Project Manager

Vinay G. Kulkarni

Scarborough, ON

Phone: 647-***-****

Email: ***************@*****.***

Business Analyst/Business Systems Analyst

Analytical, enthusiastic and innovative Business Analyst with over 10 years

of diverse experience focusing on Business Analysis, Business Modeling,

Requirement Gathering, Technical Documentation, Software Validation and Web

Application Services.

Worked for major clients like Workers Safety Insurance Board (WSIB),

Ontario Ministry of Environment, Ontario Ministry of Revenue, Ontario

Ministry of Health, SunGard Sherwood Systems, Aviva Canada & Kingsway

General. Proven ability to support profitability through effective

strategizing, process improvements and appropriate team management

KEY SKILLS

Requirements Planning & Management Facilitation / Requirements

Elicitation

Business Process Re-Engineering Project Scoping, Planning,

Estimating, Scheduling and

Organizing.

Business Process Modelling Data Modelling

Business Process Re-Engineering In depth knowledge Rational Unified

Process methodology- Use Case

Modeling

Organizational Change Management Strategic Business Planning

Test Planning, Test Preparation, Test Technical and Business Writing

Execution, Issue Resolution and Report

Generation

Client Relationship Management

SELECTED ACOMPLISHMENTS

. Successfully developed business, user, functional, and implementation

requirements to deliver on time, critical multi-million dollar projects

for Ontario Public Service (OPS)

. Re-engineered critical business processes in various projects and helped

the organizations to emphasize on a holistic focus on business objectives

and how processes related to them, encouraging full-scale recreation of

processes rather than iterative optimization of sub processes.

. Acted as single point of contact between Project Management and

appropriate IT groups from solution planning, sizing, to fulfillment.

. Developed new quality standards for better quality performance and

reliability in various projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ontario-WSIB (Workers Safety Insurance (July 2013 to April 2014)

Board)-Contract

Sr. Business/Systems Analyst Project: Modernization of

Accounts and Claims Systems

(MACS)

. As a Sr. Business Analyst, working on the Modernization of Accounts and

Claims Systems (MACS) project to implement Guide wire Insurance Suite as

the new platform for rating, underwriting and policy administration

(account management), claims management, and billing.

. Conducted Enterprise Analysis and created an AS-IS Policy Administration,

Payment and Financial Assurance workflow to better understand the

mechanics of the existing system

. Facilitated Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions with Research Analyst

and Subject Matter Experts (SME) to identify business rules and

requirements and document them in a format that can be reviewed and

understood by both business and technical people.

. Responsible for documenting workflows and results of Business Analysis

into Business Requirement Document (BRD) and obtaining sign-off from the

client on specifications.

. Preparing and presenting project proposals, including financial analysis,

cost estimates, terms of reference and cost/benefit studies for each

option.

. Lead business sessions in prototyping new system functionality for the

purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information

process flow and to ensure business readiness

. Analyzed business requirements and segregated them into Use Case

Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams according to UML

methodology thus defining the Data Process Models.

. Participated in the development of overall test strategies/test plans for

manual testing including definition of test cycles and schedules.

. Documented and track defects, as well as produce detailed reports using

Quality Center.

. Reviewed technical specifications to develop test plans, test objectives

and test cases

. Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Rational Unified Process (RUP)

to strategize the Implementation of Rational Unified Process effort in

different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle

Environment: Guidewire, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio,

SQL

Worked as internal consultant for Ontario Ministry of Government

Services (IT Source) from April 2010 to June 2013

Assignment # 4: Ontario Ministry of (December 2012 to June 2013)

Municipal Affairs and Housing

Sr. Business Analyst Project: QuARTS Modernization

. Developed project vision and scope document for Knowledge Maintenance

module by identifying the project deliverables and major objectives by

interacting with the SME's and major stake holders.

. Developed strategy for gathering Business Requirements for Knowledge

Maintenance module in QuARTS modernization in order to assist all project

team members, client and key stakeholders to attain a common

understanding of the project scope, Business requirements gathering

approach, deliverables, roles and the estimated timeline

. Acted as a liaison between system users, client managers and software

development team to gather requirements and document workflows and

results of Business Analysis into the Business Requirement Document

(BRD).

. Conducted and participated in JAD Sessions periodically with various

Subject Matter Experts at various phases of the Development Life Cycle to

discuss open issues and resolve them.

. Converted business requirements into functional requirements, created

Functional Requirement Document (FRD), managed and maintained

requirements traceability using Rational's Requisite Pro.

. Worked with User Interface (UI) team to create report mock up's from wire

frames to ensure that functionalities are captured and presented on the

front end as per the BRD's.

