Experience

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  ASRC Federal Vistronix

  • Fort Collins, Colorado Area

  • Sr. Business Intel Analyst / Business Analyst / Product Owner

    • Nov 2016 - Present
    • Fort Collins, Colorado Area

    Work with USDA-NRCS Business and Product Manager, ensure Business artifacts are accurate and complete. Analyze and translate Business artifacts and Product Manager documents into Functional Requirements and small workable stories with accurate acceptance criteria. Lead story refinement, iteration planning, program increment planning and sprint demo ceremonies. Triage defects and track stories and features to completion. Ensure developers and testers understood requirements at the feature and story level, integration with other parts of the application and other applications. Assist Quality Assurance by completing manual testing, provide backup support to Scrum Master. Mentored Product Managers, Product Owners and Scrum Masters.

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  Xcel Energy

  • United States
  • Utilities
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Solutions Consultant

    • Mar 2010 - Jun 2016

    Supported tactical and strategic business objectives to energy trading, risk management, load forecasting and market operations accounting business clients. Provided analysis for requests, documenting current processes and recommending improved processes, reducing costs and increasing revenue.. Manage key relationship between business and IT. Assess client’s requests and requirements, considering impact to all corporate systems and employees. Identify alternatives and costs. Provide recommendations to the best solution meeting the clients and companies requirements and standards.

  • Senior Solutions Analyst

    • May 2008 - Mar 2010

    Analyzed business client’s requests providing process improvements and new software. Documented business requirements, process flows, data flow, interfaces and use cases. Participated in every phase of software implementation.

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  IBM

  • Denver Colorado

  • IT Specialist/Business Analyst

    • Feb 1995 - May 2008
    • Denver Colorado

    Supported numerous energy trading applications. Lead analyst in upgrading Energy Trading desktops and laptops to the Window’s XP operating system. Provided maintenance and support to the Human Resource Management System payroll and benefit systems. IT authority of HRMS benefits packages. Led all technology tasks needed to complete the successful implementation of the flexible benefit offerings. Lead developer of archiving corporate data and application retirement.

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  Public Service Company of Colorado

  • Denver Colorado

  • Programmer Analyst

    • Mar 1989 - Feb 1995
    • Denver Colorado

    Supported HRMS payroll and benefit applications. Identified, developed, and implemented process and application enhancements and improvements; enhancing the overall HRMS application portfolio.

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  National Demographics and Lifestyes

  • Denver Colorado

  • Programmer

    • Oct 1984 - Mar 1989
    • Denver Colorado

    Supported, developed, and enhanced the company’s data load, order tracking, and asset processes. Identified requirements and provided solutions to quick changing needs. Documented current processes and created road maps for future solutions.