Experience

New Mexico Educational Retirement Board

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Analyst

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  • Act as a Lead IT Project Manager and a Lead Tester for critical business processes related to Pension Administration System • Analyze policies, work procedureces, and operational methods to translate business needs into requirements • Conduct business process modeling and provide business insight into the system design process while applying knowledge of foundational BA tools and methodologies • Communicate effectively and professionally demonstrating effective interpersonal skills to establish credibility and rapport with team members, management, and stakeholders • Work with key stakeholders to ensure that the proper scope-of-work is defined for issue document • Guide eas issue through to completion in a timely manner by holding regular meetings with stakeholders throughout the length of the issue lifecycle • Participate in problem solving, defining the problem, performing root-cause analysis, exploring options and solutions, understanding the constraints, and recommending best solution based on data-driven analysis • Aid in designing reports, forms, and related business tools • Provide training to business end users as necessary for knowledge transfer and a fuller understanding of process and issues • Work closely with senior BAs for a better understanding of agency goals for the PAS and its functionality Show less



State of New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration

• Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

• Management Analyst - Advanced

  • Aug 2019 - Jan 2023

  • Work with Board of Finance (BOF) Director and Deputy Director with the preparation of items under consideration by the Board Members at the monthly meetings • Review submissions received from the governmental entities for approval from the BOF • Manage monthly BOF meetings and briefings with the board members • Develop and maintain various financial records and spreadsheets as related to the BOF activities • Process loan and grant documents and payments related to the BOF loan funds and work with ASD to process the payments • Develop fiscal agent reports to provide monthly updates to board members. • Review, process, disburse, and track bond proceeds using the bond tracking system and other tracking processes established by Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) and BOF staff (SHARE system). • Create requisitions using the SHARE system and work with a different department to process them • Work with bond counsel, board counsel, and DFA/BOF staff to assist with the bond sale • Assist the BOF and DFA with various tasks to deliver projects by deadline Show less



Trinity Law Firm

• Office Coordinator

  • Feb 2017 - Jul 2019



Idaho State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  • Meet with departments and centers within ISU and the College of Business, as well as for community partners in need of informatics assistance to determine their needs • Assist in development of software, design databases, and implement websites • Manage projects for the aforementioned works

• Graduate Senator

  • Aug 2015 - May 2016

  • Review materials such as legislation and university policies• Vote on reports and proposals as presented by Senate committees• Interact with the administration and other university leaders



Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho

• United States
• Insurance
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Automation QA Analyst Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Develop test scripts to automate process of testing in Selenium WebDriver • Develop automated regression test cases for CRS project using Java programming language • Execute automated Selenium scripts and reproduced failures manually • Use Jenkins to run automated test scripts • Participate in scrum meetings such as test coverage reviews, story grooming sessions, etc. • Create automated test scripts using Java for Policy Center, Billing Center and Contact Manager Applications • Use Xpath to locate the HTML Web Elements and created the test scripts accordingly. • Participated in complete Testing Lifecycle, Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Execution, and Defect Report. • Work well in diverse teams to achieve goals through effective communication and interpersonal skills. • Proficient Multitask and flexible in adjusting as per demand. • Analyze business requirements document, functional specifications document to prepare Test plan and Test cases. • Interact with developers, business & end users • Use Rally as part of the defect tracking tool • Used agile methodology to ensure the new features meet the customer requirements and acceptable quality assurance standards environment: Java, Selenium, Rally, Jenkins Show less



Idaho State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching and Research Assistant (College of Business)

  • Jan 2015 - May 2015

  • Assisting the faculty members in grading the homework and assignments • Working with the professors to create and update grading rubrics • Assisting professors in gathering data as pertains to grading and student assessment • Gathering data to assist professors with the academic research • Gathering student performance data and present it to the professors for analysis and future planning • Assisting the faculty members in grading the homework and assignments • Working with the professors to create and update grading rubrics • Assisting professors in gathering data as pertains to grading and student assessment • Gathering data to assist professors with the academic research • Gathering student performance data and present it to the professors for analysis and future planning



Wells Fargo

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• QA Test Lead

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2014

  • Validated batch/data processing from upstream/downstream systems • Built user function, conditions and test cases to test different End to End scenarios • Performed mobile testing in the web based application to check and see if the display is as per the requirement • Manipulated data in different maintenance and program registration files and sent over to various middlewares to check and see if the data flow is accurate or not • Handled and tested multiple projects in each release as a test lead • Trained new individuals in the team • Responsible to oversee day-to-day activities, provide support and facilitate problem resolution for the team • Involved in designing and documenting Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and Test Strategies based on business requirements and Design documents for Credit Card rewards application • Searched and extracted the test accounts from accounts repository, conditioned them in mainframe applications and validated the data flow using those test accounts • Performed various type of testing like Functional, Integration, Regression, System testing and UAT testing • Performed End to End testing for data validation and verification • Extensively used Clear quest to log defects • Assisted Business team with planning, coordinating and executing User acceptance Testing • Involved in User Acceptance testing with BA and QA Manager • Used SharePoint in all aspect of content management and documentation • Analyze all Report Bugs for continuous process improvement and keep tracking on the SDLC critical path and Responsible for reporting bugs through the Clear quest and verified known bugs against new builds • Used ALM to store all testing results, metrics, implemented Test plan Document, created Test Cases and Reporting • Used SharePoint site extensively for documentation and traceability • Provided daily management status reports and coordinated meetings between test team and development team to review defects Show less