Business Analyst, Project manager

Brian William Kedersha

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APT B2

Alexandria, VA 22307

Telephone: 202-***-****

Email: *****@********.***

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EDUCATION:

The George Washington University (graduated May 1993), Elliott School of

International Affairs; Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, concentration in International

Politics and Middle Eastern studies.

New York Military Academy (graduated May 1989), College Preparatory secondary school

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OBJECTIVE:

Secure a position as a Business/Requirements Analyst or in Project Management with an established and growing organization. My extensive experience and competency with Access, Program Analysis, .NET, SQL Server, Visual Basic and Oracle skills, will strengthen my ability to establish a firm foundation to make a meaningful contribution to the ongoing success of an organization. I am a conscientious individual and a responsible hard worker.

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SUMMARY:

• Facilitating Joint Application Development (JAD) Sessions for requirements gathering and business analysis

• Extensive experience identifying business needs and technologies and applications to improve business and development performance

• Identifying current and new business workflow processes

• Experience with business process and reprocess engineering

• Experience writing test cases for full regression testing and user acceptance testing

• Extensive database development experience, including writing SQL queries, Stored Procedures, Triggers, Functions with SQL Server, Oracle, and MS Access

• Data modeling experience with Erwin and Visio

• Experience with managed development environments using PVCS, ChangeMan Team Foundation Server and the entire Rational Suite, for version control, configuration management, defect tracking, and work item tracking

• I have worked in CMMI Level III environment and participated in recertification

• Section 508 web, documentation and application accessibility compliance

• Used Sparx Enterprise Architect, IBM TeleLogic DOORS and Rational Requisite Pro for requirements management and to follow configuration management processes

• Created a custom database for requirements traceability

• Managed security requirements and access control levels with Requisite Pro and Excel spreadsheets

• Excellent Business writing skills in writing Business requirements document, Business Rules document, Use Case Specifications, Functional Specifications, Systems Requirements Specification (SRS) using Rational Requisite Pro

CAREER RELATED SKILLS:

Computer Skills: Extensive knowledge of MS Windows, and Macintosh applications including: PowerBuilder, MS Project, FrontPage, Expression, Internet Explorer, Crystal Reports, and Business Objects, Netscape, SharePoint, Visual Basic, .Net Development Studio, Word, DataStage, SQL Server, Oracle, Java, PowerPoint, Excel, Fox Pro, MS Access, Business Process Modeling Notation, Rational Suite, Enterprise Architect and many others. Requirements gathering and documentation, Use Cases, Rational suite, CMMI, Requisite Pro, DOORS, Rapid Application Development, Joint Application Development, Project Scheduling;

Other Skills: Typing skills, approximately fifty-five words per minute; conversational Spanish; excellent organizational and communication skills.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

The majority of my career has been directly linked to employers’ government contract associated work. As a result, my job related experience reflects numerous contract related work which, by the nature of contract work, has limited employment time periods, as evidenced in the following historical time lines. The nature of contract work has afforded me a broad based background and experience. I feel strongly that my diverse work experience gives me a competitive edge in the marketplace.

October 2010-Present: Enlightened, Inc., Capacity, Business Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Gathering requirements and testing DC Pretrial Services Agency’s PRISM 4.0 Defendant administration application. Developing use cases in MS Word and Visio, creating database schema in Visio, and test cases in Microsoft Test Manager.

August 2010-October 2010: ITG, Inc., Capacity, Business Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Gathering requirements for GSA’s Public Building Service migration from Oracle’s 10g web portal to Oracle’s 11g web portal.

May 2010-July 2010: IDI, Inc., Capacity, Business Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Gather requirements for Prince George’s County Warehouse Inventory Management system. Document the County’s Public website redesign, migration of Exchange Public Folders to MS SharePoint. Gather requirements for the new County government wide survey system. Implement SDLC workflow and project artifacts for Prince George’s County’s Web Services division.

