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BusinessAnalyst
Open To Work

PETER N. THOMAS

Washington,DC

Work Preference

Job Search Status

Open to work
Desired start date: Immediately

Desired Job Title

Sr Business AnalystSr Business Analyst–Department of Commerce - International Trade AdministrationSr Business Analyst–North Carolina State Board of Elections

Work Type

Full TimeConsultingContract Work

Location Preference

RemoteHybrid
Open to relocation: No

Salary Range

$116000/yr - $200000/yr

Summary

A business IT professional with over 20 years of experience in business process re-engineering, building client relationships, and data analytics.

Experienced with leveraging data analysis to inform business decisions and optimize processes. Utilizes critical thinking to identify inefficiencies and recommend practical solutions. Track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and enhance operational performance.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Analyst

U.S. Marshals Service via Silosmashers
05.2023 - 01.2025
  • Create Power BI dashboard reports connecting directly US Marshals Service SharePoint list files to track budget item requests.
  • Create and document Prisoner Operations Division process steps and flow charts procedures.
  • Update US Marshals Service Intranet SharePoint sites and organizational charts.
  • Develop and update Power Apps tools used throughout the US Marshals Service.

Business Intelligence Analyst

XPO/RXO Logistics, Inc. via Randstad USA
05.2022 - 02.2023
  • Worked on the RXO IT Microsoft Collaboration team Help Desk support for SharePoint, Teams, Active Directory and O365 Tickets. Worked with RXO business unit land department leaders to help them modernize their existing SharePoint sites and automate workflows.
  • Created Project Tracking SharePoint sites and IT Collaboration Team skill set matrix. Also updated SharePoint KB articles for XPO/RXO Service Now.
  • Created Power automate tools to auto fill SharePoint site lists columns and help the development team with testing of migrated sites.

Sr Business Analyst

Techsur Solutions LLC
09.2021 - 02.2022
  • Improved the business proposal process by creating an index database of all images used in proposals and capturing the narratives for each RFP sub topic to be used to for similar RFP responses.
  • Developing and maintaining an understanding of the key business processes and policies and assisting business units with process improvements.

Sr Business Analyst–Department of Commerce - International Trade Administration

Milcorp
11.2018 - 04.2021
  • Improved the Microsoft Data Services Azure team customer satisfaction rating every year. Performed data analysis using RDMS and public data sets to query useful insights for business units, anticipate usage trends, and support decision-making.
  • Develop gap analysis to evaluate current product strategy, business processes and organizational goals. Broad understanding of capitol market risk.
  • Provided Project Management documentation for initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control, and closing for all phases of a project lifecycle.
  • Performed software analysis for a next generation data governance tool. Defined requirements and evaluated existing functionality to understand the current system and future needs. Created a weighted requirement matrix to use for researching and interviewing software vendors to determine the best data governance software for our needs.
  • Created system and software guides for Power BI users and trainers. Documented the new Concurrence SharePoint tracking system and provided process update notes.

Sr Business Analyst–North Carolina State Board of Elections

22nd Century Technologies Inc.
05.2018 - 11.2018
  • Work with client staff to gather, understand, and define business requirements for the state board of election system.
  • Develop user stories, to-be process flows, and Excel pivot table reports to support the design and development of the solution.
  • Performed system analysis functions that included testing and verifying solutions that fulfilled the business requirements.

Benefits Advisor

Aflac
08.2017 - 05.2018
  • Generate new business opportunities through company leads, networking, referrals, and calls.
  • Conduct meetings with employers to customize programs to meet their benefits needs.

Sr Business Process Analyst - Maryland State Board of Elections

ITNova, LLC
06.2014 - 11.2016
  • Designed business operations, voter processes, and identified issues on the new voting system replacement project for the Maryland State Board of Elections (SBE).
  • Wrote and analyzed SDLC IT documentation for each State of Maryland SDLC phase. Achieved state auditor approval for each phase. Documented and communicated all project risks to the senior executive team.

Sr Business Consultant – Administrative Office of the Federal Courts

GEMS Corp
03.2009 - 06.2013
  • Managed a $20M multifaceted SDLC business requirements project.
  • Evaluated every major process in all 92 federal courts using the SharePoint platform to organize and store project documents and communicate with the project teams.
  • Facilitated elicitation sessions with the Federal Chambers staff and Clerk’s office staff to document their current operational practices and requirements.

Education

B.S. - Business Administration

Loma Linda University
CA

Google Data Analyst Certification - undefined

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt - undefined

Wake Tech Community Collage
10.2018

Skills

  • Budget Planning
  • Project Management
  • Business Process Modeling
  • Business Requirements
  • Project Costing
  • SharePoint
  • Data Analyst
  • Change Management
  • Business Analytics
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Tableau
  • JIRA
  • SQL
  • Power BI
  • SDLC
  • Data Governance
  • Excel

Accomplishments

  • Reviewed, categorized, and updated, site data for over 6,000 XPO SharePoint sites to prepare for the XPO Company split to RXO. Sent targeted email surveys to site owners to determine which sites to migrate to RXO. Created Power BI dashboards to track migration responses. Achieved over 80% response rate in two months for over 3,000 site surveys.
  • Successfully used SharePoint, Excel, and Power BI to automate tracking of budget and actual project money spent each month. Also created a monthly Dashboard to track hours worked per department.

OTHER OCCUPATIONS

  • Co-Owner Dream Vacations Travel Franchise Mar-2013 to Present
  • Instructor for Mad Science Summer Camp and After-School Programs – Aug-2013 to Jul-2014

Timeline

Business Analyst

U.S. Marshals Service via Silosmashers
05.2023 - 01.2025

Business Intelligence Analyst

XPO/RXO Logistics, Inc. via Randstad USA
05.2022 - 02.2023

Sr Business Analyst

Techsur Solutions LLC
09.2021 - 02.2022

Sr Business Analyst–Department of Commerce - International Trade Administration

Milcorp
11.2018 - 04.2021

Sr Business Analyst–North Carolina State Board of Elections

22nd Century Technologies Inc.
05.2018 - 11.2018

Benefits Advisor

Aflac
08.2017 - 05.2018

Sr Business Process Analyst - Maryland State Board of Elections

ITNova, LLC
06.2014 - 11.2016

Sr Business Consultant – Administrative Office of the Federal Courts

GEMS Corp
03.2009 - 06.2013

B.S. - Business Administration

Loma Linda University

Google Data Analyst Certification - undefined

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt - undefined

Wake Tech Community Collage