Gautam Anand

Fairfax, VA ***** ( Phone: 202-***-**** ( abgw6z@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Gautam Anand is a Sr. Business Analyst with Celerity. He has over 6 years

of experience working on the functional and technical components of

software development projects, risk analysis, schedule management, and use

case analysis.

Areas of Expertise

Project Management Process

Client Relationship Management Analysis/Re-Engineering

Strategic & Tactical Planning

Skills

RUP/SDLC/UML/IDEF/Agile Prototype Development

Gap Analysis Section 508 standards

JAD/Requirements Workshops Use Case & Test Cases Analysis

Data Modeling

Requirements Management Tools

Recent Awards

Customer Service Award (Client: Fannie Mae), 2011

Award of Excellence for Outstanding Performance (Client: SEC), 2009

Award of Excellence for Outstanding Performance (Client: PBGC), 2008

Brainbench certification in HTML, RDBMS and Java 2, 2007

B2T Training Certification in Detailing Process and Business Rule

Requirements, 2007

Professional Experience

celerity - Reston, VA

Client: Fannie Mae (FNM)

Sr. Business/Technical Analyst, 7/2010 to Present

I am currently working with Fannie Mae as a Sr. Business/Technical Analyst

on the Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP) project. The project will

facilitate the delivery of electronic appraisal report data to Fannie Mae.

The appraisal data will provide Fannie Mae a more comprehensive assessment

of collateral risk.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Represent Fannie Mae in JAD sessions that include Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

and Veros Real Estate Solutions

. Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for Fannie Mae internal systems

integration with UCDP.

. Generate a streamline process to understand the various steps in the

collateral data delivery lifecycle and desired functionality of the new

system with business and technology stakeholders

. Collaborate with business and technology team to model the business

architecture and define and prioritize requirements for phased

implementation of UCDP

. Follow industry best practices to document business rules for analyzing

the appraisal data

. Document SDLC requirement deliverables in DOORS and Requisite Pro

. Lead the requirements migration effort from DOORS to Requisite Pro, which

included project administration and setup

. Author scope document, process flows, use cases, activity diagrams,

requirements specifications and interface control documents for the web-

based application.

. Participate in walkthroughs and review meetings with Business and

Technology stakeholders to report project status, risks, and issues

. Assist Project Manager in setting realistic expectations with the client

and in evaluating impact of change requests

Keane federal systems, inc. - Alexandria, VA

Client: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Requirements Manager, 2/2009 to 7/2010

Sr. Business Analyst, 2/2008 to 2/2009

Managed the functional and non-functional requirements, client expectations

for Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR), overseeing a

6-member team. The EDGAR system is used by companies and others that are

required by the law to file forms with the SEC.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Promoted to lead the requirements team after working for a year as a Sr.

Business Analyst

. Monitored and managed requirements project, schedules, resources and

risks

. Collaborated with Keane and SEC management in the delivery of project

strategy, goals and long-term project plan

. Coordinated with release management and PMO group for formulating a

release roadmap/strategy which increased the team productivity and

Keane's ability to deliver more content every release

. Proposed and implemented process improvements, review checklists to

improve the quality of requirements which reduced the percentage of

change to requirements and reduced the number of non-compliances by 25%

. Formulated an implementation plan for transitioning to an automated

requirements management tool which would include existing process

evaluations, new and improved processes, pilot project etc.

. Led the requirements management tool evaluation effort which included

requirements tools like IBM DOORS, IBM Requisite Pro, MKS Integrity,

Microfocus Caliber and Serena RM

. Maintained strategic alliance between business needs and technology by

driving consensus across multiple stakeholders

. Assisted with the management of the project including maintaining issues

lists, tracking progress, updating stakeholders, creating and updating

project plan

. Acted as a Product Owner for an SEC forms modernization project being

implemented using Agile methodology

. Participated in hiring decisions, incentives and performance appraisal of

requirements team

Keane federal systems, inc. - Alexandria, VA

Client: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Sr. Business Analyst, 2/2008 to 2/2009

Selected Accomplishments:

. Received Keane "K-Pin Award" for excellence in client service and

deliverable presentation.

. Created and maintained business, functional and non-functional

requirements

. Conducted JAD sessions, peer reviews to verify requirements with

stakeholders, developers and testers

. Reviewed and provided feedback on design documents, unit and system test

cases to ensure requirements traceability

. Documented requirements for some of the bigger initiatives at the SEC

i.e. modernization of the electronic SEC forms, implementation of US GAAP

taxonomy (XBRL), Form D etc.

