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Austin, TX, US

Austin, Texas Area

Conducted data mining to establish organizational metrics for the Web Solutions Division. Monitored expenditures associated with resource allocation and compared results to forecasted projections. Created an adjustable staffing model identifying required resources based on the portfolio projections. The model supported internal FTE, contractors and.

Austin, Texas Area

• Created data maps and designed a more efficient way to capture, track and report organizational metrics to senior management.
• Used Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 to capture business requirements for an internally developed application.
• Utilized the TFS Agile template to create user requests (Epics), user stories, test cases, and bugs for a resource planning application.
• Analyzed and modified the current SDLC process. Implemented a consolidated Front Door approach to support users representing multiple platforms and domains.
• Streamlined and simplified the existing Front Door process to support multiple platforms.
• Reduced the creation of ‘Orphans’ in TFS by 90%.

Austin, Texas Area

• Conducted JAD sessions with the State Disbursement Unit of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and California to capture and document their business requirements.
• Created a Context Diagram to illustrate the internal and external interfaces. Data dictionaries were created for each of the defined interfaces.
• RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed) grids were created for each State project to define the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder. The grids also captured their preferred method of.
• Conducted functional decompositions to define critical areas requiring analysis.
• Created a Requirement Management Plan (RMP) to identify the estimates and risk for each project.
• Prepared a Business Requirements Document (BRD) for each of the functional area containing Use Cases, user interfaces (UI), data dictionary, functional and non functional requirements as well as business rules.

Worked for the Federal Sector of CSC to streamline data products for the Central Technical Support Facility (CTSF) located at Ft. Hood. The primary objective was to reduce cost by 50% and processing time by 80% for the Army.Facilitated meetings with the stakeholder(s) to gather and document complex business requirements. Created As-Is and To-Be workflow.

Masters, Liberal Arts

Master, Mba

Bachelors Of Arts, Biology