MARINA RYANTZ
Stoughton, MA
*******@*****.***
Highly organized and results driven professional with over 15 years of Project Coordinator experience in the field of project management. Demonstrated a success in coordinating team resources, identifying discrepancies to the project manager, troubleshooting project risk and increasing project efficiency by 25% through project improvements. Adept at reviewing, negotiating and maintaining timelines for contracts, developing quality assurance tests, coordinating and managing webinars. Experienced in design and development processes that conform to standards such as ISO 13485 and ISO 14971, IEC 62304
SKILLS SUMMARY:
• Budget Management • Time Management
• Process improvements and Implementation • Problem Solving skills
• Risk Identification and Communication • Adaptability & Critical thinking
• Organizational and Documents Management • Research and Analysis
• Quality Assurance Testing • UI & Integration Testing
• Vendor Management • Data Interface & Migration Testing
• Scripting & Documentation • Test Strategies & Coverage
• Vendor Management • Project Management Software Proficiency
• Defect/Bug Tracking • Team Leadership
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Operating Systems/Platforms: Android, iOS, Linux, Unix, RPAS, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, AS400
Languages: Linux CDs, MS VB 5.0, SQL 8.0, HTML, COBOL, XML, JAVA, Softright, Millennium, Vision
Databases: Oracle, SQL Server 2000/2005/2008, MS-Access
Web Servers: IIS 5.0, JBoss, Java, Web Logic, AWS, Azure
Tools: SmartyStreet, Selenium, Jenkins, JIRA/Zephyr/Confluence, GitHub, Postman, DoneDone, ALM, SoapUI, Visual Test, Star Team, WinRunner, LoadRunner, QTP, MS Project, Massforge, Monday.com
Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
4/19 – present Project Coordinator State of RI, Department of Administration, Providence RI
• Coordinate implementation of a new WP/ERP/Payroll projects for various State agencies, ensuring alignment with project goals and deadlines are met. Collaborate with business and development teams, and external vendors to ensure timely, organized, and successful execution of system development and deployment. Track project progress, manage resource allocation to ensure timely task completion
• Prepare detailed project documentation, including business and technical requirements for new or updated systems
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with stakeholders, providing updates and addressing inquires promptly
• Coordinate system deliverables and upgrades, maintain software functionality, security and vendor support
• Assist in UAT testing and implementing vendors registration, data migration and identification, purchase orders, contracts, receipts, invoices, payments via wire, check and ach, credits, refunds, imports, voids, general ledgers and budgets. Heavily involved in expended integration and security testing. Identify, document and report bugs, errors, interoperability flaws and other issues
• Perform an investigation to determine the root cause, review records and analyze data. Based upon the data analysis continue to monitor the process
• Actively involve in the requirement analysis, feasibility study, project charter and requirements signoffs, sizing, progress tracking, defect resolutions.
• Create, maintain project schedules, charters, cost and data matrix to track work progress, budget status and process transactions for integration validation to ensure the correct data mapping
• Run and analyze the Executive reports for accuracy
• Collect and report all issues/defects in a timely manner with accurate and detailed reproducibility steps along with frequency of problem and all supporting comments and documentation using Smartsheet and Jira. Escalate, resolve and close remedy tickets and change requests
• Identify training needs and recommendations to improve customer experience. Provide remote technical support,
• Facilitate orientation and ongoing IT training for new hires and existing staff. Document training processes and maintain up-to-date record
• Collaborate with the management and development team of any consistent quality issues that need to be addressed as soon as possible
• Interact in a matrix project environment, to proactively identify and cross system impact or dependencies.
11/18–3/19 Lead Project Coordinator (consultant) Atrium-Innovations, Sudbury MA
• Facilitated inter-departmental coordination and communication, optimizing development operations to support new project initiative.
Spearheaded the implementation of a new project management software suite. Oversaw critical processes and fostered seamless inter-department coordination with a commitment to driving efficiency and collaboration.
Orchestrated a cross-functional team of 25 people to deliver a project and consistently meeting the deadlines
Led UAT testing between various business groups to ensure the full coverage is present for a new supplements according to GxP standards, FDA regulations and compliance. Proposed the corrective action plan followed by a clear statement identifying the problem, and specific steps to be taken to solve the identified problem. Performed an investigation to determine the root cause, review records and analyze data. Based upon the data analysis continue to monitor the process.
