Management Supply Chain
Resume:
OLA O. POPOOLA
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olapopoola
***.*******@*****.***
Brentwood, CA 94513
SENIOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST
** ***** *** *****ience (Human Resources, Financial, Supply Chain and
Logistics Systems) on small to large scale projects as a Senior
Business Systems Analyst/Project Manager. Graduate degrees in both IT
and Psychology with a focus on organizational change management on
transformation projects. Extensive consulting with business partners to
elicit, analyze, document, communicate and translate requirements into
clear business definitions to facilitate the implementation of
effective technical solutions; managing and directing software solution
assessments and validation via UAT processes; working with a variety of
software vendors on evaluating software solutions using the RFP
process; participating in new software acquisitions, transformation and
change management processes; evaluating return on investment (ROI) post
software implementation and rollout; consistently demonstrating good
and successful leadership in analyzing, developing, delivering and
maintaining systems that meet customer requirements; clear, consistent
and demonstrated ability to successfully direct and coordinate all
phases of a development project while managing and motivating members
of project team.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Requirements Elicitation, Gathering & EDI & ETL
Analysis
Requirements Planning & Management Data Analysis, Reporting &
Analytics
Requirements Traceability & Impact Design Reviews & Clarifications
Analysis
Requirements Verification & Validation Database Design, Modelling &
Development
Reverse Engineering Configuration & Software Release
Management
Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) Unit, Integration & System Testing
Business Enterprise Analysis QA & User Acceptance Testing [UAT]
Business Process Modelling (BPMN) Transformation & Change Management
Planning
Specification Document Development, Project & Conflict Management
Approval & Sign-Off
Data Cleanup and Conversion Software Support
ERP APPLICATIONS
. Supply Chain - Inventory Management, Point of Sale (POS), Shipping
& Receiving, Ordering & Distribution Planning, Physical Inventory
. Human Resources & Payroll - Human Resource Information System,
Employee Online, Payroll & Timecard Online
. Financial - General Ledger (GL), Fixed Assets (FA), Accounts Payable
(AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Budgeting, Allocation, Bank
Reconciliation, Contract Management (CM), Security, Work Order
Management, Grants Management and Purchasing (PUR)
. Logistics & Shipping - Shipments, Labels, Manifests, EDI [Pre-advice,
Sales Orders]
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003,
Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2007, HP-UX,
UNIX Solaris, Linux, MS-DOS
Programming Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, XML, XSLT, HTML, Pro-C and C/C++,
JAVA
Web Technologies: XML, HTML, XHTML, WSDL, SOAP, SAML, Single Sign On
[SSO], ASP.NET
Configuration Management: PVCS Version Manager, Microsoft Visual
SourceSafe (VSS)
Database Technologies: Oracle RDBMS 9i, 10g, PostgreSQL, SQL Server,
Informix, DB2, MySQL and Microsoft Access
Quality Assurance: Mercury Quality Centre Test Director, Remedy Action
Request System, Test Track Pro
Development/Project & Change Management Methodologies: Agile Unified
Process [AGILE, AUP, SCRUM], Software Development Life Cycle [SDLC],
Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology [SSADM], Soft
Systems Methodology [SSM], Rapid Application Development [RAD-DSDM],
Traditional Lifecycle Development [Waterfall Model], Joint Application
Development [JAD], Capability Maturity Model Integration [CMMI],
OOA/OOD [Object Oriented Analysis & Design], RUP [Rational Unified
Process], PRINCE2, PMBOK [Project Management Body of Knowledge], BABOK
[Business Analysis Body of Knowledge], Prosci's Change Management
Methodology
Case Tools: Oracle Forms & Reports 9i, Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB),
Oracle Designer, Platinum Erwin, DBArtisan {Embarcadero Technologies},
TOAD, SQL Developer, Golden, Select Enterprise {UML, BPM}, Crystal
Enterprise 9 {Business Objects XI, Crystal Reports} APPLIX, Track-It,
Rational Rose (UML), Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project and Microsoft
Office
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Master of Science Degree in Information Technology, 1998
United Kingdom
Master of Science Degree in Psychology, 2011 United
Kingdom
OLA O. POPOOLA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Neopost UK - Romford, Essex, United Kingdom
Jan.10 - Jul.11
Contractor Senior Business Systems Analyst, Logistics Systems
Worked as a Senior Business Systems Analyst on the design, development
and delivery of customized bulk-shipping systems for the two largest
mail and parcel delivery companies in the UK; performed requirements
gathering and planning, development of specification documents,
liaising with the business, offshore developers and assisting customers
with UAT testing.
