Manager Project

KATERINA WEINRICH

***** ********* **., ***** ****, MD 21771 - (301-***-**-** – *****.********@*****.***

Project Management and Business Analysis professional with over 15 years of IT (Information Technology) management experience with focus on healthcare and human services government segments. Proficient with Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall frameworks, as well as Project Management, budget planning, resource planning, team building, risk assessment management and mitigation.

Strong leadership, communication, team motivation and negotiation skills, as well as ability to manage diverse talents team that may range from millennials to seasoned technical leads and architects.

Expert in all aspects of Data Governance, Data Integration, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehousing, and Master Data Management (MDM).

PROPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CSRA, Inc. (Columbia, MD), May 2012 – present

CLIENT/PROJECT: CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid)CCSQ (Center for Clinical Standards and Quality)DECC ( Development Effort Consolidation Contract)Enterprise Service

QNP (Quality Net Portal) RELEASE MANAGER:

•Successfully managed the CMS QualityNet.org public website/portal portfolio to completion worth $500,000.

•Lead a development team throughout three full SDLC (CMS XLC – Expedited Lifecycle).

•Act as a lead to execute QA/QC and testing activities.

•Prepared software system testing procedures, programming and documentation to ensure standard use of procedures CMMI Level 4.

•Lead and coordinated daily Scrum meetings, as well as managed the backlog and sprints for the Portfolio.

•Negotiated with client about the project scope and deadlines.

•Prepared and presented to technical and business level stakeholders, such as CCB (Change Control Board), ARB (Architectural Review Board), TRB (Technical Review Board), TCB (Technical Compliance Board), ORR (Operations Readiness Review), etc.

•Managed portfolio within a multi-vendor environment

•As the Control Account Manager (CAM):

oManaged budget, schedule, deliverables, milestones, and work packages,

oPerformed variance analysis utilizing the Earned Value Management and define corrective action plans for budget and scheduling,

oPrepared and delivered client weekly, monthly, and quarterly status reports,

•Lead a transition effort from development to maintenance.

•Prepared contract transition plan and document package.

BUSINESS ANALYST MANAGER

•Managed Enterprise Services Business Analysts team of 6 senior professionals.

•Lead initiatives to establish Business Analysis methodology and framework which was accepted and flourished.

oSignificant contribution to DECC achieving CMMI Level 4

•Established core deliverable and internal documentation, including Functional Specifications (User to System and System to System interaction functionality), Use Cases, Data Requirements, as well as comprehensive Data Flows and Data Architecture.

•Proficient with CMS XLC methodology and core deliverables documents.

DATA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (DIM) TEAM LEAD

•CCSQ Data Governance Workgroup member.

•Successfully driven from concept to completion and CCSQ Organization-wide implementation of Data Strategy, Data Quality and Metadata Management Plans, as well as Data Quality Process documents.

•Created CCSQ Data Model management (SOP) Standard Operating Procedures, which improved overall organization Data Model management capabilities and quality.

•Provided guidance and expertise to CCSQ Line of Business (LOB) to implement Data Quality processes using the Informatica Data Quality (IDQ) tool. This effort improved CCSQ LOB Data Quality and Data reliability saving CCSQ organization cost and increasing data quality awareness.

CSRA MANAGER, DELIVERY SERVICES

•Managed group of 18 Business Analyst and Technical Writers across CSRA organization.

•Initiated and lead Brown-bag sessions during which team members shared experiences and provided specific area training.

•Provided guidance, training and encouraged collaboration across team members.

•Mentored junior team members.

•Provided Mid-Year and Yearly performance assessments.

CLIENT/PROJECT: CMS EDSC (Enterprise Data Services Contract) (EDSC) MDM

DATA INTEGRATION / BI MANAGER

•Established and managed team of technical architects and developers to pioneer Data Integration and Data Quality processing for the EDSC MDM project.

•Managed the requirements gathering and deliverables submission.

•Trained employees on business and functional analysis, as well as testing activities to ensure high standard quality deliverables.

•Developed and established the framework and process for future CSRA Data Integration and Quality approach.

•Planed, coordinated, and implemented various data integration and quality assessment tasks.

