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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Data Analyst (Machine Learning)Systems AnalystScrum MasterProduct Owner

- elicit business requirements from Business teams / Product Owners- review high level designs from architecture teams. Assist in creation of these design diagrams via Visio, Balsamiq, etc- decompose features into workable user stories- groom user stories- define acceptance criteria- create workflows and other relevant documentation- respond to questions from software engineers and test engineers- triage production defects- attend daily stand up meetings- create UI wireframes

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Gather, analyze, and define technical product requirements that align to long-term product strategy for a healthcare claim adjudication platform• Assist in creation of High Level Designs for various application components• Assist in daily delivery for two key healthcare EDI implementations• Document and communicate business problems to stakeholders • Ensure requirements traceability to product strategy • Apply technical standards to technical product requirements • Define non-functional technical requirements • Decompose features into user stories• Utilize Agile/Kanban methodologies• Act as Product Owner for UHG-wide training team on our new application • Partner with Product Owners, Technical Architects and Software Engineers on a daily basis• Write business acceptance criteria and formally accept user stories once all criteria has been met

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Responsible for the development of SPS software products and services for a network of thousands of retailers, vendors and 3PLs. • Gather and validate client requirements, translate requirements into technical designs, ensure proper interpretation of designs through development, testing and release.• Continually managed five to ten concurrent retailer integration projects for a multitude of well-known retailers.• Work hand in hand with developers, quality engineers and release engineers on a day to day basis.• Monitor bug and change request queue to ensure efficacy of existing production dataflow. • Mentor newer Business Analysts through the many nuances of SPS’s product lines.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Environment: Java, XML, EDI X12, Xtencil Designer, Atlassian JIRA, GitHub, Apache Subversion, Agile Scrum, SAAS, Notepad++ • Build and maintain Java based EDI maps for SPS' proprietary Retail Standard XML platform.• Attend weekly Agile Scrum meetings to plan and monitor sprint workload.• Quality Assurance testing of EDI maps using proprietary test environment.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Software Engineering

B.A., Economics

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