Key Achievements:
. Successfully implemented various software change requests to the
Despatch Management Online [Royal Mail DMO] and Parcelforce WDMO
systems.
. Implemented and promoted strong industry best practices for
developing and setting standards such as a streamlined design
clarification process, impact assessments, requirements
traceability matrices and project management processes to
facilitate the delivery of tailored, customized and efficient
applications and to improve in-house software development and
project management methodologies.
Longs Drugs/CVS, Corporate Office - Walnut Creek, California
Nov.04 - May.09
Senior Systems Analyst, ORACLE Supply Chain
Worked as Senior BSA on Retail and Warehouse Distribution Management
Systems transformation project; designed and authored training
documentation on various functional areas of Supply Chain and
Distribution Management Systems; acted as SME on various subject areas
and delivered cross-training to promote staff development.
Key Achievements:
. Successfully implemented ORACLE RETEK Merchandising System (RMS),
RETEK Demand Forecasting (RDF), RETEK Sales Audit (ReSA) and RETEK
Distribution Management (RDM).
. Authored various new intake and end-user training documentation on
various functional areas of the Oracle Supply Chain System as
subject matter expert (SME) in multiple functional areas - Stock
Ledger, Physical Inventory, Transfers, Stock Orders, Allocations,
Demand Forecasting and EDI Process.
County of Sacramento, Department of Human Assistance - Sacramento,
California Nov.03 - Nov.04
Lead Business Systems Analyst, ORACLE CALWIN/CIS Data Warehouse
Transformation Project
Served as Lead BSA with project and change management responsibilities
on a large data warehouse transformation project - CALWIN (California
Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Information Network);
Project involved creating a data warehouse involving 26 subsystems such
as eligibility and support determination, food stamps, foster care,
client correspondence, management reports and case information.
Key Achievements:
. Performed Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) and Business
Process Improvements (BPI) on existing data isolated from the 26
county subsystems to facilitate use within data warehouse.
. Responsible for identification of key data requirements across 26
subsystems required to support the data warehouse.
. Elicited and documented data warehouse data and reporting
requirements.
Oakland Unified School District - Oakland, California
Oct.01 - Oct.03
Information Systems Coordinator, Integrated Human Resources & Financial
ERP System
Served as Software Systems Development Manager on the software side of
the implementation of SunGard Bi-Tech's Integrated Financial and
Administrative Solution (IFAS) which involved moving from a mainframe
AS400 platform to a web-enabled client/server architecture and
technology; managed 23 members of staff including PC Support personnel,
Help Desk Support personnel, Information Systems Analysts, Web
Designers and Developers.
Key Achievements:
. Successfully implemented integrated Human Resources, Payroll and
Financial web-enabled ERP systems to replace legacy AS400 systems.
. Worked with analysts to create and document both old legacy and
new target systems data models to facilitate gap analysis -
identified elements that exists in the current system that do not
exist in the target system but are crucial to business process and
how those will be handled by changes to the target system.
TIS Worldwide (StarPoint Solutions) - San Francisco, California
Jan.00 - Feb.01
ORACLE Database Systems Analyst/Developer, Betting and Wagering
Website
RedFlex Traffic Systems - San Francisco, California
Nov.99 - Dec.99
ORACLE Database Systems Analyst/Developer, Red Light Traffic Violation
Imagery Database
Prudential, Kings Reach - Reading, England
Nov.97 - Sep.99
Junior ORACLE Analyst Programmer
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