1. NADIA PRYADKO
SUMMARY An Information Technology Professional offering top performance capabilities and leadership in roles including
project management, business analysis,business requirements gathering, quality assurance testing,unit testing and user training. Has
a strong track record of collaborative teamwork and leadership as well as a demonstrated ability to learn new concepts and to
leverage new insights to deliver high performance in complex and dynamic work environments.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Senior Consultant, CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., New York, NY 12/2006 - Present
Highlights:
Requirement gathering, requirement analysis and preparation of business specification documents
Conducting usertraining and creating software guides and documentation
Writing and executing Test Plans, Test Cases and developing and maintaining Test Scripts
Tracking project progress and reporting to all stakeholders
Favorite Projects and Responsibilities:
- Led four (out of seven) key modules at the NYCDCC Benefits Fund in theimplementation of new softwarefor benefits administration
o Role encompassed Project lead, Business Analyst duties and Functional testing
o Communicated user requirements to the softwarevendor, guided User Acceptance testing, tested software, wrote incident
reports, created softwaredocumentation to supplement vendor-provided documents and conducted user training sessions
o Identified and resolved in excess of 1,400 incidents
o Worked closely with the client and provided regular updates on the progress to all stakeholders
o In addition, a Hollow Metalfund that shares office spaceand resources with the NYCDCC Benefits Fund approached the same
vendor for a softwareimplementation. Conducted interviews and performed surveys to gather requirements for the Request for
Proposal, defining project goals, deliverables and scope
- Quality Assurance Analyst and later QA Team Lead for Conversion and Interfaces at Moody’s Corporation
o Led a QA testing group consisting of two local and two offshore QA Analysts. After theGo-Live, therole was expanded to
lead an Auto Withdrawal testing effort in addition to continuing to lead Interfaces team
o Analyzed functional documentation, including Dodd Frank requirements
o Worked closely with Business Analyst teamand Business Users to develop and document test case scenarios resulting in high
level of quality assurance for client system
o Identified, controlled and managed all daily test activities. Documented, tracked and provided feedback to management
o Personally wrote500+ test executions and 150+ defects to support teamdeadlines and provide high quality results
o Between the go-live and subsequent releases, including Dodd Frank, the CGI team logged and monitored 1000+ defects
through ClearQuest and worked closely with development team to confirm defect resolution to meet critical go-live deadline
Wide Area Networks Administrator, J.M. Huber Corp., Edison,NJ 1/2004 - 12/2006
Technology: Cisco routers, Checkpoint Firewall, Visual Networks CSU units, Cisco Airespace hardware, Lanalyzer, What’sUp,
Visual Networks, RSA SecurID Radius Authentication server, Checkpoint ISRA SecureClient, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5
server, McAfee VirusScan 8.0 client
Favorite Projects and Responsibilities:
- Research, setup, and support of theWireless Local Area Network implementation using Cisco Airespace hardware
- Maintained enterpriseWide Area Network infrastructure. Arranged and supervised setup of new locations on theWide Area Network,
including ordering circuit and equipment, updating documentation, and creating router configurations. Arranged and supervised circuit
capacity upgrades and circuit disconnects by coordinating vendor and business unit resources
- Provided guidance to business sectors in deploying new software solutions that may impact the Wide Area Network performance, including
guidance in vendor selection, application testing and performance analysis, time-line management, and deployment strategy

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- Provided maintenance and first-level troubleshooting for Checkpoint ISRA SecureClient and network connectivity by analyzing logs and
information from Cisco routers, Checkpoint Firewall, and proxy technology. Created and maintained Checkpoint Firewall and Funk RSA
accounts for the enterpriseVirtual Private Network solution
- Maintained Wide Area Network security at theenterprise level
o Assisted in implementing a new Internet access security architecture by configuring communication devices
o Provided guidance in PC security for theBusiness Sectors. Created notifications regarding current Microsoft Security Patches.
Participated in monthly meetings for the IT Security Community of Practice to address current security issues. Created and
maintained a Share Point website for the Business Sectors to share security-related information
o Facilitated user awareness of computer security issues with continued education. Prepared and presented Home PC Security
Lunch and Learn at theCorporateOffice
o Performed migration of the RSA SecurID Radius Authentication server onto a current version and hardware platform by
installing software and migrating existing database
o Acted as technical lead during the enterprise-wide deployment of the McAfeeePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 server and the McAfee
VirusScan 8.0 client, including server setup, policy configuration, and automatic VirusScan client distribution
Helpdesk Analyst, J.M. Huber Corp., Edison, NJ 11/2001 - 1/2004
Technology: Intuit Track-It! 6.0, Remedy AR System, Crystal Reports 9.0, Norton Ghost 2002, Ipswitch WhatsUp, Visual UpTime,
Windows 95/98/2000/XP, MS Office Suite 97/2000/XP, Novell Client, Novell GroupWise, Computer Associates E-Trust Antivirus,
Citrix Systems Client, Infonet DialXpressway, Corex CardScan, Palm Software, Pumatech Intellisync
Favorite Projects and Responsibilities:
- Assisted users in person, over the phone or via Microsoft RemoteAssistance with issues on laptop and desktop computers
- Trained helpdesk staff in first-level troubleshooting and monitoring of end-user computing, security patch tracking, Local and Wide Area
Networks outage tracking with vendor and sector IT helpdesks
Technology Manager, Agile Industries, New York, NY 8/2000 - 9/2001
Technology: Microsoft NT 4 server running Microsoft Exchange 5.5, Internet Information Server 4.0, and Veritas Backup Exec,
Windows 2000 and Mac OS 9 and OS X
Favorite Projects and Responsibilities:
- Managed Microsoft NT 4 server running Microsoft Exchange 5.5, Internet Information Server 4.0, and Veritas Backup Exec
- Created web server instances, managed domain users and backups
Data Management Analyst, Piscataway,NJ 3/1998 -8/2000
Technology: Microsoft Access,Statistical Analysis Software
Favorite Projects and Responsibilities:
- Developed purchase order and vendor tracking database in Microsoft Access
- Managed incoming data and wrote software to read into Statistical Analysis Software and standardizedata for analysis
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science 1/2000
Rutgers University, Douglass College, New Brunswick,NJ