SUMMARY:

• To become productive team member.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston VA

QA Team Lead

• Consults with client and IT management and staff throughout the project life cycle, to assist and support the design, development and implementation of effective systems.
• Provides guidance in the creation of standard test environments, tests plans and test scripts.
• Analyzes, designs new or modified Quality Assurance (QA) procedures and standards and assists in the development and implementation of QA metrics for assessing the quality of delivered application software.
• Identifies opportunities for re - use and recommend when to use manual vs. automated approaches.
• Responsible for creating Test strategy across multiple projects.
• Provides guidance and help create test strategies for user acceptance testing.
• Ensures testing coverage of requirements or requirements in scope of test.
• Consistent delivery of testing responsibilities across multiple, parallel work streams.
• Collects and reports test metrics against project standards.
• Responsible for regression test coverage across work stream.
• Responsible for definition of automation goals and ensure test automation is achieved.
• Responsible for creating Test approach for multiple projects or Initiative.

Confidential, Columbia, MD

Performance Tester

• Review requirements, specifications, user documentation, help files, and other project documentation to assure quality of the products and tests to be developed for CMS health care functions.
• Wrote Performance test cases, plans, scripts and test harnesses. Maintained and updated the Performance Test Strategy in HP’s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for health claims in CMS.
• Wrote code in the JavaScript language to perform various functions after the recordings.
• Created test scenarios and test cases from requirements documentation for CMS health care functions.
• Planed and prepared test data and execute functional test cases for CMS health care functions.
• Reported defects and problems that occurred during the test process.
• Tested and evaluated system performance for new or modified software modules and/or application environment changes.
• Developed and maintained load and performance test scripts and executed performance testing.
• Prepared and published performance test plans and test summary results.
• Developed (configured and scripted), maintained and executed automated tests.
• Followed all established CMS XLC QA policies for test case writing, defect creation and requirements traceability.
• Provided project management with accurate testing estimates and regular detailed progress updates.
• Supported, trained and or mentored other team members as deemed necessary by the QA Test Manager or Project Manager.

Confidential, Arlington, Virginia

Test Lead

• Wrote code in the C language to perform various functions after the recordings
• Setup testing infrastructure for Albany Medical Center’s transition from International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 9 to ICD 10.
• Used LoadRunner and custom scripting (C, VB, etc.) to record and execute scripts.
• Used development skills to author applications and application extensions which enhance capabilities beyond that which is provided with HP software products. Provided Performance testing assistance to Software Engineering and Technical Operations community by performing tuning activities for various troubleshooting and analysis initiatives.
• Provided mentoring for Performance Engineers in advanced Performance testing concepts. Reported issues via defect tracking application and coordinate with Development / Project Management on resolution.
• Participated in business and technical requirement reviews for assigned projects. Verified that software and applications perform according to specifications. Conducted test case reviews with peers, Software Engineers and Development Managers.
• Analyzed configurations and log data for server hardware and software (OS, Middleware, Database, etc.) and made recommendations to Architecture and Infrastructure teams for changes that will yield optimized performance of hosted applications.
• Led many off-shore testing teams for various projects.
• Worked with Server Administrators and Network/Security Administrators to resolve hardware and software issues (bottlenecks and unscheduled shutdowns).
• Served as HP Performance Center Administrator by single-handedly upgrading from PC 9.5 to ALM 11.0, scheduled/queued test runs, validated results, and managed schedule conflicts. The upgrade impacted ten virtual machines that were geographically separated.
• Wrote SQL to optimize data in a large Oracle database

Confidential, Columbia, Maryland

Test Director

• Managed the software testing lifecycle from requirements analysis through production implementation for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mission Operations Voice Enhancement (MOVE) project; MOVE consists of telecommunication equipment, switches and keysets that NASA will use for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle and within sites.
• Leveraged various management methodologies, including Agile methodologies, and supporting techniques to execute on time and budget
• Analyzed business requirements, functional and technical specifications to design and create a test strategy and test scripts for functional, regression and performance testing.
• Executed test scripts with appropriate test data for functional and performance testing.
• Led an international testing team to eliminate defects.
• Used Test Director 9.0 (precursor to ALM) to manage requirements, create/update tests, and track / mitigate defects.

