Ashish Purohit

419-908-0364 Summary: MBA in Finance with more than 6+ years of IT experience in delivering various technology based solutions to meet business needs in Telecom, Banking, Investment and Insurance Industry 7 years of experience in Business analysis, System analysis, Design development and implementation of Business Applications. 2+ years of experience of Project management & Project Coordination. Expertise in Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology, Use Cases, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and Object Oriented Design Technologies. Software Development Life Cycle experiences include Requirement Analysis, detail design, data flow diagrams, data definition table, data modeling, system integration, and team building. Project management experience includes client management, customer interaction, scope definition, project planning, capacity planning, and change control, integration and release management Extensive experience in gathering business and application requirements, business processes, mapping processes, gap analysis, identifying risks, impact analysis, UML modeling, Sequence and Activity Diagrams using Rational Rose and Microsoft Visio. Active role in eliciting requirements from users by utilizing methods like Interviews, Requirement workshops, Joint Application Design (JAD) and Participatory Design. Extensive experience with Business Objects and Crystal Reports. Extensive experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/D) Experience in writing Use case documents and Software Requirements Specifications. Familiar with SOX Regulations, Anti money Laundering Act and, Patriot Act. Model the User Interface for creating user-friendly interfaces and creation of prototypes to review the proposed usability of the system. Ability to understand, analyze and design business processes and workflows with the objective of providing recommendations to implement best practices. Experience in Order Management Cycle. Experience in testing dynamic, database-driven applications with web interfaces Proven skill set in Business Process Enhancement. Experience in Budgeting, and financial planning for projects. Strong Experience in Developing Test Plans, build Test Conditions and Test Cases, creating test data, analyzing bugs, interacting with development team members to fix errors. Experience in designing test strategies, and test scripts and conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Extensive experience in the development, implementation and integration of strategies within a team oriented environment, utilizing quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook. Superior communication, interpersonal and organizational skills. Excellent Analytical, problem solving, and communication skills. Ability to work in a team and coordinate/resolve issues with team of developers and other stakeholders

Business Skills: Requirements Elicitation Business Modeling Use Case Modeling, Analysis and documentation Software Requirements Specification Storyboards and Flowcharts Test cases

Technical Skills: Requirements Management Tools: Rational RequisitePro Business Modeling Tools: Rational Rose, MS Visio, MS Excel Change Management Tools: Rational ClearQuest, Rational Clearcase Reporting Tools: Business Objects, Crystal Reports Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows 95/98/2k/NT/XP Databases: Oracle 7.x/8i/9i,SQL Server, DB2, TeraData SQL Assistant 6.1,TOAD Web Technologies: ASP.NET Languages: SQL, C, C++, Java Processes/Technologies: Rational Unified Process (RUP), Use Cases, Workflow

Education: MBA (Finance) University of Findlay, Ohio- USA Bachelor Degree (Commerce) - University of Bombay- India Experience: AT&T, IL Business Analyst /Requirements Lead AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company in the United States and worldwide. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T is recognized as the leading worldwide provider of IP-based communications services to businesses and the leading U.S. provider of wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. Project Description: The project involved working on establishing an end-to-end SLA performance third party software, project planning, software and hardware requirement analysis, user requirements study, data analysis and business analysis, designing of data mart, scheduling of jobs. Responsibilities: Lead the reporting requirements gathering initiative with the Service Source subject matter experts. Responsible for requirement resources (Currently 2) to document requirements. March 06-TillDate

