OBJECTIVE:

To continue career development, contributing to a dynamic organization as a highly - motivated and experienced team player.

SUMMARY:

• Selenium IDE
• Selenium WebDriver (Java)
• Selenium WebDriver (C#)
• Experienced tester with strong skills in Java, XML, SQL
• Test suite automation for SaaS multi-layered Enterprise Resource Planning applications
• Created system test plan development from R&D phase through to acceptance testing
• Involved in client-server testing, UI testing, and middle-layer XML schema validation and transformation
• Extensive testing on Linux and Windows Servers.
• Extensive knowledge of Supply Chain Management processes and applications
• Strong understanding of Artificial Intelligence techniques from a QA perspective
• Competent in back-propagation neural networks, genetic algorithms, and other evolutionary algorithms
• Expert in Borland SilkTest and the associated 4-Test proprietary language.
• Skilled in Java 1.4 and 1.5, working in the Eclipse environment.
• Skilled in operating systems: Windows NT, 9X, 2000, XP and Microsoft’s office products, Office 2000, 2003.
• Used incident tracking tools TestTrackPro, Clearquest, and Jira
• Used JAMA tool for test case creation and upkeep
• Used source control tools ClearCase, CVS, and Subversion
• Familiar with web technologies HTML, XML, and XSLT
• Skilled in unit test tools Junit, CPPUnit, and XMLUnit
• Worked in the Dev C++ IDE to build C++ DLL plugins for SilkTest scripts.
• Basic working knowledge of ANSI C and some Fortran
• Skilled in both the DOS and Cygwin command line environments (Cywin is a linux shell for Windows)
• Experienced in writing SQL queries
• Familiar with Agile-based, rapid-deployment approach to the SDLC (software development life-cycle)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cumberland, RI

Responsibilities:

• Used Selenium IDE to capture scripts and import them into Java WebDriver code
• Created, edited and extended Selenium Java WebDriver code to test SaaS applications
• Implemented reporting with ReportNG for Selenium WebDriver scripts

Confidential, Boston, MA

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Used Selenium IDE to capture scripts and import them into Java WebDriver code
• Created, edited and extended Selenium Java WebDriver code to test SaaS applications
• Implemented reporting with ReportNG for Selenium WebDriver scripts

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed test automation scripts in Xamarin Test Cloud IDE using C# on a Mac Platform to test Android and iOS apps for Confidential printing devices
• Developed a test website to exercise an open-source Javascript API for Confidential printing devices
• Used Selenium IDE to capture scripts and import them into Java WebDriver code to run tests against test website
• Extended Java WebDriver scripts to enhance functionality
• Used Jira to track bugs in an Agile Scrum working environment

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Served as technical lead for newer local team members to help them get up to speed on software and automation
• Used Selenium IDE to capture scripts and import them into Java WebDriver code
• Edited and extended Selenium Java WebDriver code to test SaaS applications
• Implemented reporting with Junit for Selenium WebDriver scripts
• Gave instructional assistance to automation team members to give best approach practices for customer solutions
• Provided in-house solutions using Borland SilkTest for a supply chain management SaaS platform.
• Developed and executed test scripts as part of a rapid-deployment, Agile-based development environment
• Used Jira to track bugs in an Agile Scrum working environment

Confidential, Austin, Texas

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Headed up the testing of PointServe's AI-based resource scheduling engines
• Developed a regression testing suite designed to be implemented with JUnit and XMLUnit to test a code port to Java
• Advised on load-testing issues for web-based thin clients written to message with back-end XML-based APIs
• Tested the efficiency and accuracy of C++ written algorithms
• Created tests in CPPUnit
• Tested the efficacy or lack thereof of applying an inversion mutation to an existing genetic algorithm code
• Researched Java Object Oriented Neural Network Engine for possible application to a "Time Remaining" feature

Confidential, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Technical Services Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical support and incident solutions for Gateway desktop systems
• Worked with Seibel for incident tracking and resolution
• Interacted daily with customers providing excellent customer support and resolution

Confidential, Austin, Texas

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Ensured back-end functionality of SAAS platform through the use of client/server test tools
• Tested a portal-to-server XML schema transformation integration framework with Java-built Sonic clients
• Beta-tested a SOAP client for research being done into a 2.0 version of a SAAS messaging system
• Tested the back-end C++ engine with custom-built Java clients called by an XMLUnit test harness
• Responsible for QA department shifting from JUnit harnesses to XMLUnit harnesses in test applications
• Used dom4J to generate XML request files in order to streamline test case creation.
• Employed Cygwin to create bash scripts to harness Java clients for further server-based testing.
• Utilized TestTrackPro for incident tracking and test-case upkeep.
• Responsible for Release and Acceptance testing a neural-network-based energy-forecast solution
• Took advantage of Excel and Java for statistical analysis of forecast accuracy
• Ran extensive performance-based testing of the neural network solution

Confidential Austin, Texas

Associate QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating and implementing system test plans for demo projects
• Interfaced with marketing for product demonstrations
• Documented incidents and enhancement requests in Rational ClearQuest
• In charge of the test lab to test functionality on various platforms
• Used Norton Ghost technology to create clean test environments for each build