US Citizen
Summary: Over 12 years of experience in System development life cycle (SDLC),
system analysis, various technical methodologies and effectively applying to
projects to maximize the success outcome. Experienced in software project
planning, and implementation. Experienced in leading technical teams through
different life cycle phases. Hands on experience in JAD sessions, technical
documents, software testing/QA, financial data reports, business process
re-engineering, IBM Rational Rose Suite, DOORS, and Caliber. Experienced in
interacting with executives, government agencies, clients, senior staff and
general end users. Strong analytical, leadership and problem solving skills.
Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills. Proficient in
relational databases (design and development), web-based applications, MS Visio,
Project Schedule and host of other tools. Working experience of Rational Unified
Process (RUP) methodology and software testing.
Professional Experience:
Battelle Corp. Feb. 2009 – March 2010
Stafford, Virginia
Technical Environment: IBM Rational Suite, MS Share Point Service 3.0, SQL
Server 2005, MS SQL, ASP .Net 2.0/3.0, Lotus Notes, JAVA, C++, DOORS .Net, MS
Project 2003, MS Visio, MS Office 2003, RAD Methodology, SDLC.
Lead Business Analyst
Worked as a lead business analyst on Battelle’s department of Homeland Security
initiative. The web based software development project envisions improving, and
implementing the overall IT applications within the agency. The application is
using C++ language and Oracle as a backend database.
Major responsibilities included:
* Led the requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders and end-users
* Analyzed and wrote technical requirements
* Met with client to discuss the project progress
* Provided status reports to client on regular basis
* Reviewed and prepared technical data reports
* Prepared MS schedule tasks to capture expected milestones.
* Draw current business process in order to pin point areas of improvement.
* Prepared Functional Requirements Document (FRD).
* Created activity diagrams to capture the current process flow.
Federal Reserve Bank May 2008 – Jan. 2009
Richmond, Virginia
Technical Environment: SQL Server 2005, MS SQL, ASP .Net 2.0/3.0, Lotus Notes,
JAVA, C++, DOORS .Net, MS Project 2003, MS Visio, MS Office 2003, RAD
Methodology, SDLC.
Sr. Business System Analyst
Worked as a senior consultant on the Fed’s financial application (IPAC, TRACS)
tools. The effort is to enhance and improve the current capabilities of the
application with the focus on easy to access GUI for end-users. The application
used Java, C++ language and Oracle as a backend database.
Major responsibilities included:
* Led the requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders and end-users
* Analyzed financial reports in order to create requirements assessments
* Analyzed and wrote technical requirements
* Prepared current business process in order to pin point areas of improvement
* Prepared Software Requirements Specification (SRS) Document
* Reviewed test scripts and reports to fill gaps with requirements
* Created activity diagrams to capture the current process flow
* Met the development team on regular basis to outline and draw requirements for
coding purpose
* Used DOORS to create and mange requirements
American Military University October 2007 – April 2008
Charles Town, WVA
Technical Environment: SQL Server 2005, MS SQL, ASP .Net 2.0/3.0, Windows
Communication Foundations (Visual Studio 2005), C Sharp, VB .Net, MS Project
2003, MS Visio, MS Office 2003, Crystal Reports, Agile Methodology, SDLC.
Lead Business Analyst/Project Manager
Worked with the university’s finance department and federal student grants
system. The application used SQL server, Oracle, and .Net backend services. Major
responsibilities include:
* Participated and contributed in full system development life cycle projects.
* Created and maintain MS Project plan.
* Planned and organized Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), using 100% point system
* Met client on regular basis to gather business/user requirements.
* Provided leadership and motivated team members in moving and meeting the dead
lines on time.
* Analyzed business rules/requirements.
* Translated user requirements into system/functional requirements.
* Created USE-CASES to explain user requirements.
* Created activity diagrams using Visio.
* Led informal/formal JAD sessions with developers, testers and end users.
Lockheed Martin Corporation May 2006 – October 2007
Alexandria, Virginia
End Client: Department of Defense, Office of Budget and Finance
Lead Business System Analyst
Worked as a senior lead business analyst and PM with Department of Defense’s
Budget and Finance Office on a project to upgrade and improve the current budget
planning (formulation) and tracking/monitoring (execution) of funds.
Major responsibilities include:
* Initiated a project kick off meeting with project owners, stakeholders and
end-users.
* Created and maintain MS Project plan.
* Planned and implemented SDLC oriented task with Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS).
* Led requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders.
* Guided and walk through step by step to elicitate requirements.
* Draw current business process in order to pin point areas of improvement.
* Analyzed and re-formatted user requirements.
* Met development team on a regular basis to discuss the user requirements.
* Met lead developer on regular basis to outline and draw requirements for
coding purpose.
* Prepared and provided meeting minutes to client and team.
