Core Consultants
 

David Mendoza

Project Manager, Sr. Business Analyst

David provides outstanding logical thinking and analytical capabilities, superior oral and written communications skills and excellent interpersonal skills that enable him to leverage his broad experience and training.  David's depth with project management and software development methodologies in a variety of industries provides unique insights that result in quick identification and categorization of viable solutions to resource, planning, system and business requirements and constraints.  David is very effective at getting and keeping projects moving efficiently, on track and within budget.


 

Edward Willekens

Sr. Software Engineer, Solutions Architect

A senior software engineer, Edward is outstanding in software conception through design, prototyping, coding, unit and integration test specification and execution.  He has an eye for detail as well as for the key success factors of the overall project, applying original ideas to solve business as well as technical problems.  Edward is a strong team player with significant domain knowledge in insurance, communications, data retrieval, data warehouse, and health/medical applications.  Edward’s experience includes 28 years in software design and development, including 15 years in system test and problem resolution.  Edward consistently delivers designs, prototypes and tested systems on time and within budget.


 

Jim Peterson

Sr. Quality Assurance Manager, Process Engineer, Business Analyst
Jim is a highly accomplished Sr. Quality Assurance manager, process engineer and business analyst with a strong record of achievement in several related areas:  Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Process Reengineering, Product Specification and Development, Software Planning and Development, Team Leadership and Technical Writing.  Jim planned and led test activities for multi-client/multi-location test teams, translated business requirements into testable requirements and use cases, established processes for requirement tracing throughout the development and test lifecycle, and coordinated UAT activities for a data warehouse application.  Recent prior experience includes definition of system and application architectures and requirements for a large call center product line, mentoring junior QA and BA personnel in use case and activity diagram development, developing strategic plans and policies for a large state university, defining requirements and use cases for Industry-leading Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) products, writing functional specifications for sophisticated End User Features for an Integrated Web/Desktop Communication Portal and a cost-saving Remote Transmission Units for network switches, chairing Industry Standards Working Groups, leading multi-company teams in achieving industry consensus and establishing several emerging call signaling standards for telecommunications industry.


 

Manishi Lamsal

Sr. Technical Analyst, Sr. Business Analyst
Manishi is a seasoned Sr. Business / Technical Analyst with over seven years of increasing responsibilities on enterprise wide business intelligence and data warehouse applications in the Healthcare Analytics, Insurance, Financial, Mortgage, and Power industry verticals.  Manishi provides superior leadership in gathering, analyzing, prioritizing and validating requirements, generating use cases, developing functional and technical specifications, assisting architects in specifying high-level designs, helping developers create outstanding detailed designs, and overseeing all aspects of the test process.  Manishi provides expertise in analyzing and modeling complex As-Is and To-Be business processes, performing GAP analysis, and tracing business models to application road maps.  He conducts JAR, JAD and technical analysis sessions for project definition, identification of the vision and scope of the solution, requirements identification, requirements analysis, creating prototypes and articulating designs.  Manishi uses his in-depth understanding of business requirements and technical designs to assist with creating accurate estimates and realistic, achievable schedules.  Manishi uses an OOAD approach to create use cases and UML Domain Models, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams and Interaction diagrams to develop static and dynamic system models with cross-diagram traceability.

 

Bindu Kapur

Sr. Business Analyst, Quality Assurance Analyst
Bindu is an outstanding Business Analyst, Quality Control Analyst and Quality Assurance Analyst with over eight years of information systems experience in Healthcare Insurance, P&C Insurance, Healthcare and Finance industries.  Bindu leveraged her strong background in Business Analysis, Business Process Re-engineering and visual modeling techniques on portal development, content management, client/server, web-based n-tier, and legacy applications.  Bindu concurrently directed and managed several projects in leadership roles in a matrix organization, and has strong communication, organizational and negotiation skills to complement her superior analytical and problem-solving abilities.

 

Mike March

Sr. Software Architect, Sr. Software Change Manager
Mike channels seventeen years experience developing, implementing, and operationally managing broad computing technologies into automation for agile software project implementations.  Mike has personally built start-up corporations into entities with significant market share and works well in major corporate IT environments, successfully managing geographically remote teams and overseeing development, testing, and operation of 24x7 services including high-performance Web-based applications, IM and "presence" systems, network infrastructure implementations and hardware deployment projects from project planning through development, QA and release.  Mike consistently implements creative yet pragmatic solutions, and specializes in improving software development through CM processes and automation.


 

Kevin Bradshaw

Systems Engineer
Kevin provides exceptional analysis and support for hand-held PDAs running point-of-care software for clinical staff, creates and maintains training materials and procedures, and provides outstanding support for national and international PC and Unix applications.  Responsible for equipment purchasing and budget management, Kevin brings a high level of energy and integrity to all his endeavors.  Kevin is CompTIA A+ certified and supports:

Operating Systems
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows XP Pro/Home
  • Microsoft Windows Mobile 5/6
  • Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME Microsoft Windows 2000 Server/Pro
Software
  • Microsoft Office Suite 2007/2003/XP
  • Altiris Deployment Server
  • Altiris PC Tranplant
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Peregrine Service Center
  • SAP
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003
  • Norton Anti-Virus
  • Ad/Spy-ware removal
  • Microsoft Visio
Hardware
  • Proficient in building and repairing PCs
  • Most networking and server hardware
  • VoIP Phone systems
  • PBX Phone systems
  • Handheld PDAs/Smartphones
  • Cisco routers and switches
    • Catalyst 1900, 2950, 3550
    • 1700, 2500, 2600 Series Routers
  • Routing and Remote Access