Accomplished project management leader with a consistent, proven track record of achievements.

         More than 14 years of valuable, hands-on experience in the deregulated electricity markets, including software analysis and design, software development and testing.

         Collaborated with business areas to identify Business Intelligence (BI) applications and perform data driven requirements analysis, including designing and developing universes and reports using BI reporting tools.

         Experience querying and working with large datasets and creating data repositories connecting heterogeneous systems, and experience data modeling with star schema and snow flake schema.

         Proficient with MS Office; Oracle 11g; SAS; Business Objects XI 3.1; Crystal Reports XI R2; Business Objects Webi/Desk; Netezza; Informatica 9.0.1; SQL server; Compuware Optimal Trace 5.0; C; C++; Java; Tableau 8.0 and 10.0; Team Foundation Services; and ETRM Encompass.

Project Management Requirements Gathering Vendor Relations

Data Analysis Process/Continuous Improvement Team Leadership

Data Modeling Testing Change Management

Data Mining Business Intelligence Market Analysis

Process Mapping Business Analysis Policies & Procedures

EDF Energy Services Houston, TX 2014-Present

Senior Project Manager/Business Analyst, Power Retail Operations

         Led nine personnel while implementing and leading projects impacting commercial and industrial power retail operations.

         Strive to deliver customized, single and multi-product energy solutions for large commercial and industrial consumers, as well as power generation and retail energy providers.

         Develop project charters; define scope; identify tasks; create and manage project schedule; implement plan; perform requirements gathering; data modeling; test case preparation and testing.

         Analyze large volumes of data, including performing SQL queries.

Achievements:

         Led four team members on a nine-month project that implemented a cloud-based Demand Forecasting System, which is built on an intelligent platform that provides real-time retail forecasting data.

         Built and implemented Position Management Reporting for the risk and trading departments to connect up to six systems while managing eight personnel to enable management to make better decisions.

         Recently built a dashboard for the entire business, enabling the company to determine gross margins and performance indicators across all assets.

Midcontinent Independent System Operator Carmel, IN 2005-2013

Forward Operations (Advisor) 2013-2014

         Led a group of analysts for this Independent System Operator that provides open-access transmission service and monitoring the high-voltage transmission system primarily in the Midwest and Southern U.S.

         Spearheaded design, development and system integration initiatives via planning, designing and testing.

         Determined functional requirements and design for new system releases, including managing vendor deliveries and resolving problems.

         Designed project scope; performed cost benefit analysis; and prepared budgets.

Achievements:

         Improved 15 processes within two months after enhancing key data related to business processes.

         Implemented a new software system that better identifies and tracks transmission service requests as well as determined if customers are exceeding energy limits and to collect payments.

         Tested and integrated three grids with three other state resources to reduce the chance of blackouts.

Senior Business Analyst /Data Analyst, Market Analysis and Information Delivery (2005-2013)

         Created data policies and procedures to improve data mapping, transparency, control and dissemination.

         Managed implementation of projects that required on-demand data access to near-real time information for staff to facilitate preparation of regulatory filings, analyses and public reporting purposes.

         Led implementation of compliance requirements for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders 714, 719, 890 and 760 related to Day-Ahead, Real-Time, Load Forecasting, Outage Coordination, Physical Scheduling and Network and Commercial Modeling.

         Spearheaded design and development for more than 100 complex operational reports and responded to 700 data requests.

Achievements:

         Eliminated redundant data and reports after standardizing processes for accurate and consistent data retrieval by developing data marts.

         Resolved more than 40 complex data-related issues within 24 months.

         Honored with multiple awards and bonuses for testing and preparing systems and working with vendors.

Master of Science (MS), Computer Applications, Osmania University, India

Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Osmania University, India

  Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified

  Master Certificate in Business Analysis, Villanova University

  Completed Data Warehouse Life Cycle and Dimensional Modeling Training, Kimball University

  Oracle Performance Tuning Training, Oracle University