CAREER SUMMARY:

• I am a QA professional with over 12 years of testing experience. It isn’t just a job, it’s a passion.
• During my career, I’ve worked with a wide variety of companies from small start - up to Confidential 100 companies.
• I have tested desktop software applications, web apps, embedded firmware devices and mobile apps (just to name a few).
• I have many years of experience with Black Box, Gray Box and White Box Testing and even back-end data validation testing utilizing MS SQL.
• Whether I’m testing an innovative software as a service from the ground up, leading a QA team, writing manual test cases, coordinating with the offshore QA Team, collaborating with development team from proof of concept to production ready deployments, managing software apps deployment to the cloud (AWS) and even designing a new desktop application from scratch - it’s all about testing great software on-time, within budget, and delighting customers.
• I love software and computers and have been teaching myself SQL for the past few years, so I have beginning/intermediate level knowledge in MS SQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Fiddler, Charles Proxy, Wireshark, MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS (S3, Cloud Front, Route 53, EC2, Glacier, DynamoDB), Octopus, Domain Registration, MS Hyper-V, VMWare Workstation, Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, MAC OS, Windows XP/7/8/10, Windows Server 2008 and 2012, AgileZen, Trello, HP Quality Center, RallyDev, TFS, JIRA, Zendesk, VPN (HMA,PureVPN), Microsoft Excel (Pivot Table), Octopus, TortoiseSVN, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Ethernet, TCP/IP, UPnP, Balsamiq, Tableau, Integral Ad Science, SimilarWeb, unbounce, Google Analytics, Pingdom

WORK EXPERIENCES:

Senior QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked directly with software engineering team to investigate fraudulent activities and data analysis. Collected data and created reports collected from SQL and implement changes or modifications as necessary in production.
• Front-End and Back-End Testing data validation utilizing SQL
• Web API, URI, .NET, Javascript, XML, HTTP/HTTPS web-request, Angular, HTML5, PHP, CSS3, Web UI, Web Content, landing pages (Unbounce Page), Campaign links and Web Browser Extensions Testing (Google Chrome, Firefox, IE and Opera) utilizing Fiddler, Charles Proxy and Browser Dev Tools
• Tested mobile applications and Games (iOS, Android)
• Wi-Fi, Proxy/VPN Testing on Pop-up/Pop-Under, Interstitial, In-text, Vast 2/3 Video Ads
• Smoke, Regression, ADHOC Testing.
• Exploratory testing on HTC Vive VR Games
• Modified existing codes using Python and C#
• Performed research and follow up investigation on potential fraudulent activities utilizing MS SQL 2015, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Many of these investigations saved the company thousands of dollars of potentially fraudulent advertising charges.
• Performed research and follow up investigation on user fallout during software installation on potential 3 rd parties blocking the installation processes.
• Monitored AWS EC2 Instances for any errors and abnormal anomalies
• Coordinated offshore QA Team
• Wrote Test Plans and hundreds of manual test cases on company’s proprietary Advertiser and Publisher Ad Platform, Desktop Applications and Browser Extensions
• Implemented test strategies for full coverage of the product software verification.
• Assisted with multiple large projects creating business user stories based on input from all stakeholders
• Responsible for setting up Virtual Environments utilizing Microsoft Hyper-V and VMWare Workstation.
• Managed Production deployment utilizing AWS S3, Cloud Front, EC2, Route53 and GoDaddy
• Managed Ad Campaign(s) Compliance
• Trained other Quality Assurance Testers and encouraged them to take on more responsibilities
• Instrumental in the design of a wire-frame on a couple of Desktop applications
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Art Directors, and Stakeholders to ensure quality on a variety of web, graphics, and animation projects
• Responsible for coordinating with offshore and offsite development team from proof of concept to production ready deployment
• Provided first-line customer support services to clients the company’s proprietary ad platform that was responsible for more than $10M in gross revenue.

