EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS

• Created a QA infrastructure from the ground up, including defining the QA role in the project lifecycle, establishing best practices,
• \initiating forums for logging issues and deriving time estimates for each stage of the QA phase.
• Created and maintained system, functional, integration, usability, white box, black box, performance and smoke tests.
• Worked extensively under both AGILE and Scrum methodologies.
• Very experienced with numerous automation tools, i.e. QTP, Loadrunner and Selenium.
• Extensive compliance auditing experience with industry standards like ISO/IEC/IEEE and WCAG.
• Created, modified and archived project - specific documentation using source control applications, such as SourceSafe, TortoiseCVS and Git.
• Organized and developed elements critical to the testing process, including gathering project specs, deriving test plans, designing test cases out of said plans and maintaining test results.
• Managed QA strategies and procedures for both large and small projects, including gauging test scope and creating test plans, as well as setting project deadlines.
• Over ten years experience testing both WEB-based and stand-alone applications.
• Worked heavily with PL/SQL and Oracle to create queries and stored procedures for database validation.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Quick Test Professional, LoadRunner, WinRunner, Quality Center, Pivotal Tracker, SourceSafe, SharePoint, Git, Microsoft Office, PL/SQL, Oracle, Unix, CSS, Visual Studio, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Ruby, HTML/DHTML, XML, REST, JSON.

RECENT EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Engineer, Detroit, MI

Responsibilities:

• Creating and running manual validation scripts for Quicken’s AMP loan processing tool.
• Creating and running automated AMP regression scripts.
• Creating and running OpenAMP REST API scripts via Coded UI.
• Maintaining ISO/WCAG compliant usability test scripts via UFT.
• Researching and planning AMP automation and manual testing efforts, primarily focused on Purchase, Refinance and Home Equity Loan processing.
• Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads, arranging meetings for automated resources and logging defects. Tools and skills used include TFS and Test Manager for manual script creation/maintenance, UFT and Coded UI for automation, Confluence for doc sharing and Qbert for issue tracking.

Confidential

QA Contractor, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Creating and running automated regression scripts for Thermo's e-commerce and dealer portal websites.
• Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads and logging defects.
• Tools and skills used include QTP for script creation/maintenance, SharePoint for version control and JIRA for issue tracking.

Confidential

QA Contractor, Cleveland, OH

Responsibilities:

• Creating and running manual regression scripts for OfficeMax’s mobile and ImPress applications.
• Creating and running manual regression scripts for Optiva’s iPad application.
• Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads and logging defects.
• Tools and skills used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, JIRA for issue tracking and SQL Server for database validation.

Confidential

QA Engineer, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Creating and running automated regression scripts for Confidential ’s retail application using Ruby and Javascript.
• Maintaining testing environments and overall source control using GIT.
• Coordinating with Project Management to develop manual and automated testing frameworks for the External Tools and Service & Buying spheres.
• Ran regression suites on Windows, Mac and Linux-based systems.
• Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads and assisting development in investigating data migration issues. Tools and skills used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, Capybara and Ruby for creating/maintaining automated scripts, iTerm and Unix for sales order manipulation, SQL Server for database validation and Pivotal Tracker for tracking issues found during testing.

Confidential

QA Analyst, Hudson, OH

Responsibilities:

• Creating and running automated test scripts for Confidential ’s LexiData application using Selenium.
• Creating and running automated tests for Confidential 's LCO application using QTP and VBScript.
• Creating and running WCAG compliant manual test cases for Confidential ’s LCO application, both desktop and mobile: iPhone, Android and iPad.
• Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads and providing weekly status reports. Common tools used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, MS Word for creating/updating Test Cases, LIMS for back-end code manipulation, CVS and GIT for maintaining and sharing project documentation and Clarizen for tracking issues found during testing.