Niraj Shah

Niraj Shah

$50/hr
Project Management, Data Analytics reporting, QA and Testing
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
Age:
41 years old
Location:
Phanom Penh, N/A, Cambodia
Experience:
10 years
Objective Management consulting position which will require me to utilize my business school education and leverage my technical, analytical and project management skills to bring efficiencies to an organization. Experience Telecommunications Development Corporation, Washington DCJanuary 2012-September 2016 Acted as facilitator between client business teams and contractor development teams to manage end to end project deliverables. Controlled development and management of the Division of Specialized Education Early Intervention Program and Non Pubic Quickbase applications that serve the entire agency. Created off the shelf applications using an agile methodology. Created and updated weekly department wide analytics on expenditure projections based on historical figures to ensure alignment with current and future budget constraints. Automated business processes and team workflow tasks based on an Intuit Quickbase, Microsoft SharePoint, Tableau, and SQL Server infrastructure saving the agency an estimated $75,000 / month. Migrated external party controlled non-public expenditure report into an internal OSSE run report by following SDLC methodology and utilizing custom made SQL queries to pull data. Created off the shelf Visio business process flow charts with corresponding use case scenarios to finalize requirements from clients to tech teams. Manage collection and dissemination of Special Education datasets for reporting to State Superintendent, Federal Agencies and external parties. Advised Assistant Superintendent of Special Education on department wide strategic efforts, contractual overview, statement of work creation and budgeting. Southwest Airlines, Dallas TX (Telecommute)May 2013-September 2013 Created off the shelf applications to assist Southwest Technology team in allocating contractor / employee resources to appropriate corporate projects. Engineered and incorporated specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as Quickbase dashboards Automated daily Quickbase imports from Tivoli, Excel and ETL Graphs into specific Quickbase applications utilizing SQL Server and SQL Server Integration Scripts (SSIS) Aetea, Inc., Washington DCMarch 2011-January 2012 Developed custom optimized Intuit Quickbase applications for the United States Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) by working alongside the Office of the General Counsel and the Administrative Law Judges. Migrated entire department wide legacy ColdFusion technical reports into Intuit Quickbase environment to support updated FLRA specifications and technical requirements. Created custom business requirements for migrating legacy Oracle databases into a Quickbase environment by working alongside FLRA staff and facilitating information sessions. Business requirement documentation include report documentation, process flow diagrams, use case scenarios, and identifying database roles / personas; all in an agile SDLC atmosphere. Consulted regularly with FLRA Chairman to present and determine requirements, and provide assessments based on department goals and analytics Washington DC Public Schools, Washington DCFebruary 2009 – March 2011 Developed the Blackman-Jones v2 Intuit Quickbase application which increased DC Public School compliance levels from 42% to 90%, within one year, to meet court sanctioned Blackman-Jones Consent Decree guidelines. Created job aides and user reference manuals for thirty user roles in the Blackman-Jones v2 application in conjunction with providing on-going user support to over 300 employees at the DC Public School central office. Generated custom Quickbase reports detailing monthly fluctuations in DC Public Schools compliance levels for monthly working sessions with Chancellor Michelle Rhee and DCPS Executives on progress against Blackman-Jones Consent Decree. Led requirements gathering efforts for a 5 member business analyst project team in developing system-wide user interface compositions, annotations and acceptance criteria for project development team utilization. Generated user cases / user stories for all client requirements. Analyzed and tested development of core system functionalities built within Ruby on Rails and JavaScript environment by coordinating UAT within Selenium testing suite. Served as lead Intuit Quickbase architect and Subject Matter Expert for 25 applications within the DC Public Schools environment Education University of California, IrvineSeptember 2002-June 2007 B.A., International Relations and Political Science, June- GPA Georgetown UniversityAugust 2011-May 2014 Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) - May 2014. Skills Project management, team building, coordination and strategic initiatives Certification in Google Analytics Advanced proficiency with Tableau and Qlik data analytics suite Extensive knowledge with MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, MS SQL Server, MS SharePoint tools Proficiency with Oracle, ColdFusion, Mongo Expert knowledge working with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) in an Agile and Waterflow methodologies Advanced expertise with creating process flows, use cases, Unified Modeling Language and user stories as part of analytical / technical requirements framework. Extensive experience and knowledge creating, maintaining and managing applications in Intuit Quickbase Experienced with STATA, SPSS, R, HLM, Tableau, Qlik business intelligence software
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