. Developed future state process maps / data flow models in an undocumented

environment; analyzed the sourcing of data from legacy applications and

external data vendors; performed data mapping in heavily interfaced

system architecture.

. Responsible for creating artifacts for Rational Unified Process (RUP) -

use cases, system architecture document using UML, supplemental

requirements document, architecture diagrams; verifying technical

production infrastructure; designing and executing performance tests and

documentation.

. Identified user scenarios from Business and Functional Requirements to

develop test cases, worked with end users to define these test cases for

testing functionality.

. Developed Test Strategy and Test Plans to ensure that Test Cases reflect

user needs for the functional, User Interface, Performance, Usability and

Security requirements using HPQC.

. Maintained traceability of requirements through to the testing phase;

created and executed test cases; coordinated with testing teams during QA

and UAT testing activities.

Environment: Rational Rose, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS

Visio, SQL

Assignment # 3: Ontario Ministry of (December 2011 to November

Environment 2012)

Sr. Business Analyst Project: Modernizing of

Approvals (MofA)

This project was a massive undertaking to integrate a third party check

(Cheque) processor with our payment gateway platform to support paper

checks, Internet or phone call checks and recurring (Payroll) transactions.

. Conducted business analysis in a multi-stakeholder IT environment for the

Modernizing of Approvals Project aligning with OPS Unified Project

Management Methodology (SDLC/PMLC), Enterprise Architecture and Gating

Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies

. Created Business process flow documents using BPMN notations, and gaining

consensus from a diverse set of subject matter experts for critical

modules such as: Payments, Audit & Compliance

. Responsible for creating and analyzing business requirements, functional

specifications, project schedules, documentation and test plans.

. Worked with production staff to identify and map detailed current

processes identify gaps and failure points, perform root cause analysis

and develop functional requirements that supported overall strategy,

goals and objectives.

. Responsible for communications between Project Team and other related

departments and involved in content management/ Change control and

Version Management.

. Lead client facilitation meetings to gather requirements (Inception

phase), there after assisted tech leads in Analysis & Design of

architecture using OOAD approach using UML & Rational Unified Process.

. Analyze and design Use Case diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Business

Objects, Domain Object Model using Visio to depict process flows and

PowerPoint presentations.

. Implemented Traceability Matrix and User Requirement Specification

Document (URS) verified the functionality coverage.

. Developed timelines for project delivery, and managed projects and

resources to successful completion.

. Involved in developing the test strategy and designed User Acceptance

Testing.

. Helped developed QA Test plans for Functional, Integration and System

Testing.

. Used Test Director to maintain test cases and test scripts.

. Defining and reviewing the Data Warehouse requirements with the business

users for getting the right data from the source systems for reporting

purposes. Performed a GAP analysis which involved understanding the

reports in the old financial management system.

. Analyzed the reporting requirements' feasibility with the Data Sources

and prepared a GAP analysis report.

. Reviewed Logical Data Models that contains set of diagrams and supporting

documents containing the essential business elements, detailed

definitions, and descriptions of the relationships between the data

elements to analyze and document business data requirements.

Environment: BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, SQL

Assignment # 2: Ontario Ministry of (July 2010 to November 2011)

Revenue

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Support Project: Benefits

Analyst Transformation

. Contributed in preparing project charter and project outline for the

Benefits Transformation initiative

. As a Project Analyst, actively involved in allocating resources,

generating resource reports.

. Assisted in the preparation of a variety of research/business reports and

business cases associated with the CAIITC PMO, including feasibility

analyses, briefing materials, presentations and correspondence, and

communicating results of research initiatives, conclusions and

recommendations regarding project management services to CAIITC

management and staff

. Involved in developing strategy to develop Business function model by

leveraging Social assistance business architecture and OPS case

management reference model

. Worked with the claims department, IT staff, and relevant Subject Matter

Experts (SME's) to analyze and document system requirements and

procedural changes.

. Facilitated JAD sessions and review meetings with the users and members

of the development team to ensure understanding of the new

functionalities.

. Responsible for writing the Business Requirement Document (BRD) and the

Functional Requirement Document (FRD) for the application.

. Followed UML processes and standard operating procedures in developing

Use Cases, Use Case diagrams and other supporting documentation.

. Played a key role in the planning, testing, and implementation of the new

enhancements and conversions.

. Performed Gap analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system

infrastructure with the new requirements.

. Performed Risk analysis of the requirements to identify the key business

risks areas for the project and prioritized the application development

and testing.

