Work as a bridge between the development team and the business in a company that has just started implementing Agile Methodologies in a large scale.
Build initial high level design and discovery of features and benefits for new complex functionalities.
Lead Grooming/Refinement calls which allow me to directly interact with the development team and resolve questions and conflicts on the spot, refining and adding a technical touch, whenever possible, for the user stories that are going to be consumed by them.
Ensure the development team is working on the items that deliver the greatest business value on a steady and continuous pace.
Align and coordinate interlocks with other teams in order to guarantee dependencies are mapped and executed properly and in a timely manner
Report back to major stakeholders, with whom I interact in a regular basis to provide status on on-going projects as well as discussing projects that we plan to execute in the near future.
I have been responsible for the requirements gathering of two of the most mission critical projects in Dell Financial Services in the last couple of years:
an online tool for quoting, performing credit evaluation and selling financial products to our customers, developed in Salesforce.com
an online customer portal that allows our clients to manage their financial products (Contracts, Invoices, Assets, Payments) , developed in Salesforce.com
Solid knowledge in the Oracle e-Business Suite GL, PO, PA, FA and AP modules.
Advanced knowledge in Oracle PL/SQL programming, Oracle Forms and Reports
Single instance, 11.0.3 to 11i migration, working as Dev Lead and Developer Project Accounting and Fixed Assets modules.
Key member of the 11i to R12 migration project, acting as a development leader, being directly responsible for around fifty customizations, coordinating the work of a numerous team of developers, providing technical guidance in technologies such as PL/SQL, Oracle Forms, Forms Personalizations, Web Personalization, XML Publisher, etc.
Great relationship with business users. Large experience in capturing business requirements as well as vast technical knowledge that combined with functional knowledge result in a professional able to suggest and discuss best solutions from a technical and functional perspective.
Coordination of a team of ten developers, handling testing cycle defects, mentoring, shadowing, leadership and technical guidance.
Design activities, writing MD.070’s (Technical Design - TDS) and participating on solutioning sessions assisting the Functional Leads on writing MD.050’s (Functional Design - SRS).