Business Analyst - CBAP

DANELL HOSTETLER, CBAP

OBJECTIVE

Seeking position that utilizes customer service, communication, business and technical skills to manage the software development life cycle; preferably as a liaison or facilitator between the business and technical units.

EXPERIENCE

2008 – 2009 Electronic Commerce, Inc Elkhart, IN

Senior Business Systems Analyst

• Achieved Certification as a Business Analysis Professional

• Elicit, analyze and document Business, User and Functional requirements for internal projects and third party interfaces (including data analysis and mapping)

• Modified departmental processes for increased efficiency

2007 – 2008 Focus on the Family Colorado Springs, CO

Business Analyst

• Elicit, analyze, document and trace requirements for numerous projects and work requests; worked with all levels of the organization to obtain requirements – from clerical to Senior Vice President

• Create MS Visio diagrams to document the current and future systems: context (or system), data flows, processes and entity relationships

• Create wire frames for user interface work efforts

• Create Requirement templates and contribute to other IT team templates and process definitions and improvements

• Utilize MS SharePoint for all project documents

• Further developed personal requirement elicitation techniques

• Active participant in the formal Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Creation and extensive utilization of a standardized Use Case format

1997 – 2006 Big Lots, Inc. Columbus, OH

Application Analyst - Senior Business Analyst

• Create Requirement and Specification documents for various software changes

• Monitor development process for adherence to project requirements

• Create and execute appropriate Test Scripts

• Assist users with Test Script creation and execution (UAT)

• Manage time to effectively work on multiple projects simultaneously and to meet timelines

• Manage project communications such as timeline, resource, issue and status documents

• Create context, data, entity and process diagrams using MS Visio

• Ensure completed projects meet or exceed SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) requirements

• Participate in peer reviews for adherence to code writing standards

• Create interfaces and /or reports using MS Access and Excel, Crystal Reports

• System administrator for STARS (RMIS claim management software) and lease administration proprietary software (MS Access/SQL database)

• Utilize formal methodology processes for all development projects

• Converted Risk Management Information System (RMIS) claim management data from iSeries based software to STARS, a MS SQL server based product

• Monitor EDI transmissions

1996 – 1997 Banc One Columbus, OH

Financial Analyst

• Help Desk support for Micro Control (DOS version of Hyperion) financial reporting system

• Assisted Accountants with out of balance issues on Balance Sheets and Income Statements

1994 – 1996 Cardinal Health Dublin, OH

Benefits Analyst

• Implemented Human Resources Information System (HRIS) – Software 2000/Millenium on the iSeries

• Defined and wrote requirements for custom screens and reports; improved existing processes

• Wrote training manuals and conducted classes

• Documented user defined fields and other system details

• Prepared Audit work papers for Retirement plans

1982 – 1994 Various Companies Indiana & Ohio

Accounting

• Proficient in: Payroll; all levels of General Ledger maintenance; month end closings including generation of Balance Sheets and Income Statements; Cost Accounting

EDUCATION

2003 - 2006 Recent Classes

• Defining Business Systems with UML

• Business Analyst Fundamentals

• Writing Requirements Using Use Cases

• Object Oriented Analysis and Design

• JAVA – JSPs, Servlets, Struts

• RPG Boot Camp at 3X Corporation (1997)

• Associate Degree in Accounting (1982)

PROFESSIONAL

Certified Business Analysis Professional

International Institute for Business Analysis (IIBA) member

Columbus IIBA (CIIBA) Founding member

Association of System Users (ASU) member

INTERESTS

Baking, Gardening, Home Improvements

PHONE 574-***-****

E-MAIL *******@*****.***

Contact this candidate