Lead Consultant at Capgemini Financial Services

1. Tapas Biswas
Business Data Analyst
Contact: 908.510.0520 / 908.281.1096
18 Independence Dr.
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Email: tapasbiswas@comcast.net
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Tapas has 19+ years of IT experience as Business Data Analyst along with Quality Assurance and Project Management in
all types of Insurance arena (Property & Casualty, Auto, Health and Home) and in Capital Markets. He is specialized in
ETL/Data Warehousing, BI Reporting Tools and Web/Mobile applications with hands-on System testing.
HIGHLIGHTS:
 Elicits requirements using interviews, document
analysis, requirements workshops, competitive product
analysis, business process descriptions, storyboards,
Wire-frames, surveys, task and workflow analysis.
 Proficient in Data Analysis / Data mapping / Data
Validation / Data Dictionary / Data Integration / Metadata
management / Business Analysis / BI Reporting through
various Tools.
 Profound cognition in requirements gathering from the
Business users and Stakeholders to develop Business
Requirement document, Use Case and test case.
 Proven ability in data profiling among various external
legacy systems and the proposed Enterprise Data
Warehousing model for standardizing the data.
 Effectively communicates to the business customers
and the entire technical team to analyze existing
anomalies, if any, and recommends feasible solutions.
 Demonstrates leadership in managing large and
complex BA/QA engagements in multiple projects at the
same time within onsite/offshore team.
SUMMARY:
 Accumulates business requirements through interviews, and gets oriented with the current system. Prepares Business
case and Business requirement document (BRD) with the interaction of User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX).
Conducts JAD sessions with Developers, SMEs, QA team members and Business stakeholders.
 Translates business needs into Technical and functional requirements in a complete, correct manner to understand.
 Organizes and facilitates Agile and Scrum meetings that includes Sprint Planning and Review, Daily Stand-ups with a
team of business representatives, software developers, and testing team and create snapshots of project velocity.
 Support Business Requirements activities by providing end-to-end analysis of the entire system and takes onus with
respect of metadata management, data requirements, data flows, workflow context and user interface design.
 Creates and maintains Business Use cases and System Use cases, Use Case diagrams, Flow Diagrams, Business Flow
Diagrams, Activity diagrams, Sequence diagrams through VISIO tools.
 Expert in preparing of Test Strategy, Test Cases, UAT support and test execution of ETL tools, like, Informatica,
DataStage, Ab-Initio and BI Reporting applications, like, Business Objects, Cognos, Spotfire and SalesForce.com.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Languages: PL/SQL, XML, Java, ASP.NET, .Net Framework, C/C++, HTML, K-Shell, AWK, Perl
Databases: ORACLE 11g, DB2, SYBASE, MS SQL Server, SQL Anywhere, MS Access
Operating System: HP-UX, SOLARIS, Linux, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista/7/10
Applications: MS Project, Power Point, Excel, Visio, TOAD, EZ-SQL, SQL Developer, Guidewire
Data warehouse ETL Tools: Informatica, DataStage, Ab-Initio
Business IntelligenceTools: COGNOS 8.5, Business Objects, QlikView, Spotfire and SalesForce.com
Error Tracking Systems: JIRA, Mercury HP Quality Center, Team Track, Clarify Clear Quality, PVCS Tracker
Web Services: SoapUI 5.0.0
Automation Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional, Load Runner, WinRunner, Test Director and Clear Quest
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
ARCH INSURANCE GROUP JUNE 2016 – JANUARY 2017
Role: Business Data Analyst

