1. Sunil Reddy
Business Analyst/Project Manager – Data Warehousing
The Bay Area, California
Mobile: (512) 689-1326
Email: YourBA@gmail.com
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Summary
A seasoned IT business professional with over twenty years of work experience in:
Business and Systems Analysis, Project Management, Marketing and Strategy.
▪ Adept in capturing the essence of a business from different stakeholder perspectives, and
deliver the system/product that meets business goals and objectives.
▪ Hands-on business analysis and project management experience – solid skills in the
management and delivery of project scope, schedule and budget, without sidestepping
customer satisfaction.
▪ Thorough knowledge of complete SDLC – Requirements Elicitation and Management,
Design, Development, Testing and Deployment – within the realm of project management
and strategic business analysis.
▪ Passionate about Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. Experience working on
data warehouse projects – BI reports, BI analysis and trends, market intelligence and data
analytics.
▪ Experienced in data analysis, writing SQL queries to query and analyze SQL databases.
▪ Excellent documentation skills – Proficient in documenting business and technical
requirements documents, test plans, management reports, project proposals and plans.
▪ Solid presentation and inter-personal communication skills. Can interface with ease, and
convince C-level executives, about business improvement recommendations and strategic
initiatives.
Professional Experience
University of California, Office of the President, Oakland, CA July 2015 – Present
Senior Systems Analyst – Data Warehousing
Currently implementing a new data warehouse based on star schema, and migrating the
historical and current graduate admissions data (GAD), from Sybase to DB2.
Accountable for the successful and timely implementation of GAD data mart.
Collaborated with business to finalize data validation rules and functional requirements.
Created detailed data mapping specifications for Stage, Base (normalized) and
Presentation (star schema) layers, by considering hundreds of business validation rules.
Validated hundreds of data elements without compromising data quality.
Performed rigorous data analysis to make sure the data is error free.
Environment: DB2, Sybase, Cognos, DataStage, DBVisualizer, MS Office
Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA January 2014 – July 2015
Business Systems Consultant – Data Warehousing
Worked as a Business Systems Consultant in C2T environment, in Enterprise Data and Analytics
division. Some of the projects we have implemented are: eLending Audit Data, Personal Loans
and Lines, Credit Card Mobile Application, WWW Browser Detection, Instant Pre-Qualification
Credit Card, Online Sales and Marketing Products, etc.
2. C2T is a customer-centric data warehouse comprised of a Data Source Layer, a Data Integration
Layer and a Data Application Layer. It integrates offline and online customer, account,
transaction and channel data, to support insight driven marketing and decision analytics.
Executed multiple projects simultaneously, in a fast-paced environment.
Successfully implemented several projects involving extensive data querying & analysis.
Worked as a critical liaison between the business stakeholders and ETL team to make
sure the projects are successfully executed, to the satisfaction of the business users.
Actively elicited requirements from the business, and translate them into system
requirements.
Performed extensive ‘deep-dive’ data analysis, feasibility studies and documented the
requirements for the development team to create system solutions.
Performed SQL queries, validated and verified data, assisted in SIT and UAT (testing).
Applications: Teradata, MicroStrategy, Ab Initio, MS SharePoint, MS Office, MS Visio
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Austin, TX February 2012 to December 2013
Project Manager and Lead Business Analyst
Worked as a lead Business Analyst on the nation’s first titling web portal called webDEALER –
eTitles. Responsible for the definition, management, and delivery of requirements and
interface design.
Simultaneously worked as a PM and a BA to upgrade an intricate commercial motor carrier web
application, that generates over $120 million in annual revenue.
Conducted all business analysis activities – Scope definition and management,
requirements elicitation, brainstorming and JAD sessions, to avoid gaps in requirements.
Was accountable for managing Scope, Schedule and Budget, and customer satisfaction.
Written Project Proposal, Project Plan, Project Charter and Business Analysis deliverables.
Conducted (business) process impact analysis, using “As-Is/To-Be Process
Decomposition” method, and recommend changes to business processes.
