Chapter Officers | IIBA® Albany Chapter
This page has been updated based on our 2024 election results. Congratulations and thanks to our volunteers who are helping to guide the Albany NY IIBA chapter.
Members of the Albany IIBA Chapter Board of Directors serve as the Officers of the Chapter. They serve two-year terms, with the terms being staggered so approximately one-half the Board are elected each year. This provides new ideas and thoughts on the leadership of the chapter while providing continuity and mentorship to new Board members.
For more information on each position, see our Chapter Bylaws for the duties and responsibilities. If you are interested in advancing your leadership skills and see how decisions are made in an organization ran by a Board of Directors, please contact one of the people below to see how you can Get Involved!
President
David F. Nagy, CBAP, PMP
Dave is a Senior Principal Consultant with Experis. He has over 20 years of experience in various aspects of software development and business analysis projects. These projects have been for state agencies and private businesses, and have included a mix of new development, enhancements, data migration, and business process improvement. He continues to serve as a Business Analyst consultant for New York State.
Dave earned his CBAP in 2014. He hopes to continue working on behalf of the chapter to identify corporate sponsorships, to establish training and study groups, and help the business analyst become a more widely recognized profession in the Albany Capital District area.
In addition to the IIBA, he also belongs to the Project Management Institute (PMI), and attends their chapter meetings.
Vice President (VP) Professional Development
Amandeep Sahni, CBAP, CSM, SCJP
Aman has more than 16 years of working experience as a project manager, business architect, and business analyst. His expertise is within state and local and Health and Human Services (HHS) cluster including but not limited to the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, etc.
Aman is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), TOGAF Business Architect, Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and Certified Java Developer (SCJP). In addition, he has a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University at Albany and a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication.
Aman is passionate about helping clients towards multidimensional business views of capabilities, and organizational structure, reusing existing capabilities within the organization, and helping in establishing standards that are customizable and traceable.
In a nutshell, Aman is a Strategy Translator: defines the areas for improvements and changes necessary to carry out strategy or reshape the business, a Map Maker: creates and maintains the knowledge base within an organization, and a Practice Manager: helps maturing decisions with facts which are tied back to the organizational capabilities.
Vice President (VP) Communications & Marketing
Cindy Herrmann, ACC
Cindy has worked for NYS for the last nine years in the Local Government division of the Comptroller’s office. She is the product manager for the Public Authority Reporting Information System (PARIS) and for the MISTy Audit Tracking System. She also has her own marketing and web development company, Mogul Marketing, where she has done BA work for Barclays Bank and for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She has been posting on social media for IIBA Albany for the last six months.
Recent Certifications:
- ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Product Ownership, 2021
- Certified Agile Analyst by the International Institute of Business dAnalysis (IIBA), 2020
- Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Dreamweaver CC and ACE Web Master, 2016
She has an MBA from New York University and has also led systems development efforts at First Albany and Standard & Poor’s.
Vice President (VP) Sponsorship
Don Briggs, CCBA
Treasurer
Vacant
Secretary
Gautami Sonty, CBAP
Gautami is a Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP), with a Certificate in Product Ownership Analysis and a Certification in Delivery for OutSystems Specialization and Professional Scrum Master (1). She is currently working with NYSTEC on the modernization of the NY State’s Education Department systems, leading the vendor implementation for Office of Professional Discipline.
Prior to her role as a Senior Business Analyst, Gautami worked at New York State Workers’ Compensation Board where she received the ‘Employee of the Quarter award’ and ‘Tech Terrific’ awards from her employer for her significant contributions to the project. She also worked as a Product Business Analyst at NY Independent System Operator and as a Business Analyst at Department of Aging and Disability Services in Texas. Her primary strengths are requirements elicitation, documentation, process mapping/ improvement, and client communication.
Gautami holds a Master’s in Public Administration with concentrations in Healthcare Management from the Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Master’s in Business Administration from International Technological University.
Member-At-Large
Donna Trainor, MBA, CBAP, PMP
Donna is an Information Technology Specialist with NYS Office of Information Technology Services. She has over 20 years’ experience in various roles designing and providing support for custom software. She is currently working as the Business Analysis and Quality Assurance Manager in Business Application Services for ITS. In additional to various BA responsibilities, she is also working as the project manager for a new custom web application.
Donna earned her CBAP in 2014. She also earned her PMP in 2018 and her MBA with Advanced Certificate in IT Management in 2021.
Member-At-Large
Judith Indu
Judith holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Public Administration. She works as a Business Systems Analyst 2 at the New York State of the State Comptroller since 2022. She is very passionate about business analysis and creating awareness of, and knowledge about business analysis because she believes it is necessary in modern times, especially as technology is creating disruptions in almost all sectors. Business analysts are key in making necessary technological transitions in today's world.