2. Tapas Biswas
Business Data Analyst
Contact: 908.510.0520 / 908.281.1096
18 Independence Dr.
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Email: tapasbiswas@comcast.net
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Arch Insurance is a market-leading insurer in the US who provides a wide range of property, casualty and specialty insurance
for corporations, professional firms and financial institutions across the US that comprises with superior underwriters and its
claims services.
Accomplishments:
 Responsible in formulating Data Dictionary from the existing SQL Script through the process of reverse engineering,
managing integration with existing systems, including Data mapping, data feed analysis and data schema changes.
 Performed data mapping among various source systems, transformation of data to meet internal system requirements.
 Developed complex SQL queries for querying data against different databases for data verification process.
 Proactively communicated and collaborated with business owners and subject matter experts to analyze requirements
and delivered the most comprehensive Use Cases and Business Requirements Document.
 Analyzedthedata, understood thedata, standardizedthedata and documented thelineage of dataacross theEnterprise.
 Collaboratively exercised with developments team to ensure data specifications are understood and followed, supporting
Quality Assurance and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) during the design and implementation of major enhancements.
 Compiled detailed documentation for technical teams (Architect, Developers, QA) and facilitated project/enhancement
governance and prioritization.
 Involved in defining the sourcetotarget datamappings, Custom toStandardfield elements matchinganddata definitions.
 Implemented exclusive methods to reuse requirements across projects, maintaining a consistent terminology and data
governance process.
 Analyzed software anomalies, provided clear and concise defect reports through defect tracking practices based on
internal QA standards and process and periodically circulates among all the Project members and higher management.
Environment: MS SQL Server, Toad, XML, SoapUI, Informatica, HP Quality Center, Unix, .Net and Business Objects.
SUMMARY OF PRIOR ENGAGEMENTS:
CAPGEMINI FINANCIAL SERVICES USA INC. OCTOBER 2008 – APRIL 2016
Role: Lead Consultant – Business Analyst / QA
CLIENTS: HARTFORD INSURANCE, FARMERS INSURANCE, CIGNA INSURANCE, MORGAN STANLEY, MOODY’S INVESTORS SERV.
Project: Morgan Stanley - Mobile Research Application, New York City, NY
The Mobile Research application is an integrated equity system of Authoring, Publishing, Distribution Engine and Research
Link to be accessed by the users through iPad, iPhone and Android phones. Research documents are prepared by analysts
and are published using the authoring/publishing application. Publishing application places these documents in shared area
and research workflow engine picks them up for further processing and their distribution.
Accomplishments:
 Converted consumer insights into out of box ideas to enhance user experience (UX) and presented it to marketing team.
 Coordinated with the Business users, Project Managers and Development team to analyze the requirement and
generated comprehensive Use Case, Test Plan and test Case in an Agile environment.
 Conducted data validation and data mapping derived from MDM using SQL queries in MS SQL Server 2008 environment
Project: Moody’s Investors Service - One Ratings Platform (ORP), New York City, NY
ORP program is a multi-year initiative to implement an enterprise ratings platform for efficient, effective and standardized
ratings business processes to accelerate delivery of ratings products and services to the market, minimize risk, and offer the
flexibility to meet market, business and regulatory demands.
Accomplishments:
 Gathered business requirements from the client, translating them into use cases and functional specifications.

3. Tapas Biswas
Business Data Analyst
Contact: 908.510.0520 / 908.281.1096
18 Independence Dr.
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Email: tapasbiswas@comcast.net
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 Communicated to various business stakeholders and understand their vision and ensuring this achieved during the
project. Key tasks were performing ROI analysis, user experience analysis.
Environment: Oracle, Guidewire, Java, XML, SoapUI, Informatica, JIRA, Quality Center, Unix, Cognos 9.5, SalesForce.com
CEGEDIM DENDRITE (FORMERLY DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.) DECEMBER 1997 – JUNE 2008
Role: Group Lead – Business Analyst/QA
CLIENTS: DAIICHI SANKYO, BMS, SANOFI AVENTIS, SCHERING PLOUGH, ABBOTT LABORATORIES, JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Accomplishments:
 Formulated Use Case, User Stories and professionally maintained Sprint Backlog in an Agile environment.
 Developed ETL test scripts based on technical specifications/Data design documents and Source to Target mappings.
 Actively involved in requirements traceability information and tracked requirements status throughout project.
 Collaborated with business users to test applications and implement workaround to feature issues, works with the
business to recommend appropriate training, communication and scheduling as systems are deployed.
 Served as a subject matter expert and performs functions for urgent, high visibility, high profile, and strategic projects to
ensure accuracy and completeness while meeting challenging deadlines.
Environment: Oracle 9.0, Visual Basic, Eclipse, QlikView, SQL Navigator, XML, .Net, Sun Solaris, Ab Initio, Cognos 8.5.
EDUCATIONS:
Education: Master’s Degree in Economics and Statistics.
College: University of Burdwan, India.
Special Training:
Attended Oracle 7.3 Database Administration training.
ENDORSEMENT:
Available in LinkedIn.com, the link of which is: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tapasbiswas