Project Analyst

OBJECTIVE: Business Systems Analyst seeking a challenging

position

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EPSILON, Irving, TX

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Sr. Business Systems Analyst

. Gathered business requirements and translated them into functional specs

for development and ensured all requirements are reflected in every stage

of documentation

. Took leadership role in internal and external meetings, identified and

communicated all the project related risks to the client and the

technology team

. Liaison between Subject Matter experts (SME) and clients

. Guided assistant BSA without any leadership

. Developed 400 test cases for different projects to be run manually or in

Visual Studio

. Led the client in user acceptance testing and escalated the issues to

other team members where necessary

. Trained and mentored other colleagues

. Give production support 24*7

. Created daily/weekly reports using Excel, PowerPoint and other tools

. Created/modified Project Scope, Functional Requirements, Project Charter,

and other Life Cycle documents for an $8 million project

. Wrote several defect tracking system user guides

. Worked with PMO to create presentations to explain the goals,

deliverables, and the participants for each Project life Cycle phase

NEXT INTERNATIONAL, INC., Dallas, TX

04/08 - 10/08

Systems Analyst

. Created/maintained customer/vendor reports using ACCESS database

. Managed Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivables

. Analyzed the business process and made recommendations to increase

computer sales

. Designed/documented functional and technical specifications

VIZYON, Dallas, TX

02/07 - 01/08

Business Systems Analyst

. Developed business requirements to define system enhancements for

customers

. Identified production problems and made solution recommendations to the

management

. Defined scope, objectives, work breakdown structure and other structures

in the beginning of a project

. Created analysis, design, test cases and implementation documents for a

project

. Provided support on Change Management and CMMI (Capability Maturity Model

Int.)

. Created queries for customers using SQL

. Provided technical support on relational databases

EDS, Dallas, TX

07/01 - 09/06

Pr. Manager/Sr. Business Analyst

. Managed Cargo Finance applications group of 7 programmers

. Gathered business requirements from the customer, analyzed for

applicability and documents as appropriate

. Designed/developed technical solutions to meet the business requirements

. Ensured the applications are developed to match the requirements

. Created Change Control procedures, Risk Management, Communication

Management and Implementation procedure documents which were set as

standard and used by 50 people

. Prepared/performed test cases for every step during SDLC

. Helped users to extract data from the databases using SQL

. Led two different groups of 7 mainframe and 8 web programmers aspiring to

CMMI(Capability Maturity Model Integrity) II and CMMI III levels

. Solved production software issues by determining and fixing the cause of

the problem

. Created presentations for customers and colleagues using VISIO and

POWERPOINT

. Interviewed and trained off-shore staff on Cargo applications

. Saved $3 million to the client by rewriting their internal accounting

system for truckers

. Monitored performance of systems and was successful to decrease the CPU

time by $1 M

. Supported fifteen Airlines Cargo Finance applications 24*7

SABRE, Dallas 08/98 -

07/01

Systems Analyst

. Developed Airlines Cargo Finance applications using COBOL, PL/1, REXX,

DB2, TSO and JCL

. Increased revenue at least 23% for 16 projects in the areas of Cargo

Revenue Management, Unit Load Device, Freight Allocation & Flight

Schedule applications

. Involved in data mapping of a TERADATA application

. Created Relational Database for air waybills in three different Cargo

applications.

. Developed system and user web manuals with Microsoft Front Page and HTML

. Supported and maintained fifteen Airlines Cargo Finance applications

24*7

PERSONAL SKILLS

. Strong knowledge on Development Methodologies in SDLC cycle

. Excellent team-work skills

. Expert in facilitating, training and presentations

. Completes tasks independently and can meet the deadlines effectively

. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills

. Excellent verbal and written communication skills

. Expert in multi-tasking

TECHNICAL SKILLS

DBMS: DB2, TERADATA, ORACLE

OTHERS: IBM Utilities, MS OFFICE (ACCESS, WORD, EXCEL, PROJECT, POWERPOINT,

VISIO, FRONTPAGE), UML, AGILE METHODOLOGY, TOAD

EDUCATION

Computer Science - Bachelors, BOSPHOROUS University - Istanbul, Turkey

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