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Spotsylvania, VAPosition: Position: Business Analyst
Location: Washington, DCOverall Summary: Trusted business analyst with software engineering and technical writing expertise. An industry veteran with 20 years of experience in systems development and modernization (technology refresh). I bridge the gaps and identify the costly blind spots between stakeholders, project managers, and development teams.Technical Skills: Business Analysis Proposal Writing Technical Writing Requirements Gathering & Analysis Business Process Gathering & Analysis Systems Documentation End to End Software Testing Critical Design Review Tableau SharePoint Use Cases Linux Microsoft SQL Server Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) Systems Analysis SDLC Processes Project Management Microsoft 365 Visio Oracle MySQL User Stories
Education: B.S. Electrical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA - 1986 B.S. Mathematics, Jackson State University, Jackson, MSRelevant Professional Experience:W.L. Reid & Associates/Self Employed Aug 2023 to May 2024 Wrote proposals for small businesses.OnPoint Technologies Inc, Washington, DC Oct 2010 to Jul 2023Technical Writer and Business Analyst Led documentation efforts to support multi-million-dollar systems within Washington, DC Government s Department of Employment Services (DOES), including Work Search Design Document, Non-Monetary Determination System (NMDS) Scheduler User Guide, District Online Compensation System (DOCS) User Guide and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment & Training Administration (ETA) Report Processing.
Collaborated with the management team and developed requirements documents for new system features following the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
Provided analysis and independent validation & verification (IV&V) services for the Washington DC Government s NMDS Scheduler. Analyzed system process flows to ensure that business requirements were adequately addressed in systems requirements before development. Generated systems documentation for undocumented legacy systems to support critical wholesale replacement and modernization efforts. Analyzed and tested web web-based graphical user interface (WEBS) developed to provide public access to the legacy unemployment benefits system.Apptis, Inc, Washington, DC Oct 2008 to May 2010Technical Writer and Business Analyst Developed business requirements for two prototype systems hosted on VMware and Amazon (AWS) for the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). Translated business requirements into technical requirements for the development team responsible for developing FEMA s Disaster Assistance Improvement Plan (DAIP) prototype system. Generated documentation that captures the system architecture for the prototype system. Gathered requirements to migrate FEMA s DAIP Program to a cloud computing environment. Conducted research resulting in a white paper detailing current cloud technology capability and applicability to current agency requirements.IPOptical LLC, Washington, DC Oct 2007 to Jul 2008Software Engineering Consultant Consulted with a start-up business, IPOptical, to develop a new line of fiber optic networking products, which consisted of multiple Single Board Computers (SBCs), an Element Manager, and a Route Server supporting the OC48/OC192 network ports. Developed a web-based GUI interface for the core router, providing alarms/status/statistics monitoring of all the embedded line cards within the router. I utilized the PHP server-side scripting language to interface with the APACHE web server. Designed, developed, and implemented MySQL database to store the latest alarms, status, and statistics data.
Developed UNIX applications to interface with the line cards using the NDDS middleware. Developed PERL scripts to manage the Personality Database residing on the Element Manager.Cambridge Business, LLC, Washington, DC Mar 2006 to Nov 2007Director, Software Engineering/Technical Writer Provided software engineering services to SATELLINK Technologies in their quest to develop a worldwide weather information system for private aviators known as the MERLIN Weather System. Developed software specifications and architecture for the MERLIN Weather System, which engaged in the distribution of weather and other critical real-time information to aviation and maritime users throughout the world. Led software development team utilizing SDLC processes to develop software applications to support the MERLIN Weather System tasked with providing worldwide weather information to private aviators. Provided enterprise analysis, requirements gathering, analysis & management, and translation to systems requirements. Also performed solution assessments and validation Performed regression/benchmark test scenarios used to test the software system in a simulated environment. Designed software to provide data disassembly, transmission, and reassembly. Served as the client s single point of contact and subject matter expert (SME) for software integration with hardware vendor s system.Vantage Trucking Solutions, Herndon, VA Jan 2005 to Feb 2006Software Development & Integration Consultant Provided software engineering services to the client for the development of an application running on the company s tracking unit. These units were utilized for tracking fleets of trucks operating throughout the United States via the ORBCOMM satellite network. Performed Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) on the system to verify the system requirements.Optelecom, Rockville, MD Sep 2003 to Jan 2004Software Development & Integration Consultant Served as primary software engineer for the Arie Encoder, which received video/audio inputs and transmitted MPEG2 compressed data. Developed the host software under the RTXC Real-Time Kernel and ran on the M68HC16Z1 Freescale processor, responsible for controlling and monitoring the programmable components on the encoder. These components included the KFIR chipset, video input processor, i2c multifrequency controller, as well as various FPGA (field programmable gate arrays) chips.ORBCOMM, Sterling, VA Apr 1998 to Jun 2003Software Development Consultant Provided software development services in support of Orbcomm s Ground Earth Station (GES) Group. Maintained major portions of the software associated with GES and in particular error-correcting software associated with the antenna control unit.Comsat Laboratories, Clarksburg, MD Sep 1997 to Apr 1998Software Development Consultant Primary software developer for the client s Video Products Group and was the developer for the client s MPEG Multiplexer DVM2001 product line. Developed enhancements for the control software to handle E3 inputs. These enhancements allowed the DVM2001 to be connected directly to a public switching network.
Development Team member for the design of the client s DVT2002 video encoder, which transmitted MPEG transport streams in 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 formats. Developed an embedded app used as a microcode loader for the i960 processor onboard the DVT2002 Video Encoder. I tested and integrated the video processor using the GNU debugging tools. |