. Involved in automating test cases using QTP and Load Runner

. As a part of the jurisdictional research, analyzed various Commercial Off-

The-Shelf (COTS) applications and the existing Benefit programs in

Ministry of Revenue to identify the common business processes within the

programs to create a central Benefit system

Environment: BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, SQL,

QTP and Load Runner

Assignment # 1: Ontario Ministry of (April 2010 to July 2010)

Health

Sr. Business Analyst Project: Panorama

. Involved in gathering and documenting the requirements that were critical

to the business process and using those requirements to design

application using Use Case approach

. Worked on modules such as Immunization Management and Outbreak

Management, to:

o Record immunizations for individuals including information on

consent and adverse reactions

o Provide immunization forecasting

o Planning for delivery of mass immunizations

o Maintain outbreak investigations

o Surveillance Analytics analysis of statistics module

. Involved in converting the business requirements into functional

requirements and also created business process models from the

requirement specs.

. Played a substantial role in the process identification and definition

and functional requirements gathering, in an effort to develop a

practical technology solution for automating the system.

. Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Rational Unified Process (RUP)

to strategize the Implementation of Rational Unified Process effort in

different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle

. Outlined and modeled the process using UML to create use case diagrams

and activity diagrams.

. Used Rational Clear Case for revision control and configuration

management

. Worked extensively with the QA team for testing to ensure all quality

requirements are met.

. Facilitated change configuration management and versioning.

. Worked closely with customer service on UI related issues that were

reported by customers and end users as well as developing marketing

strategies to promote the company's products.

Environment: Rational Rose, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS

Visio, SQL

AXA Canada Tech (Nov. 2009 to April 2010)

Sr. Business Analyst

. In Agile environment elicited, analyzed, documented and communicated

requirements for implementation of automated billing process

. Analyzed standard industry practices of back office applications,

underwriting, billing, policy and claims administration with the help of

Subject Matter Expert.

. Customized Iterative methodology and integrated with the existing

application development methodology and project management methodology.

. Worked with all different work stream leads to create the flows and

develop various requirements and other Artifacts.

. Analyzed business analysis and system design efforts & documentation with

business and technical teams.

. Facilitate requirement quality reviews and walk-thru with business and

technical teams

. Rendered support to business units developing tests and training

materials from requirements documentation.

. Involved in complete testing for third party vendors such as Compu-Quote

and Brokers using Loadrunner.

. Involved in complete testing for third party vendors such as Compu-Quote

and Brokers.

. Pro-actively worked with developers and business analysts to assure

critical and severe defects reduction before integration and system test

Environment: Agile Scrum, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS

Visio, SQL, Load Runner

Kingsway General (Aug. 2008 to July 2009)

Sr. Business Analyst

. Work with business SMEs (Billing, Accounts Receivable, Sales, Finance)

and the technical team to document business and functional requirements,

functional design, testing strategy and test plans.

. Performed data analysis and determined data quality, relevancy, and

accuracy.

. Developed, coordinated, and maintained process mapping activities and

documentation.

. Determined the problem and made an analysis of the defects.

. Coordinated cross-functional process development and identified

opportunities and improve process.

. Followed ITIL methodology to improve the quality and reduce defects

. Interacted with multiple cross-functional teams ensuring that all

business requirements are captured correctly and report progress to all

levels in the organization

. Performed analysis of business rules, business and system process flows,

user administration to be used for the new merged platform

. Supported Unit Testing and System Integration Testing (SIT)

. Developed Requirement Traceability Matrix to record the relationship of

the requirements to the design, development, testing and release of the

software

Environment: ITIL, Agile Scrum, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS

PowerPoint, MS Visio.

Insurance Systems Inc., Toronto (Dec. 2007 to Aug. 2008)

Sr. Business Analyst - P & C Systems

Client: Markel

. As Business Analyst for this project, I was responsible to collaborate

with other payment networks to perform Gap Analysis and to document

system and functional requirements to bridge the gaps using Documentation

Analysis technique.

. Actively involved in JAD sessions for gathering requirements &

specifications using BPMN notations for critical modules of the

application such as Contacts, Clients, and Quote & Policy for Markel

. Prepared scope for certification between networks and onboarding member.

. Create mockup reports for various reporting requirements.

. Create Use-Case diagrams to identify various transaction processing

scenarios.

. Create dataflow diagrams to model existing system and future system to

clearly demonstrate gaps.

. Assisting project manager in planning & estimating for various modules of

the application

. Develop test cases / scripts based on defined business or functional

specifications.

Environment: Agile Scrum, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS

Visio, SQL, Load Runner

SunGard Sherwood Systems, Mississauga (May 2007 to Oct. 2007)

Sr. Business Analyst - P & C Systems

Client: AMA (Alberta Motor Association, CAA)

. Interfaced with client to gather functional and business process

application requirements using Optimal Trace to develop Use cases in

order to migrate from clients Iseries/AS400 (green screen application) to

a new application

. Analyzed new Business Requirements and prepared the Functional Design

Specifications employing use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, ERD's,

DFD's and class diagrams.

