Maryam Plavinsky
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Systems Analyst
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Collaborated with subject matter experts from various UCSD departments (Extension, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy and School of Engineering) to gather and document the current state business processes
- Performed business process mapping in Promapp application for the following areas: manage student access, update student information, request and process official documents, verify student history, track and report F1/J1 visa status, update student record and disburse grants
- Documented opportunities for improvement to optimize the business processes for the new SIS system
- Created business templates and guidelines to help establish the business analysis framework for the Continuous Improvement initiative.
Business Systems Analyst
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Prepared business documentations such as use cases (student provisioning and de-provisioning), the Software Requirements Specification for EIM Phase I (Student Identity and Provisioning) and associated mockups
- Performed analysis on student data in Cognos to deliver business requirements documentation
- Collaborated with the project team on gathering and prioritizing functional business requirements
- Collaborated with the Quality Assurance (QA) leads on reviewing business requirements and use cases
- Identified, documented and addressed project risks/issues with the project team.
Business Analyst
Ascella Technology Inc.
05.2017 - 12.2019
- Provided business requirements elicitation and definition, systems analysis/design, testing and technical documentation for Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) applications such as Registrant Tracking System (RTS) and Rule 19d-1 Filing System
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to gather requirements needed to implement functionality for Municipal Advisers in RTS
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to develop Rule 19d-1 Filing System requirements documentation needed to implement new reports in MicroStrategy
- Collaborated with OCIE Branch Chief and project managers on gathering requirements for ProTrac system used to effectively track projects; facilitated UAT and defect review sessions with business stakeholders and developers within OIT (Office of Information Technology).
Functional Analyst
Elevate Technology Solutions
07.2015 - 05.2017
- Developed requirements specification document for the National Exam Analytics Tool Anti-Money Laundering project; participated in the project award process with Office of Acquisitions and Office of Information Technology
- Worked with stakeholders from Office of Clearance and Settlement to develop implementation use cases for Transfer Agent System Redesign project
- Collaborated with SEC Senior IT Portfolio Manager to prepare the Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) Technology Portfolio Monthly and Quarterly reports
- Created Standard Operational Procedure for OCIE Technology Portfolio Monthly and Quarterly report creation
- Utilized SharePoint site to track all OCIE initiatives, project progress, funding and status
- Produced FY17 high level requirements for Registrant Tracking System and Exam Feedback System
- Performed testing for the Registrant Tracking System and Tracking and Reporting Examination National Documentation System.
Business Analyst and Scrum Master
Barquin International
09.2013 - 07.2015
- Managed development process and releases of various NIFA/USDA applications that included Leadership Management Dashboard, Plan of Work, Enterprise Search, REEport (Research Education, and Extension Project Online Reporting Tool) and REEIS (Research, Education and Economics Information System) using agile techniques
- Worked with stakeholders and development team to develop requirements; facilitated scrum meetings including sprint planning and daily stand-ups
- Developed test cases and conducted manual testing for NIFA web-based applications
- Brainstormed with technical lead and project manager to determine feasibility and improvements to existing applications
- Provided support to product owners, developers, software engineers and supporting specialists on product issues.
Jr. Business Analyst
University of California, Merced
05.2009 - 05.2013
- Performed requirements analysis by identifying and communicating gaps between business requirements and technical capabilities; helped improve user experience for the Kolligian Library Worldshare Management Web Based system, including cataloging, acquiring and maintaining library records and materials.
Education
Bachelors of Arts, Sociology -
University of California, Merced (UCM)
Skills
- JIRA
- MS Project
- SharePoint
- Lucidchart
- Cognos
- Promapp
- Visio
- Toad for Oracle
- Toad for My SQL
- Sybase Central
- Balsamiq Mockups
- HP ALM
- Team Collaboration in Confluence
- MS Office
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP), 10/2023
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, 02/2020
Expertise Highlights
- Advanced knowledge of process analysis, systems analysis, process architectures and systems analysis methodologies and practices including traditional waterfall and agile.
- Participated in requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation and validation processes by conducting interviews, analyzing and documenting requirements.
- Experience in requirement documentation standards, such as Use Case modeling, User Story creations and narrative description.
- Coordinated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with stakeholders.
- Skilled in producing IT Standard Operating Procedures, Use Cases, Test Cases, context-level data/workflow and User Interface (UI) diagrams (storyboards).
- Experience in Quality Assurance processes, such as developing Test Plans, Test Cases and Reports for both manual and automated testing.
- Developed and maintained project documentations.
- Performed project tracking through project reports.
- Experience in outlining problems, opportunities and solutions for a business or enterprise need.
- Excellent communication, writing, organizational, analytical and technical skills to work effectively with project and technical teams.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.
Citizenship
US Citizen
Clearance
Public Trust Clearance (Inactive)
Timeline
Business Systems Analyst
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
01.2020 - 01.2021
Business Systems Analyst
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
01.2020 - 01.2021
Business Analyst
Ascella Technology Inc.
05.2017 - 12.2019
Functional Analyst
Elevate Technology Solutions
07.2015 - 05.2017
Business Analyst and Scrum Master
Barquin International
09.2013 - 07.2015
Jr. Business Analyst
University of California, Merced
05.2009 - 05.2013
Bachelors of Arts, Sociology -
University of California, Merced (UCM)
- Project Management Professional (PMP), 10/2023
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, 02/2020
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