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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax, Canada Area

• Lead and manage project team work in the following projects (among others):- Beanstore Point of Sale Upgrade, which included re-platforming the supporting IT architecture and re-design of all SAP interfaces- SAP ECC Technical Upgrade, which included the coordination of testing activities of more than 40 business user testers • Project work oversight which includes:- Identifying and coordinating integration points with other teams and with the business- Leading development of detailed functional and technical requirements- Leading development of solution assessments and solution design and specifications - Leading development and execution of functional and integration test plans and UAT - Leading the identification, implementation and documentation of current and future business processes- Coordinating project activities with our third party vendors- Leading pilot and cutover planning- Coordinating operationalization with the IT Operations support team • Responsible for performance appraisals, mentoring and recruiting of new personnel and other human resource activities required by the team.• Resource management assignment to projects

Halifax, Canada Area

• Business Analyst in a distributed team for a U.S. Fortune 500 financial institution. This involved acting as a liaison between the business users and the development team for requirement analysis, functional design document writing and test plan development for a release based Financial Reconciliation, Accounting and Reporting system.• Participated in a knowledge acquisition process as part of an outsourcing team for several sales supporting systems for a U.S. Fortune 500 manufacturing company. This process included information gathering, stakeholder interviews and documentation of systems and processes in Application Analysis Documents.• Provided production support, user support and develop enhancements using Websphere, Oracle, Unix, Crystal Reports and Visual C for a web-based Sales Promotions Allocation tool with around 3000 users, following a CMMi Methodology. This involved requirement gathering, requirements traceability documentation, analysis, technical design, construction, test plan development and execution, user acceptance support and implementation.• Provided production and user support, maintenance and enhancement development for an Annuity System (Beacon) and a Life Insurance System (Lifeforce) as part of an application outsourcing team for a Fortune 500 financial institution from the U.S using Powerbuilder, Visual C, PL/SQL and Unix Scripting following a CMMi methodology. • Acted as a build engineer for release based Powerbuilder applications.• Performed Team Lead functions as an associate team leader, which involved being the official backup of the Tem Leader in his absence, status reporting and executing the project emergency continuity plan.

Halifax, Canada Area

• Coordinated “Young Atlantic Canadian Entrepreneurs Trade Mission” to Mexico, which involved project scheduling, budgeting, fund-raising and marketing.• Presented at the first “Latin American Entrepreneurial Culture and Higher Education Seminar”, held in Venezuela in Nov 2001.• Supported pre-market entry activities for CEED’s Latin American operations.• Wrote project proposals to International Financial Institutions.

Venezuela

• Technical specialist/project staff/support consultant for a Unisys bank-client relationship management system (CRM/CTI)• Developed and internationalized application features to the Latin American market on a Powerbuilder, Visual C++, SQL Server and Windows NT platform.• Supported project implementation activities including applications/peripherals integration and database cleanse/replication. • Supported pre-sales activities including technical demonstrations and proposal validation.• Delivered and developed technical and end-user courses for customers and internal staff.• Coordinated and lead small development teams.• International project experience in Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Chile, Mexico, US and the Philippines.

Venezuela

• Performed operating systems post sales support activities including installation, troubleshooting and fine-tuning on RS6000 (AIX 4.1) and Sun (Solaris) platforms. • Assisted in the installation of one of the firsts High Availability Multiprocessing Clusters for the oil industry in Venezuela.• Delivered customer training in Basic Administration for Unix platforms (AIX and Solaris).

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Masters Certificate In Business Analysis

Computer Science, Computer Science