Shoma Pandit
Business Systems Analyst
***********@*****.*** 858-***-**** San Diego (CA)
Business Analysis Skills:
. Analysis,Requirements elicitation,documentation, communication.
. Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
. Experience in healthcare(HIPAA,GxP,FDA regulated environment),online
marketing,ERP
. Meetings facilitation,clarifying expectations between business and
development/test teams.
. Interfacing with multinational, multi-vendor offshore teams/stakeholders.
. Use Case modeling via ER diagrams, UML, RUP and MS Visio.
. Documenting FRD, User Stories and handling requirements
. Information architecture:Creating wireframes and mockups with
stakeholders for portal and mobile applications
. Setting processes and providing training to SDLC stakeholders.
Technical Skills:
Process/Modeling Rational Rose, Rational
Tools: RequisitePro,Visio,JIRA,DOORS
Methodology: OOAD, RUP, UML,Agile,Waterfall
Languages: C#.NET, C++, SQL, Visual
Basic,HTML5,CSS3,XHTML,PHP,ASP.Net
Databases: MySQL, SQL Server
Operating Systems: Windows ( XP,Vista,7), MS DOS,Fedora Linux
Testing Tools: Selenium,Rational ClearQuest, QTP, Test Director
,Load Runner
Project Management: MS Project
WebServers Apache,IIS
Office Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Infopath, MS
Publisher
Design: Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign, Dreamweaver,MockFlow
Business Intelligence (BI) MS SharePoint,Microstrategy,Excel(Pivot
tables)
Professional Work Experience:
Requirements Analyst,Cricket Communications San Diego Jan 2014-April 2014
. Elicited and documented product requirements for system migration from
Cricket to ATnT systems
Business Systems Analyst, Diaspark-Johnson and Johnson San Diego Oct 2013-
current
. Client facing BA working on requirements documentation,communication
for mobile app 'Care4Today' on iOS,Android and web platforms.
Project Business Systems Analyst, MedImpact San Diego Sept 2012-Sept 2013
. Gathered business requirements for complex multi-vendor portal
project(HIPAA, GxP, FDA regulated environment) participated in design
sessions,created and owned the functional requirements documents, used
QuickBase,Quality Center and Salesforce for issue tracking and
maintenance activities.
Business Analyst at Bluecava, Irvine July 2012 - Sept 2012
. Gather Requirements,create user stories
. Create Business Process,System Architecture documentation on Sharepoint
. Used tools like Fiddler,Target Process,Pivotal Tracker for browser
fingerprinting web technology
Business Analyst at Amylin, San Diego
May 2012 - July 2012
. Work with Business Requirements for GxP compliant portal, BI graphs,
reports on MS Sharepoint,cloud based Salesforce CRM
. Create UAT Test Plan Strategy,Test cases for Medical Information Portal
. Communicate needs of cross domain stakeholders (development, business,
systems)
. Recommend best practices to improve User Experience of the Medical
Information Portal system
Business Analyst at Life Technologies, San Diego
January 2011 - May 2011
. Gather information from HR personnel across global offices in Asia-
Pacific,Europe-Middle East, Americas through several rounds of
personal/telephonic interviews.
. Analyze socio-economic and geo-political HR industry trends and best
practices.
. Examine internal recruiting procedures and identify problems,redundancy.
. Recommend best practices to senior management for improving diversity of
talent pool
. Recommend ideal inhouse-agency usage mix for talent acquisition across
their global operations.
Business Analyst at IMPACCT, San Diego
August 2010 - December 2010
. Led a team of 3 to perform Market Analysis,SWOT analysis,Competitive
Landscape Analysis,Sales Projections for IMPACCT-online testing software
for communication and critical thinking
. Created Risk Mitigation Strategy,Marketing Strategy,Sales Strategy,
Financial Plan,Digital Marketing Strategy,Business Plan
Document,Critical Risks Assessment
Market Research at Balboa Learning Institute, San Diego
May 2010 - August 2010
. Conducted primary market research for Data Evaluation project to analyze
customer profile and improve services.
