SUMMARY:

• Fifteen years of experience across different phases of the software development life cycle. Ten years of experience working in Agile/Scrum environment, including implementing and coaching teams on Scrum methodology.
• Extensive experience leading cross - functional globally distributed teams (Luxembourg, India, China, Russia).
• Experienced in test planning, designing test cases, and supervising each phase of the testing cycle.
• Extensive experience in gathering and documenting business and functional system requirements and creating concise user stories.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, strong business development skills, proven leadership and people management skills; talent to build and coach result-driven teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Visual Studio & Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2005-2017 (admin), SharePoint (admin), HP Quality Center, HP QuickTest Pro, VS Test Professional /MS Test Manager (MTM), Selenium IDE, Sahi, Protractor, Jira, MS Project, MS Office, Visio, Balsamiq, Axure, Doors Analyst, Case Complete, VMware, SQL Server, Oracle, Joomla, Bugzilla, Open Project, TestLink, SoapUI, Windows, UNIX, Linux, .NET, C#, Azure, SAP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Project Management Consultant

• Gather business rules and software requirements. Interview business users to create concise user stories and generate product backlog.
• Facilitate pre-sales meetings, product demos, daily and weekly status meetings.
• Manage off-shore quality assurance team. Review test plans. Facilitate user acceptant testing.
• Review and maintain project schedules. Generate status reports.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

• Performed process analysis, suggested and implemented process improvements. Introduced software quality assurance standards and reinforced adherence to SDLC best practices.
• Established and maintained an automated testing framework using Selenium IDE to support weekly deployments on multiple projects.
• Provided work direction and training to junior QA staff.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

QA Lead

• Designed comprehensive test plan and test strategy. Authored and executed system integration test cases to validate new functionality in EMS (proprietary PetSmart application) and SAP.
• Worked closely with PMO and IS Manager to establish testing scope, deliverables, and quality standards.
• Reorganized and updated SAP release regression test suite for merch. department. Prepared test cases for test automation initiative. Provided training to the team in the areas of project and quality management.

QA Lead

Confidential

• Designed and implemented test plan and overall test strategy for all four phases of the project.
• Provided ongoing training and mentorship to the EDI team in the areas of test case authoring, defect tracking, and test execution.
• Produced extensive daily status reports for PMO and business stakeholders.

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Project Management Consultant

• Reviewed existing product backlog. Participated in the release planning. Developed project schedules.
• Reviewed existing and designed new test plan. Evaluated current business process. Interviewed clients to create UI wireframes and gather requirements.
• Assisted in screening and sourcing of the prospective PM and QA job candidates for the corporate clients.

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Software Quality Assurance Manager

• Introduced QA standards and SDLC guidelines. Designed and implemented a comprehensive test strategy. Developed project schedule for the second phase of the product development.
• Mentored team on Scrum methodology best practices. Facilitated release and sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, product demos and sprint retrospectives. Identified and resolved impediments.
• Transformed and migrated existing project artifacts. Established WI templates and process flows in TFS. Designed and configured SharePoint.
• Demonstrated project deliverables to the stakeholders at the end of each sprint. Supported Product Owners in developing, maintaining and grooming product backlog.
• Provided metrics, detailed product reports and project status to senior management.

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Senior Enterprise Consultant

• Implemented formal QA process. Adapted project management and SDLC tools to fit the client’s needs and budget. Provided comprehensive training and mentorship.
• Designed high-level test plans and detailed test cases. Analyzed and measured overall effectiveness of the current test approach. Created comprehensive product health reports and quality metrics.
• Supervised globally distributed testing and development teams. Facilitated team meetings.

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst/QA Lead

• Performed complex quality assurance analysis to ensure that developed products meet design specifications and are within total quality management limits and standards.
• Participated in Scrum implementation process. Introduced QA standards to the dev members of the Sprint teams to ensure that each member equipped with necessary skills. Ongoing participation in the Sprint team planning sessions. PBIs, SBIs and user stories review and sprint panning.
• Designed detailed test plans and test cases for the offshore and local testing teams. Performed ongoing evaluation and monitoring of the offshore testing team productivity to ensure quality deliverables.
• Executed continuous evaluation and measurement of the product quality. Performed process modeling and adjustment.
• Established quality metrics to review product performance, identify product weaknesses, and to improve the effectiveness of testing approach.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Business Systems Analyst

• Documented and validated business and software requirements based on the results of the customer’s interviewing and understanding of the organization’s current business needs.
• Designed test plans and detailed test cases. Prioritized critical testing areas of the system. Established testing timelines on the project. Managed testing activities in order to ensure timely, cost-effective and high-quality processes. Created reports and metrics to measure and monitor results of the testing effort.

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

Business Analyst

• Captured, documented and validated business and functional requirements specification. Translated business requirements into UML diagrams.
• Developed standardized design packages for the project. Authored textual use cases, use case flow charts and activity diagrams. Created UI specification documentation according to the Windows standards.
• Identified business rules based on extensive research of the specific business need. Validated and redesigned UI screens. Prepared Data Dictionary documentation.
• Created project documentation templates. Participated in establishment of internal team processes.
• Performed thorough gap analysis. Represented extensive knowledge of organization’s business needs during SAP implementation process.

Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential

• Analyzed and validated software requirements. Created and executed manual test cases using Quality Center. Designed and executed automated test scripts using QuickTestPro.
• Identified, tracked, and prioritized bugs. Worked in conjunction with developers to target critical areas of testing. Prepared templates and documentation for the team testing effort.

Confidential , Scottsdale AZ

Quality Assurance Analyst

• Helped to recruit and build a startup team. Facilitated weekly status meetings. Recommended and implemented project and test management tools.
• Represented company and product on multiple regional and national business events, including DEMO Conference 2012 in Silicon Valley.

Confidential , Phoenix, AZ

Founder / Community Manager

• Developed and led the fast-growing community for technology entrepreneurs, startup mentors, investors, and early-stage startups in Phoenix.