SUMMARY

• Innovative, results - oriented Quality Assurance specialist with 10+ years testing Web/Mobile/VR/AR applications and software
• Well versed in the software development life cycle and the role of QA
• Trained in both waterfall and agile development processes
• Leadership in QA and offshore management
• Web automation and development experience
• Driven to achieve higher standards by testing and releasing better code
• Enjoys learning new tools and technology
• Launched two products- Confidential Events and Parties + Rooms, both for GearVR device.
• Parties + Rooms have proven to be a huge success (see article here)
• Helped formulate VR tests at Confidential for cutting edge, interactive virtual and augmented reality applications for presentation at Asco conventions in US, Europe, and South America
• Reduced the average defect count per build at Confidential by half, while still increasing cost efficiency
• Leading QA department to provide assistance and delegate work for offshore testers as liaison between test and development to streamline communication and efficiency
• At Confidential, helped create and maintain a unique position called System Bug Manager, responsible for all incoming bugs, metrics and reports, presented weekly to company
• Risen to improve documentation procedures, test plan development, use cases, and scope analysis
• Identified and isolated the issue in our Confidential Mediasphere application which was unable to play videos for the 2006 Winter Olympics, which, at the time was a company-wide crisis.
• The impressions and success out of this event has catapulted into a decade-long career in Quality Assurance

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Desktop: Windows, Mac, Linux

Mobile: iOS, Android, Google, Windows, Blackberry

VR/AR: Confidential Rift + Touch, GearVR, HTC Vive, Microsoft HoloLens, Google Daydream, Leap Motion

Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer

Defect/Project Tracking: Jira, Bugzilla, Trello, Mavenlink, TestRail

Automation: Selenium, NeoLoad, Appium

Software Languages: HTML, Javascript, Java, PHP, Python

Database: SQL, MySQL, phpMyAdmin

Web Services: SoapUI, Web Services Explorer

Version Control: CVS, SourceTree, GIT, Perforce

Game Engines: Unity, Unreal, Flash

Software Tools: Litmus, Firebug, Firepath, Integrity, Xenu, VirtualBox, Veeva CRM/iRep, Filezilla, Jing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mobile Apps Test Engineer/ Quality Assurance

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Responsibilities:

• Test Confidential features and applications for the Platform SDK team on GearVR and Rift devices
• Assist automation team for VR automation, utilizing in-house framework with PHP or Python
• Prepare test plans and suites in TestRail for execution through multiple build cycles
• Manage a team of play testers to achieve full device diversity and test coverage of Platform features

QA Engineer / Quality Assurance

Confidential, New York City, NY

Responsibilities:

• Lead QA project testing for pharmaceutical companies focusing on cancer treatment and education, specifically for doctors and cancer patients
• Authored test plans and use cases, juggling projects ranging from eBlasts or Veeva tutorials to responsive websites and virtual or augmented reality presentations
• Coordinated tests for custom websites and applications on mobile, desktop, and VR/AR platforms

QA Lead | Quality Assurance

Confidential, New York City, NY

Responsibilities:

• Liaison for Development and QA teams while managing and coordinating offshore testers in India
• Experience working with lead developer to design Java Selenium scripts using Selenium IDE/Xpath
• Web service testing and regression using SoapUI
• Data manipulation and validation using SQL

QA Engineer | Quality Assurance

Confidential, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

• Prepared test plans and documentation while testing multiple projects for clients and end users
• System bug manager for all incoming bug metrics, presented weekly in bug report to management
• Performed mobile testing using scrum/agile framework on iOS, Android, Confidential OS on an unreleased product called Presto, allowing mystery shoppers to evaluate businesses via phone or tablet
• Built Selenium scripts starting with IDE, using CSS or XPath for object identification

English Teacher | Privately Employed

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Tutored English for two teenagers in Italy during winter and summer school terms
• Provided assessment at the end of each course, including areas most needed for improvement
• Spent time and developed a relationship with the boys, even assisting with college applications years later

Software Tester | Quality Assurance

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for testing multiple products, site tools, transactions, registration forms, and product templates
• Coordinated with developers and product managers for execution and maintenance of each test cycle
• Authored test cases and bug analysis/reproduction steps while tracking and managing projects in Jira

Software Tester | Quality Assurance

Confidential, Carlsbad, CA

Responsibilities:

• Started as a technician for IT and customer support
• Promoted to Quality Assurance due to problem-solving skills and resolution of company-wide crisis for Confidential Mediasphere 2006 Winter Olympics streaming
• Tested ActiveX controls on IE6 and Windows Media Center 2005 using Intel Viiv technology