SUMMARY:

• Business Analyst & IT professional with over five years of experience in Gathering, Analysis & Management of Requirements, Writing BRD and FRD, Business Reengineering, Business and Functional Analysis, Systems Analysis and Design, Use case analysis and design, user support, problem solving, and documentation.
• Good experience in understanding user requirement specifications and converting them into system requirements, Functional Specifications, design document and program specifications.
• Experience as JAD (Joint Application Development) Facilitator and Meetings Coordinator.
• Experience in using methodologies such as UML (Unified Modeling Language), Rational Unified Process (RUP), SDLC
• Knowledge in Business Process Identification and Re-engineering business processes.

• Knowledge in Manual and Automated Testing using Mercury interactive tools namely Win Runner and Test Director.
• Highly motivated, organized and results oriented. Ability of adapting to new and fast changing technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Operating Systems: Windows 2000, NT, XP,VISTA,UNIX, DOS
• Programming Languages: C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL,Foxpro
• Database Related Skills: Oracle,MS-Access, MS-SQL, ODBC,MS Outlook, Extra 32,Quickbooks
• Front Ends: Visual Basic, MS Access, Developer 2000
• Internet Tools: MS-Front Page
• Documentation Tools: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point
• Reporting Tools : Crystal Reports,MAS 500
• Packages: Adobe Photoshop, MS Project, MS Visio, Clear Case
• Methodologies: Unified Modeling language (UML), Rational Unified Process (RUP), Joint Application Development (JAD), SDLC,Agile

EDUCATION:

• Master\'s in Computer Management
• Bachelor\'s in Accounting

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Diploma in Software Systems
• Certificate Course in Computer Programming

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,NJ 09/07-04/09

Confidential,supplements with soluble fiber for IBS and diabetes management. I was involved in upgrading and developing online store website for consumers to directly purchase products from the manufacturer.

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and documented customer requirements, detailed functional design specifications and system documentation
• Identified/documented current business rules for projects and communicated project issues from IT or business perspective
• Conducted JAD sessions with SME’s (Subject Matter Experts).
• Created BRD
• Grouped the Use Cases and other diagrams into sequence and collaboration. Developed Use Case Diagrams, Object Diagrams. Created UML diagrams using MS Visio.
• Reviewed the Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) document with the Quality Assurance (QA) team and coordinate their efforts in the QA process
• Impact Analysis of the changes on the requirements from Business Requirements Document and prepare a supplementary document for the new requests and get both the business and development team to agree on the requirements.
• Involved in conducting JAD sessions with business and Developer units.
  Prepared a business Workflow model that covers "How" business processes are accomplished.
• Maintained timelines and project schedules, using MS Visio.
• Performed and co-coordinated the System testing, regression testing of various builds during integration, performance and User acceptance testing using Rational Test Suite Environment: Rational Rose, Clear Quest, SQL, MS-Visio, MS-Office, Oracle Financial Applications, Windows NT/2000

Confidential,NJ,USA 06/06-07/07
Business Analyst

Confidential,distributes various items over 450 stores in the USA.
Their suppliers are not only from the US but also from China & India. They distribute over 1000 different items.

Responsibilities:

• Gathered demands from the stakeholders
• Conducted JAD sessions with SME\'s
• Created BRD
• Developed a vision plan that defined the primary goals and objectives of the project
• Redesigned the whole warehouse
• Redesigned their day to day process for more productivity
• Used RUP methodology
• Developed a proper system for inventory control, delivery and payment scheduling
• Developed plan to optimize truck routes
• Reported status to project management and stakeholders on a weekly basis
• Used MS Project for status reporting and planning
• Trained all users
• Environment: MAS500,VB, Oracle, Crystal Reports, Windows XP,MS word, Excel, Power Point,MS Project

Confidential,India 05/01-05/03

Developer and Business Analyst

Confidential,was the first Indian Company to introduce a comprehensive software solution product for the aviation industry, "AIMS" (Aircraft Inventory and Maintenance System), that has totally captured the Indian markets. SHRO Informatics is a specialist in supplying software, data and services to the Aviation industries in India and is slowly planning to expand to many other parts of the world like Sri Lanka, Australia, United States, Middle East and Canada.
I was involved as a business analyst and as a developer.
Responsibilities:

• Conducted JAD sessions with Subject Matter Experts to domain level information
• Developed a vision plan that defined the primary goals and objectives of the project
• Designed and coded database for payroll and inventory control
• Tested the database for bugs
• Debugged database and made changes as and where required
• Modified database according to customer requirements
• Environment: HTML, VB 6, Oracle, UML, Windows 2000,MS Office, MS Visio, MS Access, Crystal Reports.

Confidential,- India 04/00-05/01

Developer and Business Analyst

Confidential,a company in the Tata Group operates in the field of Automotive Industry providing Engineering and Design (E&D) solutions. Tata Technologies Limited has its corporate Head quarters at the InfoTech Park in Hinjawadi outside Pune, the automobile hub of India. The company operates in USA and Europe through its wholly owned subsidiaries in Detroit, Denver and London respectively. It also has a presence in Thailand.
I was involved in designing the whole human resource database system. My main role was to handle the recruiting module of the whole system.

Responsibilities:

• Designed complete Human Resource Management (Recruiting) Database System
• Conducted JAD sessions with the HR recruiting team
• Developed a vision plan that defined the primary goals and objectives of the project
• Used DFD (Data Flow Diagram) to show the flow of data
• System was designed to sort resumes according to position requirements
• System tracked employee performance and was used as a vital tool for recommendations for promotions
• System demonstrated HR data with GUI (Graphical User Interface) and generated reports
• Used SDLC methodology
• Environment: Used Active-X Control tools to enhance performance of system

tools used were Oracle 8i, PL SQL, COM and VB 6.0