Vanessa Burrill (Fader)

Experience

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  Chase Global Fund Services Co

  Sept 1996 - Mar 2001

  Reengineering Business Analyst
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  J.P. Morgan

  Mar 2000 - Mar 2001

  Reengineering Business Analyst

  * Promoted to a new team (Reengineering) charged with redesigning Boston Fund Accounting* Identified process improvement opportunities and recommended policy changes* Wrote procedures and created instruction tools (decision trees, matrices, and flowcharts)* Generated ideas during prototyping sessions to determine the business requirements for a new web-based application (WebCon)* Performed QA testing for WebCon; discovered new bugs and tested known bugs for closure* Acted as a liaison between Information Technology and the Securities Team * Created capacity models to identify gaps in the workday to determine if more work could be absorbed* Reviewed and edited procedures, SLAs, business requirements, and other documentation Show less

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  Wellington Management

  Apr 2001 - Apr 2008

  Sr. Systems Analyst

  * Responsible for the implementation of technology solutions to support the business needs of the Legal Services (LS) and Corporate Operations (CO) departments (CO includes the Business Continuity, Security, Administrative Services and Corporate Governance groups)* Planned the information services (IS) budgets for LS and CO, re-forecasted the budgets quarterly and ensured vendor invoices were paid in a timely manner* Managed the work of internal and external resources in the implementation and support of technology projects* Daily activities included project management, requirements gathering and documentation, design sessions, unit testing, systems testing, integration testing, implementation, documentation and end-user training* Responsible for ongoing support, problem resolution and responded to ad hoc requests* Partnered with users to deliver applications which were critical to their business lines* Managed issue tracking and status reporting; worked with users to prioritize needs Show less

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  Thermo Fisher Scientific

  May 2008 - Jul 2023

  Led high priority global initiatives. Responsibilities: * Create bottom-up estimates of program costs and secure funding; reforecast budget estimates monthly to ensure they remain on target* Set up program track and workstream structure, program communication mechanisms and timeline; Align with the resource managers to fill program roles* Plan and execute requirements & design workshops; work with the teams to ensure requirements & design phases are completed with high quality* Ensure the workstreams are on track and assist where needed; manage risks and issue which affect multiple teams.* Communicate overall status to the leadership team; and lead the team to resolve complex issues across workstreams. * Fill the advisor role for other thermofisher.com projects/programs. Show less * Transferred to a new role to manage projects which are part of the corporate eBusiness program* Responsible for: defining project scope; defining project team, resource needs, and roles and responsibilities; identifying project activities, milestones, and external dependencies; creating project roadmap and milestones; and defining the execution strategy (key project metrics, training strategy, communication plan, test plan)* Responsible for development and execution of the overall project plan, status reporting, action log, and issue/risk reporting; conduct weekly status meetings, team meetings and daily stand-up calls* Created team SharePoint sites for all project teams and phases (15 sites); created a complex work progress list (phase 2) to allow the BAs to update the status of their work; the work progress list is used to update the project plan with duration and % complete at a summary level Show less Assumed primary responsibility for the oversight of all Commercial Tools as well as ownership of all decision making for technical decisions and support issues; improved and standardized processes and procedures related to the commercial applications* Managed a project to create an online search tool, to be deployed worldwide and a tool to manage the contact information displayed in the tool; Budget: $1.8 million; Actual Spend: $1.7 million. Held several roles in the project, including: Project Manager, Business Analyst, Subject Matter Expert, and Tool Designer* Responsible for designing both applications; Tasks: Designed screen mock-ups (~70 screens) and created functional specifications (335 pages)* Led the RFP process for the project; Tasks: prepared documentation to be included in the RFP, completed/coordinated responses to the questions from the suppliers, and conducted reference checks* Led the approval process for the project; Tasks: created the AR, created the project charter, and managed the supplier SOW and AR from initiation to approval* Managed all aspects of the project including the development and execution of the overall project plan, status reporting, issue/risk management, and budget management* Planned and executed working group meetings, steering committee meetings, tool design sessions and UAT* Managed deployment activities including creating/managing the cutover plan* Designed and implemented post-launch support model; performed Level 2 support activities to identify if and where defects existed in the functionality* Implemented an agile-like release model where enhancements were only included in the release after passing the QA test, enhancements which failed after the scheduled date were pushed to the next release, resulting in no delays to bi-monthly releases; Tasks: identified bugs/enhancements to be targeted for each release, tested defects and approved/rejected them for production, and promoted the code to production Show less

  • eBusiness Program Manager, Laboratory Products

    Apr 2021 - Jul 2023

  • Program Manager, Commercial Digital Technologies

    Jan 2018 - Apr 2021

  • Senior Project Leader, eBusiness

    Sept 2011 - Jan 2018

  • Commercial Resources Program Manager

    May 2008 - Sept 2011
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  Raytheon

  Jan 2024 - now

  Digital Program Lead