Kirk Rohani, MBA PMP ScrumMaster

(214) 533-2030
kr8cf43a@westpost.net
Experience
Telligent Systems Inc. Dallas, TX
Senior Business Analyst 11/07 03/10
Primary responsibilities strategy, planning, discovery, definition/requirements
gathering, design, development, quality assurance, deployment and reporting of
social media website projects.
Responsible for overall project administration, maintaining project status repo
rts and providing updates to both internal and external stakeholders; Designed,
completed, and managed formal project plans; Created process flows, process docu
mentation; Maintained, documented, and communicated project status to all manage
ment levels.
Helped implement Dells global social media strategy which included the launch o
f multiple localized Blogs (Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and Arabic Dell Blogs)
, implementation of a social media platform migration strategy which allowed Del
l to consolidate from multiple vendors into one Community Server platform which
included the Dell English Forums community (http://en.community.dell.com/) compr
ised of over 1MM users and 10MM posts.
Managed the strategic planning, production, launch and follow-up of Avid Techno
logys social media community (http://community.avid.com/) which consisted of a 5
month customization effort of Community Server, data migration of existing user
Forums, Blog content, Wikis, and several Web 2.0 custom widgets as well as inte
gration of single sign-on with Avids existing websites.
Managed the rollout of Texas Instruments Infolink intranet corporate community
which helped improve corporate collaboration amongst its worldwide 25000+ employ
ees. Currently serving as program manager to Texas Instruments E2E Application S
upport community (http://e2e.ti.com) initiative to provide its 10,000+ field an
d factory engineers to more efficiently and accurately provide direct support an
d assistance to its worldwide customer base
Provided PMO Reporting and Metrics and tracked project and program P&Ls; Mentor
ed and coached teams on utilizing an agile-based SCRUM project management and de
velopment methodology. Played various roles including Scrum Master, created Prod
uct Backlogs, led Sprint Review sessions and estimation and planning sessions
MRU Holdings New York, NY
Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst 05/07 11/07
Responsibilities include management of the software process from requirements g
athering, documentation, management approval, client approval, development, to t
esting and final presentation to the client.
Worked with PMO organization to help establish and define Project Management, C
hange Management and Release Management and communications processes and documen
tation standards; Helped create templates for requirements, workflow documentati
on (Visio) and project plans.
Created and maintained project plans, managed and tracked deliverables to meet
milestones in the project plan. Coordinated requirements gathering sessions, tea
m status meetings, project/executive status meetings and calls, joint applicatio
n development sessions and user acceptance meetings.
Zale Corporation Irving, TX
Senior Business Analyst 07/05 04/07
Responsibilities include managing Business to Business (B2B) IT Projects and Pr
ograms that strategically fit the FY05 Merchandising Business Strategic Initiati
ve. .
Provided leadership and vision on numerous projects which utilized Agile method
ologies such as Test Driven Development (TDD) and Extreme Programming (XP); Coll
aborated with customers to create and prioritize stories(features); Coordinated
with development teams to develop iteration plans.
Managed Stakeholder relationships including presenting deliverables & milestone
s, executing communication plans which streamlined project rework and ensured su
ccessful project sign-off and timely closeout.
Performed Process Analysis, Process Reengineering, Data Mapping, Data Modeling,
Change Management, Requirements Gathering (Rational Requisite Pro), Functional
Specification Design, Testing, writing test cases/ test scripts as well as Manu
al Testing & Automated Testing tools (Requisite Pro and Mercurys Test Director)
Created high level analysis dataflow diagrams, domain class diagrams, and entit
y-relationship diagrams from use cases or other high level diagrams; Ability to
recognize and understand various design models including the types of UML diagra
ms, detailed design entity-relationship diagrams and decomposed dataflow diagram
s.
Created project-initiation diagrams including business use cases, activity diag
rams, and workflow diagrams (Visio) and flowcharts; Determined project scope and
derived context diagrams and project use cases from the business diagrams; deta
iled the use cases by using activity diagrams or other techniques.
