Business Analyst Resume
Alpharetta, GA
Summary
Expert leader of software development and implementation projects across the full development lifecycle, with a strong focus on ensuring successful cross-functional interfaces between Development and Customer requirement teams to consistently out-deliver expectations.
Proven track record acquiring and retaining multi-year customer relationships, including with global, Fortune 15 institutions.
Professional Experience
Confidential 2011-2012
Software solutions/ Business Analyst/ project manager (Atlanta, GA).
- Responsible for tailoring customer-specific solutions for TEOCO's North American service assurance customer base (>50 customers, ~$100M in revenue) with 97% satisfaction rate and nearly 100% repeat business.
- Led business development efforts for existing as well as potential new customers.
Confidential 2008-2011
Business Analyst/ Lead Customer Care (Alpharetta, GA).
- Managed on-site relationships with a Fortune 15 Telecom customer, driving a large-scale implementation effort of solutions in support of the customer's top 300 Enterprise accounts; as part of responsibilities:
- Led all software solution implementation efforts including new requirements, change orders and on the job training, significantly exceeding expectations by delivering 90% of bug fixes ahead of schedule.
- Drove customers' key account satisfaction to 96%, improving time to market by 80% on the service provisioning part.
Confidential 2000 - 2008
OSS Project - Engineering/ Business Analyst (Atlanta, GA).
- Relocated to Atlanta at the request of a Fortune 15 customer and TTI's CEO to ensure on-going customer satisfaction in a multi-year (>10 - on-going efforts) large scale implementation project; as part of efforts:
- Achieved >98% success rate in customer comprehensive User Acceptance Tests over five phases.
- Project managed scope and prioritization across work streams across customer and R&D teams.
- Oversaw system testing to ensure the delivered product meets all functional specifications.
Product Marketing - Pre-sales Team Leader (Petah Tikva, Israel).
- Led business development efforts across pre-sales demonstrations and proof of concept development, design, and implementation in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia.
- Secured long-term contracts with 5 new global telecom customers.
- Recognized by TTI's CEO as best employee (out of 600+ company-wide).
Product R&D - Business Analyst (Petah Tikva, Israel).
- Managed a cross-functional (process, design, implementation) team in charge of:
- Implementing TTI's Fulfillment Suite for telecommunications customers.
- Conducting internal and customer on-job training on TTI's products and the various technologies they support.
- Designing and testing new product development and enhancements prior to customer deployment.
- Promoted by VP of Marketing to lead TTI's pre-sale team.
Confidential 1997 - 2000
Wireless Operator - NOC Operator.
- Led network operations center shifts, managing multi-functional teams of field technicians and switch engineering to ensure continuous network operations and on-time delivery of upgrades to the network.
- Analyzed trends and monitored performance for system development and enhancement.
Confidential 1988-1996
Chef Petty Officer - communications equipment.
- Managed a team of 10 instructors training all IDF (active-duty + reserve) Communications Officers, including IDF's highest-ranking officer, the Chief of General Staff, across highly confidential microwave communications systems.
- Awarded Top Cadet Distinction in Core Communications Skills course (~50 participants); subsequently invited to join the highly selective Communications Training Core.
Technical Background
Platforms/OS: Windows, Netrac (TTI-Telecom), IDIS/Canopi (Amdocs), Sybase, Oracle
Software/Tools: Cramer: Inventory, Sync, Circuit builder, Activation, Work Flow.
Netrac (TTI): Fault Management, Performance Management, Service Management, Mediation, Inventory, Sync, WorkOrder, Activation.
MS Office - excellent knowledge
Agile/Scrum - good knowledge.
Protocols: LAN/WAN, TDM, SDH/SONET, FR, TCP/IP, ATM & ATM Networking, Ethernet, IP, VoIP, VPN, VLAN, Cellular 2.5G, 3G and LTE
Education & Credentials
1988 - 2012: Multiple courses in telecom technologies and OSS assurance and fulfillment applications.1996 - 1999: BA in Business Management at the College of Business Management in Rishon-Letziyon.
Main concentration in Information Systems and secondary concentration in Accounting.
Worked fulltime throughout undergraduate degree, teaching basic and advanced courses of Microsoft Office and Windows Software at a Technical College.
1989 - 1994: Teaching Certificate from Confidential.