Conducted JAD and Joint Requirements Planning (JRP) sessions as a facilitator to gather requirements from the business area and to discuss different critical success factors of the project like Operational Feasibility Analysis, Technical Feasibility Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis & etc. Worked in a team-oriented environment, supporting telecommunications business lines. Set-up weekly meetings with the project team members to track the project status. Created and maintained a project schedule using Gantt Charts in MS Project showing all of the deliverables target dates. Involved extensively in preparing the BRD and translating it to TRD documentation. Interacted with multiple source systems to understand the availability and data integrity. Worked in the AT&T adaptation of SDLC Framework, involved in iterations at each phase of the software life cycle. Provided and documented solutions to issues raised by users through analysis of SLA KPIs Conducted gap analysis for re-engineering, and upgrading the current system where ever necessary. Performed the responsibilities of a technology engagement manager responsible for the overall SDLC process crossing multiple technology organizations. Coordinated in gathering integration requirements between different modules and translated it in a proper manner to the developers accordingly for each production cycle by creating Traceability Matrix. Prepared the Interface Control Document (ICD) that consist of flow charts, sequence diagrams, use case diagrams & narratives. Defined change management process and developed change request record type. Involved actively with the Release management group to synchronize the various releases with baseline the requirements. Created status and progress reports on weekly basis. Analyzed data and created class diagrams and ER diagrams for designing databases. Identified standards for quality audits to facilitate comparisons. Collaborated with UAT testers in all stages with regard to test plans, test cases and test execution to balance project goals and business needs. Identified and tracked project issues/ risks and recommended solutions by providing business subject matter expertise in specific requirements. Extensively used Syncsort for sorting the data files prior to the data loading process.

Environment: Business Objects5.3, Oracle9.i, J2EE, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, SQL, Teradata.

Citibank, NY

Jan 2005 - March 2006

Business Analyst / Project Coordinator Citi Bank is a diversified financial services company that provides a broad range of banking, asset management, wealth management, and other services including student loans. It is one of the largest student loan provider and holder of student loans in the country. Project Description: The project was to create an automation system to deal with various processes associated with the student loan origination, data modeling, co-ordination with offshore

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Responsibilities: Closely interacted with designers and software developers to understand application functionality and navigational flow and keep them updated about Business users sentiments. Analyzed and prioritized key reports for day to day servicing needs for loan monitoring processing and Inspection Translated statement of work into business and system level requirements following the Rational Unified Process. Created Templates for internal usage and streamlining existing functions Organized and conducted extensive JAD sessions as a part of requirements gathering Produced the visual models for the application using Rational Rose to create use cases, state charts, sequence diagrams, deployment diagrams and activity diagrams. Performed risk analysis of the requirements to identify the key business risks areas for the project and prioritized the application development and testing. Assisted project manager in maintaining expectations within scope, including change request analysis / impact analysis and change control documentation using Clear Case Accumulated requirements from various Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) through surveys and interviews. Analyzed the requirements and transformed them into System Requirements and validated with technical and business teams. Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project life cycle. Performed task decomposition, delegated tasks and monitored project milestones using MS Project. Performed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Critical Path Analysis (CPM). Interface with managers, teams across departments to analyze data, reports, and product coverage. Created non-functional system requirements pertaining to data quality and system performance. Created budgets and estimates for the project. Created both high level use cases and detailed use cases to explain the systems interaction with the users. Developed Use Case Diagram, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams to depict process flows and presented the same to the targeted audience through PowerPoint presentations. Extensively used Business Objects for analyzing and generating reports. Used Rational RequisitePro to document all the Business and System Requirements. Hands on experience in Order Management Cycle. Worked on the collection and AR/AP side of it. Prepared and implemented test cases for system testing as well as for User Acceptance testing. Worked with Quality Assurance Team in the testing phase to check for quality criteria.

Environment: RUP, Rational Requisite Pro, Clear case, Clear Quest, UML, MS Project and Visio.

Wachovia Corp, NC Position: Business Analyst

August 2003-Dec 2004

Wachovia is a diversified financial services company that provides a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services. Project Description: The project entailed developing end-to-end solutions with all functionalities enhanced as per client specifications. Agents and clients wanted to execute a variety of transactions on the web, ranging from basic account opening and querying to placement of orders, redemptions and executing other transactions straight through. The solution enabled the client to track and profile the customers in order to deliver superior personalized service and stay ahead of competition. The end result was a completely prioritized, and user-friendly, real-time listing of mutual funds, equities, fixed income, portfolios, options, annuities, IPOs and other asset classes to be broadcast over the web and Bloomberg terminals. Responsibilities: Interfaced with the client as part of the Requirements Engineering team to finalize the project scope. Assisted in developing the Project Plan and managed changes to the scope of the project. Conducted user interviews, gathered Requirements, analyzed the Requirements and managed changes using Rational Suite. Conducted interviews with end-users to collect requirement and business process information. Developed business process models in RUP to document existing and future business processes. Performed extensive Requirement Analysis including data analysis and gap analysis. Designed and developed project document templates based on SDLC methodology. Participated in various stages of data and requirement analysis for project needs. Identified internal and external system requirements, design and configuration setup, also created User Documentation and conducted training classes. Developed business requirement specification documents. Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, OOD using UML. Documented and delivered Functional Specification Document to the project team. Participated in design sessions to develop high and low level design documents.

