Annette Kessler Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

• Lead QA Analyst on large Oracle system implementations, participating in all project phases from ensuring SOW terms have correct RACI and deliverables, requirements are properly captured and represented in the solution design, and are tested to confirm the implemented solution meets the business needs and objectives• Develop and execute software test plans and test scripts for a variety of billing, financial, metering, GIS, work and asset management applications• Ensure project follows SDLC for the methodology whether Agile or Waterfall, utilizes best practices, documentation is completed and stored in appropriate repositories• Communicate and work effectively with diverse project stakeholders at all levels of the organization • Work with project management to ensure schedule is up to date and includes appropriate milestones• Regular reporting on progress, status, issues, risks and mitigation plans• Create and deliver presentations on progress and status to stakeholders• Ensure team deliverables meet schedule and quality expectations, shifting workload and priorities as needed• Work with business users eliciting and documenting requirements, work flows, and improvement opportunities• Develop training materials and deliver training for user acceptance testing tools and script writing• Coordinate user acceptance testing and solution approval• Requirements management throughout the lifecycle includng; fit/gap analysis, solution or backlog determination, and ensuring test coverage• Write functional and technical specifications, and department procedures and standards• As HP Quality Center Administrator, develop standard department performance metrics and reports, design work flows, and add data dimensions to the application to facilitate work processes, train and support users

Greater Seattle Area

I worked in an IT department within Capital Markets as a reporting analyst maintaining and developing reports in BI Publisher, Crystal Reports, and Microsoft Access for loan portfolio analysis and management. I analyzed data, developed queries, and supervised the work of one other analyst.

Greater Seattle Area

- Analyst and QA work on Agile project teams, using iterative design processes to implement frequent builds- Worked with business units to analyze needs and developed reports in various formats; Discoverer, APEX, Excel - Validated corrections to the datamart and participated in determining impacts when batch processing failed using PL/SQL and TOAD query tools- Analyzed work flows, developed business process models, and recommended improvements and solutions- QA software testing in a formal test lab environment, ensured compliance with SDLC standards, logged and tracked defects, coordinated user acceptance, assured product readiness, and verified successful implementation- Created and executed test plans and test cases, setup test environment, and validated results- Tested large client/server applications and automated system interfaces end-to-end, involving OS, hardware, and data type changes- Tested security and technology upgrades, assessed infrastructure impacts, determined relevance to standards and revised as needed- Developed technical specifications, user guides, and help files- Created data models, CDM's and PDM's, mapped user requirements to database structures- Updated configuration database for application and component additions, version and status changes- Managed small projects, developed and updated project plans, coordinated development effort, and regularly communicated progress and status

Greater Seattle Area

- Under the direction of Actuaries, compiled client reports for health benefit cost, trend, and demographic analysis- Supported ad hoc data requests creating queries, testing, validating, and formatting results for high profile actuarial consulting clients including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Safeway, and General Electric- Analyzed proposals to ensure specified benefits and costs were met and service areas covered eligible participants- Ensured data types and parsing were correct for processing, investigated anomalies, and cleaned data as needed- Scrubbed, interpreted, and converted data in various projects including combining 5 million records from multiple health carriers, standardizing, and adding new categories for procedure use, cost, and coverage analysis- Maintained client Access database applications including monthly data updates and feature enhancements- Created client reports and templates in Word and Excel, and automated data extraction with Visual Basic (VB)- Developed quality and review standards as part of a team that improved process documentation resulting in high accuracy and reduced rework for client deliverables

Lake Stevens Instrument Division

13 years experience with career advancement in various positions; Manufacturing, Accounting, and R&D. - Participated in process improvement initiatives, including implementing Kanban and Just-in-Time work flows- Collected statistics and created metrics for manufacturing quality assurance initiatives, including Pareto chart updates to improve processes and quality while reducing errors and cost- Contributed best practices participating on HP wide task forces to re-engineer processes and implement them for financial transaction processing and payroll consolidations, which later became HP’s successful Business Services division. - Conducted beta testing and implemented consolidated financial services procedures at our site.- Processed payroll for 800 employees, maintained confidentiality, educated employees on benefit policies, ensured accurate entries for time off, status and pay changes, coordinated transferring 300 employees for business sale- • Assigned to Capital Asset administration to bring it back into compliance after audit issues, submitted tax payments, made general ledger entries, ensured policy compliance, maintained depreciation schedules, supported budgeting process, organized all archived records, and implemented improved procedures- Educated employees on safety and ergonomics and implemented improved practices as a member of the safety team, resulting in reduced claims and annual insurance premium savings of $100K.- Supported R&D Project Managers and their teams- Coordinated recruiting for Engineering interns at the University of Washington

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas)

AAS degree

Accounting Technology/Technician And Bookkeeping

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