Dara Vincent

About Dara Vincent

Over 20 years of work experience in software development. 10 of those years as a…

Experience

1. Lead Business Systems Analysis Manager

   TIAA

   Apr 2012 — Present · US

   1, 2012 – Present (10 yrs)Analyzing aspects of a client’s operation to gather requirements that translate to technical specifications and system programming that improves performance and profitability.Leading scrum team prioritization, team backlog refinement, and outlining features to enhance the execution of business priorities in a fast paced and innovative environment. Won various awards from stakeholders for successfully building and implementing software for the largest client at TIAA. Partnered with development teams, designer and system analysts to formulate scalable solutions with comprehensive automated testing. Develop guidelines and best practices to ensure that Business Requirement documents and artifacts are Testable Requirements Facilitate and conduct Review sessions with both the IT and business stakeholders to promote information sharing, transparency, and education of IT’s newest systems, applications and solutions through demosWork with business stakeholders to find efficiencies in improving business processes, reduce waste, remove redundant and outdated processes, and improve overall customer satisfaction.

Education

• New Hartford

  High School Regents

  1982 — 1995

• Ithaca College

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

Skills

• Databases
• Agile Methodologies
• Database Design
• Software Development
• Visio
• Project Management
• Testing
• Software Project Management
• Client Relations Skills
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Requirements Gathering
• Crystal Reports
• Requirements Analysis
• Scheduling Tools
• Programming
• Accounting Applications
• Quality Assurance
• Powerbuilder
• Business Analysis
• Analysis
• Management
• Product Development
• Sql
• Systems Analysis
• Sybase Sql Anywhere
• Software Documentation
• Trend Forecasting