PROFILE & SUMMARY:

• Masters Degree in Digital Television Management & Production
• Former Perl, HTML & JavaScript developer who has segued into STB testing and Project Management
• Over 10 years of experience in leading complex digital projects & processes by instilling Waterfall, PRINCE2 and Agile methodologies
• Excellent communicator; leveraging technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams

QA TEST SKILLS:

• Functional Testing
• Testing Databases, SQL
• Testing Set Top Boxes
• Non - functional Testing
• Writing Test Plans & Test Scripts
• Testing PC Streaming
• Unix command line administration
• Mercury TestDirector / Quality Centre
• Testing interactive TV applications
• Perl development
• Testing DVB-C (cable) & DVB-S (satellite)
• Automated Testing
• Unix administration & Shell scripting
• Interpreting debug code
• Black box testing
• Automated testing of STBs using RF technology
• Testing Freeview (DTT / DVB-T) Boxes
• White Box testing

COMMERCIAL TESTING EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer, Embedded Systems

Responsibilities:

• Functional and performance testing of circuit boards and embedded hardware on electric devices
• Executed python commands to the system and validating input/output voltages,
• Created, executed tested scenarios on devices to monitor blood and heart pressure
• Manual ad hoc testing of electronics and firm ware
• Test plan creation for Regression testing
• Jira / Kanban board used to log defects and track user stories
• Defect management and documentation

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead Apps Tester responsible for the complete set-up of the Apps testing environment and leading the team
• Leading team meetings and defect triage
• Working with 3rd party developers on resolving defects
• White box testing
• Identifying Mismatches between business and technical requirements
• Code-level testing and analysis of internally-developed application
• Analyzing de-bug code to identify system problems
• BDD and writing test scripts in gherkin
• Unix admin, command line installation and maintenance

Confidential

STB Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Agile-based E2E testing on Sky STBs / CPEs.
• Testing CA, entitlements, EMM codes, DRM and VOD on cable and satellite boxes
• Unix admin and basic python coding
• HP Quality Center for managing test scripts. Jira for logging defects.

Confidential

STB Test Engineer, Technical Field Team r

Responsibilities:

• Set Top Box Testing of DVB-C boxes
• Hardware set up, UNIX administrations and shell scripting
• Test Coordination and Functional testing
• Test Automation and set-up using Xaggett
• Writing test scripts from user stories

Confidential

Technical Project Director

Responsibilities:

• Creating and implementing service-oriented business solutions by adapting industry design patterns, consulting with clients and analyzing business environments
• Strategically executing 4-10 ongoing creative, digital and social projects with combined budgets of £1M
• Managed day-to-day production workflow for team of 10 developers, designers & creatives
• Tracking budgets, time, risks & milestones for multiple projects with individual budgets of up to £125K
• Writing effective business-friendly technical documents used for legal contracts, SOWs & Functional Specs
• Partnering with new business development to identify new digital & social partnerships opportunities and to provide resource estimates for various projects
• Delivering regular status presentations/reports to CEO & Executive Board tracking departmental budgets, earnings, and revenue

Confidential

Digital Project Director

Responsibilities:

• Advised on new business opportunities in the digital realm leading to a £300K increase of YoY Revenue
• Translated traditional campaigns into the digital space to deliver creative engagement opportunities
• Spearheaded the technical development worked as the solution architect for build & development of the Rolls-Royce Electric Luxury Twitter campaign microsite garnering 2 million impressions across social media
• Hands-on content production for Rolls-Royce, GSK & GHD and T-Mobile
• Established KPIs for client sites websites and advised on goals for social media metrics

Confidential

New Media Developer

Responsibilities:

• Created e-learning programs for the Confidential, Joint Chief of Staff
• Developed online LMS based lessons in StoryLine 2 for the Confidential
• Responsible for technical writing and industrial design
• Produced video podcasts using Premier, Photoshop, QuickTime

Confidential

Digital Account Manager

Responsibilities:

• Account management of a diverse range of client accounts and digital projects.
• Day-to-day management of client’s digital projects including web builds, UID,
• SEO, Marketing/ Newsletter campaigns & website improvement strategies

Confidential

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project managed a group of 6 developers for the build of an open source Java-based CMS for Vodafone
• Created wireframes, user journeys and functional specifications large scale web builds
• Project managed the launch of multiple iPhone applications

Confidential

Digital Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• General account management: Wrote briefs, responded to clients
• Project managed Confidential ’s/ HSBC’s largest 2009 digital media campaign
• Assembled and coordinated a digital media plan for client HSBC

Confidential

Manager, Creative Services & Product Innovation

Responsibilities:

• Project management of banner ad & software builds using agile scrum methodologies.
• Managed the creative production and graphic design of ad campaigns

Confidential

Senior Digital Producer

Responsibilities:

• Digital project manager for the online component of a TV show
• Managed a £1.5M budget for digital campaign budget
• Hands-on production and coding of flash applications
• Created functional specifications and wireframes for applications development
• Managed productions with 3rd party agencies and vendors for outsourced projects.

Confidential

Test Engineer, Commercial Development

Responsibilities:

• Performed functional tests on Confidential applications, VOD and eTV applications
• Performed routine systems maintenance on DVB-C PVR and standard set top boxes

Confidential

Systems Tester

Responsibilities:

• Assumed responsibility for testing interactive TV applications, bug tracking, error logging as well as assisting in managing the application configuration and release process.
• Used Photoshop & Illustrator to design the user interface of core IPTV applications.
• Built prototypes of EPGs, and Now & Next applications in AJAX for the Galio platform