Thomas Velazquez Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Responsible for communications between the business community and the Software Development area. Elicit and document business requirements which facilitate the development of complete, comprehensive software solutions. - create business requirements - interface with business users and programming staff - Project Management support - oversight of major.

• Served as the Project Manager and Business Systems Analyst responsible for ensuring that solutions being developed for external clients will meet the business and functional requirements within the time frame set by.
• Responsible for setting the project plan and coordinating the effort among the internal and external project teams.
• Gathered business system and functional requirements, including: business rules, data analysis, workflow analysis, and system… Show more
• Gathered business system and functional requirements, including: business rules, data analysis, workflow analysis, and system functionality.
• Developed and maintained Scope of Work documents, functional specifications and business requirements documentation.
• Identified and resolved issues, including issue tracking and escalation.

• Served as the Lead Systems Analyst in a PeopleSoft 8.3 HRMS implementation. This implementation occurred in conjunction with a PeopleSoft Financial and Supply Chain implementation.
• Instrumental in the design and set-up of the Benefits and Payroll module.
• Managed the conversion of HR data from the legacy system. Assisted in determining the on-going data clean-up activities.
• Responsibilities included creating detailed functional specifications for customizations and… Show more
• Responsibilities included creating detailed functional specifications for customizations and interfaces.
• Worked closely with the technology team in creating technical specifications. Show less

• Served as the Project Manager for Scholastic’s PeopleSoft HRIS system, utilizing the Benefits and Payroll modules.
• Managed a staff of 8 employees - 4 developers (worked closely with them to develop custom SQRs), 1 DBA, technical project manager (responsible for infrastructure), an HR functional analyst and a Payroll functional.
• Managed a staff of 8 employees - 4 developers (worked closely with them to develop custom SQRs), 1 DBA, technical project manager (responsible for infrastructure), an HR functional analyst and a Payroll functional.
• Responsibilities included project planning and management, serving as the business analyst to determine user and business requirements for each site, creating technical specifications, coordinating system/parallel.
• Streamlined and consolidated processes from legacy system to new enterprise system.
• Served on the HR Executive Committee and acted as the liaison between the Information Technology department and the user community. Show less

• Particapted as either a Project Manager or Business Systems Analyst in multiple SDLC engagements. Below is a sampling:For Olsten Temporary Services:
• Led implementation of PeopleSoft Payroll in conjunction with their Oracle Financialsinstallation. Also acted as lead analyst to determine business and reporting requirements.
• Defined data needs for their updated HR system based on PeopleSoft requirements.
• Managed the conversion for employee data from legacy HR… Show more Particapted as either a Project Manager or Business Systems Analyst in multiple SDLC engagements. Below is a sampling:For Olsten Temporary Services:
• Managed the conversion for employee data from legacy HR system.
• Outlined the data conversion strategy, choosing the conversion tool (SmartDB), testing and implementing the conversion of data.