Assisted the PM in setting realistic project expectations and in evaluating the impact of changes on the project plans accordingly and conducted project related presentations. Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project life cycle. Performed task decomposition, delegated tasks and monitored project milestones using MS Project. Conducted walkthroughs with the end users and stakeholders to gather the modification requests from the user to upgrade or change the business specifications for the product.

Environment: UNIX, Windows NT/XP, ORACLE 8.0, Win Runner and Test Director, SQL, Oracle 8, MS Visio, MS Word, Rational Rose, Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, Rational RequisitePro

Progressive Corporation, Ohio

June 2002- July 2003

Business Analyst Progressive Corporation through its subsidiaries provides personal automobile insurance, and other specialty property-casualty insurance and related services in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Personal Lines, Commercial Auto, and Other-indemnity Project Description:

Worked on the builds and enhancements of Progressive's Internet applications for Special Lines. The Special Lines Internet applications allow customers to complete on-line insurance quotes and purchases for motorcycles and boats, and quotes-only for motor homes and travel trailers. Responsibilities: Performed the requirement analysis and documented the requirements Closely interacted with designers and software developers to understand application functionality and navigational flow and keep them updated about Business users sentiments. Analyzed system requirements, developed detailed Test plan & Test cases for testing the functionality, GUI and security testing. Developed business requirement document, functional specification by taking inputs from multiple sources Translated statement of work into business and system level requirements following the Rational Unified Process. Organized and conducted extensive JAD sessions as a part of requirements gathering

Produced the visual models for the application using Rational Rose to create use cases, state charts, sequence diagrams, deployment diagrams and activity diagrams. Performed risk analysis of the requirements to identify the key business risks areas for the project and prioritized the application development and testing. Facilitated the weekly meetings with the review teams to continuously improve the QA process for the application development. Used power point presentations for conduction walkthroughs with the stakeholders. Conducted walkthroughs with the end users and stakeholders to gather the modification requests from the user to upgrade or change the business specifications for the product. Followed a structured approach to organize requirements into logical groupings of essential business process, business rules, information needs and insured that critical requirements are not missed. Monitored and analyzed the development of cascading style sheets in HTML at front end Worked in tandem with internal and external users to define requirements and coordinated user management and developer expectations.

Environment: JSP, Oracle, HTML, XML, Rational Rose, MS Visio, RUP, MS Project, SQL, MS Access, MS Excel and MS Word Standard Chartered Bank, Bombay, India Project Coordinator Standard Chartered Bank is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in more than fifty countries. It operates a network of over 1,600 branches (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) and employs almost 56,000 people. Despite its British base it has few customers in the United Kingdom and 90% of its profits come from the Asia Pacific Region, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Project Description: The project was working on Credit Card Application Processing System. It demanded working on Data Entry, Quality Control (QC), Scoring, Policy and Contact Point Verification (CPV) and Letter Generation modules. Responsibilities: Gathered Business Requirements. Interacted with the Users, Designers and Developers, Project Manager and SMEs to get a better understanding of the Business Processes, and Analyzed and optimized the process. Prepared Business Requirement Document using MS Word and then converted business requirements into Functional Requirements Specifications and Technical Specifications. Created UML Diagrams including Use Cases Diagrams, Activity Diagrams/State Chart Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, using MS Visio. Assisted in selecting the technology for the application based on CostEffectiveness and Quality with an eye towards the future Prepared Functional and Behavioral documents that describe the detail design of the application June 2000- March 2002

Maintain and track the stakeholders requested enhancements and changes

Environment: MS Word. MS Visio, Visual Basic, MS Access, Microsoft Windows