• Coached and mentored SMEs in preparation and execution of the detailed test scripts for each scheduled Sprint according the Business and Technical Requirements. Reviewed and conducted Walkthrough of the Test coverage with the Business and Development team. Upload scripts into JIRA testing module
• Functioned as a liaison between the project sponsors and clients, software engineers and/or external vendors to develop system solutions for processing systems and business requirements
Served as a SME on custom software systems and guided consumers on best practices and guideline on Systems integrations.
• Defined integration test strategy and plan by working closely with different solution leads. Familiar with GDPR & 21CFR compliance
• Implemented a product tracking database that reconciled shipment and costs against products ordered. Managed weekly analysis of identifying revenue, production and inventory concerns for over 600 products
• Facilitated the defects tracking communication with development teams and 3D party vendors to ensure issues are escalated and fixed in a timely manner using Kaban
• Met all project timelines and deadlines. Met stringent security requirements by working with Development, Integration, finance and security teams
• Drove team to success and completion of each Sprint on time. Prepared architecture diagrams and design documents using MS Visio.
• Kept track of all related documentations on Confluence/SharePoint and/or WiKi/Box
6/17–10/18 Project Coordinator Commonwealth of MA, Department of Transportation, Boston MA
• Led the QA efforts testing new software for RMV
• Captured and tested all modifications to proposed functional requirements. Analyzed and created the mockup data to test all business scenarios.
• Monitored testing efforts and recorded all test results accurately in test plan documentation and defect tracking system.
• Oversaw projects to ensure proper test coverage and met project deadlines
• Liaise with development to identify and troubleshoot potential defects swiftly
• Coordinated and oversaw the test execution by offshore team and acted as a point of contact with all reported issues and questions.
• Developed test plans and scripts and collaborated with other team members to devise test strategies and scenarios
• Created data and monitored transactions flow and are being posted correctly from AS400 to a new web system
• Monitored mainframe job batch streams, observing the status of batch job scheduling, batch job exceptions, and associated incident/failure messages for incident alerts
• Validated the data integrity. Reviewed error logs to identify the potential issues
• Prepared the traceability matrix to confirm the test coverage and mapped it with the test cases
• Conducted walkthrough with the Business to ensure test plan fully covered Business and Technical requirements.
• Collected and reported all issues/defects in a timely manner with accurate and detailed reproducibility steps along with frequency of problem and all supporting comments and documentation using HPALM
• Used Linux commands and back-end systems to review Error and other Logs. Identified the missing or incorrect data.
• Participated in defect management of UAT defects with the project management team to ensure defects are fixed in a timely manner in order facilitate the timely completion of UAT
• Ability to lead a group and facilitate work as a team. Ability to multitask and prioritize work to meet deadlines for each Sprint
• Good understanding of Agile software development lifecycle. Managed continuous communication to appropriate groups to keep them informed of project updates and status
• Tracked the progress of test planning, implementation and execution results. Reported results to the management and business team with recommendations.
07/15-5/17 UAT Coordinator Commonwealth of MA Health and Human Services, Quincy MA
• Served as a key member of software development team as the lead QA tester on development projects for Departments of Public and Mental Health
• Lead UAT efforts between various medical groups to ensure the full coverage is present for a new pharmaceutical system according to FDA regulations and compliance. Communicated project plan to team members through meetings and presentations. Accurately predict the number of efforts required for upcoming deliverables and tasks. Develop plans and schedules based on these predictions.
• Performed installation, training and remediation of the following equipment to the State medical facilities: Med carts, scanners, laptops, monitors, desktops, printers across all State facilities.
• Worked with internal and external parties to organize and coordinate activities and resources, providing recommendations and conducting meetings as required, strong client relationship skills
• Created Test scripts and distributed to each team prior execution
• Performed smoke and ad hoc testing for every build. Fulfilled continuous validation of embedded system software including stress, connectivity, wireless and disaster testing.
