge the Gaps between IT and Business.
• Used MS Access and Excel to cleanse and assemble accounting data and develop reports.
• Created test scripts for all the test cases in PL/SQL
• Converted various SQL statements into stored procedures thereby reducing the Number of database accesses.
• Giving bioinformaticsproduct design algorithm and software for research groups aiding analysis of experimental data.
• Worked with Cognos and micro strategy reporting systems to extract the data for analysis using filters based on the analysis.
• Used Crystal Reports to design a complex, on the fly, report that displayed complete charts based on the parameters.
• Wrote detailed specifications for various reports generated using Cognos.
• Various versions of the documents generated during the project were maintained and managed using Rational ClearCase and performed defect tracking using Rational ClearQuest.
• Tested the final application for Usability testing to verify whether all the User Requirements were catered to by the application.

Environment: Rational Enterprise Suite (Rose, RequisitePro, ClearCase, ClearQuest), IBM WebSphere, XML, Java, J2EE, JSP, VoAVPN, Oracle, MS Visio, DB2,UAT, Sybase, Pl/SQL, SQL Server Reports, Crystal Reports, Cognos, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Quick TestPro

Confidential, Corona CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted one to one interviews with Portfolio Manager to gather Business Requirements and was involved in the documentation of Business Requirement Documents.
• Assisted the Project Manager in setting realistic Project expectations and in evaluating the impact of changes on the organization and plans accordingly and conducted Project related presentations.
• Identified internal and external system Requirements, design and configuration set-up.
• Developed strategic partnerships with the Business units to develop a solid knowledge base of the Business line, including the Business Plan, Products, and Process.
• Translated the Business needs into system Requirements, communicating with the Business on a broader scale and with an in-depth view.
• Designed and developed Project document templates based on SDLC methodology.
• Developed Business Requirement Document as well as High-Level Project Plan.
• Functioned as the primary liaison between the Business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the Project Cycle.
• Analysed Qumas Express application to identify functional gaps. Stratified gap analysis and managed vendor remediation.
• Developed Functional Specification Document and Supplementary Specification (non-functional) Document.
• Knowledge of Gantt charts, bioinformatics, and process flow diagrams
• Participated in the Logical and Physical Design sessions and developed Design Documents.
• Worked with developers to make sure that they understood the Use Cases.
• Customize and extend the Oracle E-Business Suite using flex fields, Forms Personalization, Oracle 10g PL/SQL and SQL*Plus scripts
• Designed and implemented basic SQL queries for QA Testing and Report / Data Validation.
• Partnered with the Technical Areas in the research and resolution of System and User Acceptance Testing.
• Worked with Quality Control Teams to develop Test Plan and Test Cases.
• Develop User Manuals, and Manuals as per Project Specifications and timelines.

Environment: Microsoft Office Suite, MS Visio, Windows XP, Dreamweaver, SQL, PLSQL, XML, VB, ASP, Crystal Reports, Adobe Photoshop, Qumas, Mercury TestDirector, UAT,WinRunner, LoadRunner