Experience

4impact

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Solution Analyst

  • Nov 2019 - May 2022

  Supporting enhancements to Guidewire's ClaimCenter product by eliciting requirements and producing design specifications using an agile process with supporting tools. Supporting enhancements to Guidewire's ClaimCenter product by eliciting requirements and producing design specifications using an agile process with supporting tools.



Self employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Taking time off

  • Dec 2018 - Nov 2019



Earthquake Commission

• Senior Business Analyst (contract)

  • Dec 2011 - Dec 2018

  Working with all roles in the organisation from CEO and Executive Leadership team, to Claim Advisors across all departments on a variety of projects and initiatives to solve problems. Activities performed vary greatly and include: designing and implementing new and improved processes, requirements for IT system enhancements, executive dashboard reporting from concept to implementation, data analysis, detailed operational reporting, testing and quality assurance, providing advice to Senior managers on processes, FTE, forecasting.



Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)

• Senior Business Analyst (contract)

  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2011

  Based within the Health Purchasing and Provider Relationship department, I worked with all roles including the General Manager to improve procurement, contract management and supplier management processes, IT systems and reporting. Led a project as the sole BA to implement Ariba Procurement where activities included: defining RFI, RFP requirements, evaluating solutions, facilitation of workshops between selected Australian based vendor (Ariba), NZ implementation partner and ACC staff across NZ, helping configure the package solution working with the vendor, deliver training to staff and IT, and providing post implementation support.



Ministry of Social Development

• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Business Systems Analyst (contract)

  • Jul 2005 - Jul 2009

  Moved from software development to business analysis full time and led the requirements gathering and functional design for a bespoke funding planning and contract management solution. Worked with senior managers and their staff across NZ to ensure the IT system fit their needs. Used hybrid RUP / Feature Driven Design processes to iteratively develop solutions. Responsible for all requirements gathering, prototype development, functional design, user acceptance testing. Typically sole Business Analyst with a team of developers and testers.

• Senior Java/J2ee Developer (contract)

  • Jul 2002 - Jul 2005

  Contracted direct to Child Youth and Family when Accenture disestablished their NZ office. Additional activities included architecture design and technical lead for projects enhancing the core system, such as developing entirely new functionality to support NZ's adoption process. Technologies extended to include Swing when as part of a team we began developing bespoke solutions enabling the planning and management of funds distributed to Non-Government Organisations. Increasingly moved into business analysis as workload required, gathering requirements directly from the business and functionally designing solutions. Was a 'one man band' for small solutions, working direct with business owner and staff to design, build, and implement solutions across NZ, as well as train and provide support post implementation.



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • 2001 - 2002

  Graduate position at Accenture, working almost entirely at Child Youth and Family as an Applications developer on the core application. Worked with technologies such as: Java, J2EE, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, TOPLink, Weblogic. Helped business analysts gather requirements, designed, built and tested the required solutions. Graduate position at Accenture, working almost entirely at Child Youth and Family as an Applications developer on the core application. Worked with technologies such as: Java, J2EE, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, TOPLink, Weblogic. Helped business analysts gather requirements, designed, built and tested the required solutions.