Systems Analysis; Quality Assurance Testing; Configuration Management; Project Management

IT Project Manager @ From October 2015 to Present (3 months) Computer Scientist @ From January 2013 to October 2015 (2 years 10 months) Sr. Requirements Analyst @ • Providing systems and requirements analysis in support of modifications and new additions to the FDA Document Archiving, Reporting & Regulatory Tracking System (DARRTS). • Management oversight and experience with current state, gap, and future state business processes to support new functionality. • Leading the planning and facilitation of Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions for the Precedents Tracking Prototype. • Conducting in-depth systems analysis to ensure a quality product that satisfies the customer’s business needs. • Understanding the business processes not only to achieve the best results, but suggest alternatives to an even better solution keeping in mind the overall strategic goals. • Providing demonstrations and presentations to senior level management of ongoing analysis and final products. • Acting as the liaison between developers/testers and the client. • Providing day to day senior leadership to the junior members of the requirements team. • Providing day to day support and analysis of system questions from developers, testers, and the client. • Writing system documentation (Use Cases, Business Workflows, Systems Requirements Specification) • Building strong client relationships and demonstrating the ability to be the trusted advisor who is capable of influencing internal and external client decisions. From September 2010 to December 2012 (2 years 4 months) Sr. Systems Analyst @ • Eliciting, documenting, and managing system requirements in support of the Total Force Structure Management System (TFSMS) for the United States Marine Corps as well as various applications for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). • Delivered the Global Force Management system in 1 year, 4 years less than our competitors by deriving requirements from existing documents, prioritizing and organizing the business needs in order to elicit new requirements faster and more efficient. • Provided a demonstration of the Global Force Management system to the Vice Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Cartwright and 3 star Generals. • Identify and evaluate alternative solutions to business problems and recommending appropriate strategies to resolve the problem. • Assist in the design of user interfaces providing use cases and prototypes. • Provide configuration management support using the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) processes. • Ensure standard business practices and quality assurance procedures are applied to software development and test documentation efforts. • Conduct product audits/final inspections to ensure conformity to established contractual requirements, system requirements, and SAIC and industry standards. • Provide leadership to the test team for various modules of the TFSMS project. • Peer review requirements and test cases. • Participate as a writer and proposal manager in numerous proposal efforts for re-competes and new business. Asset Manager • Conducted trade studies and proposed a solution to track and manage division and government furnished assets. • Managed and monitored hundreds of division and government furnished equipment. • Maintaining cost data for all assets to ensure contracts are being negotiated accurately. • Ensuring policies, standards, are processes are followed for proper receiving, maintenance, and disposing of assets. From September 2006 to September 2010 (4 years 1 month) Project Manager / Business Process Reengineer (BPR) @ • Provided technical oversight and requirements analysis support on the Nursing Scholarship Program and Nursing Loan Repayment applications for the Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources Services Administration (DHHS/HRSA). o Reduced the time to process scholarship recipient applications from a three month paper process down to a fifteen minute electronic process. • Developed Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM). • Evaluated the work products and services generated in each life cycle phase. • Ensured processes were followed to assure requirements were complete, and developed product(s) or supplied services accurately and completely address all requirements. • Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing. • Designed and helped architect system’s style and function. • Provided project leadership including production timetable, status reporting, client/project team coordination, and quality assurance. • Acted as lead liaison between customer and developers. • Provided end-user demonstrations of the system. • Developed test cases/plans. From September 2004 to September 2006 (2 years 1 month) Project Lead/Business Analyst @ • Managed a team of four through all stages of the software/project development lifecycle for a multi-faceted client-server budget application supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). • As the project lead, I wore many hats as a business analyst, developer, trainer, and help desk technician. Every six months, requirements were compiled and GUI prototypes were created to provide the customer with a better understanding of the end product. At the end of the six months, help files and supporting documentation were prepared. • Determined methods and procedures on new assignments and provided guidance to other personnel. • Other responsibilities included designing, developing, and maintaining Oracle databases to support the client-server application using PL/SQL followed by developing supporting reports in Crystal Reports. • Performed extensive testing with accompanying test cases. • Provided end-user training for over 100 FAA budget employees including hands-on classroom training as well as one-on-one training. • Analyzed database solutions to introduce ideas for database consolidation for cost savings to the client. • Provided project leadership managing budget, production timetable, status reporting, client/project team coordination, and quality assurance. From March 2000 to September 2004 (4 years 7 months) Implementation Consultant @ • Provided consulting services and systems integration support using Computer Associates produced software such as Data Migration, Asset Management, and Network Monitoring software. • Acted as the liaison to customers for the development of system requirements for Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems. Based on the system requirements, I installed and configured the Computer Associates software in the customer’s enterprise environment making modifications for system performance and provided troubleshooting techniques where needed. From May 1996 to March 2000 (3 years 11 months)

MBA, Business @ Strayer University, MBA From 2003 to 2007 Bachelor of Science, Computer Networking @ Strayer University, BSCN From 1998 to 2001 La Misha Fields is skilled in: Program Management, Requirements Analysis, SDLC, Integration, Requirements Gathering, Software Development, Project Management, User Acceptance Testing, PL/SQL, Software Documentation, Databases, Analysis, Data Analysis, Business Process, Enterprise Architecture