Responsible for initiating and creating Zale Corporations Agile Development Met
hodology; Pioneered and managed first Agile Software Development project at Zale
Corporation which was based on SCRUM fundamentals and practices; Reduced projec
t durations by 30%
Performed analysis and created documentation in both Agile and Unified Process
methodology environments; Involved in multiple projects utilizing the SCRUM Agil
e Software Development methodology; Facilitated communication between the Produc
t Owners and the Scrum Team to ensure accuracy of Sprint goals and Product Backl
og features; Served as Scrum Master for multiple Scrum Teams
Rapp Collins Worldwide Irving, TX
Sr. Account Executive / Sr. Business Analyst 11/03 07/05
Responsibilities include managing the Hewlett-Packard, Mercedes-Benz, and Ameri
can International Group (AIG) Information Technology Marketing Accounts.
Documentation created and processes managed include: cost-benefit analysis, pro
ject plan development (MS Project) including development of a work breakdown str
ucture, integrated change control, project scope management, project schedule ma
nagement (activity definition, sequencing and duration estimating), resource pla
nning including task assignment and project team development.
Responsible for gathering requirements, writing functional specifications and u
se cases (Rational Rose) for several projects related to web-based workflow and
collaboration applications for direct marketing clients.
Performed risk and cost management for Direct Marketing Workflow Projects for H
P and AIG. Activities included: cost estimating, budgeting and tracking, earned
value analysis (EVM), development of change management policies and procedures a
nd configuration management processes, risk management and control utilizing ana
lysis methods such as control charts and regression analysis to minimize the pot
ential impact to the project.
Responsible for Quality Management (WinRunner and LoadRunner) of projects in ma
rketing technology group (division). Responsibilities included defining, impleme
nting, assurance and control of Quality program for new and current projects, cr
eating test cases, test plans, traceability matrix. Performed functional testing
including Black Box, Unit, Integration Acceptance and Regression Testing.
Rohani Inc. Dallas, TX
Partner 11/02 11/03
Managed family-owned investments; Responsibilities included managing day-today
activities at various properties, employee administration duties, creating month
ly and annual financial statements, assessing performance to increase revenue an
d decrease costs.
Goldman Sachs (Archon Group) Irving, TX
Business Analyst / Technical Analyst 05/01 11/02
Performed analysis on several business application projects. Responsibilities i
ncluded conducting JAD session, issue tracking, risk management, testing strateg
y, budget/cost analysis, maintaining client/user relationships, user training, a
nd documentation through full development life-cycle
Documented and maintained a repository of business requirements using Rational
products including but not limited to reports, use cases, object models, sequenc
e diagrams and business process documents. Created deliverables such as usable b
usiness/work-flow process diagrams, Business Requirements Documents (BRD), and S
oftware Requirements Specifications (SRS)
Established project objectives, deliverables and user acceptance criteria. Crea
ted and managed scope, schedule, budget, and business analysis documentation. De
fined resource needs and team member roles & responsibilities. Developed and mai
ntained project business cases as well as other project archives.
Involved in all phases of application development including requirements gather
ing, analysis and design, implementation, testing and deployment. Led testing ph
ase, which included functional, unit and user acceptance testing. Created test p
lans including test scripts built from Use Case and Design documents.
Performed extensive business requirements analysis and process re-engineering t
o achieve better scalability and agility, creating structures for analyst and de
velopment teams, establishing software development processes including the ratio
nal unified process-RUP (Rational Clear Case and ClearQuest)
Mentored business applications developers on patterns, frameworks, functional a
nd unit testing, object-oriented analysis and design and development through the
Rational Unified Process (RUP).
Education M.B.A Southern Methodist University (Finance)
3.9 G.P.A.
B.A. University of Texas at Austin (Computer Science) 3.1 G.P.A.
Volunteer YMCA Turkey Trot - Volunteer Coordinator
Raised over $22,000 for the Sept. 11th Disaster Relief Fund at local Goldma
n Sachs office

Recognition /
Certifications Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) 06/1999
Rapp Collins Top Performance Recognition (Monthly Award) 01/20
05
Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified PMP - Project Management Professi
onal 06/2005
SMU MBA Cox Distinguished Business Leader (CDBL) Award 06/2006
Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society 12/2006
Zale Corp. Rock Starz Gold Elite Award (Outstanding performance)
Q1/2007