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EXPERIENCE

BB&T - IT Systems Analyst IV                                                                                                                                                    8/2016 - Present

·         Functional and Test Analyst supporting our international wire interfaces within enhancement/replacement projects.

·         Creating functional requirements as well as testing strategies, test scenario/cases and leading testing activities.

·         Experienced in working one-on-one with developers in support of the functional and test requirements.

·         Creating work and data flow maps and diagrams.

Wells Fargo, Securities - Functional Business Analyst - contract                                                                                4/2016 – 7/2016

·         Functional Business Analyst supporting a system upgrade from SYBASE to SQL based for Wells Fargo Securities.

·          Creating functional requirements verifying all application workflows have been addressed by the database upgrade.

Garretson Resources Group - Business Analyst – contract                                                                                            6/2015 – 3/2016

·         Business Analyst for IT Support team, creating enhancement and fix requirements for internal SQL based application.

·         Performing requirement inquiries with Business Leads and users in order to create business and functional requirements for new functionality for the internal application.

·         Direct interaction with Architect and Developers as well as hands on Unit and User Acceptance testing.

United Heatlthcare/Optum - Systems Analyst - contract                                                                                               9/2014 – 5/2015

·         Constructing Functional Design Document and Process flow from Business requirements within the Automated Resolution Utilities group.

·         Driving all requirement investigations (via SQL, DB2 and Toad queries), documentation and process flows.

·         Heavy interaction with business SME’s, Product Owners and Project Managers.

·         Work directly with developers and unit testing of final product.

Humana - Senior Business Analyst - contract                                                                                                                      1/2014 – 9/2014

·         Point lead in the transition of a legacy application onto a new web platform.

·         Driving all requirement investigations, documentation and annotations.

·         Direct involvement with business SME’s, Product Owners and Business Relationship Owner.

·         Work in direct conjunction with UX designer and Usability groups on design.

Cigna - Senior Business Analyst - contract                                                                                                                          4/2013 – 12/2013

·         Work-At-Home big data Business Analyst with the IDMS (Information Data Management Systems) group (we owned and housed all of Cigna’s data).

·         Primary driver on CMS (Centers for Medicare/Medicaid) data delivery compliance project, locating and identifying the required data elements, using SQL queries.

·          Project was improperly defined, with limited business ownership. I pulled in the appropriate SMEs in order to deliver the project requirements two weeks early, earning high accolades from the PMO-PM.

·         Team BA on three additional data mapping projects, where we came in ahead of schedule.

Healthways - SCRUM Master - contract                                                                                                                                1/2013 – 3/2013

·         Developed the agile process for a new group being integrated into the HP-Healthways IT group.

·         Trained the newly established Scrum Team on the proper practices.

·         Supported the team for 2 months until they were fully agile functioning.

HCA - Senior Business Analyst– contract                                                                                                                            12/2011 – 8/2012

·         Point lead in requirements for an enterprise-wide cost savings /tracking data repository web application.  Allowing different divisions to employ and share cost savings ideas.

·         Led the IT implementation aspects of on-boarding new facilities into the enterprise application built upon a SQL database.

·         Point technical Business Analyst on the SQL reporting requirements for this same new application.

·         Directed the defect tracking and verification. 

·         Heavily involved with UAT and training the trainer

MedSolutions - Senior Business Analyst – contract                                                                                                       3/2011 – 12/2011                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

·         Devise business and functional specifications for Client requested system enhancements (SQL based database) within an agile environment. 

·         Converted the business and functional requirements into use cases for Quality Assurance. 

·         Produced all deployment documentation required for the implementation process.

·         Led the introduction of Agile into the IT organization, creating the training, processes and document templates.

Cigna - Business Analyst Senior Specialist – contract                                                                                                   10/2009 – 9/2010

·         Researched and created the Business Requirements Process for CIGNA’s Business Improvement, Health and Network Operational Effectiveness group.

·         Included the Project Management, Business Requirements and testing process.

·         Created Business Requirements for a replacement application (SQL Based database) coordinating three separate divisions within CIGNA Inpatient Health Services.

·         Lead the Business requirements process for two sub-projects

TN Department of Transportation - Business Analyst III– contract                                                                          12/2008 – 4/2009

·         Led JAD sessions to formalize layout and design of a new web application.

·         Established the development process and time-line business owners and project manager.
- Conceptualized and documented business and functional requirements from interviews held with management and end-users.
- Conduct business analysis, project assessment and feasibility determination.
- Assessed and reformulated the Business process to be applied within the new application.

Genworth Insurances - Project Manager / Business Analyst – contract                                                                3/2008 – 10/2008

Project Manager 3/2008 – 6/2008

·         Developed the comprehensive project plan which encompassed twelve executive level compliance projects, leading the project of ten executives.

·         Strategized the criteria, milestones, roles, definitions, risks and communication paths for the project.

·         Defined the budget breakout and control for the 1.5 million dollar project.

·         Framed the timetable, deliverables, project team coordination and status reporting.

Business Analyst 7/2008 – 10/2008

·         Analyzed their 2007 Medicare insurance claims identifying 3000 containing billing issues.

·         Also documented 3800 containing under-coverage problems.

·         Efficiently designed a process eliminating redundancy data in over 4000 policies.

Healthways (Healthcare) - Project Manager – contract                                                                                             10/ 2007 – 2/ 2008

·         Managed the QA functional operations within a first time offering of their web portal project, coordinating Development with the PMO and customer.

·         Headed the QA SCRUM (14 testers) meetings to ensure timelines were met.

·         Prioritized issues; Initiated and controlled the change control process for issues found during the testing.

·         Led and assisted QA testing with manual validation as issues were resolved by development.

Deloitte - Sr. Business Analyst - contract                                                                                                                            5/ 2007 – 9/ 2007

·         Researched and created the business requirements for a major SAP HR skills and resume tracking application / database.

·         Permitting Deloitte to effectively assign / track existing employee skillsets without adding outside resources.

·         Provided business analysis, project assessment and feasibility determinations.

·         Transferred the business requirements into detailed functional requirements.