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Mobile Development Manager
Orangetheory FitnessMobile Development Manager
Aug. 2020Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Agile Requirements
SR Technologies (SRT Group)Agile Requirements
Oct. 2018 - Oct. 2020
Sr. Applications Manager
World Fuel ServicesSr. Applications Manager
Sep. 2016 - Oct. 2017Doral
Sr. Requirements Manager
AT&TSr. Requirements Manager
Jan. 2010 - Sep. 2016Greater Atlanta AreaAs the Sr. Requirements Manager, my role is to actively work and collaborate with various stakeholders to understand their business requirements, and create new ways to store, maintain and communicate objectives to teams and functions KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: ▪ I actively wrote vision and functional designs for web application using agile methodology with sprints, daily stand-ups, and Rally software. ▪ Consistently conducted requirement review sessions to validate requirements with project stakeholders ▪ Provided implementation support by attending defect and UAT meetings and participating in pilot/launch activities ▪ Provided user stories to business and development to maximize delivery of value stories that would provide the greatest value regarding achieving the strategic objectives ▪ Participated in Agile software development scrums with weekly sprints ▪ Define and developed mobile and desktop beneficiaries for website, including wire-frames, validations. ▪ Managed go-live activities to ensure a successful migration to the production environment. ▪ Plan and develop feasibility study, requirements and risk analysis for stored procedures system and developed local, temporary, and extended stored procedures for authentication, sendmail, input validation, and business rule enforcement. ▪ Evaluate new functionality, tools, modules, version releases, and third-party applications and makes recommendation to management regarding their applicability and fitness into the overall enterprise system ▪ Actively act as the conduit between customers and the software developers, collaborates with clients and software developers to define a to-be process that is usable, well architected, and fit for purpose. ▪ Mapped data used to design develop and implement a Visual Basic front-end application with an SQL-backend to support the re- design of company website.
Sr. Production Analyst
AT&TSr. Production Analyst
Jul. 2005 - Jul. 2006Greater Atlanta AreaManaged day-to-day operations for building user manuals, creating a guide for production support activity, policies/procedures, documenting procedural development in Visio and Word. Led division specific migration projects in regards to data cleansing and error correction execution to ensure data integrity. Successfully navigated through various systems including Oracle 11i, Remedy, CATS, and Clarify to extract information, analyze the findings and troubleshoot to resolve open issues. Trained technical/non technical staff and oversaw company-wide user acceptance testing and implementation phases of Manugistics. Successfully navigated through Clarify to extract information. Supported Oracle 11i A/P and A/R transactions, assisted in data cleansing and error correction execution to ensure data integrity. End-to-End Project Manager Supervised teams of programmers, analysts, database administrators, and testers to ensure integration projects were implemented accurately and delivered within proposed timelines. Created detailed project plans to document and communicate project scope and constraints to executive level staff members. Directed the testing effort, managed system integration projects for billing system of multi-million dollar Telecommunications Company. Facilitated functional meetings to provide clarity on change orders and to gain alignment around key issues. Managed project teams ensuring project deadlines and budgets were met or exceeded, and served as SME/Subject Matter Expert for the testing aspects of assigned projects.
Business Analyst
Cingular WirelessBusiness Analyst
Jan. 2001 - Dec. 2003Requirement's
Project Manager/Analytical Lead
Arrow ElectronicsProject Manager/Analytical Lead
Sep. 2008 - Jun. 2010My responsibilities as the Project Manager of the firm was to direct a 15 member multi-disciplinary project team in the design, development and configuration of a $100 million Oracle based platform across eight divisions. KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: • Achieved a 40% savings in cycle time by integrating technology platform across finance, order management, and warehousing divisions. • Developed cost analysis and ROI to communicate benefit dimensions of proposed projects used at executive levels for funding and scope decisions. • Authored workflow diagrams and activity guides, detailing the IT methodology, engagements, standards, key initiatives, measures, and status reporting. • Utilized Six Sigma Methodologies to eliminate duplication between projects, achieve increased efficiency in project planning, resources, and budget forecasting of newly developed processes. • Documented functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications, testing, and product acceptance. • Led kick-off meetings with all developers and project stakeholders. Defined and presented the project, team members' roles, key deliverables, and communication processes. • Performed project feasibility and due diligence analysis, managed conceptual, logical, and physical architecture designs phases of project maturity.
Web Design Analyst/Business Testing Manager
AT&T formally BellsouthWeb Design Analyst/Business Testing Manager
Jul. 2006 - Apr. 2007Re-designed internal processes across 20 divisions for State of South Carolina; created a new enterprise-wide billing system and integrated IVR processes into self service offerings. Utilized SQL, and HTML codes combined with a GUI interface; significantly reduced cycle time for order processing from 8 to 5 days. Exceeded project deadline by 90 days; performed customer analysis and insight, consulted with functional areas, and oversaw project deliverables from concept to implementation. Analyzed computerized data collection system reports to identify root causes of system and component deficiencies and transformed functional requirements into system specifications. Conducted user acceptance testing, ensuring complete system functionality, hardware configuration and product delivery. Wrote business case, created user manuals and reference material for end users on features and navigation of portal applications.
Data Technical Analyst
Coca-ColaData Technical Analyst
Dec. 2004 - Jun. 2005Spearheaded a project between Coca-Cola &amp; Wal-Mart international facilities, utilized EDI format files to configure financial systems across 13 countries; path-breaking approach became a best-practices model that was adopted enterprise-wide. Performed walk-through analysis with business owners, developed innovative solutions and alternative methods to resolve complex coding requirements. Translated complex calculations and analysis of system features to non-technical audience through user friendly PowerPoint and Excel templates. Analyzed current software products inventory and developed requirements and assisted in the SDLC of new software implementation. Collaborated with Wal-Mart International Director and Business Development Manager in the formulation of opportunity based i/s initiatives designed to grow profitable volume and share of The Coco-Cola Company. Performed data extract, data scrubbing, and archiving for internal systems. Provided trend analysis and summation of data for executives within the division. Evolution Drinks, Inc.

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