Business Analyst
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Sr. Business Analyst at US Food Service
- Past
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- BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGER at Illinois Department of Human Services
- BUSINESS/SYSTEMS ANALYST at Northern Trust Bank
- Education
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- University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- University of the District of Columbia
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Clark Maxwell’s Summary
Business/Systems analyst with over 18+ years experience in all aspects of sofware development lifecycle, including business process design, analysis and reengineering; requirements gathering and management; software development; data analysis and modeling; software quality assurance; implementation planning and management and project management. Experienced with various development methodologies, tools and techniques including RUP, waterfall and V-Model; IBM Rational Suite, use case development and realization and UML.
Industry experience includes financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, CPG, municipal, telecommunications, sales/marketing
Clark Maxwell’s Specialties:
Business process modeling; application interface design and workflow; SDLC process implementation; mentoring and training of business analysts; feasibility studies; legacy system migration, project management.
Clark Maxwell’s Experience
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Sr. Business Analyst
US Food Service
(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
October 2007 — Present (10 months)
Project Manager responsible for full SDLC activities and deliverables, project and implementation planning for the pilot implementation of warehouse slotting optimization slogistical software to improve warehouse pick performance and increase labor management efficiency at USF distribution centers in CA and SC.
Duties include project scope definition and management; requirements gathering, analysis and documentation; workflow analysis, project coordination and management; coordination and leading of business rule and technical design sessions with business sponsors and technical teams; development of project plans using MS Project. -
BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGER
Illinois Department of Human Services
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry)
April 2007 — October 2007 (7 months)
Business process improvement, process flow analysis, modeling and diagramming.
Duties include conducting staff interviews for identification of opportunities for process improvement and automation, development and documentation of system requirements for the various functional groups within DHS, working with application development teams in incorporating functional and data management requirements into DHS systems, planning and management, and serving as technology advisor to the various DHS program divisions.
Developed and maintained business process modeling notation (BPMN) standards for flow charting, developed and maintained flow diagrams, using Visio, of all identified processes, created and maintained use cases, requirements and design documentation. Also organized and led JAD sessions for process improvement and optimization. -
BUSINESS/SYSTEMS ANALYST
Northern Trust Bank
(Public Company; Investment Banking industry)
July 2006 — April 2007 (10 months)
Requirements gathering, analysis, design and documentation of business processes and software requirements for upgrades for the bank’s investment and asset management systems, including asset allocation and trading systems and applications.
Conduct departmental staff interviews for requirements gathering and process flow documentation, development of SDLC deliverables - scope, high-level business requirements, process flow diagrams for process improvement, use cases, low-level requirements and test plan documentation; management of SDLC processes, including configuration, change, release and implementation management processes; creation of UML diagrams, using Visio for development of workflow, storyboards and process modeling; requirements management – including scope and traceability, project planning and methodology and implementation and enforcement of RUP best practices and quality assurance. Also responsible for test plan development, management of UAT phase.
Clark Maxwell’s Education
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University of Maryland Eastern Shore
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University of the District of Columbia
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Cook County Election Judge, 30th ward, 21st Precinct
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