Bryce Waters Email & Phone Number

1000 Polaris Parkway, Columbus Ohio

• Business Solutions Lead working with the entire value stream of project delivery. Utilizing Joint Application Design I employ subject matter experts to understand the gap and identify the change required as well as.
• Collaborate with Product to develop strong requirements and project level traceability
• Build Impact Matrix to show the cross impact and effort needed by multiple lines of business as well as external vendors
• Understand and build the Master Story List with traceability for Scrum Dev team consumption
• Directly work with UI and Services to support building of acceptance criteria including happy and alternate paths of the user experience
• Utilize project traceability to negotiate product timeline and scope changes including removing features or stories when needed to support delivery schedule.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Lead Requirements Analyst on an agile line working with business partners to break down solution scoping documents into complete and testable line requirements for the PIM Foundations project.Activities Performed
• Managed complex requirements and shifting timelines during: I0, Line Iterations, Card Building, Daily interactions with business partners to solve design and build questions
• Drove project requirements traceability by identifying and following standards and designing standards when needed utilizing Build Capability. Run traceability reports to identify orphaned requirements
• Collaborate with Business Owners and Program Tech Leads to collectively design and implement a solution.
• Prepare line work using Gherkin Acceptance Criteria to drive ATDD capability. Activities Performed with CKS
• Model ARM transactional data into an existing relational contact history asset (EACH).

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Transform and Enhance transactional data into Quote and Bind reports. Consult with internal as well as field agents and producers on data anomalies, produce ad-hoc reports. Activities Performed
• Design, Build and roll out automated quality assurance checks for monthly reported numbers, including automated statistics and profiling logic of quote and bind values and attributes.
• Collaborated with product managers and sales force to Design, Build and Implement new Quote and Bind reports to allow customer attributes to be reported 3 days faster.
• Implemented new Quote and Bind reports combining Comparative Rater information to give business a view of quoting progression using Comparative Raters.
• Created Enterprise Quote and Bind report, combining information from 5 systems to give sales management a strategic planning tool.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Develop environment readiness documentation to allow multiple projects working in a single environment to control data requests. This prevented data loss and wasted project time to be an effect during environment.
• Managed and resolved demand requests on system resources for DW projects including AP2 and ID reporting, hardware and software upgrades to Informatica and Teradata
• Able to clearly define specifications and timelines for application and system work during THI upgrades and eProduct enhancements. Quick turnaround of questions producing high performing team.
• Lead efforts during eProduct projects Waive Deductible, Gap and Calendar Updates to track multiple FTE work plans through activities, gates, and production implementation.
• Acted as single point of contact for AGM, THI Viper J, and Calendar Updates.

Columbus, Ohio Area

This highly visible system required coupling of user and system, to produce fund values across multiple systems. Using open dialogue and feedback between users I worked within tight timelines to produce fund values.

Columbus, Ohio Area

As a senior member of the development team, I performed needs analysis on commercial products and system processes to facilitate build upgrades and defect resolution.

Masters In Business Administration W/ Specialization In Finance, Graduated With Honors

Activities and Societies: Worked full time for Nationwide while earning my MBA

B.S. In Computer Information Systems, Computer Programming/Programmer, General, Graduated With Honors Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Worked 20 hours per week while earning my B.S.