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Senior Business Analyst | Project Lead

March 2000 - August 2001

IT/Data (Insurance, Government)

Functional lead in the implementation of a multi-module system utilized for state insurance regulation (COSMOS, Oracle, PowerBuilder).

Vertafore / Sircon

Okemos, MI, USA

Market-leading software and services company in the delivery of web-based specialty services to the insurance industry. Customers include hundreds of insurance companies, including a majority of the top one hundred carriers in the US, and thousands of agencies.

  • Continuous client interaction, issue resolution, information gathering, solutions development, product support.

  • Conversion of legacy data through client meetings and data analysis; define data conversion specifications.

  • Analyzed business processes and documented client requirements (business and system level).

  • Developed test scripts by consulting functional and technical specifications, reviewing software design documents, and performing systems analysis; conducted unit, regression, and load testing for client/server and web-based applications; coordinated and led group testing efforts; performed software testing for new functionality, bug fixes, and upgrades; ensured testing efforts accounted for desired system functionality, as well as each possible scenario (planned and unplanned).

  • Developed and maintained system and user documentation.

  • Trained system users remotely and at client sites.

  • Created dataflow and process-flow diagrams.

  • Independent and team-based system analysis and design, data modeling (SIRCON, Oracle, EA Server).

  • Developed and administered relational databases for conversion reporting and documentation creation and tracking (MS Access).

  • Interacted with development, QA, and client support teams to design, develop, test, and support system functionality.

  • Conducted organizational meetings to define business and system requirements; conducted gap analysis sessions.

  • Continuous associate training, development, and mentoring.

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