Andre Gayadeen
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Strategic Planning Leading Managing Executing Delivering Results
Program Analyst specializing in Information Technology related technical implementations supporting aerospace manufacturing engineering, quality and factory management systems.
Core Competencies
Leadership
Project Planning
Team Building
Motivating / Leading
Executive Communication
Risk Management
Issue Management
End-User Training
System Stabilization
Vendor Partnership Development
Professional Experience
Starbucks 12/2015 – 2/2016
Business Systems Analyst
Microsoft 2015 - Present
Video Games
The Boeing Company 1/2001 – 2015
Information Technology
Business Systems Analyst - Starbucks 12/2015 - Present
Short time assignment to re-write existing queries to work with OBIEE for tax accounting department
Identify existing queries
Work with tax accountants to identify existing parameter data
Create reports in OBIEE from Hyperion
Create pivot tables for specific reports
Test, verify and validate the recordset of each query
Video Game Tester - Microsoft 9/2015 – Present
Executed test scripts to verify bugs in video game
Executed test scripts to validate quality assurance of video games
Modified test scripts to correct bugs
Coordinated with team lead of issues found when performing testing. Derived a strategy to handle the issue
SQA Focal - Boeing 1/2014 – 2015
Participated in maintaining high quality within the organization
Took on the Accreditation Focal role, to collect artifacts of multiple teams for the Software Accreditation Process for each block point
Perform random audits to multiple development teams, within director’s organization, to make sure they are compliant by software methodology and followed the quality control process
Documented Corrective Action Incidents when discovered issues within the team’s quality process
Key Achievements:
The organization was able to see a decrease in post deployment defects by each team participating in audits
Common Systems Site IT Lead- Boeing 2/2012 – 3/2014
Leading common systems site affordability initiatives to improve shop floor productivity
Identify, plan and lead common systems opportunities supporting Long Beach site
Coordinate common systems initiatives and support with site IT Business Partner director and site Operations management teams.
Communicate activities, issues, events and opportunities with IT application domain managers
Work with developers and business representatives to implement mobile application solution into production
Key Achievements:
Established plans to implement factory mobile computing throughout C-17 shop floor operations
Coordinated plans with site leadership for major supply chain systems technology upgrade
Communicated to Business Leaders of cost benefit of software upgrade implementation
Site Architecture Co-Lead - Boeing 2006 – 2007
Supported large scale site implementation team with successful transition to common systems
Held meetings with Functional Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from Long Beach and Macon to do a gap analysis from their As-Is process to the Common To-Be process to prepare both sites for Common Systems deployment
Identified and modeled all systems, sub-systems, and supporting process integration architecture of the existing Manufacturing and Quality Systems computing infrastructure footprint.
Documented the interfaces between the legacy systems and how the legacy systems interface with each other and the frequency of interface.
Key Achievements:
Improved coordination of site issues with common systems core teams through increased technical review of system issues within initial defect documentation
Retired major shop floor legacy system that supported operations and quality assurance
Systems Analyst - Boeing 2008 – 2010
Successfully setup SAP PLM shop floor module (SFM) for Long Beach (users, user profiles, callboard settings)
Completed full integrated testing (FIT) and customer acceptance testing (CAT) milestones
Conducted technical training to site support personnel and provided post production user support
Performed multitasks to conduct numerous inbound and outbound interface tests within SAP manufacturing execution system (MES)
Integrated legacy MES system to a MRP system using an integration broker, XML messages and a MQ
Tested interface between SAP PLM system and JDA’s MRP system by building BOMs to verify and validate that the interface works within the business process
Performed application integrity testing, investigating system issues and coordinating defect resolution efforts with core development team members
Created, published, maintained and executed test scripts within HP Quality Center
Executed major site manufacturing system retirement to the company standard reporting system which included coordinating and documenting user reporting requirements, coordinating end-user testing and production cutover activities
Created scripts to modify database objects
Worked with internal customers to document and submit change requests to SAP PLM system
Developed an interface from SAP PLM to JDA’s Compass Contract MRP System, using MQ and BizTalk as the integration broker
Trained users and super users on the functionality of the SAP’s application
Tested interface between TeamCenterEngineering to MES to MRP system
Performed SAP application configuration in preparation for UAT and for production
Worked on-call to handle line stopper issues during off hours. Coordinated with IT team and customer to gather information of the situation, devise a strategy and implement solution to resolve the issue
Key Achievements:
Provided a solution to proceed to a smooth transition from legacy MES system to the SAP PLM system
Executed thorough interface testing to validate and verify interface follows business logic
Provided support to the business during the user acceptance testing phase of the project
Interface Test Lead - Boeing 2011
Managed multiple interfaces connected to Integrated Supplier Information System (ISIS)
Oversaw the development of test scripts by working with IT and Functional personnel for multiple interfaces for ISIS, a supplier quality system
Documented, coordinated and implemented interface solutions supporting customer requirements
Modified complex SQL queries to provide correct data set to systems interfaced to ISIS
Worked along Functional SMEs to test all functions of the application
Developed technical specifications from business requirements
Modified functional specifications due to requirement changes
Created trouble tickets in JIRA for offshore developers to review.
Prioritized trouble tickets that been assigned to me to handle crucial issues first
Investigate production interface issues, and find resolution, to ETL interfaces to ISIS
Created and implemented a Java certificate key to integrate with another system
Key Achievements:
Demonstrated system stability supporting enterprise architecture and deployment
C-17 MES Developer - Boeing 2001-2008
Implemented several system improvements supporting site productivities initiatives
Developed complex Oracle PL/SQL procedures and functions to create a web application using within an agile methodology to support enhancements, waterfall methodology for development purposes.
Developed code to force text on a web page to wrap on every time there is a space on the 80th character, if not go back one character until a space is found then force a hard return
Participated in Lean initiatives for the Long Beach site
Supported full SDLC software development and deployment activities for MES
Troubleshoot technical production issues and provided a resolution in a short amount of time
Coordinated efforts to setup Linux test and production environments for application test and deployment
Ran and modified scripts in an Linux environment
Created and implemented a nonce key to integrate with another system
Key Achievements:
Improved system usability, reliability and increased end user experience with shop floor systems
Technical Experience
Relational Database
Taken formal training to understand Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Numerous of years of experience reading and understanding Entity Relationship diagrams to understand database structure
PL/SQL
Created numerous procedures and functions to create a dynamic web application to provide the user the information they need to proceed with their daily tasks
Have written numerous complex queries to extract data that an application, report or interface is needed based on requirements
Developed PL/SQL scripts using Toad or SQL Plus
Web Applications
Developed many web applications in ASP, ColdFusion and HTML.
Developed Web Service using .NET framework, as well as front end to consume the web service.
Developed Java servlets for a reporting system
Mobile Apps
Created multiple mobile apps, in Java, running on an Android platform
Coordinated with business representatives to collect requirements and coordinate with the outsourcing development team to translate the business needs to technical solutions using iOS platform
Java
Developed Java servlets to execute reports for a reporting system
Created multiple apps in Java to run on an Android platform
Linux
Given the task to work with system administrator to setup our development and test environments running on Linux
Modified existing shell scripts based on requirements
Years of experience developing, testing and debugging code using vi editor
Scripting
Created or modified existing shell scripts
Created scripts in Python
EDUCATION
University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Degree: Masters of Science (June 2007)
Major: Information Systems
California State University of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Degree: Bachelor of Science (December 2000)
Major: Computer Science