* Prepared Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document for deliver to
client.
* Used Visio and Designer 2006 to draw business process flow diagrams.
* Used Caliber (requirements tool) to create and mange requirements.
Eiden Systems Corporation/CSC October 2005 – May 2006
Richmond, Virginia
End Client: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Lead Requirements Analyst
Worked as a senior project lead on environmental protection agency’s web-based
investigative software tool (I2MS) application to help top management (reports
and cost) and field agents to conduct their routine business (investigation).
Major responsibilities include:
* Used MS project schedule to outline SDLC tasks within each phase with time and
hours.
* Prepared matrix to estimate and forecast resources and man-hours needed to
complete the project.
* Prepared a “Level of Effort” (LOEs) matrix to complete all phases of life
cycle.
* Participated in management meetings to provide updates on project life cycle
progress.
* Participated and contribute in full system development life cycle projects.
* Met client on regular basis to gather business/user requirements.
* Analyzed business rules/requirements.
* Led informal/formal JAD sessions with developers, testers and end users.
* Draw, re-engineer and outline business process.
* Translated user requirements into system/functional requirements.
* Prepared various templates in Visio to streamline documentations.
* Provided help in preparing system test scripts and live testing.
CACI International August 2004 – September 2005
Arlington, Virginia
End Client: Department of Defense (DoD)
Sr. Requirements Analyst
Worked with Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology,
and Logistics - OUSD/AT&L) on projects ranging from new web-based technology
initiatives to improve and enhance current defense logistics capabilities.
Responsibilities included:
* Created MS project schedule to outline the SDLC phases.
* Headed the team of requirements analysts, developers and testers in completing
each phase of SDLC.
* Reviewed and submitted the weekly work progress reports to top management.
* Conducted a periodic review of labor hours and cost associated with each SDLC
phase.
* Assigned, monitored the progress of each SDLC phase.
* Gathered, analyzed and validated business and user requirements.
* Developed system and technical requirements.
* Arranged and facilitated JAD sessions with clients for requirements
elicitation.
* Wrote business process flow charts, using Visio for the existing
applications.
* Participated, proposed and recommended information life cycle processes.
* Participated in new technology initiative meetings.
* Prepared and delivered Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document.
* Developed requirements traceability matrix (RTM) for testing purpose.
* Wrote and improved current requirements/business processes.
* Created and initiated requirements internal review process with developers and
testers.
* Created test plan, test scripts and performed live testing.
* Conducted User Acceptance testing (UAT) with clients.
* Used MS Visio to create technical charts and diagrams.
Paradigm Solution Corporation January 2004 - August 2004
Washington DC
End Client: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Requirements Manager
Worked with HUD department sponsored public sector side grants initiative to
improve and provide a wide range of public beneficial programs in the country.
This effort was focused on upgrading and enhancing the current tools, software
and means available to general public and local communities to access various
grants programs, incentives and means to apply and qualify for it.
Responsibilities included:
* Managed, scheduled and assigned tasks to requirements management department
group.
* Prepared a cost and hours matrix to forecast the “Level of Effort” for each
SDLC phase.
* Reviewed and prepared business processes.
* Prepared and reviewed GAP analysis to identify and report any discrepancies
in requirements and design phase document.
* Gathered, reviewed and baselined business requirement.
* Validated and Documented business and system requirements.
* Developed and managed system (SRS) and functional requirements (FRD)
documents.
* Participated in JAD sessions with all level of users.
* Coordinated with developers and testers for requirements validity.
* Used DOORS software to capture and manage requirements
* Was Responsible for running day-to-day tasks.
* Proposed and advised program director on acquiring or enhancing new
technologies.
* Provided post-implemented product support to client.
TEK Systems (Northrop Grumman) June 2003- December 2003
Silver Spring, Maryland
End Client: Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
Sr. Requirements Analyst
Worked as a senior requirements analyst/Project Manager on a large federally
sponsored public health initiative program. The project (Medicare drugs to senior
citizens) involved the major improvements for senior citizens and other
interested groups to acquire prescription drugs information and medical advice
through new and easy to use system.
Major responsibilities included:
* Collected and analyzed user requirements for each new release.
* Facilitated JAD sessions with end-users and developers.
* Created System and functional requirements into DOORS (requirements tool).
* Maintained MS project schedule to complete the development effort.
* Presided over the teams of developers, testers and analysts on weekly basis
for project status.
* Maintained DOORS projects and folders.
* Submitted weekly progress report to program director.
* Performed system testing to test the validity of the system.
Target Retail Corporation August 2002 - February 2003
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sr. Business Analyst
Worked as a senior business analyst on a large retail initiative by Target
stores to offer and sell Target items through catalog by using Target issue
cards. The project was to create a web-based application that would enable people
to order stuff online and apply for special catalog discount cards. The oracle
database was the back-end application and Java and C++ was used to code the
program.
