Business Analyst

Behnaz Sanati

***** **** ****** **., *******, TX 77082

281-***-****(Cell)

*******@*******.***

www.linkedin.com/in/behnazsanati

Summary of Skills

SDLC, Agile Development Methodology

Benefit-based Task Scheduling, Decision-making skills

Project Coordination, Project Management

Critical Thinking, Multi-tasking, Organizational Techniques

Professional/Technical Presentations

Requirements Gathering, Requirements Analysis

Use Case/ Test Case Design, System and Functional Verification/Validation, Test Reports

Relational Database Design, Oracle, SQL

Data Modeling, Data Management, Data Mining

MIS (Management Information System), HMIS (Hospital Management Information Systems)

Software Design and Development, Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power point and Visio)

Website Development, Web Design, HTML, CSS

Programming in C / C++, Embedded C, Visual Basic, Fortran

Windows, DOS, Unix, Linux, Unix/Linux Shell Programming

Work Experience

Co-Founder, Director, Business Analyst

MBM Services, LLC

September 2013 - Present

Generating new business ideas for the company, market analysis, enhancement recommendations

Project requirement analysis,

Profitability, cost estimation and budget planning

Collaborating with other partners in fund approval

Overview and verification of financial documents

Decision-making through investigation and analysis of alternatives and selecting the course of action that provides the greatest benefit to the organization

Communicating with clients, partners, finance and service departments in different phases of the properties management and maintenance

Business System Analyst, IT Consultant, Web Designer/ Developer (Part Time)

MBM Engineering and Inspection Services

May 2003 – September 2013

Feasibility Study, Requirement Gathering and Analysis,

Cost Estimation and Budget Planning,

Data Modeling and Relational Database System Design using Microsoft Access,

Website Design and Development using HTML and CSS

Projects

GIS System for Backer Hughes (Team Project)

Agile Development Course Project, 2008

Gathered requirements from Backer Hughes managers in group meetings, analyzed requirements, documented process flows using Visio, designed Use/Test Cases, performed the tests, provided the Test Reports, and presented the final version of the project at Backer Hughes

Sleep Apnea Disorder Diagnosis

Computational Physiology Course Project, 2007

Developed a software system to diagnose “Sleep Apnea Disorder”

Rule Classification and Data Mining

Master Thesis, 1999- 2000

Feasibility Study of using Commercial Neural Networks for Data Mining applications and Rule Classification

Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)

Data Management Course Project, 1997

Designed and developed a Relational Database, Queries, and Reports for Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) using Oracle, SQL and Embedded C programming on Unix

Schizophrenia Disorder Diagnosis

Expert Systems Course Projects, 1996

Developed an expert system to diagnose “Schizophrenia Mental Disorder” using IFPROLOG

Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)

DPI, Co.- Internship, 1995

Understanding the Admission process, Facilities, Pharmacy, Physicians and Patients records and relations through several hospital visits and meeting with the managers and staff, Requirement gathering and analysis, Translating the requirements to the system specifications, Use Case/Test Case design, Providing training materials and presentations for the physician members of the design team

Braille Word Processor

BS Project, 1994- 1995

Designed and developed a customized “Braille” word processing software in C for the blind users

Teaching Assistant at University of Houston

August 1998 - June 1999 (11 months)

Supervised C programming lab; Computer Science Department

Provided Instruction and assistance for students through their C programming class projects, tested and graded the programming assignments and projects, graded exams, prepared class performance analysis for my supervisor.

Served as a TA for Data Structures course; Computer Science Department

Tested and graded students programming assignments and projects, graded exams and provided teaching assistance whenever students needed help understanding the materials, and reported the grades and performance documents using Microsoft Excel to my supervisor, the class instructor.

Education

Master of Science (GPA 3.67)

University of Houston, Computer Science, 1997 - 2000

Honors

Golden Key Honor Society Recognition

NSM Scholarships, University of Houston

Memberships

IEEE

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)

Golden Key Honor Society

Publications

Conference Papers:

Efficient Online Benefit-Aware Multiprocessor Scheduling Using an Online Choice of Approximation Algorithms, Behnaz Sanati, Albert M. K. Cheng, 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), in conjunction with HPCC and CSS, August 19-23, 2014, Paris, France

Maximizing job benefits on multiprocessor systems using a greedy algorithm, Proceedings Work-In-Progress Session of the 14th Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, April 22-24, 2008 St. Louis, USA

Master Thesis:

Extracting classification rules using commercial neural networks, Behnaz Sanati, Degree granted by Department of Computer Science., University of Houston, 2000

Volunteering/Community Services

Director/Secretary, Board of Directors, Meadows of the Mews Home Owner Association, Present

Instructed at Al-Sadeq Academy (Sunday School), Houston, 2005-Present

Judged at Science and Engineering Fair of Houston, 2014

Judged at Science Fairs, Al-Hadi School, Houston, 2010-2011

Conducted Training on Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Publisher) for IQRA Department staff and teachers, AL-Hadi School, Houston, 2010

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