Implemented a hybrid methodology, using Agile/Scrum with RUP, to enhance customer
satisfaction and cut-down time to production.
Facilitated and led JAD sessions, focus groups and user interviews to elicit requirements.
Determined, defined, described, validated and documented various business processes.
Developed feasibility processes to determine technical and operational viability.
Work as a liaison between cross-functional areas and vendors to ensure functional and
non-functional business requirements are implemented successfully.
Accenture/ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK November 2011 to January 2012
Business Analyst (OCM)
Worked with Accenture on Systems Separation and Transition project, to help ConocoPhillips
reposition into two independent public companies.
Assisted with Systems Separation and Transition teams (188 Project Managers and 1,100
systems) to help ConocoPhillips divest successfully into ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams, IT and Organizational Change Management to
validate all the processes are successfully duplicated and streamlined.
Performed Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Operations Readiness Assessment (ORA),
to make sure the company will be ready for “Day One”.
The State of Texas, Austin, TX (October 2010 to October 2011)
Business Analyst/Project Manager
Texas Department of Public Safety, and Dept. of Family and Protective Services
3. Analyzed Facebook and Twitter APIs to elicit Facebook and Twitter query requirements.
Undertook both PM and BA responsibilities to implement back-logged requirements.
Identified, corrected and managed conflicting issues between IT and Business teams.
Performed detailed requirements analysis related to the elicitation, prioritization and
management of over three hundred upgrade enhancements.
Created test plan and facilitated User Acceptance Testing, for business users.
Boltzmann Consulting (May 2008 to August 2010)
Business Analyst – Data Warehousing
Clients: AIG (Chartis Insurance), New York University, United Health Group
Analyzed portfolio management BI reports for Financial Institutions Practice of AIG.
Created a detailed Business Requirements Document (BRD) enumerating all the data
acquisition, reporting and security requirements.
Created prototype reports and developed a Reporting Requirements document.
Developed data sheets with detailed definitions of data elements
Developed data validation and verification rules for data feeds from international regions.
Created Process Flow Diagrams and Data Flow Diagrams for business and IT teams.
Worked closely with cross-functional team of developers, designers and QA team.
Worked at NYU, on a BI initiative, to streamline dashboard and management reports.
Provided detailed documentation for the creation of various BI reports.
Elicited and analyzed business requirements for Salesforce.com CRM application.
Assisted business stakeholders in conducting UAT of Salesforce application.
Helped implemented a web-based application at United Health Group.
Incorporated Agile/Scrum process in RUP methodology.
Applications: Oracle OBIEE, Cognos, Informatica, MS Office, Visio
Boltzmann Consulting, Iselin, NJ
Project Manager and Head of Marketing & Strategy (May 2002 to Mar 2008)
Successfully established a BI Consultancy, and built it from zero to $5.2M.
Guided, trained and mentored trainees and staff members, in following best practices.
Responsible for resource and budget planning in launching Business Intelligence projects.
Collaborated with offshore teams in India to successfully implement projects in the U.S.
Assisted HR departments in creating standards for “Request for Proposal” (RFPs).
Collaborated with Cognos, Informatica, Salesforce.com, SAS, HP, Oracle and Microsoft.
Aviana Global Technologies, San Francisco, CA (Jun 1998 to Apr 2002)
Business Analyst – Data Warehousing
Clients: Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, Farmers Insurance, City of Brea
Mapped current management processes to identify gaps and failure points.
Performed root-cause analyses and developed requirements that support business goals.
Have extensively used Salesforce.com CRM application.
EDUCATION
o MBA, University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg, MS
o Courses in MS in MIS, California State University, Fresno, CA
TRAINING
o Dale Carnegie Management Training Program
o Dale Carnegie Marketing and Sales Training Program
o Franklin Covey Time Management Training Program
4. o Anthony Robbins – Personal Power Training Program
MEMBERSHIPS
o International Institute of Business Analysis