• Provided Demos of the new system to the end users per client requests
• Responsible for maintaining and updating technical documentation for software and systems into Massforge
• Created and maintained user account profiles and passwords, ensuring company-wide security
Responsible for creating, updating and maintaining data in AS400 for every test set
• Provided corrective action plans as well as performed V root-cause analysis of embedded software
• Assisted in drafting project schedules, cost estimate, and deliverables
• Worked with project team members and project managers and developed strategic project management plans
• Created project documents, status reports, and monitored project progress
• Tracked and reported on project key metrics. Tracked project changes and assisted in managing project scope
• Tracked and reported project issues
• Provided direction and support to project team
• Used MS Project to monitor and tracked tasks and resources
• Coordinated meeting agendas and prepared materials for project meetings
• Monitored UAT execution and facilitated Defects review
1/12-6/15 Credential Coordinator FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE, Lexington MA
• Performed validation of embedded software system for the 2008H 7HOS-L670 Dialysis machines. Familiar with IEC 62304, ISO14971, ISO13485, ISO14971, 21CFR820 and cGMP, FDA QSRs regulations and supported engineering audits.
• Created Test Protocols based on requirements of supported software to provide dialysis treatments.Tested safetiness and effectiveness, warning signs, alertness, user-friendly touchscreen monitor that provides prompts, helps screens and on-screen tutorial designed for patients and care givers in a facility or home environments. Monitored risks: high blood pressure, fluid overload, low blood pressure, heart-related issues, and vascular access complications, lengthy treatment time, blood access disconnects or clotting, fluid overflows. Read and interpreted performance indicators of embedded systems
• Defined actions that provided adequate confidence that a facility will administer consistently high-quality policies, procedures, and practices, to guarantee that quality control procedures are performed properly, analyzed results and took appropriate corrective measures
• Responsible for the timely and accurate processing of all providers including NP’s/PA’s/MD’s initial and Re-credentialing applications. Validating Provider licensing is up to date, Facility, Patient Reporting, Pharmacy, Prescriptions, Image Capture and Signatures, Medical Contracting, Single Sign On, Security, Soarian Financial reporting and scheduling and other Clinical data
• Conducted proveders acces to medical applications: prescribing, diagnosis and treatment, practice management, coding and billing, imaging, drug reference guides, medical calculators, clinical guidelines, simulate surgical procedures, medical exams, labs and various patient data. Ensured Error logs are generated and populated properly
• Reviewed and signed-off on all release documentation. Reviewed final product with customers and train them on new processes if necessary. Conducted demos of new systems
• Ensured all tasks are delivered in a timely manner with the high-quality standards
• Updated SharePoint with all results: risks Plan, Test Matrix, project status and Business Requirements
• Prepared and conducted technology training for new hires and end users
• Escalated, resolved, and closed change requests
• Uploaded and maintained SharePoint documents/pictures upload & download, workflow creation, create/delete list & libraries
• Provided follow up with the end-users ensuring business needs were met after project deployment
5/10-1/12 Business Data Analyst STATE STREET BANK, Quincy, MA
• Interpreted and analyzed customer business needs and translated them into functional requirements
• Created and generated system test scripts for different test scenarios covering all aspects of project functionality: Billing, currency conversion, ATM data capture, secure logins, banking accounts, payments, loans, eStatements, eSignatures.
• Created test plan, Walk through, integration approach and strategy document, test cases, scenarios, conditions and scripts. Reported status of the project in MS Project
• Translated business and/or technical information into requirements that described specific functionality and/or process and procedures
• Communicated specifications and change requests to development team
• Facilitated the process of reviewing, approving and achieving sign off on business requirements
• Performed various types of testing, such as functional, regression, user acceptance, negative and installation testing
• Executed SQL queries in order to view successful transactions and for validating data
• Recorded and documented test result using PTR (Problem Tracking Request)
• Documented requirements and notes from meetings
• Maintained Traceability Matrix to track the requirements to the test cases to ensure complete test coverage
• Assisted Training team with business clarifications, reviewing training materials for accuracy and completeness
• Created release notes for complete titles
EDUCATION:
New Horizons, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance, Waltham, MA
New Horizons, Project Management Express - PMP Prep, Waltham, MA
The Boston Computer school, Software QA Engineering Certificate, Boston, MA
North Eastern University, towards B.S in Management Information Systems, Boston, MA
University of Economics, B.S. in Information Systems, Uzbekistan