UPASANA PARIDA Email: ac0i74@r.postjobfree.com

**** * **** **, *******, IL Phone: 312-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Graduate with 3.5 years’ experience in IT across Financial sector.

Communicator, Facilitator, Analyst, Detailer, Relationship Builder, Problem Solver and Summarizer.

Thorough knowledge of the BABOK v3 by International Institute of Business Analysts(IIBA).

Thorough understanding of Waterfall and Agile Development methodologies.

Strong experience in creating Functional Specification Document (FSD) using Business Requirement Documents (BRD).

Designing business models using UML, Sequence and activity diagrams.

Strong skills in working with Rational Rose, JIRA, RUP and Six Sigma methodology.

Experienced programmer using R, Java, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML.

Proficient database skills using MySQL, Oracle SQL, MS SQL, MS Access.

In depth knowledge of MS Excel pivot tables, Look-ups, Visualizations - Tableau, Data mining – WEKA and ETL tools. CERTIFICATIONS

Six Sigma Green Belt (2013)

IBM Web Based Enterprise Application Development using JEE (2015)

IBM Database Administration (2015)

SKILLS

Languages: C, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting, R

Front-end web technologies: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP

Databases: Oracle 11G, Oracle 12C, Microsoft Access, My SQL, Microsoft SQL Server

Data Warehousing: ETL, OFSAA, WEKA, SUPPORT CENTRAL(GE)

Tools: Visual Studio, Eclipse IDE, Selenium, Tableau, Rational Rose, MS Visio, Jira, MS Excel, GitHub

Methodologies: RUP, Agile, Six Sigma, Data Modeling Business Requirements, JAD Sessions, SWOT Analysis

Operating Systems: Windows and Linux

EDUCATION

Masters: Information Technology Management, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (2015 - 2017) - GPA 3.8/4.0 Bachelors: Computer Science and Engineering, Siksha O’Anusandhan University, India (2008 - 2012) - GPA 3.9/4.0 WORK EXPERIENCE

Integrate Corporation, Framingham, MA

Business Analyst Intern June 2016 – Dec 2016

Increased productivity of Scrum teams by 12% and quality of deliverables by 15% by enacting change methodologies.

Tracking project status and requirement elicitation as Business System Analyst in Agile Process Implementations.

Assisted the QA team in reviewing test cases, test plans and performed usability testing.

Facilitated User Acceptance testing (UAT) for the application as a Business User.

Facilitated daily Scrum Meetings and Monthly Reviews meetings.

Conducted Sprint retrospective and followed up on action items for continuous improvement.

Extracted, compiled and tracked user data, and analyzed them to generate reports, graphs and charts.

Used Test Management tools like JIRA to raise defects and get quality metrics for testing efforts.

Performed multiple SQL queries using SQL Server for Data Analysis, created database driven reports with output to MS Excel and custom reports such as SQL file count and monthly migration reports and analyzing data using Tableau.

Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide Story Points for backlog items. Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India

IT Business Analyst Sept 2013 - July 2015

Worked for General Electrics (GE) Application Delivery Group at GE Money.

Conducted JAD sessions to gather requirements from the business area and translate into functional requirements.

Documented Functional Specification Documents (FSDs) and Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)

Supervised a team of 10 and analyzed change request on a regular basis to create user stories for Agile Team.

Created and developed different Business Forms like Performance Management system, Business Courtesy Preapproval process, Third Party Representative Community for GE Clients for appraisal process, value category approvals at various levels of approvals.

End-to-End development using different modules of Support Central like Workflow forms, Data forms, Ad-hoc Reports

Resolved 20 business and security risks each week and documented the optimized solution.

Executed performance and quality assurance testing using JIRA to guarantee 60% of compliance is met.

Won Spot Award, Star Performer and client appreciations for outstanding client support in project. Software System Engineer June 2012- Aug 2013

Involved in Web site development and maintenance based on JavaScript, CSS, HTML, JQuery for GE Financial.

Involvement in defect fixing and development of change requests, deploying, upgrades, enhancements and implement business logic using SQL.

Application performance improved by 70% with code optimization and data quality upgradation. ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Database Design and Analytics for Sound Recording Technology Firm using PHP and MS Access December 2015

Designed a star schema for Sound Recording Technology firm using MS Access, designed a User Interface using PHP and performed analytics to create report of branded recording devices, highest and lowest sold devices to track the progress and retrieved data for the analytics through complex SQL Queries.

Created MS Access Reports that displays the results of the Analytics. UI Design, Comparison with Analysis January 2016

Performed Heuristic Analysis on Craigslist and similar websites and performed SWOT analysis, prototyping, story boarding. Instigated Prototype for New Business as A Part of Business Innovation May 2016

Initiated new project Event Connector connecting web app with event host and suppliers.

Designed the terrains, defined Intent Statement, Business Model, Profit Model, Value Web, Implementation Chronogram, Value Proposition, Types of Innovations, Financial Projections.

Analyze data using Tableau by determining the latitude and longitude of the place. Capital Budget and Analysis January 2017

Created a department budget for a multinational company showing the actual performance of the company with all the income and expenses tracked through organizational financial report including Balance Sheet, Cash Flow statements and prepared detailed variance explanations verses budget and current estimate to relate to senior management.

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