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R CUMMINGS’ - ACHIEVEMENTS
“Professionalism is the
paperwork you leave
behind.”
- Rick Fredrick, PMP
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 Professional Achieve-
ments
 Highlights
 New Skills
 Professional Develop-
ment
 Summary
Introduction
The purpose of this accomplishments briefing is to give a panoramic view of my pro-
fessional contributions at the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) within
the past year. This professional snapshot also highlights my current contributions.
Adding Value
My goal is to improve the culture of the Business Systems Analyst Team and the
Management Information Systems department at large. Therefore, I have focused my
efforts on creating sustainable requirements, risk, change and communication man-
agement solutions to build up the Organization Process Assets (OPA). I leverage Pro-
ject Management and Business Analysis best practices.
Richard A. Cummings - Professional Accomplishments November 2014 — December 2015

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Professional Achievements
1. Identified and mitigated negative risks with strategy plan responses.
IMPACT
Coached and motivated the Business Analyst team on effective tools to manage
risks on their respective projects by creating a risk management guide.
2. Managed the first Management Information System lessons learned session.
IMPACT
Provided the development team with insights on what we could have done better on
the IMC Phase 1 project so we can incorporate them into future projects.
3. Designed a process workflow of the Auditing & Accounting business processes.
IMPACT
The development team garnered a better understanding of how to integrate the invalid
processing and backup worksheet mechanisms in a proprietary financial system.
4. Designed a thorough and interactive process flow of the Voter Assistance Unit program.
IMPACT
As a result, I was able to understand their information architecture and develop a
database design for the new Voter Assistance Unit CRM application project.
5. Created and implemented a communications plan to integrate key stakeholders.
IMPACT
Ensured the right stakeholders are involved and informed.
Completed
Projects
Since working at the NYC Cam-
paign Finance Board I have con-
tributed to the following projects
that were successfully launched:
1. Invalid Matching Claims
Codes Modification (IMC)
Phase 1 - April 2015
2. Independent Expenditure Dis-
closure System Phase 2 -
August 2015
3. Invalid Matching Claims
Codes Modification Phase 2 -
November 2015
Discussing end user interactions with .NET developer

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Current
Projects
These are the efforts I’m
currently working on with
their expected deadlines:
1. Candidate Software
for Managing and
Reporting Transac-
tions (C-SMART)
2016 Technology
Upgrade - July 2016
2. Voter Assistance Unit
Database (CRM) -
April 2016
Professional
Achievements
6. Managed scope baseline to prevent scope creep and
gold plating.
IMPACT
The development team focuses only on the agreed upon requirements.
7. Developed a project charter that formally authorizes software projects.
IMPACT
Allowed the project team to obtain a high level overview regarding the project pur-
pose, assumptions, constraints and sponsor approval before requirements were
elicited and documented.
8. Created software project change request to implement change management.
IMPACT
Any stakeholder who wants to initiate a change on a software project must fill out a
form which will then be evaluated by a change control board.
9. Developed high level business requirements and detailed technical specifications.
IMPACT
Provided development team with a clear road map for programming applications
with regard to business needs, user stories, application conditions, business rules
and system acceptance criteria.
Highlights
 Since rolling out a proprietary Independent Expenditure Disclosure System (IEDS)
Phase 2 upgrade in August 2015 independent spenders; end users, were able to
report $35K+ in expenditures Q4 of 2015.
New Skills
Since Q3 of 2015 these are the additional skills I have cultivated:
 Database Design: Created entity relationship diagram (ERD) of system inter-
actions to enforce referential integrity by linking primary keys and foreign keys with
junction tables to ensure integrity of the data and avoid orphan data.
 Data Conversion Testing: Used MS SQL Server to ensure data from old data-
base table columns are going into the new database table columns.
 Data Dictionary: Defined system objects, junction tables and data types.

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Richard
Cummings
Greater New York City Area
(347) 831-8341
richard5284@yahoo.com
Linkedin.com/in/rcummings
Professional Development
Since joining the New York City Campaign Finance Board I have taken advantage of
many training opportunities. I have proactively incorporated the things I have learned
into my day to day work as I’m a self-motivated Business Analyst | Project Manager.
The trainings were:
 IT Project Management
 SQL Programming Language Introduction
 Advanced MS Project 2013
 Advanced MS Access 2013
 Business Analysis Essentials
Summary
It is a pleasure working here and I will continue to find ways to be an efficient profes-
sional.
I have made significant contributions which has made a positive impact. Overall, it is
my desire to continue to grow and to take on more challenges as my role and respon-
sibilities continues to evolve.
I am committed to performing at a high level and have reflected that in my work ethic.
Lastly, I enjoy working with our IT staff and cross-functional teams.
“Initially, stakeholders do not know what they want. My
strength is to identify and clarify their requirements. I imple-
ment systems solutions against scope, time, quality and re-
source constraints.” - Richard Cummings