

Senior Business Analyst with military, Big 4, and Management Consulting experience. Self-starting, detail- oriented, critical thinker who can address business problems, needs, and opportunities consistent with strategies, business goals. Strong, patient collaborator and mentor. Major team roles in analyzing business processes within Project Management Offices and IT organizations. Architect, document, and deploy new or updated processes in major application environments ranging from desktops to IBM mainframes. Can design complex solutions across diverse enterprise architectures. Clearable, if security clearance needed.
• Provided critical Production Support to HNFS Production system
◦ Managed the Data Quality (DQ) team within Production Support . My DQ team stood up May 2024
◦ Initial backlog was 873 open problem tickets (plus new problem tickets as they came in) 0 Assigned problem tickets from ServiceNow Production Support queue to my DQ team
◦ When certain tickets required more extensive work, reassigned to relevant Scrum team . Generated a Jira Bug or Story ticket for each reassigned ServiceNow ticket
◦ Ensured that the ServiceNow ticket and Jira ticket cross-referenced each other 0 My team of 3 Developers skillfully processed over 80% of all incoming problem tickets . Fewer than 20% of all incoming tickets have had to be reassigned to a Scrum team Reduced our huge problem ticket backlog from 1,960 to 22 in only 6 months
◦ Amazing 98.88% ticket backlog reduction Initially, oldest problem ticket dated back to May 2021 / Currently, oldest is Oct 2024
• Key Business Analyst team member
◦ Ran daily stand-up meetings for my DQ team through Zoom Workplace
◦ Built an extensive, robust tracking spreadsheet to log existing backlog and all incoming tickets . Auto-assigns next team member in the rotation when a new ticket is added " Auto-performs statistical cross-checks when a ticket is marked as completed " Tracks completed tickets by team member daily
◦ Extensive statistics update instantly when ticket status changes
• Supported Phase I of transition from RRC Mainframe to LoneSTAR distributed system 0 RRC mainframe supports TX Oil & Gas licensing and permitting operations 0 LoneSTAR is an operational cloud-based distributed system 0 LoneSTAR will eventually completely replace mainframe operations
◦ During transition, mainframe and LoneSTAR mutually exchange data via workflows
◦ Once fully transitioned, RRC mainframe will be retired / decommissioned
• Provided critical Production Support to RRC LoneSTAR system 0 Monitored dedicated Production Support problem ticket inbox
◦ Created Azure DevOps work items based on problem ticket emails received from RRC
◦ Immediately notified originating RRC Business users as each ticket was created 0 Followed strictly enforced SLA protocol for ticket creation
◦ Elevated priority of certain types of issues to most critical level
◦ Most critical issues required specialized teams to analyze/correct/deploy fixes to Production
◦ Linked related work items to support both analysis and development efforts
◦ Developed SOP and support documents to baseline Production Support effort
• Key Business Analyst team member 0 Analyzed assigned RRC LoneSTAR Production Support problem tickets to identify root cause
◦ My team was the critical first touchpoint for resolving problem tickets
◦ Consulted with originating Business members whenever additional information was needed 0 Collaborated with Data Analysts when deeper analysis required viewing specific scenarios 0 Updated system documents and business rules as required
◦ Conducted concise, formal presentations of solutions to RRC Business team for approval
◦ When multiple alternatives available, presented them to Business with prioritized recommendations 0 Whenever possible, identified for Business when fixes could be expected to be implemented 0 Routed approved tickets to appropriate Development Team for resolution / implementation 0 Advised Application Developers to clarify any nuances with business rules
• Provided IT Support Services to high-level Metro Health stakeholders across multiple projects
• Disease Surveillance System to replace local Case Management system
◦ Comprehensive, cloud-based system fully integrated with external reporting systems
◦ Current system not integrated with State of Texas or CDC systems, forcing duplicate data entry
◦ Current, limited local system can only perform Case Management functions
◦ Crafted Request for Competitive Sealed Proposal (RFCSP) for new Disease Surveillance System . Diagrammed all As-Is / To-Be Visio workflows / system flows for inclusion in RFCSP
