Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Websites
Timeline
Generic

Chris Ferguson

Beaverton,OR

Summary

Detail-oriented Business Analyst with 16 years of experience conducting analysis and research to come up with solutions to common business problems. Polished in formulating business improvement strategies and overseeing new technology and system implementation. Commercially-aware professional with in-depth knowledge of computing systems and project management techniques.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

IT Business Analyst 3

JR Simplot Co.
Boise, ID, ID
04.2022 - Current
  • Analyzed existing systems and processes, identified gaps and recommended improvements.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define features, integrations and partnerships.
  • Generated standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial or economic data.
  • Conducted gap analysis between current state processes and desired future state processes.
  • Managed diverse projects for data capture, storage and forecast analysis.
  • Recommended improvements to existing or proposed systems to enhance solution functionality.
  • Researched industry trends and best practices related to business analytics tools and techniques.
  • Identified and analyzed user requirements, procedures and processes to develop optimization strategies.
  • Maintained or updated business intelligence tools, databases or dashboards.
  • Developed business process models to identify and document customer requirements.
  • Prepared cost and benefit analyses to support decision-making regarding potential solutions.
  • Designed use case scenarios to demonstrate how users interact with the system or application.

BI Data Reporting Specialist 2

Blue Cross of Idaho
Boise, ID
11.2020 - 03.2022
  • Created and designed business intelligence databases, spreadsheets or outputs.
  • Maintained library of model documents, templates or other reusable knowledge assets.
  • Provided training on the use of various reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel Pivot Tables.
  • Conducted requirements analysis for data reports, identified gaps in existing systems, and implemented solutions.
  • Collected business intelligence data from industry reports, public information or purchased sources.
  • Designed dashboards to provide actionable insights into business performance.
  • Generated ad-hoc queries using SQL to extract relevant information from databases or warehouses.
  • Defined product and file structure, establishing model libraries and preferences to improve dissemination of material.
  • Analyzed data from multiple sources to identify trends and insights.

Seed Production Research Agronomist 4

Syngenta Seeds
Nampa, ID
04.2011 - 12.2019
  • Led and assisted team to success with efficient and effective experimental design, trial creation. Identifying relevant research projects, determining seed/agricultural product entry lists, and making all necessary preparations to ensure all experiment had timely completion with results communications.
  • Organized and preserved quality of research activities assigned to contract staff. Team activities consisted of prioritizing tasks, assigning workloads, in addition to coordination of planting, data collection and harvest activities.
  • Collected high quality data to enter into databases from field or lab experiments in order to conduct impactful statistical analysis of data. Utilized Microsoft Excel, SQL, and SAS to create databases, pivot tables, and analyze data for statistical significance to prepare presentations/research reports for data customers and stakeholders.
  • Some examples of field agronomic and lab experiments included herbicide screening, field population studies, flowering characterization, chemical seed treatment safety, seed priming, seed germination/quality experiments and statistical root cause analyses.
  • Developed and executed greenhouse projects to characterize brassicas flowering traits to support program development into Small Seed Vegetable production space.
  • Refined and preserved effective communications with various functions within Syngenta; Research and Development, Biological Assessment, Seed Production, Parent Seed operations, and Quality Assurance teams.
  • Utilized project management skills in designing, executing, and analyzing data for large seeded vegetable trials evaluating field, germination lab, seed conditioning, and seed storage activities as desired by the business.
  • Implemented efficient project management skills to drive experiments to timely completion in order to implement multi-million-dollar cost saving recommendations to supply chain teams.
  • Supported and consummated the production research experiments for the North America Large Seeded Vegetable Inbred Characterization group with seed treating/ packeting, trial layout, planting, data collection, seed harvest and conditioning, and seed germination testing.

Assistant Research Scientist 3

Pybas Seeds
Santa Maria, CA
01.2009 - 04.2010
  • Monitored progress of experiments by collecting data from various sources.
  • Evaluated information and analyzed data to draw conclusions and present findings to scientific community and public.
  • Performed statistical analyses of experimental data using software packages such as SPSS or SAS.

Education

Master of Science - Data Analytics

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
10-2025

Bachelor of Science - Biology

CSU Stanislaus
Turlock, CA
06-2006

Skills

  • Forecasting and Planning
  • Technology Architecture Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Operations Analysis
  • Data Visualization
  • Research Project Design
  • Data Acquisition
  • Identifying Trends
  • Technical Reporting
  • Business Intelligence (BI)
  • Advanced Data Mining
  • Conducting Research
  • Proficient in Power BI and Tableau
  • Process Documentation
  • Data Mining
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Proficient in Visio and process mapping
  • Process Analysis
  • Process Improvement

Certification

  • CBAP : Certified Business Analyst Professional from IIBA, Expected May 2024
  • CBDA : Certificate in Business Data Analytics from IIBA, 2023 - Credential ID: 80094681
  • ECBA : Entry Certificate in Business Analysis from IIBA, 2023 - Credential ID: 66318756

Websites

Timeline

IT Business Analyst 3

JR Simplot Co.
04.2022 - Current

BI Data Reporting Specialist 2

Blue Cross of Idaho
11.2020 - 03.2022

Seed Production Research Agronomist 4

Syngenta Seeds
04.2011 - 12.2019

Assistant Research Scientist 3

Pybas Seeds
01.2009 - 04.2010

Master of Science - Data Analytics

Western Governors University

Bachelor of Science - Biology

CSU Stanislaus

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE
Chris Ferguson