Project Management

Professional Experience:

JP Morgan Chase - Chicago, IL

2006-

Present

Business Systems Analyst/ Business Analyst

Joined JP Morgan Chase's treasury and securities unit in the Central

Technology Operations group to assist in the management of a B2B desktop

and web based check distributed application for middle market customers.

. As a BSA, managed multiple key projects through full project life

cycle, from original concept through final implementation.

. Defined project scope and objectives; developed project and test

plans, schedules, resource plans and status reports.

. Acted as a lead in gathering and documenting system requirements

directly from end-users.

. Communicated project direction, approach, priorities, events and

status to all project resources and business sponsors.

. Liaised between JPMC product group and the third party application

vendor to insure organizational objectives and client expectations

were continually met.

. Collaborated with end-users and project teams to ensure business

process requirements are converted into system requirements.

Hewitt Associates - Lincolnshire, IL

2002-2006

Business Analyst

Joined the leading global human resources outsourcing, consulting, and

benefits administration firm to implement, test and maintain client

systems. Analyzed and isolated system requirements issues reported by

clients, end-users. Managed various projects, created test plans, test

cases, and developed business requirements.

. Responsible for managing implementation and ongoing enhancement

projects through all stages of the development life cycle .

. Liaised between project stakeholders and application development in a

cross functional team environment to ensure projects expectations were

clear and driven to completion.

. Analyzed client business needs, then translating to functional system

requirements.

. Participated in internal business process improvement efforts,

analyzing and document business process and translating process

requirements into system requirements.

. Lead client end-user acceptance testing efforts.

Medichem Research, INC. (DeCode)- Woodridge, IL

1998-2001

Research Scientist

Joined this start up Biochem firm, responsible for conducting multi-step

organic synthesis. Managed a laboratory of 10 chemists to ensure that

safety procedures were followed, and the laboratory was stock and up to

code.

Education:

Keller Graduate School of Management - Chicago, Illinois

Anticipated 2010

Masters Certificate in Project Management

Keller Graduate School of Management - Chicago, Illinois 2008

Master of Business Administration Degree

Illinois State University - Normal, Illinois

1997

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

Technical Skills:

Hardware: PC configuration including hardware and software installation.

Software: MS Office Solution Series (97/2000/XP/Vista), Norton and McAfee

Anti-Virus, MS Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, Lotus Notes, Great

Plains Dynamics, People Soft, MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint

Operating Systems: Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista, UNIX (Sun SPARCstation),

Novell.

Web Graphics and Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat; MS

FrontPage; HTML; XML, CGI.

Database: ADB2, SQL, Relational Databases.

Other: UML, RUP, SDLC, Test Planning, UAT (Unit Acceptance Testing) and

Network maintenance; "Time Management", "Project Management" and "Workplace

Diversity", NACHA X9 files.

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