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Highly experienced
and qualified business and information technology consultant, providing consulting
services in:
o Software development project business system
analysis including requirements elicitation, development, and documentation;
o System and user acceptance test
planning, analysis, execution, and documentation;
o Object oriented analysis & design
(Rational® Certified), including use case development;
o Predictive modeling, advanced
analytics, and statistical analysis;
o Process modeling, gap analysis, & roadmap
development;
o Project management (PMP® Certified), strategy, & planning;
o Agile, iterative, spiral, and waterfall
software development lifecycles; and
o Proposal development & pre-sales
support.
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Strong cross
industry experience with top tier clients in the insurance, telecom, banking, health
care, intelligence, defense, investment, mortgage, education, retail sales, and
gaming industries.
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Specialize in
bridging the gap between business and IT organizations in eliciting and
developing business and stakeholder requirements.
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Strong business
analytics, predictive modeling, and SAS / SPSS experience:
o Experience analyzing large volumes of
business data to prove or disprove hypotheses;
o Hands on experience in advanced
statistical techniques such as predictive modeling, cluster modeling, decision
trees, and ANOVA; and
o Proficient with SAS, SAS Enterprise
Miner, SAS Enterpise Guide, and SPSS Clementine
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Strong leadership,
mentoring, coaching, and training experience in requirements elicitation, business
requirements development, use case development, system / user acceptance
testing, object oriented analysis, and the Unified Modeling Language (UML), working
with large business and development teams.
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Rational Certified
Object Oriented Analysis and Design Consultant, Trainer, and Coach; developed /
delivered over 20 formal Object Oriented Analysis and Design classes to client
and corporate personnel.
Accomplishments
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Supported
Basel III Model Implementation and Validation using SAS Enterprise Guide;
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Implemented
and Validated Basel Statistical Models; and
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Documented
Validation Results.
Accomplishments
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Led
System Testing on multiple software development projects including Lombardi
Business Process Management and IBM WebSphere ILog Business Rule Service
Development Projects;
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Developed
test strategies, test plans, and documented
test results for multiple projects;
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Developed
control flow graphs, performed path analysis, programmed statistical models in
SAS for expected results;
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Led
facilitation sessions, elicited and developed requirements, and business rules for
the implementation of an automated housing valuation modeling system;
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Utilized
HP Quality Center and Rational ClearQuest for requirements coverage, test case
planning and execution, and defect management.
Accomplishments
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Performed
coaching, mentoring, and training to multiple business teams on business requirements
development;
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Coached
and mentored project managers and business analysts on over 10 AT&T
Software Development Projects;
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Provided
requirements management support for the verification of system requirements, system
test cases, and user acceptance test cases; and
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Performed
quality assurance on project documentation.
Accomplishments
· For IBM Global
Business Consulting, developed a go-to-market solution which focused on
enabling major financial companies to provide a greater visibility into IT
costs;
· For WalMart, developed
store clustering and predictive modeling prototypes using SPSS' Clementine and IBM's
InfoSphere Design Studio and mentored design team on statistical techniques;
· For Becton
Dickinson Biosciences, assessed the client's software development program and
delivered remediation roadmap that was leveraged by the client to improve their
current software development process; and
· For AIG
Corporation, implemented a Project Management Office (PMO) managed over 150 project
resources, established processes, procedures, and standards, and managed project
management tools.
Accomplishments
· For several
Fortune 500 and start-up Internet Companies, performed requirements gathering
facilitation, developed processes, detailed use cases, and object models, in
support of web-based and client server software application development;
· For AT&T
Corporation, designed the process and implemented a requirements management system,
including requirements traceability, baseline document version control, and
project scope change control, utilizing IBM Rational Software (i.e.,
RequisitePro, ClearQuest, ClearCase, SoDA, and Crystal Reports);
· For American
Express Corporation, developed advanced statistical techniques to analyze and
model the relationship between business drivers and CPU consumption, to improve
software application profitability and reduce cost;
· For Fannie Mae
Corporation, translated Housing and Urban Development Regulations coded in SAS,
into discrete business rules to ensure U.S. Federal Government regulatory
compliance;
· For BearingPoint
Incorporated, developed an object oriented use case approach to re-engineer MetLife’s
Auto and Home Claims System;
· For Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, performed requirements gathering, use case development,
and object-oriented analysis and design for the development of a web-based
voluntary enrollment and administration system;
· For New York
Life Insurance Company, performed a current situation analysis, future state
vision analysis, and migration strategy for over 150 corporate software
systems;
· For
Trans-General Insurance Company, performed requirements gathering, use case
development, and object-oriented analysis for the development of an RFP to
replace major components of the insurance company’s business software;
· For Amica
Insurance Company, performed performing use case development, object-oriented
analysis and design and mentoring for the implementation of a multi-tiered client/server
claims application;
· For Sprint
Corporation, defined strategies, identified savings benefits, and recommended
leading practices for the Sprint / Nextel merger;
· For the Education
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), reviewed object oriented UML
Models to validate compliance with business requirements for a medical degree
certification system;
· For Compass
Information Systems, performed use case development, object-oriented analysis
and design for the implementation of a multi-tiered client/server health survey
application;
· For Vanguard
Investments, performed performing use case development, object-oriented
analysis and design and mentoring for the implementation of a retirement
planning application; and
· For Bank of
America, developed project metrics for the Project Management Office (PMO),
developing, automating, and delivering detailed project status metrics.