May 2009-February 2010: LCG Systems, Capacity, Business Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Review current and collect new requirements for National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Research, Condition and Disease Categorization (RCDC) Budget Estimating Tool (R-BET), develop and lead user training for R-BET. Gather the requirements for the transfer, transforming and data mapping of budget data to R-BET. Evaluate testing and 508 compliance tools to be used for R-BET and other projects. Create Test Cases and test R-BET using Visual Studio 2008 Test Edition. Update all R-BET project documentation. Help develop a website to assist NIH follow the steps and create the necessary artifacts for the Enterprise Performance Life Cycle software development framework. Gather requirements for new SharePoint budget analysis site for NIH’s Office of Budget.

February 2009-April 2009: DefenseWeb Technologies, Capacity, Business Analyst (Temporary Assignment), Job Responsibilities: Gathering the requirements, creating and updating the Requirements Traceability Matrix Use Cases, and Software Requirements Specification documentation for the Wounded Warrior Clinical Case Management Enhancements, and an custom ETL Tool to load data from legacy systems into the enhanced system.

December 2008-January 2009: Self-Employment, Capacity, Personal IT Support, Job Responsibilities: Providing custom technical support to individual clients. Setting up home networks and new computers, updating and modifying existing machines.

August 2008-November 2008: Insight Global, Capacity, Requirements Analyst (Sub-Contractor to Unisys), Job Responsibilities: Assisting in the first CMMI certification of Unisys’ GSA Federal Acquisition Service Team. Help develop Federal Acquisition Service’s Business Intelligence applications strategy. Collecting, managing and documenting requirements for the Customer Tracking System, already in production.

April 2008-June 2008: US Max, Capacity, Requirements Analyst (Sub-Contractor to General Dynamics), Job Responsibilities: Reviewing the requirements for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Activity Tracking Management System (ATMS) and transferring them from Word to RequisitePro and Enterprise Architect. This system tracks Human Resources, case docket, and other work items. Reverse engineering the requirements from the ALJ Case Management System user documentation to RequisitePro and Enterprise Architect. Developing new requirements for the new version of ATMS. Evaluating new requirements tools for use at FERC.

February 2008-April 2008: Hobsons, Capacity, Requirements Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Gathering requirements for the new releases of the company’s primary products, i-Class and Data Bridge (Flux) applications. These applications are used by university admission offices and other institutions for processing applications, marketing and communications. Developing the requirements for using DataStage to migrate data to a new product that will replace i-Class and Data Bridge. Providing support for systems already in production. I also, am creating standardized and formal requirements gathering and documenting process frameworks.

December 2007-Feburary 2008: Vangent, Capacity, Business Analyst (Full-time Employee), Job Responsibilities: Developing the Business Process Framework for Department of Homeland Security’s Alerts, Warnings and Notifications (AWN) systems. The process included documenting the current systems, procedures, organizations involved with AWN, and then developing the Business Process Framework, so DHS can create a Standard Operating Procedures and Processes for using these systems.

November 2007: Mindbank, Capacity, Systems Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Review and documentation of the business processes, systems of the Personnel Review Boards of the Dept. of the Navy. the Physical Examination Board, its handling of military medical records, HIPAA privacy rules, VA disability ratings, and transfer of medical review notes to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

June 2007-October 2007: Mindbank, Capacity, Requirements/Business Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Gathering the functional, non-functional, and business requirements for Head Start’s Monitor Report Analysis and Production System. This system facilitates and tracks the analysis process of the Head Start review reports. Reprocess engineering of the reporting system. Gathering requirements for DataStage to move data from legacy systems to the re reporting system. The prime contract is Danya Corporation.

March 2007-May 2007: Convergent Solutions Inc, Capacity, Requirements Analyst (Full-time Employee), Job Responsibilities: Gathering requirements and business rules, developing the MS Project plan, creating workflow, dataflow and use cases for the GSA’s Rent Estimate Inventory Change application. This custom application tracks changes in rates, square footage, parking and tenants in GSA owned and leased building. I created a custom MS Access application for the requirements tractability matrix. Using I managed joint development sessions with the customer and developers.