•Instituted policies and procedures for data analysis, management, processing, and quality assessment functions.

•Architected changes to the data management process, policies, and standards to optimize time and effort.

•Analyzed and optimize proposed data models to detect and correct inefficiencies.

•Led functional testing efforts for the entire MDM project through production delivery.

•Provided Project Management expertise such as developing Project and Milestone schedules and defining critical path and success criteria.

•Worked with the client to determine deliverables, set release schedules, and manage Change and Ad Hoc requests.

ABACUS Technology Corporation (Chevy Chase, MD), January 2011 – May 2012

CLIENT/PROJECT: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Grants Online Interface.

JR. PROJECT MANAGER / BUSINESS ANALYST

•Provided PMO and system analysis support for the Grants Online Interface between the NOAA Grants Management System (Grants Online) and the NOAA Commerce Business System (CBS).

•Successfully led Grants Online CBS Interface data conversion efforts.

•Coordinated with management, business users, and developers to analyze and extract business needs for evolving process and procedures.

•Documented functional requirements specifications and captured workflow diagrams, as well as supplementary specifications for non-functional requirements.

•Developed High-Level and Detail-Level Design Documents.

•Supported functional testing efforts.

EXCELLA Consulting, Inc. (McLean, VA), November 2007 – January 2011

SR. BUSINESS ANALYST

CLIENT/PROJECT: Office of Personnel Management (OPM)/Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI)

•Lead effort to manage the OPM EHRI data warehouse various files receipt, interfacing, and loading processes.

•Performed data analytics and researched data discrepancies between EHRI data warehouse and data provider systems.

•Developed and managed the Technical Compliance and Data submitters Training process to ensure data and format accuracy of all incoming files.

CLIENT/PROJECT: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)/Enterprise Staffing Solution Pilot

•Provided PMO and business analysis support for an enterprise-wide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to replace the legacy DOD civilian hiring system.

•Lead Survey Initiative project to collect user feedback.

CLIENT/PROJECT: U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) /Retirement Systems Modernization (RSM)

•Interviewed data warehouse coordinators to analyze existing systems interoperability issues.

•Drafted a ‘Recurring Data Conciliation Plan’ for all federal employee retirement records.

•Recommended compliance procedures to ensure sufficient feedback mechanisms existed between agencies and OPM/Hewitt for error resolution and discrepancies in the recurring feeds.

ACCESS Systems, Inc. (Fairfax, VA), May 2007 – November 2007

JR. PROJECT MANAGER

CLIENT/PROJECT: Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)/Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP) and Nursing Scholarship Program (NSP) projects.

•Lead an effort to define the requirements management plan.

•Delivered functional requirements specifications and supplementary specifications documents for non-functional requirements.

•Evaluated existing requirements and test materials for completeness, testability, and understandability.

•Performed QA/QC, as well as assisted with and validated Government and User Acceptance Testing (GAT and UAT).

MSD, Inc. (Fairfax, VA), August 2006 – May 2007

LEAD BUSINESS IV&V ANALYST

CLIENT/PROJECT: National Institutes of Health (NIH)/ nVision

•Reviewed, analyzed, and recommended changes to all project requirements documentation.

•Verified and validated project compliance with defined standards.

•Predicted, assessed, and documented the extent to which the project met requirements.

•Performed independent testing and assisted with Government and User Acceptance Testing (GAT and UAT).

MAXIMUS, Inc. (Alexandria, VA), February 2001 – August 2006

PROGRAMER ANALYST LEAD

CLIENT/PROJECT: Social Security Administration (SSA)/Ticket to Work project

•Lead team of technical architects and developers.

•Lead efforts to document business, functional and non-functional requirements, as well as technical documentation.

•Translated SSA Ticket to Work Program Regulations into Business requirements.

•Designed and developed automated scripts to integrate incoming beneficiary data.

•Lead and coordinated client meetings.

•Developed and maintained User interface manuals, as well as technical maintenance documentation.

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF ARTS - Herzen State Pedagogical University, Major: Languages, Russian and literature, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Courses: Introduction to SQL, UNIX/Linux, Microstrategy developer beginner course, PMP – 30 PDUs

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