Analyze and document business requirements using Agile methodologies for applications supporting Pharmacy and Retail business sectors.

My encaustic and abstract paintings are personal responses to movement, music, color, nature or atmosphere. I will observe closely, but also look beyond the obvious, to capture the essence of an experience. The goal is to express the feelings or memories that linger after an experience. I first choose the media, colors, and textures that will best capture the intent of each painting. The layers of wax that are built up in encaustic paintings are wonderful for telling stories. I find oil paint mixed with cold wax works best to capture a feeling in abstract paintings. My studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Cape School of Art and workshops with contemporary masters have laid the foundation, helped to define my style and opened me up to less traditional media. I have been an artist since I was a child but did not get a chance to make art a priority until later in life. I’ve been working in Encaustics and oil/cold wax for about 8 years. My work has been awarded prizes around the country and has collectors around the world.

While seeking a new position as either a Senior Business Analyst or Project Manager, I am pursuing certification for Project Management (PMP) and Business Analysis (CBAP) via online classwork. I'm also designing a database for South County Art Association and teaching art classes.• Extensive experience in all business analysis processes and deliverables including project charter, project scope documents, data analysis, data flow diagrams, process analysis, workflow diagrams, functional requirements analysis and design, testing, user documentation and training.• Expertise in eliciting requirements using group/Joint Application Design sessions, one-on-one interviews, brainstorming sessions. Can adapt techniques based on the audience; technical/non-technical, senior management, and vendors.• Strong written and oral communication skills and attention to detail.• Managed and defined requirements for large, medium and small projects using waterfall and agile methodologies. Able to manage many concurrent projects.

• Identify and implement process improvements. Solutions included software installation and configuration as well as business process re-engineering. • Project Manager for most Operational, Sales and Finance projects and project facilitator for large, multi-company projects. Work with senior management and key stakeholders to ensure projects meet business requirements and are delivered on schedule.• Generate project documentation such as Request for Proposals, project plans, business requirements, process workflow diagrams, current state-future state diagrams, risk analysis, test cases, training documents, operational procedures. • Sole representative for the company on a six-month project at our Dallas headquarters. Was part of the configuration team implementing a newspaper ERP software application at the Dallas Morning News and used that experience to facilitate implementation of the software in Providence.

• Organize and facilitate requirements gathering sessions with Pharmacy and General Merchandise business partners. Generated Statement of Work and Requirements documents. Business areas included Merchandising, Replenishment, Store Operations, Warehouse and Systems.• Document business and system processes using Visio and prescribed methodologies.• Develop Sequel Viewpoint queries to analyze AS400 data and research production issues.

• Developed and deployed database applications using Microsoft Access. Analyzed and documented business requirements. Proposed technical solutions and process improvements. Developed forms, queries, reports, macros and modules to meet requirements. Unit tested and compiled test plans for users. Developed reports using Crystal Reports.• Taught classes in Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, Crystal Reports, Photoshop, Acrobat, VBA. • Customized standard education packages to address the needs of various audiences.

• Implemented first phase of a new program to better manage the growth and use of corporate data. • Defined and enforced data retention standards, calculated a Total Cost of Ownership to support cost justifications and developed an application to track and report on data storage utilization.• Managed resources responsible for analysis, design and development of a “hub and spoke” data warehouse using Staples’ System Development Life Cycle.• Conducted risk assessments for a project that introduced a database management system, data extraction tools and new hardware.• Communicated progress and issues for regular status reports to senior management.• Managed in-house and contract resources and tracked expenses against original budget of $5.2 million.

• Managed successful implementation of the first data warehouse with a team of in-house and contract resources. Data was sourced from AS400 and SAP applications.• Analyzed and documented business requirements for large projects and ongoing support of many corporate production applications.

• Researched business requirements, conducted needs assessments, diagramed work flows, wrote specifications and executed test plans for major applications supporting Insurance/General Liability, Finance, Fixed Assets, Payroll, Purchase/Receiving, and Worker’s Compensation.• Converted mainframe insurance application to company’s first object-oriented application.• Wrote and evaluated Requests for Proposals for vendor applications.