September 2006-Feburary 2007: Creative Information Technology, Capacity, Requirements Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Gathering and documenting requirements in Requisite Pro, development project plan in MS Project, developing the Test Plan, Version Control, Standard Operating Procedures documentation, and creating the use and test cases for US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Biometric Storage System. This system collects fingerprints and pictures of immigrant applicants and shares then with various government agencies.

December 2005 –July 2006: Vistronix, Capacity – Requirements Engineer (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Gathering requirements, develop use and test cases for EPA Documentum initiative, including the enterprise wide email records system and chemical manufacturing tracking system, Creating databases for requirements traceability, access control level documentation, requirement specification and design specification documentation. These applications used IBM’s Websphere for their middleware. Managing rapid prototyping/JAD sessions with the end users and management.

June 2005 – November 2005: Potomac Consulting Group, Capacity - Developer (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Converting the African Development Foundation's Access 97 Grants Administration system to .Net and SQL Server 2000 based application

March 2004 – April 2005: NetStar Systems, International, Capacity – Requirements Analyst (full-time employee), Job Responsibilities: Gathering requirements for the National Health Service Corps new enterprise management system PrimeCare. Migration of Data from Microsoft’s Great Plains CRM to PrimeCare. Creating requirements document templates. Documenting all system requirements, including business rules, screen layouts, report formats, server requirements, workflow, and security. Mapping fields, creating the data dictionary, reviewing and updating the workflow, migrating the user rules and moving some of the data.. JAD and RAD sessions, gathering requirements, establishing workflow, creating and or modifying business rules, Use Cases, and creating user roles including role rights. Developing forms using .NET and ASP.Net development environments. Reprocess engineering of the Corps administrative and application acceptance processes. Migrating of financial data from MS Access system to SQL Server 2000, mapping the fields, moving the actual data, creating the table structure in SQL Server

January 2004 - February 2004: Davies Consulting, Temporary Assignment, Capacity - Programmer (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Creation of a storm restoration survey, to gage electrical utilities response and performance after Hurricane Isabel, Development of back-end SQL Server 2000 database for the survey's data. Including table structure, key creation, constraints, data dictionary, triggers and stored procedures. Data modeling customer outage data, Developing reports using Crystal Reports, Business Objects, and Excel based of survey data, Created a MS Access XP front-end, for importing data in and exports data out for reports

December 2003: Cyber Systems, Temporary Assignment, Capacity – Senior Programmer (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Development of the XML data exchange for the US VISIT visa system, Assisted in the development of Visual Basic .Net/ASP.NET administration tools for VISIT

January-August 2003: Tessada and Associates, Temporary Assignment, Capacity - Senior Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Research, analyze, and write a white paper on the impact of Electronic/Digital Signatures on records management and E-Gov initiatives, for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

July-December 2002: Tek Systems, Temporary Assignment, Capacity - Programmer/Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Analysis of the U.S. Customs Service recruitment databases to upgrade them to Oracle 9i and Visual Basic.NET, ASP.NET, development of the new Oracle 9i database to enable it to work with new recruitment, job application and occupational data, Documenting applications currently in us for future redevelopment, Development of new administrative databases using Microsoft Access

May-July 2002: Ciber Corporation, Temporary Assignment, Capacity - Programmer/Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Documenting the functionality, process and workflow of databases in use with the District of Columbia Housing Authority, Modification and redevelopment of Access databases used for accounting, contracts, maintenance and other reports for the client, migration of these databases from an Access environment to SQL Server 2000, developed data conversion tools using .NET, used Rational Suite to document and streamline the Housing Authority’s workflow, document additional requirements, and version control

