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Flower Mound, TX, US

Dallas, TX, US

Dallas, TX, US

Birmingham, AL, US

• Served hybrid role of Automation Engineer / Senior Systems Analyst for BBVA's business banking application - Net Cash
• Developed automated test scripts in Java and Cucumber with Selenium webdriver
• Implemented a robust Regression test suite utilizing Maven build + Bamboo CI pipeline. Prior to arriving at BBVA, the bank only performed manual testing for regression and I wrote >100 automated regression features.
• Authored a complete overhaul of daily Smoke Test suite from Maven to Gradle build platform in a 4 month span. Included >1500 lines of code (Gherkin).
• Created and owned the schedule for multiple Bamboo build plans (QA, PPD, Prod) and reported Smoke Test results each morning by 8am to line of business and developer teams
• Administered the entire repository for Net Cash in Bitbucket, including Git pull requests and code merges from 2 other QA engineers

Atlanta, GA, US

• Thrived in full recruitment life-cycle of National talent acquisition in a breadth of IT disciplines
• Sourced candidates via Social Media outlets and job boards
• Conducted phone interviews assessing technical proficiency along with candidate's preference for work environment and presented a viable mix of candidates to hiring leaders for consideration
• Negotiated salary and total comp package, extended employment offers to successful candidates and completed new hire paperwork for post employment follow up
• Tracked company-wide candidate background through Bullhorn staffing (ATS)
• Actively contributed on regular intake calls with hiring managers for high priority job requisitions and discussed the strengths of our candidate mix

Dallas, TX, US

• Served as Lead B.A. and Data Analyst for cash month optimization group over a six year span
• Acted as primary liaison for functional end-users with a 3rd party dev team to implement a SaaS based ETRM
• Provided biweekly requirement gathering for Asset Management's specific business needs including: Oracle database connect (ODBC), middleware, import / export capability with custom Excel tools, and validation of system.
• Performed UAT and end-to-end testing in partnership with lead QA, data architect, and SaaS vendor. Total project timeline covered 15 months
• Developed highly adaptive Excel tools using VBA / macros within the group to provide detailed observation of spot-market trends and advise forward hedge traders of opportunities
• Optimized cash month Asset trading book of the largest power producer in Texas through a mix of available energy hedges on the wholesale power market

Dallas, TX, US

• Guided Luminant's transition to scheduling energy trades under brand new market regulations from an outdated Zonal market to multifaceted Nodal energy grid in 2010
• Maintained a daily portfolio of up to 100 unique trades with counterparties and resolved variances
• Validated the aggregate long / short position of 6 unique trade books within Asset Management to ensure we acted on the appropriate trade strategy

Irving, TX, US

• Reported energy schedules to ISO’s in 6 major power markets across the US
• Scheduled a diverse mix of trade strategies for 25 client representatives by mid-afternoon close each day
• Actively trained the newest employees in the scheduling group
• Assured compliance was met by power plants and followed through by Operations group

Durham, NC, US

• Represented SMU in Dallas, prioritizing outreach to local businesses to collaborate on an effective advertising campaign with the University
• Visited 30 to 40 potential clients face to face each day
• Personalized each selling approach after observing clientele’s challenges to attracting new business
• Effectively coordinated advertising design to marketing and graphic design teams after closing each sale
• Strengthened confidence in prospecting while maturing through constructive feedback