Confidential, Linthicum, Maryland

Associate

• Conducted research and presented findings on how “Technique to Interrogate an Image of RAM” may be used within the cloud computing community.
• Created, modified, managed tests to include defect tracking using Mercury Interactive Quick Test Pro (precursor to ALM) where appropriate.
• Led testing for the Cryptographic Binding Reference Implementation. Created test report, architectural review, and edited code review.
• Led functional and performance testing for integration of biometric and cross domain solution for System for Intelligence and Identity Management Operations (SIIMON) Secure Asset Integrity Service (SAIS), which runs on a portable device that integrates currently utilized biometric modalities to facilitate mobile identification/verification/enrollment of individuals encountered in an austere maritime environment and remote location.
• Used Test Director 9.0 (precursor to ALM) manage requirements, create/update tests, and track / mitigate defects.
• Conducted Common Criteria evaluations and/or testing for various network appliances/software to be used by the DoD. Evaluated applications/software includes: Splunk, Top Secret, FireEye, Identity Manager, Parity Bit9, and WhiteCanyon.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Computer Scientist

• Developed test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports on multiple projects of varying size leveraging HP automation tools where appropriate.
• Developed test plans and wrote test reports for mechanical components.
• Researched and conducted experiments on commercial and proprietary imaging tools including: EnCase, Forensic Toolkit (FTK), dd, DCFLdd, DCCIdd, X-Ways Forensics, and LinEn.
• Researched and conducted experiments across various media including: multi-session and hybrid discs, network crossover cables, RAIDs, SATA, IDE, SCSI, and volatile data.
• Presented various findings to international audiences at workshops, briefings, talks, and seminars.
• Created, modified, managed tests to include defect tracking using Mercury Interactive Quick Test Pro (precursor to ALM) where appropriate.

Confidential

Computer Scientist and Team Lead

• Represented the DoD configuration management interests to the Digital Forensics Steering Committee.
• Provided technical assistance and guidance in the areas Information Technology, Information Assurance, and Advanced Communications.
• Devised new and innovative test strategies, procedures, and reference sets.
• Provided test plans and performed temperature testing and stress testing on network servers.
• Developed test plans and wrote test reports for enterprise wide personnel/time tracking to be ITIL compliant.
• Created, modified, managed tests to include defect tracking using Mercury Interactive tools (precursor to ALM) where appropriate.
• Coached less experienced staff members in a mentoring type relationship in requirements definition, conformance, and forensics testing implementation.
• Wrote statements of work, test plans, validation documents, and test reports.
• Worked with business analysts to determine the most effective testing and inspection strategy for projects of varying complexity and size.
• Using concepts based on the CMMI, I developed acceptance and exception test plans and analyzed results from white-box- and black-box-testing of tools unique to the computer forensics community including: iLook, EnCase, The Sleuth Kit, Autopsy, FTK, Password Recovery Toolkit (PRTK), Distributed Network Attack (DNA), SIM Interrogation System (SIMIS), PDA Seizure, CDfs, and DriveWipe. The results included metrics, test reports (for vendors, the DoD community, and law enforcement), briefings, workshops, seminars, and classroom training.
• Routinely met with commercial vendors to include small, innovative companies in the commercial sector with emerging technologies useful to the DoD.
• Co-authored award winning and classified paper arguing digital tools must be independently validated before use by law enforcement personnel or the warfighter.

Confidential

Test Engineer

• Lead several ECommerce Quality Assurance projects including: ExpatSpouse (Phase III), Susan G. Kohmen Maryland Breast Cancer Awareness, and Internal change related projects.
• Created requirements traceability matrices. Designed, developed, and implemented test schedules, test scripts, and reports, for functional, regression, and backend testing of BroadVision Enterprise Suite and Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Applications.
• Worked with Systems Development team and business to ensure the timely, thorough testing of technological enhancements prior to release to a production environment.
• Ensured that defects uncovered in the test are recorded, summarized, and utilized in post project reviews in an effort to improve the development and test processes.
• Documented and reports system defects to the project team.
• Designed and develops automated scripts for regression and stress/volume testing using automated testing tools.
• Collaborated with testing teams on the planning of build/release cycles and bug tracking and problem resolution process for a variety of clients including: Stein Row, Liberty Finical, Keyport Life Insurance, and Coventry.