. Communicated changes to requirements promptly and precisely to all

personnel involved.

. Identified and clearly defined functional issues and support IT

development staff throughout the design, development, unit testing, and

implementation phases of the software development life cycle.

. Analyzed and translated business requirements into system specifications

utilizing UML and RUP methodology.

. Executed and analyzed the various queries and creating reports depending

on the user.

. Successfully implemented the change request and defect tracking Using

Rational Clear Quest for utilization by the developers and the QA Team.

Environment: Optimal Trace, UML & RUP methodology, Clear Quest, Agile

Scrum, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, SQL, Load

Runner

Aviva (Head Office), Toronto (Sep. 2004 to May 2007)

Sr. Business Analyst

. Conducted user interviews and JAD sessions with end users, stake holders

and developers to gather functional and non-functional requirements of

the system, and creation of user stories

. Performed document analysis involving creation of Use Cases and Use Case

narrations using Microsoft Visio, in order to present the efficiency of

the gathered requirements.

. Involved in the analysis of the functional, technical specifications,

data mapping document and conceptual diagrams.

. Identified critical areas of business risk and modified the business

process to reduce the same.

. Wrote business requirements specification (BRS) and functional

requirements specification (FRS) documents as per the business

requirements and process flow.

. Jointly responsible for monitoring the progress of the system development

by preparing status reports, charting out schedules, allocating and

managing technical and human resources using MS Excel and MS Project

. Analyzed the security implementation of the application with respect to

users perspective

. Documented user stories and modeled use case diagrams by utilizing MS

Visio

. Interacted with developers & various members of my team to discuss and

resolve defects and their priorities

. Investigating the bugs using SCRUM methodology by creating the test cases

to fix bugs and interacting with the developers to resolve technical

issues.

Environment: Agile Scrum, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Excel, MS Project, MS

PowerPoint, MS Visio, SQL, Load Runner

Client: Info systems, Inc., (USA) (April 2002 to September 2004)

Global Payment Solutions

Sr. Business Analyst

. Gathered business requirements by conducting JAD sessions, detailed

interviews with business users, stakeholders, and Subject Matter Experts

(SME's)

. Communicated and interacted on a regular basis with the project manager

and development team during different stages of the project

. Developed use cases from requirements and created UML diagrams such as

use case diagrams, activity diagrams, and sequence diagrams

Environment: UML, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio,

SQL.

Client: Pursuit Software, NJ (USA) (April 2001 to April 2002)

Sr. Business Analyst

. Developed detailed Business requirements and System Requirements

Specification (SRS) documents

. Prepared scope for certification between networks and onboarding member.

. Create mockup reports for various reporting requirements.

. Create Use-Case diagrams to identify various transaction processing

scenarios.

. Create dataflow diagrams to model existing system and future system to

clearly demonstrate gaps.

. Develop test cases / scripts based on defined business or functional

specifications.

Environment: UML, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio,

SQL, Load Runner

Client: Chase Manhattan Bank, NY (June 2000 to April 2001)

(USA)

Capital Markets Fiduciary Services

Business Analyst

. Interviewed business users to gather requirements and analyzed the

feasibility of their needs by coordinating with the project manager and

technical lead and also created

. Used UML notations and RUP methodology to analyze and translate business

requirements into system specifications.

. Assisted in designing test plans, test scenarios and test cases for

integration, regression and user acceptance testing

Environment: Agile Scrum, UML& RUP, BPMN, SharePoint, MS Project, MS

PowerPoint, MS Visio, SQL, Load Runner

Worked as Sr. Developer/Programmer Analyst from 1992 to 1999 for following

clients:

Rail Europe, New York September 1999. To April 2000

Store Automates Systems, Inc., June 1999 - September 1999

Pennsylvania

CVS Corporation, Rhode Island, USA November 1998 to April 1999

McLeod USA, Iowa, USA April 1998 October 1998

Mehta Corporation, USA August 1997 to April 1998

Akshay Software Technologies, January 1997 to August 1997

India

Pidilite Industries, India February 1997 to October 1997

Siemens India February 1996 to December 1996

National Airport Authority of February 1996 to December 1996

Bombay, India

Parag International June1992 to June 1994

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Diploma in Electronics & Video Engineering

Higher Diploma in Software Engineering

Business Information Systems course from Ryerson University

Business Systems Analysis Certification from element-Inquestra

Use Case Modeling Course from McMaster University

Project Management foundation course from Sixth Dimension

Learning Inc.

BA Foundations & CCBA/CBAP Exam Prep Course

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