DAVID APATA

Houston, Tx 832-***-**** ad48ou@r.postjobfree.com David Apata LinkedIn

OBJECTIVE

Quality driven Business System Analyst with more than eight years of expertise in business process optimization, skilled in employing both agile and waterfall methodologies. Adept at enhancing business functionalities and operational efficiency through advanced technical solutions and strategic process improvements. Seeks to leverage extensive experience in system analysis and project management to contribute to effective business solutions. CORE COMPETENCIES

• Business and Systems Analysis

• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Requirements Elicitation

• Project Management

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Data Integrity and Analysis

• Strategic Planning and Execution

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Tools: MySQL, Azure DevOps, PostgreSQL, Adobe XD, DB2, HTML, CSS, JIRA, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Balsamiq, Visual Studio.

• Techniques: Requirement Elicitation, Data Analysis, Defect Triaging, User Story Mapping, RACI Matrix, Data Dictionary, Gap Analysis, MoSCoW prioritization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Business System Analyst

BHP Petroleum, Houston, TX (Now part of Woodside Energy Group Ltd) July 2021 - Present

• Orchestrates the implementation of resource entitlement management features in the proprietary AEGIS system, designed to control access and entitlements within the organization. Achieved a 20% reduction in integration time by developing comprehensive wiki content and detailed test cases that streamlined the deployment process.

• Spearheads Domain migration efforts within the access control system, documenting change impacts with a 95% accuracy rate and ensuring a seamless transition for users, improving system performance and experience.

• Leads as the System Analyst on the access control system project, collaborates with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and streamline processes.

• Plays a pivotal role in enhancing the access control system's mechanisms, achieving an improvement in security compliance by one-sixth through the execution of robust test cases for the Entitlements.

• Contributes to the refinement of the AEGIS system's user interface and functionality, enhancing user guidance accessibility by a quarter through clear and concise wiki content for editing Entitlements.

• Collaborating with service-line owners (Network, Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Applications and End User Services) to develop and implement strategic plans for project requirements and delivery.

• Gathering and categorizing business requirements into proper, accurate and comprehensive functional requirements and documenting them as user stories and test plans in Azure DevOps.

• Spearheaded the integration of Quorum Land and Lease Management software, significantly improving lease management operations by enhancing data accuracy and reducing costs.

• Orchestrating comprehensive user acceptance testing, collaborating with end-users to ensure optimal system performance and user satisfaction.

Business Analyst/Scrum Master

First LeaderSoft, Houston, TX January 2018 - June 2021

• Conducted detailed business and system requirement analyses, creating a comprehensive traceability matrix that enhanced project clarity and traceability by 40%. This initiative reduced project ambiguities and misalignments by ensuring that all requirements were accurately captured and linked to their respective deliverables.

• Improved sprint planning efficiency and reduced time-to-market by managing over 200+ user stories in JIRA for clear sprint execution.

• Facilitated all key scrum ceremonies, including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, for a team of 15+ members.

• Assured the quality and functionality of product features through rigorous testing, aligning final products with specified acceptance criteria. Implemented enhanced QA strategies that increased test coverage by 50% and reduced critical bugs in production.

• Led User Acceptance Testing (UAT) efforts, coordinating with end-users and IT staff to execute test cases and ensure system functionality met business needs. This comprehensive UAT process led to a user approval rating of over 90% at project completion, highlighting the effectiveness of the testing and feedback integration process. Quality Assurance Analyst

Faithland Investments and Financial Services, Houston, TX August 2016 - December 2017

• Developed and executed over 150+ detailed test plans in Azure DevOps, ensuring all applications met stringent technical requirements and performance standards, which led to a 25% reduction in critical defects post-launch.

• Led the quality assurance process, authoring over 200 test cases, performing manual testing, documenting defects, and managing re-testing of functionalities, resulting in a 40% improvement in the defect resolution rate.

• Spearheaded efforts to document issues and metrics for management review, establishing a metrics-driven approach that reduced downtime and increased the software deployment success rate.

• Collaborated closely with development teams to optimize SQL query performance, enhancing database functionality and integrity, which resulted in improvement in database response times and decrease in resource consumption.

• Captured and analyzed over 300 defects per quarter using Azure DevOps, prioritizing issue resolution based on severity, which reduced high-priority defect turnaround time. EDUCATION

• M.Sc. in International Oil and Gas Management, University of Dundee, United Kingdom, 2013

• BSc. in Economics, Covenant University, 2008

• Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification, International Scrum Institute, 2021

• Scrum Master Accredited Certification, International Scrum Institute, 2021

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