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Insurance · AIG · Amica Mutual
Insurance · Cigna
Insurance · MetLife
Insurance Company · New York Life
Insurance Company · Trans-General
Life Insurance Telecom · AT&T · Sprint /
Nextel · Talk.com · Ziptone.com Education Clients · IgniteLearning.com · McGraw-Hill |
Banking and Investment,
& Mortgage ·
American Express ·
Bank of ·
Blackstone Group ·
Capital One Bank ·
CitiGroup Bank ·
Fannie Mae ·
Goldman Sachs ·
MutualFunds.com ·
NASDAQ ·
Providian Financial ·
State Street Corporation ·
Vanguard Investments Gaming Client ·
Flutter.com |
Intelligence
and Defense Clients ·
Central Intelligence Agency ·
Defense Intelligence Agency ·
Defense Mapping Agency ·
Navy Health Care and Life Sciences ·
AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies ·
Becton Dickinson Biosciences ·
Compass Information Systems ·
PsychologyNetwork.com ·
Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
(ECFMG) Retail Clients · WalMart Other Clients · ARAMARK |
Requirements Analysis
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Business, Functional, & System Requirements ·
Business Rule Specification ·
Process & Object Modeling ·
Requirements Elicitation and Facilitation Object Oriented Modeling Tools
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Blueprint Requirements Definition &
Management Software ·
Rational Rose ·
Riverton
How ·
UML Studio ·
MS Visio Productivity Software Tools
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MS Access ·
MS Excel ·
MS FileMaker Pro ·
MS PowerPoint ·
MS Project ·
MS Visio ·
MS Word Software Languages
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SAS ·
Visual Basic ·
Basic ·
C and C++ ·
FORTRAN ·
HTML ·
Java ·
JavaScript ·
PERL |
Development Methodologies
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Rational Unified Process (RUP) ·
Spiral Development Methodology ·
SUMMIT-D ·
Waterfall Methodology ·
Agile / Scrum Statistical / Data Analysis Tools
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SAS Basics ·
SAS STAT ·
SAS Enterprise Guide ·
SAS Enterprise Miner ·
SPSS Clementine ·
IBM InfoSphere Design Studio Other Tools
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HP Quality Center ·
iRise Studio Visualization ·
BusinessObjects XI Enterprise ·
CA BPWin Process Modeling ·
CA ERWin Data Modeling ·
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Documentum eRoom ·
Microsoft SharePoint ·
MS SourceSafe Version Management ·
PVCS Version Management ·
Rational RequisitePro Requirements Management ·
Rational SoDA Documentation ·
IBM IUAM (IT Usage and Accounting Manager) ·
Acorn Activity Based Costing |
Standards, Techniques, &
Models
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Unified Modeling Language (UML) ·
Entity Relationship Data Modeling ·
IBM’s Insurance Application Architecture (IAA) Object
and Data Model ·
Object Modeling Technique (OMT) Middleware and Business Rules
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WebSphere ILOG Rule Team Server (RTS), Studio,
and Rule Execution Server (RES) Business Rule Engine ·
Haley Authorete Rules Authoring and CIA Server Business
Rules Engine ·
IBM MQSeries ·
IBM MQSeries Integrator ·
IBM MQSeries Workflow Software Operating Systems
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DEC VMSIBM MVS / VM ·
MS / PC-DOS ·
UNIX SunOS/Solaris ·
Windows XP, 95/98/2000, NT, 3.x Hardware Systems
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Apple Macintosh ·
DEC VAX ·
IBM Mainframe ·
IBM PC ·
SGI Indigo ·
Sun SPARC |