March 2001-April 2002: Covington and Burling, Capacity - Programmer/Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Developed new, and modified current, firm client and administrative databases using Visual Basic, Access and SQL Server. Using FrontPage and SharePoint, I helped develop certain portions of Covington's Intranet. Gathered the requirements and developed the SQL Server 2000 backend for Covington’s Documentum system. Assisted in the testing of new databases and third party applications before they were deployed throughout the firm. Developed the requirements for new firm wide applications

July 2000-March 2001: Apex Systems, Capacity - Requirements Analyst (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Gathered and analyzed requirements, created Use Cases and created a milestone and development schedule for a new Electronic Handbook system at the US Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The analysis included determining the hardware, services, middleware and software for the Electronic Handbook backend database and web server systems. Created the requirements outline using FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Assisted in developing the database structure, using SQL Server 2000. Background information for the Electronic Handbook’s system can be reviewed at http://www.ehbs.org, a sample of my work can be see at the following site; http://www.ehbs.org/cdfi

September 1998-July 2000: Kathpal Technologies, Capacity - Senior PC/LAN Systems Developer (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: New Development and modification of current administrative and logistical applications for the US Treasury Department, including a telephone billing, a personal property inventory and a requisition system, an ADP equipment inventory and status management database, Supply Store requisition management system, a tracking new and current regulations and legislative requests from Congress database. A logistical system that provides tracking and content management for the Treasury’s personal property. Providing support to Reuters news feed throughout Treasury, and support for the Wireless Communications Management Project, these applications were developed using SQL Server 7.0, Access, Excel, Visual Basic and Visual FoxPro. I worked on the full lifecycle of these applications, including requirements analysis and development, programming, documentation, and end user support

February-September 1998: AAC Associates, Capacity - Database Programmer (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Modification and further development of Workload, a PowerBuilder 4.0 program that tracks the number of employees at shipyards, Upgraded it to PowerBuilder 6.0 and moved it from a stand alone system to client-server using SQL Anywhere server, developed new and changed existing functionality, extended its abilities using MS Excel and Project. In August 1998, I was moved to a State Dept. contract, developed, in PowerBuilder 6.0 and Oracle 7.3, replacement applications for the Office of Foreign Building Operations, these applications included inventory, budgeting and personnel management, they replaced non-Y2K complaint applications

January-February 1998: CareerBuilder, Capacity - Business Systems Developer (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Development and system modifications of the client-server Accounting/Invoicing system, using Access 97 and Visual Basic as the front-ends to a SQL Server 6.5 database

May-December 1997: The Heritage Foundation, Capacity - Development Systems Associate (Contractor), Job Responsibilities: Development of 25th Anniversary action item and event management database in Access 95, Major Grant processing, donor database administration, and development of requirements for migrating the donor database from an AS/400 system to Oracle 8, developed the new database's front-end in Visual Basic. Developed the requirements for the new database, designed its structure, administered its development and deployment

June 1995-March 1997: Burson-Marsteller, Capacity - Associate/Database Manager (Full-time), Job Responsibilities: Analyzed the requirements, developed, tested and managed database applications for various projects and clients, using FoxPro and Access, developed the Edge grassroots database application in Access, web page development using FrontPage, grassroots lobbying, opposition research, press releases and writing political reports

September 1993-June 1995: Alphainsight Corporation, Capacity - Data Analyst (Full-time), Job Responsibilities: Provided litigation support to the U. S. State Department in an international lawsuit over Foreign Military Sales between the U.S. and Govt. of Iran, FoxPro and Access program development and database administration, end-user documentation, data entry supervision, and document analysis

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ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS:

Activities: Member of the United Nations Association of the United States

of America, District of Columbia Tech Corps, International Institute of Business Analysts and IEEE

Interests: Political Affairs, Reading, Computers, Snow Skiing, Soccer, and

Worldwide Sailing and Cruising

HONORS: Awarded Scarbourgh Award for the most improvement in Math and

Science, New York Military Academy, 1989

PERSONAL: Willing to travel and/or relocate

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