. Interacted with key FINRA stakeholders and business users to understand

and analyze the requirements for an interface between FINRA and SEC

keane federal systems, inc. - Washington, DC

Client: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Sr. Business Analyst, 5/2007 to 2/2008

The project's purpose was to define and document requirements and processes

that are compliant with the ITIL/ISO framework and best practices for

management of IT and non-IT assets.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Planned, prepared and facilitated customer workshops/interviews to

collect, analyze and document existing business processes and

requirements

. Followed IDEF (IDEF0, IDEF3 and swimlane) methodology to design the "AS-

IS" and "TO-BE" business processes and led workshops where content was

validated

. Innovated processes to streamline and improve everyday tasks; authored a

series of recommendations to enhance efficiency of procurement,

identification of assets and asset lifecycle management processes

. Assisted in establishing the requirements database in Requisite Pro to

hold the project requirements

. Created traceability matrices in Requisite Pro ensuring traceability

between process maps, business requirements and functional requirements

. Designed the data model using Erwin Data Modeler, following PBGC logical

data modeling standards, to guide technical design decisions and overall

business strategy

. Analyzed existing software, managing 25 million dollars in company

assets, for inefficiency and data quality issues

Solution Technology Systems, Inc. - Washington, DC

Client: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Business Analyst, 5/2006 to 3/2007

I worked with Deloitte Consulting as a Business Analyst on a project for

Franchise and Asset Marketing Branch (FAMB) at FDIC. DMS became a marketing

vehicle to facilitate the sale of franchise and assets received from

potentially failing and failed financial institutions.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Followed RUP methodology for business process modeling, requirements

management, analysis and design

. Organized JRP sessions to understand the business processes at FDIC,

analyze the existing multiple systems and their interactions

. Participated in development of "As-is" and "To-Be" business process flow

diagrams for the Franchise Marketing and Loan Sales processes using swim

lanes in MS Visio

. Created use case model and use case specifications document using RUP

templates

. Authored risk list, functional and non-functional requirements for the

web-based application

. Participated in prototyping design effort by designing mock-ups of user-

interfaces using Dreamweaver MX following section 508 standards to help

the client envision the system

. Managed Functional and Non-Functional Requirements in Requisite Pro and

also maintained the mapping between process model, use-case models and

Functional Requirements

. Created a requirement management plan identifying the requirements

management process and defining clear attributes per requirement

. Designed the database schemas using Erwin Data Modeler, maintaining data

at the institution and asset level

First american CMsi - Columbia, MD

Business Analyst, 3/2005 to 4/2006

The project involved working on a loan origination system for automotive

and other types of consumer lending and leasing, to automate and streamline

credit application and evaluation process.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Project implementation was streamlined through all phases of the RUP

model starting from Inception through Transition

. Effectively interfaced with assigned Origenate clients to understand

their business needs to model the business process

. Authored functional requirements specification, use case specification,

gap analysis specification, and training manual for the web-based

application

. Worked with developers, testers and project managers to review project

deliverables including requirements specification, system

design/architecture and test cases

. Acted as liaison between development team, testing team and stakeholders

to resolve issues and defects

. Managed defects using Clear Quest

. Participated in the planning and execution of the User Acceptance Testing

effort

bnx systems - Vienna, VA

Systems Analyst, 6/2004 to 1/2005

I worked as a systems analyst at BNX Systems on E-Mortgage, an online

application that automates issuing of loans for mortgage, consumer loans,

and auto loans.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Responsible for defining the scope of the project, gathering functional

and non-functional requirements

. Organized requirements sessions with key stakeholders to minimize scope

issues

. Developed Use Case models, Sequence and Class diagrams using Rational

Rose

. Managed the design of the loan origination system including screens,

forms, and standard reports

. Designed the database schemas and data dictionary using Erwin

. Performed database integrity and backend testing by writing complex SQL

queries using TOAD

. Developed test cases, test plans based on an understanding of the use

cases and requirements

Technology

Software Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, DOORS, MS Project, MS Office

Packages: (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Erwin, BPWin, IBM

DOORS, ClearQuest

Web/Multimedia: Dreamweaver, Visual SourceSafe, Java, J2EE, Cold Fusion, XML,

JavaScript 2.0, FrontPage

Education

George washington university - Washington, DC

Masters of Science

. Major: Computer Science l Minor: Software Analysis and Design l GPA

3.93/4.00

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