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Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

As the lead business analyst for the company my primary responsibilities included overseeing teams of business analysts for multiple projects, acting as the primary business analyst liaison to the company for several clients, preparing analysis estimates for upcoming projects and ensuring the analysis team met the project deadlines.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

As the Lead Business Analyst for a complete software replacement for a Specialty Insurance line I was the primary contact between the business user community, the technology department and management. Analyze technology solutions (in house and vendor models) and made recommendations to senior management to satisfy strategic IT and business goals.Work closely with business units and act as the liaison to elicit business requirements and ensure understanding of the technological capabilities or technology initiatives.Document the business requirements in the form of a functional specification document.Assist the project manager with the schedule, estimates, identifying project tasks and critical paths, impact analysis, issue tracking and resolution, and project status reporting.Utilize strong leadership qualities to drive change and achieve business goals.

Greater Boston Area

Concurrently manage testing multiple on-line delivery information systems including complex system design and enhancement projects.Consult with users and business groups to assist in identifying user requirements.Analyze business requirements and technical specifications to create accurate test estimates.Foster inter-departmental relationships to continuously improve the project management process resulting in increased revenue and growth through streamlined project execution.Collaborate with developers to create and manage code release schedules to ensure SQA’s ability to complete the projects within the estimated time.Report and monitor the status of bugs, maintaining an issue log, and preparing periodic status reports for senior management.Participate in project meetings through out the Software Development Life Cycle with all levels of management and staff to provide updates to the team and advise on potential problems.Streamline business processes and workflows within the SQA departmentAssist in developing SOPs to be used by SQA and its internal business partners.Create user documentation for new testing tools such as IBM’s Rational Test Suite.