Carol Weyrauch 							   917 Lincoln Avenue
Saint Paul, MN  55105
612) 281-2108
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Business Analyst/QA Analyst

SUMMARY
An accomplished quality and business analyst with experience in a mixed
computing environment of UNIX, Windows, and interconnected mainframes.  Has
provided customer support with a reputation for rapid turn-around,
error-resolution, analysis, and research.  Was often requested to provide custom
data sets.  Has a keen eye for detail work and found errors prior to application
delivery that otherwise would have gone unnoticed.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Araquest Corporation – 2007 to Present	
Executive Assistant
•	Assist with the management and reallocation of estate assets.
•	Aid with the creation and implementation of a charitable trust.

SoftBrands – 2006 to 2007
Quality Assurance Analyst
•	Created test plans and tested Fourth Shift Edition for SAP Business One
application.
•	Reported and tracked defects resulting from testing efforts.
•	Reviewed and provided feedback on design documentation for new modules to
application.
•	Worked on scripts for direct loads of data for test data sets.
•	Consulted with development teams in China and United States.
•	Participated in peer reviews for technical specifications.
•	Completed testing of application for delivery to customers on time for all
versions.

United Health Group – 2000 to 2006
Business Analyst (2002 to 2006)
•	Developed and executed test plans, tested user interface, print files, and
data for multiple applications.
•	Wrote business requirements, scope statements, functional specifications,
mapping, extract, and analytical specifications for legacy and new applications.
•	Researched data and application issues for clients across multiple
applications; provided customer support; created specific data sets for clients.
•	Facilitated and negotiated with business owner and stakeholders for upgrades
to a legacy application, working through constraints and alternatives.
•	Assisted with training of end users on several applications.
•	Acted as liaison between application development, ETL team, and business
owners.
•	Facilitated meetings with stakeholders and team members.
•	Participated in peer reviews for technical specifications.
•	Reported and tracked defects found during testing efforts.
•	Learned SQL to provide more efficient and improved customer support and
research.
•	Prepared data analysis for clients prior to implementing updates to
applications to determine effects of changes.
•	Contacted numerous times to provide custom data sets.
•	Reported and tracked defects found while testing.
•	Notified users of several applications of downtime due to data loads and
application upgrades.
•	Acted as Project Manager for National Reminders Program, using MS Project to
manage project tasks and timeline.
•	Identified and clarified business processes using MS Visio.
•	Performed GAP analysis to determine if data elements required for legacy
applications was present in new data warehouse.
•	Subject matter expert for several applications.
•	Implemented load schedule for a physician data application that made up for
data extract delays and delivered application four days early with no reloads.

QA/BA Analyst (2000 to 2002)
•	Wrote and implemented test plans for the National Reminders Program, provided
data analysis for application.
•	Represented Health Information Systems on company employee education task
force with mainly management representation.
•	Designed an Access application for testing print files that reduced the
testing time for ten files from 40 man-hours to 35 minutes.
•	Tested first application to extract data from new data warehouse which
combined two legacy warehouses.
•	Reported and tracked defects found while testing.
•	Assisted with data analysis and statistics used in quarterly Executive
Summaries.

Fourth Shift Corporation – 1999 to 2000
Quality Assurance Analyst (2000)
•	Tested Fourth Shift ERP software, mainly general ledger modules, on multiple
operating systems.
•	Participated in load and stress testing scenarios.
•	Reported and tracked defects discovered while testing.

Accounts Payable Assistant (1999 to 2000)
•	Audited employee expense reports and coded invoices for entry into the General
Ledger system.
•	Researched and wrote a script to generate number of invoices entered and paid
on a monthly basis to validate a request for additional payables staff.

EDUCATION
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
Computer Science and Mathematics courses

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
BSB Accounting

TOOLS
OS/Environment:  UNIX, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP
Databases:  DB2, Oracle, MS Sql Server, SQL
Office Tools:  MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), MS Visio,
MS Project, Lotus Notes
Software:  Cognos, Sagent, Fourth Shift Edition for SAP Business One, FTP
Languages:  C, C+, Assembly, COBOL, PL/1, Pascal, FORTRAN