Melat Michael

Melat Michael has four years of work experience. In 2018, they worked as a Business Analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor for PTG International, Inc. From 2017 to 2018, they worked at RiskSpan as an Associate Analyst, coordinating with Product team developers and data domain experts to investigate and resolve issues discovered during tests, managing production queues to meet daily deliveries, providing ad-hoc reports and research on an as-needed basis per clients' request, and participating in validation testing RiskSpan's monthly Federal Housing Finance Agency reports. From 2017 to 2018, they also worked at Fannie Mae as a System Analyst, ensuring daily and periodic at-issuance and ongoing disclosure activities were performed timely, accurately, and ultimately meet service-level agreements with investors, training team members, analyzing inconsistencies to determine root causes, and reporting issues that significantly impact the corporation. From 2015 to 2017, they worked at Radford University as a Business Analyst, gathering, analyzing, reviewing, and documenting design documents and business requirements, functional specifications/requirements, and Use Case Document relating to business requirements, discussing project specifications with the development team to elicit feedback on best code creation, and actively participating in the weekly status report meetings between team lead, developers, subject matter expert and project manager.

Melat Michael obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Information Science and Systems from Radford University between 2013 and 2016. In 2018, they received a Master's Degree in Information Technology from Virginia Tech, with a specialization in Health Information Technology, Cybersecurity Management & Policy. In 2017, they obtained a certification in Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Excel from Microsoft. Melat also holds a certification in Mortgage Backed Securities: A Brief Introduction from the New York Institute of Finance.