Sonja Kerby

About Sonja Kerby

Energetic product management professional and technical business analyst for 20+ years…

Experience

1. Product Management Consultant

   Pyramid Consulting Group, Inc

   Nov 2017 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Serve as product solutions architect for Workpartners dba eBenefits subsidiary of UPMC Elicit, analyze, and manage requirements for greenfield software product development and vendor-delivered solutionsAct as product owner for implementation of new product development and system enhancementsAnalyze data, research, processes, KPIs, data/web flow to formulate recommendationsRecommend policies and procedures, process improvements, product enhancements, integrations, and client solutionsPrepare presentations and present analysis and potential solutions to leadership and clientsConfigure business applications in support of IT portfolio management, product management, issue tracking and resolution, business operations, benefits administration, and ACA compliance.Design QA strategy and approach, manage team and client testing activity, and assist with testingInterface with client for onboarding, delivery, and operational supportMentored fellow business product owners, project managers, and scrum mastersGathered requirements to extend SyteLine ERP and interfaces to provide scalability for Polyconcept NA (PCNA) acquisitionsInvestigated and documented business practices and processesAdvised program leadership on process, product, and change management improvement opportunitiesImproved efficiency of processes executed in and around ERPRecommended functional design based on requirements and capabilities of ERPTranslated business requirements into functional specificationsDeveloped field mappings, data flows, and functional specifications to ensure interfaces provided frictionless flow into and out of ERPCollaborated with technical design, development, and quality assurance teamsCreated test cases and executed testing to ensure functional requirements are metUpdated training documentation with new features

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  M.A., Slavic Languages & Literature

  1994 — 2001

• University of Delaware

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Dean's Scholar Independent Major

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Data Warehousing
• Business Requirements
• Energy
• Training
• Sharepoint
• Ms Project
• Process Improvement
• Data Modeling
• Portals
• Systems Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Intelligence
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Management
• Program Management
• Sql
• Visio
• Sdlc
• Sap R/3
• Collaboration Tools
• Software Project Management
• Peoplesoft
• Contract Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Vendor Management
• Project Management
• Sap
• Change Management
• Business Analysis
• Analytics
• Siebel
• Databases
• Microsoft Excel
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Workflow Design
• Erp