Experience

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  ASRC Federal Vistronix

  • Greater Denver Area and Ft. Collins

  • Business Architect / Sr. Business Analyst

    • Oct 2016 - Dec 2023
    • Greater Denver Area and Ft. Collins

    Senior Team Lead, SME and Business Architect, managing several projects for the National Resources Conservation Services (NRCS; an agency under the USDA) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). NRCS projects included automating the Agency's nationwide facility leasing portfolio and its nationwide acquisitions and procurement organization, using an Agile/Scrum development framework.For the BLM, led the analysis and development of the collections and billing system, which processes over $1B annually. Developed Use Cases, process flows, and business requirements for the replacement of this SAP front-end. Deliverables included future-state opportunities, recommendations & alternatives analysis, and risk and gap analyses for a replacement system and its interfaces, advancing them to an ERP environment.

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  Ciber

  • Based in Denver, CO

  • Senior Business Systems Analyst

    • Aug 2013 - Aug 2016
    • Based in Denver, CO

    Senior BSA Consultant charged with project and application development for the following clients:* Disneyland Resort (Anaheim, CA). Developed a cash management system for the Anaheim resort (parks, hotels) and new Disney resort in Shanghai using Agile methodology.* State of Vermont. Requirements and RFP development for the Agency of Transportation's migration from mainframe to PeopleSoft financial system.* Cabela's (Corporate office, Sidney, NE). Develop business and functional requirements for several high profile, critical projects using Agile methodology in SCRUM framework. Mentor junior BA's.Deliverables include developing scope docs, business cases, process models, requirements, test plans and cases, data mapping and cleansing, risk and gap analyses, and user manuals.

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  Wiland Direct

  • Boulder, CO

  • Senior Requirements Analyst

    • Apr 2012 - Jun 2013
    • Boulder, CO

    Established the formal Requirements role for this national marketing organization. Facilitated the development of program objectives by employing the appropriate SDLC methodologies, producing business and functional requirements, and ensuring traceability of requirements through system testing. 

Standardized the use of tools and created templates for business process modeling, Use Cases, system specs and system testing. Improved project development efficiency by reducing time spent in the project requirements phase by an average of 35%. Authored requirements training classes and produced related educational material.

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  WellPoint Health Networks, Inc. (Anthem Blue Cross)

  • Greater Los Angeles and Denver Areas

  • System Analyst Advisor; BSA

    • 2001 - 2012
    • Greater Los Angeles and Denver Areas

    Business Systems Analyst. Lead onshore and offshore developers in new projects and maintenance support. Work closely with stakeholders to produce business requirements, charters, gap and risk analyses and mitigation plans. Develop project plans, process flows, data modeling, SQL (queries, triggers, stored procs), and technical specs. Increased organizational efficiencies and improved data integrity by identifying and eliminating redundant and inadequate processes. Entrusted with sensitive data.

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  Baskin-Robbins

  • Glendale, CA

  • Department Manager

    • Aug 1991 - Jul 2000
    • Glendale, CA

    Managed an IT organization consisting of the Netware and UNIX network / infrastructure / architecture, system administration, help desk, programming, and project development responsibilities for operations, marketing and legal departments for this globally recognized company.

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  Lectronic Leaderboard

  • Torrance, CA

  • Manager, Programming Development

    • 1987 - 1991
    • Torrance, CA

    Responsible for the design, development, implementation and support of systems delivering sports information (scores, analysis, news, trivia) in a graphic format using proprietary software controls and graphic hardware.

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  Harvard Enterprises, Inc.

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Principle

    • Apr 1980 - Aug 1987
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Developed, marketed and supported HR and Finance software for permanent and temporary employment agencies, executive recruiters / search firms and contract labor organizations. Primary packages were TempTrak (c) and PermTrak (c), which included payroll, billing, talent acquisition and management components. Established Service Level Agreements, provided 24x7 support, training, and custom programming and reporting.