Business Analyst at Callaway Golf Company, San Diego January 2010 - May
2010
. Led a team of 4 consultants
. Evaluated global Supply Chain Configuration of golf clubs
. Analyzed supply chain sustainability,risk management,flexibility
. Suggested optimization techniques
Senior Software Quality Analyst at Weblistic now Spot Runner September
2007 - April 2008
.Understanding software requirements by interfacing with (offshore) product
management team and engineering development staff
. Understanding SEO concepts and identifying business flow.
. Writing creative test scenarios, test cases and generate test
data,setting up test bed
. Executing functional, performance,stress,regression, integration, back-
end (MS SQL) and User Acceptance (UAT) testing;analyzing test results and
logging bugs/defects.
. Managing, mentoring and providing performance feedback to 2 junior
analysts; reviewing their deliverables (Test Cases and Functional
Specifications) and overseeing test execution.
. Leading interview and staffing process for onsite requisitions, manage on-
boarding transitions and knowledge transfer of team members
Quality Analyst at FDS Infotech July 2005 -August 2007(2 yr 2m)
Client: IBS, Sweden:
. Writing program level, functional level technical documents and design
documents for code written in
RPGLE (AS/400) for the product 'Enterprise' in data warehousing domain
. Performing QA functions and technical writing checks for the documents
of the team.
.Setting QA policies and processes in place and providing training to
engineers.
Client: Bharat Forge Ltd:
. Understanding and analyzing Operation Management and supply chain
management work flows.
. Performing QA functions for the Production Scheduler.
Client: DataTrak International, Cleveland (USA) & Bonn (Germany)
. Performing QA functions in FDA regulated environment on web-based
application developed to manage activities and stay aligned in a clinical
trial through information sharing, EDC, notes and alerts.
Inhouse Projects:
. Collecting and analyzing data to identify and segregate potential
clients based on various market related factors.
. Developing forms in MS Infopath & C#.NET,SharePoint,Biztalk for change
management and internal business processes.
Software Engineer intern at Warpn LLC
May 2004 - May 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Employing data mining algoritms (clustering,classification,anomaly
detection) to detect telecom fraud.
Education:
San Diego State University-California State University
MBA, Management & Information Systems, 2009 - 2011 GPA: 3.8/4.0
Activities and Societies: Member of National Association of Purchasing
Management(NAPM), ISM, Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), PMI,
Toastmasters of the Cove
University of California, San Diego
Seach Engine Optimization and Marketing (SEO/SEM), 2011 - 2011 Grade: A-
Business Communication, 2009 - 2009 Grade: A
University of Pune
Computer Engineer, 2001 - 2005 Grade: First Class
Professional Training:
San Diego Continuing Education
Website Design Specialist, 2012 Grade: A
. Planning, designing and creating websites using HTML/XHTML, HTML5,
CSS, jQuery, Dreamweaver,
Flash, Customizing a CMS (Content Management System), Mobile
Application programming
. Information architecture (personas, wireframes, storyboarding,
mockflows, color, cultural context)
Webserver Maintenance and Security, 2011 - 2012 Grade: A
VMWare Virtualization,Linux O/S as Server Platform,Apache Webserver,Windows
Server 2008 R2, IIS, SQL Server and ASP.net, MySQL and PHP,Active and
passive intrusion detection (Wireshark, SNORT, TripWire), Domain
Registration,Website Hosting
Honors and Awards:
. Institute of Supply Management (ISM) US National essay scholarship prize
. VP of Education and Development at SDSU Business Consulting Group
. Phi Kappa Phi: Awarded for academic excellence
. Beta Gamma Sigma: Awarded for academic excellence in Business
. National Association for Purchasing Management (NAPM) Achievement Award
for Business Negotiations
. Scholars without Borders: Honor Society for International Scholars[pic]