Jr. QA Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for performing Regression Test on the following products: VisiCAD, VisiNet Mobile & VisiNet Browser
• Maintain and Develop new Test Procedures in HP Quality Center
• Perform Black and Grey Box testing utilizing SQL2005 and SQL2008

Test Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate Testing with Offshore Team
• Firmware and Software Test: Smoke Test, Reliability Test, System Test on Industrialized Printers

QA Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created Metric Analysis Reports to Optimize Monetization
• Assisted with Project Coordination/Management
• Assisted in defining the QA Process
• Assisted with Multiple Projects (Buzzdock, FreeTwitTube, Contenko)
• Developed and Maintained over 2,900+ Manual Test Cases (UAT, Validation, Regression, Smoke Test)

Firmware QA Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Executed manual and automated test using HPQC/QTP
• Firmware Flash/Re-flash on Consumer Printer Inkjet system
• Experience testing WiFi (i.e. Wireless - 802.11), Bluetooth, Faxing, Scanner, Copy, Memory cards (SDIO, SDHC, xD etc.), camera’s, cell phone print throughput testing and evaluating, grading printer output quality.

QA Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Captured and Log Software/Firmware issues using in-house defect tracking test-tools.
• (HP Interactive Suite of tools including Mercury Quick Test Pro and Quality Center, Test Director, Quality Logic Quality Center).
• Firmware Flash/Re-flash on Consumer Printer Inkjet system
• Experience testing WiFi (i.e. Wireless - 802.11), Bluetooth, Faxing, Scanner, Copy, Memory cards (SDIO, SDHC, xD etc.), camera’s, cell phone print throughput testing and evaluating, grading printer output quality.
• Executed hundreds or manual and automated test using HPQC/QTP
• Mentored and assisted with the training of new Operators and Coordinated test assignments with other test operators.
• Worked directly with the SQA/FQA Engineers to create and maintain test cases from Software Requirements Specification for New Features and Regression test cases.
• Identify, investigate, prove, and describe software and firmware defects in a structurally logical sequence.
• Demonstrated the ability to perform and document tasks with attention to detail and an understanding of the expected outcome of the task.
• Report software/firmware bugs and write logical/concise bug reports.
• Worked with the development team to track test cases to closure.
• Demonstrated the ability to learn technical tasks, concepts, understanding the methodologies and apply them in software and firmware testing.
• Reproducing software and firmware defects.

Supervisor / Smog Technician Assistant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• 12 years of experience executing manual test cases and running automated test in Visual Studio, Selenium, QTP and Smart Bear.
• 12 years in Software Test (Unit, Integration, System, Acceptance,Smoke, Regression, ad hoc, UI, Beta, EUT, exploratory (just to name a few).
• 7 years in creating manual test cases, product and user requirements documentation, processes, QA guidelines/standards, internal wiki’s, product functional specifications and troubleshooting/FAQ tech support content.
• 5 years of testing embedded Firmware/Software on consumer, commercial and enterprise inkjet printers.
• 5 years with project coordination of Offshore Teams from China, India, Ukraine and multiple US locations.
• 6 years testing different types of Ad Monetization.
• 4 years querying with MS SQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• 4 years testing Real-Time Bidding (RTB) and Supply-side (SSP) Platform.
• 4 years experience with SaaS, PaaS and IaaS (AWS).
• 3 years Mobile/Tablet Testing (iOS and Android).
• Experience with testing in .NET, API, Web Content, Windows-based GUIs, Web Browsers Extensions and Window Installers.
• Black/White box testing, Functional/System Testing, Regression testing, Smoke Testing utilizing Fiddler and Charles Proxy.
• Experience in SDLC, ALM, Scrum and Agile Software Development environment.
• Extensive experience with Adware such as Ad supported Software Applications.
• Extensive knowledge on Pay-Per-Click (PPC), Cost-Per-Thousand (CPM), Cost-Per-View (CPV), Cost-Per-Action (CPA), Cost-Per-Impression (CPI)