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Business Analyst contracted with TekSystems to provide services as an IT Business Analysts to a credit union in Michigan

- Collaborates with business users to plan, design, and launch efficient business and operational systems in support of core organizational functions and business processes. This includes the gathering and analysis of information and/or data in support of business cases as well as proposing system requirements. - Supports both new and existing business applications. - Applys proven communication, analytical and problem solving skills to help maximize the benefit of IT system investments.

Responsible for partnering with the business and IT staff to build and maintain strong customer relationships, to serve as the primary contact point for the business to engage IT for solution analysis services. Assist in the development of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) solutions including implementing, enhancing, and testing business application software. Provide critical thinking and problem solving skills to assist in resolving complex technical problems. Design and implement business processes and functionality to specifications. Ensure quality solution deployment through execution of solution test plans and scripts. Provide guidance to business areas in developing tests and training plans and materials. Participate in the development of overall business solutions designs including reengineering business processes, organization and application architecture. Support the design of business process and integration of business systems. Develop and maintain a deep and broad understanding of system capabilities and alternative approaches to business solutions.

Inform Purdue Researchers and Educators about the resources available to them via the NSF TeraGrid/XSEDE Program. Assist the potential and current Purdue TeraGrid/XSEDE users to successfully access and utilize the various resources to advance their research or educational interests.

Worked as part of a national team to provide training, support, and access to the NSF funded XSEDE/TeraGrid program for "digital resources" as well as assisting local Purdue users with their computational research and educational needs; Provided introductory information and ongoing technical support to new Campus Champions as part of the XSEDE Campus Champion staff; Served as liaison between the Open Science Grid (OSG) and XSEDE management and staff to assist with the integration and use of OSG as a new XSEDE resource.

Designed global IT solutions for Delphi Corporation: all projects included time lines and projected project planning and execution cost.• Developed reporting tools and analyzed engineering license usage data from servers all over the globe in support of critical business decisions regarding engineering license cost and usage breakdowns for various company divestitures to ensure minimal cost and functional impact on both companies.• Developed the platform standards for engineering applications including the introduction of a class of machine designated as "desk-side personal supercomputer" for engineering "high-compute" requirements that will reduce overall job run time, allow additional job throughput, and save millions of dollars in server hardware and support charges across the corporation.• Developed solutions and estimates for IT related Mechanical CAD, FEA, and Test projects to determine project viability

Maintained technical expertise in emerging technologies and current product offerings for the development of CAE application roadmaps; Provided troubleshooting and support for various engineering applications globally; Managed global mechanical CAE licenses and user access.• Defined, developed, and implemented a global license reporting and monitoring system and methodology that enables the savings of millions of dollars in license and maintenance costs by reducing underutilized licenses (shell scripts, SQL Server database, Crystal Reports)• Implemented and maintained a global common software distribution site for MCAE application software to streamline the software installation process and standardize application versions deployed globally• Developed positive relationships with external MCAE application software vendors to improve coordination of global problem resolution to reduce the amount of user down time.• Assisted Delphi engineers in the selection of software to satisfy their project requirements and to minimize the number of packages that needed to be maintained and supported.• Coordinated the implementation of new and upgraded software releases to the global engineering community and served as subject matter expert in the areas of CAE software, hardware, and licensing to provide a common approach to support and deployment of engineering tools globally (ANSYS, Abaqus, Fluent, MSC/Nastran, Unigraphics, Matlab, various Altair product, etc.)

Gathered customer requirements for new and existing web and database applications and then proceeded with the design, development, testing, implementation and documentation of the resulting application while leveraging corporate standards.• Reviewed and documented a very complex legacy engineering system to allow future, cost effective support.• Designed, developed, tested, and deployed a flexible, standards-based reporting system to replace a legacy system that was no longer supported (IIS, ASP, VBScript, HTML, SQL Server, Crystal Reports/RAS).• Documented, coded, and managed the migration, testing, and implementation of a legacy Windows web and database custom application environment (CENSUS/PATS/CMII) to an updated hardware and software platform (IIS, SQL Server, ASP, VBScript, HTML, Crystal Reports/RAS, DTS, IBI Gateway, Oracle Gateway)• Converted a local Access-based change management (CMII) system to a web/Oracle-based system to allow usage by various divisions across the globe (IIS, Oracle, ASP, VBScript, HTML, Crystal Reports/RAS)• Provided emergency coding and support for a new, critical MS Access-based application to manage the tracking of a supplier quality spill to ensure the damaged parts did not reach the end customer products (Access, VB)• Gathered customer requirements for and developed/deployed several custom manufacturing reports using Crystal Reports in a web environment to allow ongoing manufacturing business decisions to be made based on “top 10” downtime issues (Apache, HTML, Crystal Reports/RAS, Oracle)

Implemented, managed, and supported various engineering applications and processes to reduce the overall design cycle time for hardware engineers and increase the overall accuracy and quality of the final design.• Worked with outside suppliers to develop and enhance custom translators to provide a common format for the electronic transfer of data between MCAD (UG) and ECAD (Mentor Graphics) systems.• Developed an internal electronic process/interface to allow bi-directional electronic transfer of key data between MCAD and ECAD systems and engineers (UG Ufunc - C “like” programming language, MG AMPLE – C “like” programming language), UNIX shell scripts)• Managed 3 Contract UNIX (HPUX) System Administrators for the Hardware Engineering Workstation Network.• Worked as one of the Delphi E&S hardware group representatives with a cross divisional team to develop a version of the Divisional/Corporate UNIX Configuration standards (DUST) to cover both HPUX and Solaris operating systems for Delphi.Analyzed possible thermal and stress concerns for various projects; Mentored and provided support to other users who wished to perform their own design analysis;• Represented the division's needs and interests on the General Motors CAE committee.Worked in Advanced Engineering to develop and implement new technologies for IC packaging to support the development of leading edge automotive electronics for the industry.• Established the first Finite Element Analysis software and hardware at Delco Electronics (Apollo/Domain, Patran, Nastran).