Major responsibilities were:
* Analyzed and reviewed the customer needs and requirements.
* Conducted JAD sessions with end-users and developers.
* Participated in new data model reviews.
* Prepared MS project schedule to highlight the project miles stones.
* Prepared new business process models.
* Helped management in process improvement methodology.
* Presented and suggested new ways to improve the overall system.
* Conducted a thorough study for new system.
* Scoped new requirements into existing models.
* Updated all documents for life cycle process.
* Managed all Information technology related activities and deliverables on
target dates.
* Used documentum software for research purposes.
* Conducted software testing for web-based application.
* Provided training to new software development.
DynCorp Systems & Solutions April 1999 - May 2002
Chantilly, Virginia and Washington DC
End Client: US Treasury Department/US Mint
Technical Environment: Oracle, SQL, People Soft, JAVA, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, C,
DOORS, MS Visio, MS Project, Waterfall, Agile, Spiral methodologies in SDLC.
Business System Analyst
Worked as a senior business analyst with US Mint sponsored public sector
initiative. The effort and objective was to advertise and sell the mint coins to
general public. For this, the mint offered certain incentives and points to those
who would get the collection. This was a web-based online catalog system. Oracle
and SQL databases were used as back-end. People Soft Financial application and
Java were the main programming codes.
Major responsibilities included:
* Facilitated and Participated in JAD sessions.
* Developed and tracked requirements into software life cycle methodology.
* Discussed, reviewed and implemented JAD recommendations with other team
members.
* Gathered, reviewed and developed user and system requirements.
* Prepared a requirements traceability matrix (RTM) for a complete accuracy of
requirements.
* Used DOORS software to manage and track requirements.
* Worked with developers to ensure the validity of requirements.
* Maintained and administered database center
* Used data modeling tool Erwin for database model and design.
* Used reverse engineering technique to re-create database structure.
* Created logical and conceptual database structure.
* Created and maintained Oracle forms and reports.
* Supervised IV&V project with US Mint.
* Identified and implemented IV&V strategy.
* Developed master test plan.
* Prepared test cases and test scenarios for the People Soft and Java
applications
* Developed test scripts for Java and Oracle software testing.
Automated Systems and Programming Inc. September 1994 - March 1999
Bethesda, MD and Washington DC
Database Analyst / Business Analyst
Worked as a senior business analyst and database developer with department of
Labor’s various public related initiatives and tasks (labor statistics,
improvement of work conditions etc…).
Responsibilities included:
* Participated fully in requirements gathering meetings.
* Worked with project manager to develop and monitor the JAD document.
* Performed a detailed requirements analysis for the asset tracking database
system.
* Documented and tracked the requirements.
* Coordinated with the developers to make sure the agreed requirements are
reflected in the design phase.
* Designed and developed the GUI applications for the asset tracking system.
* Used Oracle database for both back-end and front-end applications.
* Maintained and upgraded in-house applications (Access).
Education:
Masters in Computer Information Systems (MBA)
SouthEastern University, Washington USA, 1993.
Bachelors in Computer Information Systems
SouthEastern University, Washington USA, 1991.
Professional Training:
Microsoft Share Point Server 3.0, Virginia 2009
IBM Rational Rose Suite, Virginia 2009
IT security analysis, CACI, 2004.
Erwin Data Model, University of Minnesota, October 2002.
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Software Productivity Consortium,
February 2002.
DOORS Software, DynCorp's online training, December 2001
Microsoft Front Page (2000), GTE Corporation, VA, Summer 2000.
Microsoft SQL Server 7, Northern Virginia Community College, VA, Fall 1999.
Oracle Application Development, Northern Virginia Community College, VA, Summer
1998.
Hardware/Software Experience:
Databases: Oracle, Global, SQL, Oracle forms, Oracle reports, Microsoft Access,
Paradox, dBaseIV, Relational database design, SQL, PL/SQL, Visual Basic for
applications (VBA), HTML database, and .Net, Erwin.
Software Tools: IBM Rational Suite, MS Share Point Service, Caliber
(requirements tool), DOORS (requirements tool), UML Together, Designer 2006, HTML
Database (requirements tool), Crystal Reports, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Front
Page MS office, PVCS tracker, On time Web (OTW) tracking software, Lotus Notes,
MS Visual Source Café, axosoft ontime tracking system.
Hardware: Prime 750, IBM System 36 and 5251 mini computers, IBM-PC
microcomputers, Hewlett Packard, Scan-Jet, Hayes Compatible Internal and external
modems, DB2, SQL, Oracle servers.
Operating Systems: Windows XP, 2000, 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for workgroup.
Servers Environment: SQL, DB2, Oracle, .Net
References: Highly strong references are available upon request.
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