[Jeffrey Davidson] Business & Process Analysis | Strategy Management | Speaker
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
[Jeffrey Davidson] Business & Process Analysis | Strategy Management | Speaker
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Jeffrey Davidson [jeffrey@davidson.net]
Senior Business Analyst for a wide variety of business software applications. Specialized in quickly developing comprehensive requirements for large software projects.
Introduced and led addition of requirements gathering and requirements management to SDLC methodology.
Experienced with strategic planning within a large corporate environment; including strategy plan development, communication, organizational alignment, and execution.
Provided the process training for passing CMM Level 5 audit(!). Developed control systems for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audit compliance.
Maintains a repository website with links to online resources for Business Analysts. Please review it at: http://www.squidoo.com/requirements_defined/
Business Analysis, Business Process Analysis, Product Management, Project Management, Gathering Requirements, Facilitation, Business Process Development, Employee Development and Mentoring, Facilitation, Public Speaking
Small Business and Management Consulting, Hiring, Training, Needs Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Organizational Development
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; UTI; Higher Education industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years)
Coordinating business analysis activities through direct & indirect staff, and ensuring staff has in-depth knowledge of the principles, theories, practices and techniques for managing the activities related to planning, managing and implementing business analysis.
Leading the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers to develop enterprise architecture requirements.
Facilitating the optimization of business unit performance by enhancing the alignment between business processes and information technology.
Assisting the enterprise in defining and implementing its business plan and goals to support the strategy and goals of the organization.
Educating senior business leaders on the IT strategy as well as educating senior IT leadership on the direction of the business.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — October 2006 (3 years 10 months)
Developing use cases, detailed software requirements, traceability, project documentation, test cases, and user documentation.
Instituting the procedures necessary to ensure business goals are captured and communicated before a project is started, along with the tools necessary to ensure the results delivered meet the business objectives.
Training and mentoring of client employees to document business requirements and ensure delivered products meet goals.
Working with "Fortune 100" and other clients including: Dell, Raytheon, eBay, Universal Technical Institute (UTI)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)
June 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 7 months)
Creating niche businesses to meet the needs of local communities.
PARTY BLOCKS: Company specilizing in providing engaging and entertaining activities for children.
LONE STAR GAMES: Retail outlet at Galleria ~ Dallas and Stonebriar Centre ~ Frisco, providing casino quality poker chips gaming supplies for the home player.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wholesale industry)
February 2000 — March 2003 (3 years 2 months)
Planned and directed strategic and tactical aspects of this sales company ($7-10M annual sales), focused on selling furniture and home accessories to qualified retail outlets of Bassett Furniture and Flexsteel. Extablished an outside sales organization with national footprint. Introduced an integrated accounting and CRM package, allowing multiple departments to be reengineered for effecient service to customers and clients. Improved cash flow and eliminated operational losses.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Furniture industry)
March 1999 — February 2000 (1 year)
This series of start-up companies encompassed a manufacturer of window treatments, and import/export company, and a company selling the window treatments directly to the consumer via direct marketing catalog.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
May 1995 — November 1998 (3 years 7 months)
Responsible for accounting, administration, facility maintenance, inventory control, and purchasing at the Chicago International Teleport (CIT). The teleport is a satelite uplink facility and was then responsible distribution of television and radio signals along with a majority of the paging industry.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)
October 1987 — December 1997 (10 years 3 months)
business analysis, consulting, software requirements, management training, public speaking, poker
IIBA, International Institute of Business Analysis,
Austin Product Marketing & Management (Austin PMM),
NSA/NT, National Speakers Association of North Texas,
PAST:, Park Forest (IL) Rotary Club, Rotary Club of Dallas Market Center, ASTD, Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Phi Omega, "Greater CIO Community"