Kerry Bowser
Industry,PA
Summary
Dedicated, results-driven and customer focused professional with an extensive and comprehensive background providing leadership on multiple platforms. Enthusiastic and adaptable with a partnership mentality and always looking to add value to the organization. Demonstrated strong listening skills and adept to continuously learning while effectively developing processes and procedures to accomplish tasks and enhance customer, employee, and business experiences. Seasoned collaborator experienced in meeting needs, improving processes and exceeding requirements in team environments. Diligent worker with strong communication and task prioritization skills.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
BUSINESS AND DATA ANALYST
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
12.2019 - Current
- Installed wi-fi enabled door locks on dormitory doors at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University
- Erect scaffold for a work outage at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant
- Passed rigorous Department of Homeland Security and FBI clearances.
10.2023 - 03.2024
- Erect, modify, and dismantle scaffold utilizing the AT-PAC scaffold system
- Filled out the Start Cards and Dropped Objects sheets that identified job risks and ways to mitigate them.
05.2022 - 07.2022
- People Based Safety (PBS) – Observe workers in the field for positive and negative safety matters and enter data into Power BI to produce analytics
- Lead the morning team meeting and keep the team informed to site changes as they are to occur.
12.2019 - 05.2022
- Erect, modify, and dismantle scaffold utilizing the AT-PAC scaffold system
- Filled out the Start Cards and Dropped Objects sheets that identified job risks and ways to mitigate them.
Specialist Business Analysis Consultant/Production Support
BNY Mellon
10.2015 - 01.2019
- Investigated and solved complex technical and business issues utilizing the Oracle database, SQL coding, Excel, and Pivot Tables
- Served as Program Manager leading root cause analysis on Priority 1 and Priority 2 technical incidents
- Served as business and data analyst on major Waterfall/Agile/Scrum projects utilizing JIRA and SharePoint
- Monitored software development tasks/projects from analysis/requirement gathering to testing and deployment to maintenance of the requestor’s output
- Wrote the Business Functional Specification document for part of the major MiFID II European regulation project
- Utilizing SQL, Excel, Google, and acquired business knowledge, reduced the time to answer internal/external client questions and resolve issues by 50%
- Identified the need for improvement in the SDLC process and created procedures to facilitate the transition from software development to production support
- If an issue arose from the implementation of the new code, research time was reduced by 40%
- Identified the need for checks and balances on the daily revenue report before disseminating as incorrect data would make for an incorrect report and result in rework and a delay in publishing the report
- Completed business definitions for over 100 data elements two weeks before the deadline
- These definitions were used by the organization’s Data Governance group to normalize definitions across the entity
- Mentored new hires to the technology team by utilizing knowledge of the business and relationships within the business.
Research Analyst
National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA)
02.2015 - 06.2015
- Researched and wrote summaries for management on: Cyber related legislation bills in the U.S
- Congress and State of California; Cyber related articles of interest from Inside Cybersecurity; and Anti-Human Trafficking articles of interest to the business
- Effectively researched, investigated, and wrote reports for The United States Department of Homeland Security on suspected sellers and traffickers of counterfeit goods
- Met with a member of the U.S
- Congress to discuss how to better utilize the state of Pennsylvania and the NCFTA in the fight against cybercrimes
- Developed statistics and visualizations for the quarterly Board reports
- Obtained stringent FBI clearances.
Senior Business Analyst, Risk
BNY Mellon
03.2013 - 06.2014
- Managed and understood business and regulatory (Basel I, II, and III and Dodd Frank) needs in terms of existing data warehouse processes for reporting and audits (internal and SOX)
- Ran data validations for specific business lines and compared data month over month.
Senior Business/Marketing Analyst, Securities Finance
BNY Mellon
09.2004 - 03.2013
- Managed and enhanced the Revenue Estimate process by partnering with senior management, Traders, Sales, and utilizing extensive knowledge of Access, Excel, and Oracle.
Security Delivery Rep II
BNY Mellon
12.1998 - 09.2004
Education
Construction Supervision (A.A.) -
Community College of Allegheny County
Master of Public Management in Information Technology (MPM) - undefined
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PAMaster of Business Administration in Finance (MBA) - undefined
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PABachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance; Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting - undefined
Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PASkills
- Financial Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis
- Risk Management
- Process Improvement
- Critical Thinking
- Mentoring / Coaching
- Crisis Management
- Financial Modeling
- Corporate/Customer Relations
- Bloomberg Terminal
- Business Needs Analysis
Websites
Certification
Business Intelligence/Data Analysis, Penn State University, March 2020
Leadership Experience
- Coach/Mentor/Direct/Train co-workers and new hires as well as students from grade school to PhD candidates
- Relationship building with external clients and internal business lines.
Volunteer Experience
- University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business, Board Chair, 05/2013 – 05/2022, Strategy management class (Competitive Management Simulation) is the capstone course of the MBA program. Students form teams and "manage" a company manufacturing athletic footwear. Chaired a team of alumni who acted as board members providing guidance, feedback, and authorization for certain team requested moves.
- SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game 2018 Awards Ceremony, Keynote Speaker, 06/2018
Training
- Kepner Tregoe – Problem Solving/Root Cause Analysis
- Business Architecture Design
- Power & Influence
- Know Your Customer (KYC)/Customer Relations
- Business Analysis
- Process Analysis & Improvement
- Leading in a Lean Six Sigma Environment
- Analyzing and Documenting Business Processes
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt training
- Python coding courses via EDX and Coursera
Timeline
10.2023 - 03.2024
05.2022 - 07.2022
BUSINESS AND DATA ANALYST
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
12.2019 - Current
12.2019 - 05.2022
Specialist Business Analysis Consultant/Production Support
BNY Mellon
10.2015 - 01.2019
Research Analyst
National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA)
02.2015 - 06.2015
Senior Business Analyst, Risk
BNY Mellon
03.2013 - 06.2014
Senior Business/Marketing Analyst, Securities Finance
BNY Mellon
09.2004 - 03.2013
Security Delivery Rep II
BNY Mellon
12.1998 - 09.2004
Construction Supervision (A.A.) -
Community College of Allegheny County
Master of Public Management in Information Technology (MPM) - undefined
Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Business Administration in Finance (MBA) - undefined
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance; Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting - undefined
Robert Morris University
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