Business Analyst Project Manager
Resume:
Sally Rodrick
Pinehurst, NC ****4
**************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Senior Business Analyst with over 25 years of experience spanning multiple industries and business processes. Twelve years as an independent consultant driving major technology and infrastructure programs. Proficient in all aspects of SDLC including Agile methodologies, waterfall and all office applications including Access and Publisher, Encompass, sales force, service now as well as many business intelligence tools.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Independent Contractor Dec 2013 - Present
Provide support for companies that are faced with the challenge or adding or changing their current methodologies (moving to the cloud, exploring systems to implement, upgrading current technology or developing systems from start to finish).
Act as a resource to provide the analysis necessary to make determinations as to how to proceed with their tasks.
Projects include:
Veterans Affairs
US Army (Secret clearance)
DHS (Secret clearance)
Senior Cloud Analyst
Provide support to the V, the US Army and DHS as they are challenged with moving as many applications as possible to a cloud environment.
Acts as a concierge to teams of technologists moving applications to the cloud environment. Responsible for ensuring that all requirements are fulfilled and documented so that the migrations go smoothly.
Trouble shoot issues that arise for hundreds of separate applications and act as the liaison between the applications team and the cloud team responsible for maintaining the cloud environment.
Manage daily scums
Stanley Black & Decker
Analytics Consultant
Lead analyst in charge of assisting Stanley Black & Decker in their move to a new data center. Challenge to reduce the footprint of the data center by determining which of the 864 applications should remain on site, be removed entirely, or moved to a cloud environment by analyzing the construct of each application.
Element Corp
Project Manager/ Lead Business Analyst
· Lead analyst for multiple initiatives to disentangle systems for divested companies
· Project Manager for multiple initiatives including the replacement of the contact center for a 2000+ person company, telephony system rollout to eleven locations, implementation of a helpdesk environment to support new acquisitions and the upgrade of network closets in the main location to allow for the modernization of the tools needed to run the business.
Implementation of cloud based technologies corporate-wide for telephony and call center
JMT Technology Group
Senior Business Analyst
Lead Analyst for the implementation of a corporate-wide ERP system to support Accounting, Project Management, Marketing and Human Resources.
Project included vetting ERP vendors to assess their solutions and present findings to the company stakeholders. Lead requirements definition, solution design, and system implementation.
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group May 2011 – Nov 2013
Lead Business Analyst
· Lead analyst on a corporate level initiative to standardize the nuclear fleets security access protocols using Agile methodologies
· Led focus groups for the various control areas to define requirements including security access, fitness for duty, emergency response, training, medical
· Worked with an outside vendor to build the software and align the sprint cycles between the vendor and Constellation internal processes
· Responsible for requirements definition for all initiatives, including managing the sign off of requirements and management of those requirements using HP Quality Center tool
· Manage all aspects of initiatives including JAD sessions, staffing and adherence to the schedules
· Worked with the scheduling team to assist in the build-out of all projects prior to staffing and start-up
CareFirst June 2010 – May 2011
Senior Requirements Manager
· Responsible for the overall success of numerous corporate technology driven initiatives within CareFirst
· Liaison between the PMO and project teams to ensure that projects comply with all corporate policies and standards
· Responsible for requirements definition, including managing the sign off of requirements and management of those requirements using HP Quality Center tool
· Managed all aspects of initiatives including JAD sessions, staffing and adherence to project schedules
· Worked with the scheduling team to establish project workplans prior to staffing and start-up
CSC/CGI Federal May 2007 – June 2010
Senior Requirements Analyst - MAPD
· Responsible for the requirements gathering for modifications to the MARx System User Interface
· Worked directly with the end-user (CMS) and the development team to establish requirements for the creation of data views used to analyze specific metrics
· Determined the most effective method of modifying the MARx system to encompass the changing laws that affect the Medicaid/Medicare processes and procedures
· Worked with the Engineering Review Board to determine release schedules for all MARx related activities requiring analysis
· Ensured that deliverables were completed and on-time using MS Project
· Responsible for reviewing functional specifications for all enhancements to the MARx application with peers
· Assisted in the generation of guidelines needed for data conversion efforts as system requirements change
Northrop Grumman June 2006 – May 2007
Senior Business Analyst
· Responsible for working directly with the client to establish business and system requirements for complex technology integration efforts
· Designed the specifications for the 270/271 input configuration directly through an LDAP based portal on a SQL Server 2005 platform
· Used Visio to create data flow diagrams of system flow
· Interacted with the development and testing teams to ensure that all requirements are realized in completed projects
· Collaborated with multiple contract companies to design the EUA merge to a standard LDAP portal
· Successfully assisted with the implementation of five (5) integration projects
· Created use cases to support testing efforts and development strategies
T. Rowe Price April 2006 – June 2006
Project Lead & Analyst for client related Holdings reports
· Managed the efforts of the development staff who were responsible for the creation of client based investment summary reports
· Developed technical specification documents, created a system work flow, facilitated meetings with business users, and interacted with subject matter experts
· Led the testing effort prior to release of results to the end users
· Communicated and worked closely with the development team and team lead while working parallel with the business-users of the systems
Responsible for the overall management of the creation of an Offender Case Management system
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
State of Maryland 2005 – 2006
Senior Business Analyst
Oracle Corporation, Columbia, MD
Senior Partner Program Analyst 2001– 2004
Senior Initiative Project Manager 1999 – 2001
Senior Technical Account Manager 1996 – 1999
Cognos Corporation, Bethesda, MD
1994 – 1996
Major Account Technical Consultant
AT&T, Hunt Valley, MD
Database / Software Development Manager 1991 – 1994
Software Support Manager 1988 – 1991
EDUCATION
Mount Vernon Nazarene College
BS Computer Science – 1987
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