Melissa Merrifield
About Melissa Merrifield
Melissa Merrifield is a Senior IT Business Systems Analyst with a background in Business Administration and Project Management. She has extensive experience in various IT roles, including positions at companies such as EFI, uniQure, and GT Advanced Technologies.
Current Role at Vizgen
Melissa Merrifield currently serves as a Senior IT Business Systems Analyst at Vizgen, a position she has held since 2023. In this role, she applies her extensive experience in IT business analysis to enhance systems and processes within the organization. Her responsibilities include analyzing business needs, implementing IT solutions, and collaborating with various departments to ensure effective system integration.
Previous Experience in IT Analysis
Prior to her role at Vizgen, Melissa worked at uniQure as a Senior IT Business Analyst from 2021 to 2023. She led a cross-departmental team to develop an onboarding program and initiated a cleanup of Smartsheet license management, achieving significant cost reductions. Before that, she was an IT Business Analyst at uniQure from 2020 to 2021 and an Information Technology Analyst at Signature Consultants from 2019 to 2020.
Career Background in Data Management
Melissa has a solid background in data management, having worked as a Senior Data Management Analyst at EFI from 2012 to 2019. In this role, she focused on data analysis and management strategies. She also served as a Lead Data Migration Analyst at Charles River Laboratories for eight months in 2019, where she contributed to data migration projects.
Educational Qualifications
Melissa studied Business Administration at American InterContinental University, where she achieved an Associate of Arts degree from 2005 to 2006. She furthered her education by obtaining a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus on Project Management from the same institution from 2008 to 2009. Her educational background supports her expertise in business systems analysis and project management.
Key Projects and Initiatives
Throughout her career, Melissa has led several key projects. She managed the RFP process and implementation of a Cybersecurity Awareness Training platform. Additionally, she successfully led the internal development of a JIRA Service Management solution to support a cost savings initiative and designed the company intranet for initial rollout in just eight weeks.