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Sacramento, California, United States

- Created business process flows in Microsoft Visio to allow stakeholders to visually and easily understand different workflows- Collaborated on projects within the Omni Channel, Order Management System and Supply Chain Systems portfolios- Served as liaison between business stakeholders, third-party vendors, and IT by helping cross-functional teams collaborate and align on the best solutions to drive business value- Analysis of data, business processes and technical designs to understand business needs and suggest technical solutions- Carried out the requirements gathering using agile and scrum methodology, principles and best practices- Get directly involved in project scoping, feature discovery, story mapping, story writing, QA support, and backlog management.- Wrote and prioritized detailed end user business requirements like features, stories and technical tasks in JIRA (Project Management System)- I wrote and executed manual test cases for projects using agile and cascading methodologies- Collaborated with business stakeholders, project managers, scrum masters, business analysts, developers, and QA analysts- Experience with testing tools - HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and QTest Platform from QA Symphony- Experience in running SQL queries to locate sales order data to test omnichannel capabilities.- Automation test scripts created and edited to increase test speed, efficiency, coverage and quality- Experience with automation tools such as Java Coding Language, Cucumber Software Tool and Gherkin Syntax- I followed a network engineer for 10 weeks.- I improved my general knowledge of information technology and network architecture.- Successfully designed and presented a web portal dashboard for an application- Developed an understanding of the different components of the IT infrastructure.- Communicate effectively and efficiently with multiple teams in IT

Houston, Texas, United States

- Graphic newsletter created to display information related to FINRA exams- New employee application redesigned and converted to electronic "filler PDF"- Helped with grammar editing and review of public marketing materialIT and compliance- IT vendors vetted and contract information updated using a cloud-based service management system- Employee information transferred from Microsoft Word to Excel pivot tables- Emails and social media of registered Foreside representatives were reviewed to ensure compliance guidelines were followed.Office management- Helped with inventory and file management- Guests received and guided by Foreside during their visit- Managed company mail system- Private equity companies investigated for acquisition purposes.- Created and analyzed financial models for projections of income, expenses, returns, purchase prices, etc.Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst

High School Diploma