Business Systems Analyst

Posted on: 2007-07-14

Shifali Saini ________________________________________________________ 14508 Friendlywood RD Burtonsville, MD 20866 240-462-6222 [email protected] DEGREES Ryerson Polytechnic University Sept 1996 - May 1999 Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science University of Toronto Sept 1992 - May 1996 Bachelor of Science Degree Major Human Biology, Minor Sociology THESIS Ryerson Polytechnic University, Faculty of Computer Science Sept 1998 - May 1999 Simulate the de-icing facility at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport to analyze the number of de-icing positions required to handle the volume of traffic using GPSS/H language and PROOF software to animate the model. RECENT COURSES Website Development – Photoshop, FLASH, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver SECURITY CLEARANCES • International Traffic at Arms Regulations (ITAR) • Controlled Goods Registration Program (CGRP) • Enhanced Canadian Reliability Clearance WORK EXPERIENCE Corporate Business Systems Analyst II Dec 2006 - Present ValueOptions • Responsible to manage the analysis, design and implementation of various business and healthcare clinical applications • Assigned as Project Manager for Server Upgrade • Develop and control project plan and coordinate resources to accomplish project objectives • Monitor project status and provide periodic status reports • Evaluate requests for system enhancements with internal and external clients and provide timetables for completion • Coordinate and manage User Acceptance Testing with the end users for all changes made to the applications • Ability to communicate technical information in plain language to clients • Daily meetings with and reporting to the Director • Demonstrated experience with project management skills including the use of MS-Project • Excellent oral and written communication skills Airport Analyst Nov 2004 – Aug 2005 Arup Canada, Inc. • Involved with the simulation of airport models for Pearson International Airport, Durval International Airport, and JetBlue airlines. • Ability to produce simulation models using ARENA software and EXCEL. • Produced capacity demand analysis of passenger flow, baggage flow, and aircraft gating within airport arrival and departure systems. • Provided analysis of simulation results using Airport Manager. • Responsible for generating reports of analysis for clients, and presenting to seniors. Group Leader/Team Leader/Senior Simulation Developer April 2001- Oct 2004 Atlantis Systems International Managerial – Group Leader, Team Leader • Assigned to a Group-Leader acting position to manage a team of 20 aerospace engineers for the $30M F-18/A IMTS military simulation project. • Team Leader of six aerospace engineers for the Communication, Navigation and Multi-display systems. • Responsible for WBS (work breakdown structure) for all Communication systems. • Personally dealt with clients from Boeing, Royal Australian Air Force, and Canadian Air Force. • Involved with project management of project design phase execution. • Appointed abroad to work with client on the EH-101 simulator military helicopter project in England. • Provided status reports and projection details for project phases to senior management and clients • Initiated and conducted meetings with entire group to explain new company project methodologies. • Managed progress of entire group and project. • Responsible for WBS (work breakdown structure) for all Communication systems. • Ability to find design risk issues due to data deficiency or data inconsistency from clients, and communicated the impact on projects to clients and senior management. • Responsible for designing a marketing scheme to market new projects and the latest company simulator technology to clients worldwide. • Conducted meetings with all team members for technical concerns and progress updates. • Responsible for providing status of team progress, scheduling team on assigned tasks, and supplying management with accurate estimates of task completion. • Supervised simulation model designs of all team members. Senior Simulation Developer • Applied in-depth research of aircraft systems functionality to model various systems. Responsible for the simulation of the F-18/A: VOR/ILS System, Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT) System, Secure Speech System, Electronic Altimeter System, and Photographic System. • Awarded for exemplary performance of duty, and for meeting tight deadlines by President of Atlantis Systems International. • Produced and presented reports for all design phases: functional, preliminary and critical design phases specifying aircraft system’s functionality, simulation model, and provided details of model limitation and data risks. • Responsible for coding all simulation in C, developing test cases and testing all modules in each systems including free-play activity, and integrating system’s simulation with that of the entire aircraft. Information Systems Specialist January 2000 – April 2001 Federal Government of Canada (Statistics Canada), Ottawa ON • Involved in the project management and development of Canadian large scale survey applications using C.A.S.E.S. software on UNIX platform. • Responsible for meeting all specifications of design. • Ability to efficiently read, design, and point out flaws to clients and provide design alternatives. • Ability to demonstrate the completed product in front of all clients, including upper management. • Effective bilingual communication with French clients. • Met all deadlines with high quality work. Webmaster September 1999 – January 2000 Multisoft Solutions Inc. • Developed front and back end WebPages for clients using JavaScript and HMTL. • Produced and edited graphics and animations for WebPages using CorelDraw. COMPUTER SKILLS • Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, X-Windows, Unix • Programming languages: Microsoft Visual Basic, C, C++, Java, GPSS/H • Experience and extensive knowledge using Visio, Airport Manager, ARENA, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and website development OTHER SKILLS • Ability to work effectively on a team or individually • Ability to communicate effectively and present confidently in front of groups • Ability to learn new software instantly • Ability to speak French, Hindi, and Punjabi