Rick Newby
Benton,AR
Summary
Proven senior business analyst with over 9 years of entrepreneurial drive and strategic understanding embracing the customer centric focus necessary to solve the challenges of building a $1B business. Hard working fast learner has the skills warranted and willingness to jump in where needed to solve critical business problems. Accomplished track record of designing, building, and implementing agile end-to-end systems to grow business within a large organization. Experienced stakeholder demonstrating the ability to collaborate with other stakeholders and architects advocating for business needs.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Business Analyst
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
04.2020 - Current
- Strategic Partnership: Collaborate effectively with business and technology leaders to comprehend business challenges and objectives, utilizing a blend of people, process, and technology to drive solutions.
- Customer-Centric Approach: Develop a deep understanding of customer needs, empowering product owners and managers to lead a digital-first strategy.
- Strategic Execution: Convert divisional strategies into actionable plans, thriving in high-complexity and ambiguous scenarios of launching new systems and processes
- Innovative Problem-Solving: Possess an agile and innovative mindset to address critical business issues, willing to engage proactively where needed to drive towards building a $1 billon business
Lead Business Analyst
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
04.2017 - 04.2020
- Process Design and Analysis: Design, map, and analyze end-to-end processes across the organization, detailing system interactions, business workflows, and people dynamics.
- Scalable Process Implementation: Develop and deploy systems and platforms tailored for operational scale, ensuring adaptability and evolution over time.
- Advocacy and Insight: Advocate for business requirements, cultivating insights into the rationale behind technology and process choices.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and implement novel systems and processes.
Business Analyst
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
10.2014 - 04.2017
- Testing and Validation: Devise and implement comprehensive testing strategies to assess new processes and tools.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with stakeholders to gather feedback, ensuring solutions align with their needs.
- Enabler Alignment: Actively participate in planning and collaborate with Architects to comprehend and make decisions to best serve the end user.
- Agile Product Management: Display strong entrepreneurial enthusiasm for contributing to Agile Product Management development with a startup-like context within a larger organization.
Implementation Consultant
Doctors Office Systems
04.2006 - 10.2014
- Third-Party Implementation: Demonstrate proficiency in supporting third-party implementations and conducting rigorous testing.
- Communication Excellence: Exhibit exceptional communication and interpersonal skills as well as training and educating onsite and online to onboard clients and implement new systems.
- Project Management: Possess experience in project management and executing digital solution implementations.
- Business Operations Proficiency: Demonstrate a robust understanding of business operations, processes, and process mapping.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Fayetteville, AR05.2005
Skills
Product Ownership
Enhancement Prioritization
Full Stack Application Development
Business Requirements Analysis
Test Strategy and UAT Leadership
Strategic Release Planning
Atlassian JIRA Expertise
Agile and Scrum Methodologies
Salesforce Expertise
Sales and Marketing Support
Process Mapping and Modeling
Stakeholder Collaboration
Timeline
Senior Business Analyst
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
04.2020 - Current
Lead Business Analyst
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
04.2017 - 04.2020
Business Analyst
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
10.2014 - 04.2017
Implementation Consultant
Doctors Office Systems
04.2006 - 10.2014
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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