Project Manager

Frank Barr

Email: abqlbd@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ***** ******** **** **

City: Frederick

State: MD

Zip: 21702

Country: USA

Phone: 301-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $110,000

Willing to Relocate

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Job History / Details:

Frank S. Barr - Sr. Business Analyst

Experience Summary:

Mr. Barr is a multi-faceted and analytical IT professional with exceptional talent for performing demanding IT roles to develop new lines of business. He has had profound exposure to changing organizational practices, such as instituting new SDLC methodologies and enforcing CMMI standards. He is skilled in Program/Project Management, Business Requirements Management, Business Process Re-engineering, Systems Architecture Definition, Information Architecture Definition, Business Continuity and Information Security models. Mr. Barr is fully capable to assume multiple roles to affect positive change within an organization. He is a creative, motivated leader dedicated to excellence with 14+ years of business analysis, process implementation and improvement, quality assurance, and IT project management experience with businesses and agencies in finance, technology services, and the Federal Government. Mr. Barr has 6 years experience supporting systems development efforts in a Business Analyst role and an additional 10 years of experience in a Project Management role.

Education:

B.S., Information Systems Management, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1987.

Employment History:

Aderas, Inc., Reston VA 11/2012 to 01/2013

Senior Business Analyst

Federal Contract: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Benefit Calculations and Valuation System (BCVS) Project, Washington, DC. PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE

Led the Requirements Analysis and Management through the Functional Design, Solution Development and UAT Test Plan Execution for BCVS' Data Quality workflow solution. Designed processes to integrate Oracle's Enterprise Data Quality (EDQ) for data cleansing and standardization of newly acquired pension plan data. Designed workflows for publishing pension plan data to the PBGC client via the BCVS. Designed an auditing solution according to the Agency's operational auditing procedures. Collaborated with project team and client to identify and rectify solution defects across the BCVS SDLC using HP's Quality Center. Conferred with Project Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, PBGC Actuaries and Auditors on a daily basis to mitigate gaps in the system design and business logic relative to approved Business Requirements, Functional and Technical Design Specifications.

Apex Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA 06/2010 to 02/2011

Business Analyst

Contract: RR Donnelley Publishing, Business Communication Services, Thurmont, MD.

Led the business requirements definition for multiple projects to integrate new lines of business into RRD's proprietary Open Source printing solutions. Created process flow diagrams. Conferred with Programming staff to document design specifications for IBM Mainframe, UNIX, Perl-scripting, HP Powerstream, and Dialogue imaging specifications. Managed requirements life-cycle for concurrent projects. Collaborated with other RRD facilities in the US and the UK on project development to meet Service Level Agreements (SLA).

Premier Technical Services, Luray, VA 01/2008 to 07/2008

IT Patent Classifier

Federal Contract: Sub to SI International, Inc. and US Patent and Trademark Office, Harrisonburg, VA.

Researched and analyzed cutting-edge IT technical subject matter. Substantiated decisions in a fast-paced production environment. Assigned US and foreign patent classifications for patents prior to review by US Patent Examiners. Documented basis for adjudication defense in event USPTO rejected classifications. Processed 15-20 patent applications per day, consistently maintaining an error rate below 2%. Subject matter focused in areas of database access optimization (SEO), Project and SDLC methodologies, information security and data transmission protocols.

Princeton Information, Edison, NJ 07/2006 to 02/2007

Business Analyst

Contract: MetLife Insurance, Reinsurance Program, Greenville, SC.

Led the business requirements definition stage for merging 3 acquired lines-of-business into MetLife's Reinsurance Architecture. Created and validated data mapping, staging and translation requirements. Escalated special handling requirements to close gaps between source and target underwriting rules (20% of policies). Finalized rules on remaining 80% of policies. Applied due-diligence to ramp-up in 50% the expected time.

Focus Technology Consulting, Rockville, MD 04/2005 to 04/2006

Business Analyst

Federal Contract: Sub to ACS, Inc and US Department of Education, Federal Student Loan Servicing Systems Modernization, Germantown, MD.

Led the functional decomposition and Use Case definition for discharging Federal Student Loans for larger project to re-engineer the Federal Student Loan processing systems. Maintained design specifications across multiple project releases (Agile methodology). Created system transformation design specifications for legacy to Web, Web to Siebel, Web to Web. Utilized Rational's Requisite Pro to manage requirements traceability, gap analysis and gap closure between Business Requirements and Use Cases. Managed project deliverables using SharePoint.

JANUS Associates, Inc., Stamford, CT 09/2003 to 03/2004

IT Security Advisor

Federal Contract: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Modernization, Baltimore, MD.

Advised Agency on measures to mitigate real and potential security risks to Medicare/Medicaid data. Tasked daily with evaluating vendors' Security Risk Assessments and Security Plans. Recommended safe-guards for the internal and external claimant systems to ensure compliance with Agency, NIST and HIPAA regulations. Documented all findings and referred assessments to project leads. Represented CMS Security Section in Medicare Modernization Project status meetings. Briefed CMS CIO on critical project findings.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Washington, DC 01/1986 to 12/2002

IT Specialist, CG-2210-13

Financial Risk Management Solutions for FDIC's Division of (Bank) Supervision

System life-cycle management (cradle-to-grave) for business solutions serving the FDIC's oversight responsibilities to the commercial banking industry.

Business Unit Manager (Interim promotion) 1998 to 1998

Provided Program Management for Financial Risk Management solutions. Managed 10 staff and their contractors' assignments for the Supervisory Reporting Unit of the Business Applications Section supporting the FDIC's Division of (Bank) Supervision.

IT Project Manager 1993 to 2002

Delivered enterprise-wide financial risk management solutions to FDIC's bank examiners. Accountable for end-to-end project management of all business initiatives. Role fulfilled while concurrently serving as Application Security Architect and ISSO. Delivered nearly 50 projects (financial derivative based decision support solutions) on time and within budget. Influenced the progression towards CMMI-level 3 Certification using PMI-based methodology while enforcing strict regulatory deadlines. Influenced the delivery of Business Process Re-engineering initiatives. Managed legacy system enhancement and modernization objectives using both Iterative and Waterfall SDLC methodologies. Managed business solutions spanning cradle-to-grave life cycle. Repeatedly recognized for superior achievement.

Application Security Architect 1989 to 2002

Designed and administered a database-driven, Roles Based Access Control (RBAC) security model to manage access for 10,000+ users and enforcing access management policies for both internal and external stakeholders. Designed and implemented tools to streamline maintenance functionality to reduce overhead costs. Designed and implemented auditing functions to ensure compliance with OIG and NIST standards. Designed and implemented a means to decentralize security administration function across FDIC Division lines.

Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) 1989 to 2000

Administered Identity and Access Management (IAM) controls for staff and vendors assigned to department-level projects. Provided oversight to security risk evaluations, external audits and Certification and Accreditation projects. Developed security planning documents. Consulted on projects with project managers, senior management and client-side automation control experts.

Software Engineer 1986 to 1993

Designed and delivered structured Decision Support (pre-business intelligence BI) solutions in a predominantly IBM Mainframe environment. Heavy exposure to using financial derivatives based solutions to monitor banking practices and performance. Designed and developed automation tools in a Build vs. Buy environment. Developed custom business solutions, elicited and validated Business Requirements and performed unit and systems integration testing. Developed all SDLC documentation. Created Proof-of-concepts and resolved Production Help Desk ticketed issues. Evaluated software tools and made recommendations. Provided status reporting to project leads on weekly basis.

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