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Contract Senior Business Analyst
Rhyan Technologies, (Texas Education Agency)
10/2002 -
Present
eGrants - Contracted to participate on a software development team
to develop an enterprise grant application system, transforming the
Texas Education Agency's paper application process to a
web-based application
system. Tasked with documenting, analyzing,
and defining the user and system requirements and features that included
the use of a multi-server architecture, and the interfaces with
existing PeopleSoft Financials.
eGrants was designed using an external web portal including major
interfaces with the agency’s PeopleSoft financial system to provide
grant applicants the ability to submit grant applications, amend
applications, report expenditures, draw down payments, and report
performance. Functionality included the ability for TEA staff to create
and manage grant applications, assemble and publish grant application
packages, receive submitted applications, and manage, select, assigning
readers, submit scores, negotiate, and approve applications through
workflow, allow grantees to access awards, submit expenditure reports,
and draw down funds. This system later included an upgrade to ASP.NET.
ARMS -
Contracted to develop an enterprise asset tracking system in ASP.NET for
TEA to track hardware and software assets during the Department of
Information Resource’s statewide Data Consolidation.
FSP -
Contracted to mentor junior business analysts in TEA’s processes and
procedures. Charged with the placement of development standards and user
interface design.

Business Analyst
MMC Group,
(Texas Medicaid Healthcare Partnership)
08/2003 –
11/2003
Contracted to develop an online
provider enrollment application enabling Medicaid providers to prepare
enrollment applications electronically. Tasked with documenting business
and system requirements and designing an online Medicaid application.

Interim
Director of Business Operations
Orbital Technologies, Inc.
1999
-
2004
Serve as interim Director of Operations
of a startup manufacturing company that provides
orbital welding
service and detailed assembly and integration of gas and liquid delivery
manifolds and subassemblies to the Semiconductor, Pharmaceuticals,
Industrial, Foods/Beverages, and Chemical/Gas Manufacturing Industries.

Consultant (Senior Business Analyst)
SoCo Consulting, Inc.
1/2001 - 5/2002
Assisted clients in reducing cost and time expensed in production and
improving quality, flexibility, service levels, and the use of available
resources. Determined customer objectives, analyzed current processes,
developed cost-effective production and operational improvements, and
integrated information technology and human capital management to
improve performance and enable clients to focus on increasing sales and
profits.

Process Manager
Vectris Communications
10/2000 - 12/2000
Facilitated the development, coordination, documentation and training of
new processes, identified process gaps, and maintained process changes
to accommodate new product integration throughout the organization. Met
regularly with management at all levels to coordinate activities,
provide project status reports, recommend company-wide improvements, and
efficiency reviews of internal and external service delivery, order
management, provisioning, troubleshooting, and accounting processes in a
DSL telecom start-up organization.

Contract Business
Process Consultant (Project Manager)
Tivoli Systems – RHIMR
12/1999 - 10/2000
Gathered, defined, and documented user and system requirements,
maintained project schedule, designed, tested, and implemented a custom
SAP centralized disputes management module to track and assist accounts
receivable employees in reducing unpaid customer invoices and a
customized SAP credit management module to conduct new order credit
reviews and facilitate Tivoli’s entry into middle markets and lowering
overall risks. Developed test cases, root-cause analysis reports,
ensured proper placement of business controls, re-engineered business
processes, implemented performance measures, presented project
presentations to executive management, and performed a variety of ad hoc
project-management duties.

Autobond Acceptance Corporation
1995 - 2000
Vice President of Asset Recovery (Collection) Operations
(1999 - 2000)
Coordinated communications between loan service representatives and
insurance companies and structured the transfer of loan portfolios to
new servicing companies. Negotiated and administered contracts,
insurance policies, credit terms, credit criteria, and recovery fees for
the loan-deficiency program. Prepared and managed budget, forecasted
needed head count, and oversaw P&L responsibilities. Implemented and
monitored performance metrics and established feedback protocol to
ensure consistent two-way communication with all employees. Combined and
implemented due diligence audits with the Special Recovery Department to
include a cost benefit analysis to improve debt and risk management.
Special Recovery
Manager
(1997 - 1999)
Oversaw the recovery
and loss management of defaulted loans in a sub-prime portfolio of over
30,000 loans. Supervised a staff of insurance claims processors, outbound
collections and clerks;
prepared departmental budgets; and oversaw P&L responsibility. Audited
the underwriting process of defaulted loans to identify cause of
repossession and apprise management of underwriting errors. Conducted
regular due diligence audits to ensure loans were purchased according to
established credit criteria.
Assistant Manager,
Repossession Department
(1996 - 1997)
Hired and managed over 100 field agents and conducted field inspections
to monitor their performance. Coordinated transportation of automobiles
to auctions; coordinated liquidation of collateral using auctions and
reduced inventory efficiently and promptly; assigned and scheduled team
workload; and spearheaded a skip-tracing department to accelerate the
location of defaulted consumers. Created and
implemented the company's title guidelines in 40 states and started the
title department.
Insurance,
Bankruptcy, and Legal Coordinator
(1995 - 1996)
Centralized insurance and bankruptcy accounts, created the
policies and procedures for the new department, prepared and filed all
proof of claims and lift of stays, hired bonding agents, and coordinated
legal proceedings regarding sequestrations and deficiency judgments in
40 states.

Account Representative
Met
Life
1994 - 1995
Analyzed and managed customer's investments to provide the desired risk
exposure as it related to their goals, designed personalized investment
strategies,
presented
proposals for appropriate investment alternatives, and actively marketed
MetLife’s portfolio of products and services to maximize customers
investment return.

Assistant Collection Manager-Tax Examiner
Internal Revenue
Service
1985 - 1994
Supervised a staff
of customer service representatives in the inbound/outbound Collection
Division for the Automated Collection System (ACS) program.