SUMMARY:

• Project Management and Business Analysis professional with over 15 years of Information Technology management experience.
• Proficient with Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall frameworks, as well as Project Management, budget planning, resource planning, team building, risk assessment management and mitigation.
• Strong leadership, communication, team motivation and negotiation skills.
• Expert in all aspects of Data Governance, Data Integration, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Master Data Management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware/Operating Systems: Windows applications, Red Hat Linux, HP - UX

Languages: UNIX shell scripting, SQL, Proprietary Database, vi editor, sed scripting

Software: Microsoft Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Front Page, Outlook, Project. Access, Visio), Databases/Tools (SQL Server Management Studio, TOAD, SQL Developer), Testing (SOAP UI), BI Tools (Crystal Reports, Business Objects, MicroStrategy), ETL Tools (TIBCO, Informatica Power Center), and Data Quality tools (Informatica DQ, Informatica Power Center).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Columbia, MD

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed project development team of 4 members.
• Responsible for development and management of the project budget and planning using the EVM method.
• Developed and maintained Project and Milestone schedules.
• Provided weekly and monthly Project status reports.
• Liaising between Client, PMO, Requirement, Infrastructure contractors and staff throughout project lifecycle.
• Ensured project objectives are met.

Confidential

Business Analyst Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed Enterprise Services Business Analysts team of 6 senior professionals.
• Lead initiatives to establish Business Analysis methodology and framework which been accepted and flourished.
• Established core deliverable and internal documentation, including Functional Specifications (User to System and System to System interaction functionality), Use Cases, Data Requirements, as well as comprehensive Data Flows and Data Architecture.
• Proficient with CMS XLC methodology and core deliverables documents.
• Driven the ES Business Analyst department to support overall project achievement of the CMMI Level 4.

Confidential

Data Information Team (DIM) Lead

Responsibilities:

• CCSQ Data Governance Workgroup member.
• Designed and presented CCSQ Organization-wide Data Strategy, Data Quality and Metadata Management Plans as well as Data Quality Process documents. These documents were accepted and successfully implemented.
• Produced Data CCSQ Model management Standard Operating procedures.
• Provided guidance and expertise to CCSQ Line of Business to implement Data Quality processes using the Informatica Data Quality (IDQ) tool.

Confidential

Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed group of 18 Business Analyst and Technical Writers across Confidential organization.
• Initiated and lead Brown-bag sessions that where team members shared experiences and provided specific area training.
• Provided guidance, training and encourage collaboration across team members.
• Mentored junior team members.
• Provided Mid-Year and Yearly performance assessments.

Confidential

Data Integration and Business Intelligence Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided Project Management expertise such as developing Project and Milestone schedules and defining critical path and success criteria.
• Worked with the client to determine deliverables, set release schedules, and manage Change and Ad Hoc requests.
• Managed the requirements gathering and deliverables submission.
• Provided Client with bi-weekly Status reports.
• Mentored employees on business and functional analysis, as well as testing activities.
• Developed and establish the Confidential Data Quality approach.
• Established and manage the Data Integration team.
• Planed, coordinated, and implemented various data integration and quality assessment tasks.
• Instituted policies and procedures for data analysis, management, processing, and quality assessment functions.
• Architected changes to the data management process, policies, and standards to optimize time and effort.
• Analyzed and optimize proposed data models to detect and correct inefficiencies.
• Led functional testing efforts for the entire MDM project through production delivery.

Confidential, Chevy Chase, MD

Jr. Project Manager / Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported functional testing efforts.
• Tracked evolving process/business changes and updated documentation accordingly.
• Led Grants Online CBS Interface data conversion efforts.
• Coordinated with management, business users, and developers to analyze and extract business needs for evolving process and procedures.
• Documented functional requirements specifications and captured workflow diagrams.
• Developed High-Level and Detail-Level Design Documents.
• Wrote supplementary specifications documents for non-functional requirements.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed the OPM EHRI data warehouse file receipt, interfacing, and loading processes.
• Performed data analysis and researched data discrepancies between EHRI data warehouse and data provider systems.
• Extracted, analyzed, and reported data to support EHRI data warehouse activity.
• Developed and managed the Technical Compliance process to ensure data and format accuracy of all incoming files.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided PMO support for an enterprise-wide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to replace the legacy DOD civilian hiring system.
• Coordinated external partner relationships for a Help Desk SOP initiative and evaluation plan. Cross-checked the compliance of deliverables with required policies and procedures.
• Coordinated with management, business users, and developers to manage the full lifecycle of a survey initiative project.
• Coordinated with management, business users, and developers to interview, analyze, and extract business needs for evolving process and procedures.
• Produced and upgraded Requirements Documents and generated flow-charts for systems development.
• Interviewed legacy MARSHA system users to discover the impact of the offline batch system on real-time business environment needs. Reported the findings to financial analysts for critical budget decisions.
• Interviewed data warehouse coordinators to analyze existing systems interoperability issues.
• Drafted a ‘Recurring Data Conciliation Plan’ for all federal employee retirement records.
• Integrated current system data with historical document records in a single unified database.
• Recommended compliance procedures to ensure sufficient feedback mechanisms existed between agencies and OPM/Hewitt for error resolution and discrepancies in the recurring feeds.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Jr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Defined the requirements management plan.
• Wrote functional requirements specifications and captured workflow diagrams.
• Wrote supplementary specifications documents for non-functional requirements.
• Evaluated existing requirements materials for completeness, testability, and understandability.
• Coordinated test documentation; performed independent testing, and reported all specified qualifications.
• Assisted with and validated Government and User Acceptance Testing (GAT and UAT).

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Lead Business IV&V Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed, analyzed, and recommended changes to all project requirements documentation.
• Verified and validated project compliance with all requirements documentation.
• Predicted, assessed, and documented the extent to which the project met requirements.
• Performed independent testing and assisted with Government and User Acceptance Testing (GAT and UAT).

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Program Analyst Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provided guidance to Ticket Program Programmer-Analysts.
• Programmed shell scripts to automate processes and export, convert, and import data for Confidential. Also documented requirements analysis to support the design, development, and testing of modifications.
• Helped the Project Manager set priorities for systems programming tasks and monitoring processes.
• Performed project data analysis and researched data discrepancies between project and client systems.
• Read and translated government regulations to use as business rules for system development.
• Initiated, organized, and led meetings with client, management and technical staff.
• Developed and maintained technical database training manuals and performed technical training.