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New York, United States

Bronx, New York, United States

New York, United States

Currently seeking this role to leverage my vast experience and expertise in delivering strategic solutions, driving business growth, and providing exceptional client service. I have experience working in the Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Media, and Health Sciences industries, developing and implementing strategies that optimize operations, enhance profitability, and drive sustainable growth.

New York, United States

Served as the Accounting Migration Lead on a cross-functional global team, implementing a multi-million dollar Rights Management system for the consolidation of a major media studio. This role involved managing a team of 4 offshore resources, utilizing ETL procedures for the Accounts Receivable data of more than 800 contracts, and collaborating with executive stakeholders to ensure process success. Pioneered the board of the Employee Resource Group for LGBTQ+ initiatives, planning multiple events with 20+ employees in attendance and participated in the development of volunteer partnerships with LGBTQ+ centric non-profits

Greater New York City Area

Played a pivotal role in the technology transformation of multiple clients, ranging from State Health Departments to financial services corporations. Project Roles Included: - QA Test Lead - Senior Testing Analyst - Project Manager - Defect Management Coordinator - Testing Demand CoordinatorKey Accomplishments Included: - Strengthened the development and full product life-cycle through to launch in the App store of a COVID-19 mobile contact tracing application, working with teams from Google and Apple to beta test the application - Aided in the establishment of a COVID-19 vaccination infrastructure in Salesforce for State Health Department, utilizing JIRA for sprint tracking, user story creation, and defect management - Engineered 500+ test cases from a possible 6,000+ test cases using an optimization tool called Hexawise for a major financial institution's transition of third-party vendor IT systems; Excelled in learning the Hexawise tool, allowing me to become the point person on the team and manage 3 analysts - Developed test plans, test case suites, and Gherkin formatted test scripts for the testing of 10 APIs, leading to the client signing on for 200 more APIs to develop and test

Greater New York City Area

Spearheaded the efforts of large-scale digital transformation solutions utilizing both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. As part of a systems integration team, I strived to develop a cross-functional solution that streamlined all parts of the client's business (product management, customer experience and life cycle management, security) and deliver a high-quality cloud solution. Project Roles Included: - Solution Architect - Senior Business Analyst - Senior Testing Analyst - Defect ManagerTransformed my practice community as the CBDS Community Group Communications Chair, coordinating social events across our hub cities and helping with quarterly all-hands call.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supported the $1.5 billion, multi-year, digital transformation of a Fortune 500 company that impacted more than 5 million customers: - Wrote and tested more than 200 test cases to ensure proper system functionality - Managed the relationship between software vendors and fellow IBM test team members- Acted as a liaison between business resources and technical developers, communicating the business impacts of technical defects to stakeholders on the business side, and ensuring developers prioritized defects with accordance to the priority given by the business - Gathered and documented business requirements - Facilitated business process design workshops involving developers, business SMEs, and software vendorsProject Roles Included:- Testing Analyst- Business Process Analyst- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Analyst- Team Social Chair Served as the DC LEAD Communications Chair, a committee composed and maintained by first and second year employees. My role included developing a weekly newsletter sent out to over 500 employees in the Washington DC area with updates to the project climate and social events happening that month.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Implemented a cross-referencing list to enable more efficient ways of communication across departments and with donors.Researched original documents and extracted data, developing an excel sheet of appropriate uniform codes.

Bachelor’S Degree, Applied Mathematics

Activities and Societies: A Cappella Council, The William and Mary Choir, Gentlemen of the College, Diversity Peer Education Coordinator.

High School Diploma | Ib Diploma