◦ Verified all workflows with Department heads for accuracy, completeness " Incorporated Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to track Business, Technical requirements " Added a User Persona Matrix to easily visualize Role-vs-Task identification . Built a comprehensive Table of Acronyms / Abbreviations to greatly aid understanding of terms . Violence Prevention Project to provide critically needed tools for case workers
◦ Gathered initial requirements for Violence Prevention (VP) Project 0 Interviewed Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to clearly identify requirements and terminology
◦ Built a User Persona Matrix to identify the tasks to performed for each of the VP roles 0 Prepared, submitted RTM to VP stakeholders for evaluation
• Analyzed/identified root causes of key pain points for Client Success (CS) reps during intake process 0 Goal: Resolve or mitigate delays in posting Clients' job orders
• Identified, tracked project steps using Jira, Confluence . Built Epics and User Stories to transform Discovery results into Requirements
• Recommended potential solutions to mitigate delays during Client job feed intake process
◦ Automate manual processes wherever possible to reduce human error, save time
◦ Provide Clients with access to automated XML error checking tools to further reduce errors
◦ Reduce instances where CS reps must access multiple systems to solve Client issues, requests
◦ Automate submission of Jira tickets for new job feeds after successful XML checks 0 Provide CS reps with helpful guidelines and documentation
• Designed phased approach to automate XML error checks internally, then externally to Clients 0 Collaborated with Research Engineers to determine best User Interface (U/I) design
◦ Centralized CS rep U/Is under Salesforce by leveraging SKUID data aggregation tool
◦ Provided CS reps access to XML error checking tools through secure REST APIs
• Participated in daily Zoom stand-up meetings with team of Business Analysts, Product Owner
• Collaborated with functional teams worldwide, including Ireland, Japan
• Presented Discovery findings to Indeed Executive Management to secure agreement on approach
. Broadly optimized Technical Assessment (TA) process Goal: Eventually reduce TA Onboarding process timeframe from ~6 months to a few weeks 0 Automated client TA Onboarding workstream wherever possible 0 Leveraged specialized third-party Financial Data Aggregators 0 Aggregated Financial data from multiple Data Providers (DPs) 0 Transmitted to Intuit in their standard Intuit Data exchange (IDX) format 0 Standardized DP Authorization flow to use secure OAuth2 API O Standardized Financial DP Data flow to use federal Financial Data exchange (FDX) API 0 Eliminated older, much less secure data collection methods
• Screen scraping
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) . Mapped datapoints of DP Contract Data List to IDX data elements Collaborated with Solutions Architects to determine how best to guide client DP Engagement Managers (EMs)
• Helped to ensure greater participation in Onboarding process Participated in twice-weekly Zoom stand-up meetings with client DPs
• o Educated EMs about technical process from a more understandable business perspective
• Negotiated deadlines for deliverables 0 Answered client DP questions 0 Identified, tracked, resolved client DP technical issues using Jira
• Key Customer Service Technology analyst assigned to vet requirements for Managed Payments . Supported eBay's in-house CRM solution, Active Desktop, the core tool for Customer Service Agents
• Assisted QA and Data Support Team by providing specific guidance to identify test samples
• Extensively used Jira to create user stories for system development and enhancements based on vetted requirements, refining detail as needed
◦ Added details such as API(s), enumerated values, datapoints, sort/filter criteria, release dates
◦ Identified or removed impediments, dependencies for a given user story . Worked with Business SMEs to understand requirement priorities, release timing, Sprint backlog
• Vetted critical technical details involving table/API deprecation for conversion to service calls
◦ Often involved connecting with several offshore teams to clarify datapoint or UX design details
• Phased approach created playbook and lessons learned for subsequent rollout phases Extreme attention to detail required to vet unique legal, financial, and business needs per country
◦ Considered import restrictions, currency conversions, taxes/accounting, invoicing, fees
◦ Vetted requirements to allow Customer Svc Agents to more intuitively follow money movement and ensured risk compliance with AML
• Participated in weekly Agile scoping videoconference that included Business SMEs, Developers
• Collaborated closely with User Experience (UX) Design team to build mock screens for user stories
Played guitar and sang as a member of a volunteer band that performed for elderly residents at several Assisted Living Facilities around the San Antonio, Texas area.