Management Information Systems

SAMANTHA MARIA PEREIRA

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University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Andhra University College of Engineering, India Master of Science, Management in Information Systems Bachelor of Engineering GPA: 3.78/4.0; Anticipated May 2017 First Class, May 2011 RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSEWORK

• Predictive Analytics, Systems Analysis and Design, Digital Marketing, Statistics, Distributed Computing, Information Systems Auditing, Information Assurance and Healthcare Management.

• Extensive knowledge in predictive modelling techniques for decision making in complex customer-centric corporations.

• Specialized in managerial and strategic perspectives on improving healthcare services (US) enabled by IT.

• Expertise in Analytics tools: SAS with Macros, SAS Enterprise Miner, SPSS.

• Database Management Systems: Designed a database for a bank KYC using SQL.

• Knowledge in formulating Business Rules, creating ER Diagrams, writing SQL Queries.

• Knowledge of Information Systems auditing concepts, internal controls, COSO and COBIT.

• Documented a research paper and performed literature survey of 25 papers in Cloud and IoT Auditing challenges.

• Hands on experience with analyzing a breech and network traffic using Wireshark.

• Completed case studies on various controls to be applied for data security and studied different attacks.

• Knowledge on how to conduct a Risk Assessment for an organization.

• Preparing for SAS Base Certification (April’17) and CISA Certification (June’17). EXPERIENCE

Accenture Services, Bangalore, India

Software Engineering Analyst, (06/2011 – 10/2015)

• Managed and led Customer Creation & Account Opening team of 4 Software Analysts.

• Estimated, delegated, monitored and reviewed deliverables of the team and provided feedback on their progress to the onshore lead.

• Implementation of diverse software projects in Healthcare & Banking domains and effectively collaborated with international clients from USA, Australia and Spain.

• Thorough understanding, hands on experience in SAP Personas/GUI Core Banking Module, Pega, e-Banking and Siebel (Financial Services) and implementation for an Australian (Tier II) Bank.

• Sound understanding of business processes in auditing and accreditation of Provider Groups and its implementation for an American Health Insurance company (Regulatory and Accrediting Oversight Department).

• Worked as a Defect Management Coordinator, led the Defect Triage call to communicate defects raised by the testing team to the development lead.

• Developed and configured UI and technical functionalities in SIEBEL CRM 8.0., marketing module.

• Identified 2nd highest number of priority 1 defects which minimized significant cost.

• Escalated issues in the application on time during the SIT, Regression and UAT phases.

• Played a key role for an internal audit - conducted peer reviews, verified best practices and controls.

• Represented my team and conducted a tabletop exercise to optimize Business Continuity Management.

• Formulated and generated execution status reports, daily/weekly.

• Analyzed business requirements and verified quality procedures.

• Trained, mentored and guided 15 newcomers; conducted knowledge transfer sessions once in two months.

• Skilled in Test Execution Management on HPQC with requirements mapping and database testing.

• Proactively collaborated with offshore and onshore teams for better execution of project.

• Obtained a sign off from the Client for a major chunk of the application’s test case design.

• Estimated budget for change requests and obtained approvals from Client as part of Portfolio Management. ACHIEVEMENTS

• Succeeded in completing a Banking Foundation Test in Accenture.

• Achieved an ACE Award (Accenture Celebrates Excellence Award) – August 2014.

• Received Recognitions from my Supervisors for:

o Being a stand out performer for SIT Team – Jan 2015 o Extending and accomplishing a major Code Drop Execution – Dec 2013 o Creating an asset that saved budget and minimized significant time and manual effort – August 2013 o Star of the Month Award – March 2012

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating System Windows, Linux

Programming Languages C, Java

Packages MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, Siebel, MS Visio, MS Project Network Analysis Tools Wireshark

Testing Tools HP Quality Center, JIRA, Clear Quest, Rational Quality Manager Analytics Tools SPSS, SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS/Base, SAS Macros, Hadoop

Database Oracle 11g, SQL

Proficient in E2E functionalities in Siebel (Financial Services), SAP Personas/GUI Core Banking, Pega, Web Applications & Base Global

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Developed a Business Plan for a product (VoteSecure), A Blockchain based Voting System. (selected at Entrepreneurship Lab – UB School of Management)

• Member of Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA) and Data Science Club in SUNY University at Buffalo.

• Participated in the Deloitte Cyber Threat Competition.

• Active member of the Fun Club at Accenture and organized around 34 events.

• Acted as the Secretary for MESCON’10, A National Level Students Conference.

• Part of University at Buffalo’s Ballroom dancing club.

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