SUMMARY

• Skilled management professional with over seventeen years of wide - ranging technical testing experience including wireless, backend, web and client/server systems.
• Hands on experience in creating and maintaining test labs with hardware and software upgrades for large projects
• Experienced in building and growing test teams from the ground up growing from manual testing to automated testing using Eclipse and RFT, developing a team environment, policies, and procedures.
• Excellent Documentation and presentation skills coupled with training brown bags at client sites
• Excellent record in developing a work environment that attracts, retains, and builds team members working together toward a common goal.
• Full complement of skills in management, leadership, testing and the software development lifecycle, and testing processes.
• Gulf War Veteran
• Experienced in the technical industry and highly regarded by management and staff.
• Great skill in implementation of communication with developers to enhance the relationship between testing teams and development teams.
• Instituted weekly status meetings to evaluate and enhance production quality within the development team.
• Highly effective in empowering, motivating, and bringing out the best in employees thereby building quality in the overall human capital initiative.
• Excellent human relations skills - direct, fair, and empathetic - created an exciting environment in which people want to work.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• SOA Suite
• COTS
• XML and HL7 messaging
• Windows NT 4.0 Network Administration for Domain Users
• LAN’s
• PVCS Tracker
• Test Director
• Star Team
• Visio
• Crystal Reports
• MS Project
• Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP (Word
• Excel
• Access
• PowerPoint)
• Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000
• Oracle
• Microsoft Outlook 97/98/00/XP
• Visual Source Safe 5.0
• Rational Test suite (RRC
• RTC
• RQM
• RFT) testing tools
• Virtual Network Connection (VNC)
• Citrix
• Symantec Norton Ghost
• ProComm
• Pc Anywhere
• Clarify
• MS DOS 6.22 and below
• Windows NT4.0 Server & Workstation
• Windows 95/98/Me/2000Pro/XPHome/XP Pro
• FTP
• NetBIOS
• IPX/SPX
• TCP/IP and NetBEUI
• Dell Dimension
• Optiplex
• CD-Writer
• HP
• Quality Center
• Compaq Servers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Automated Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Agile Development Approach
• SOA Suite, COTS
• MAC OS
• Git Repository
• Ruby/Cucumber test scripts creation
• Creating test automated test scripts using Eclipse/JUnit
• Annotation to identify the test methods.
• Assertions for testing expected results.
• Test runners for running tests.
• Organizing test suites containing test cases.

Confidential

Sr. Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Agile development process with 2 week cycles.
• Attend daily Sprint Stand up meetings
• Attend Bi-monthly Sprint Planning sessions
• Attend Bi-monthly customer deployment reviews
• Create test plans, test cases, functional specifications, project schedules, and scenarios, using system requirements as defined by the customer and developer Use Cases.
• CDC Cloud SS project
• Creating test automated test scripts using Eclipse/JUnit
• Annotation to identify the test methods.
• Assertions for testing expected results.
• Test runners for running tests.
• Organizing test suites containing test cases.
• Writing test cases/scripts for HL7 and XML data files
• Back-end data testing/validation using PostgreSQL
• Requirements Matrix Traceability
• Defect vetting and reporting
• Mirth channel and translation testing
• Automated jUnit File testing for Structure, Rules, Content and Database Persistence

Confidential - Reston, VA

Sr. Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• VA HAPE ICD-10 Project
• Created Test Suites
• Wrote VA Medical application test cases/scripts for UFT and IV&V (Suite Testing)
• Tested VA Medical application test cases/scripts for UFT and IV&V (Suite Testing)
• Requirements Matrix Traceability Reporting
• Defect vetting and reporting
• Risk reporting
• Change Request reporting

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Agile Development Approach
• Conducted daily SCRUM Stand-Up meetings
• Attended Bi-weekly sprint planning and burn down list meetings
• Utilized The Rational Tools Suite
• Used Target Process to manage and track User Stories.
• IV&V services to the VA on its Chapter 33 LTS (Long Term Solution) project for the new rules within the post 9/11 GI Bill.
• The IV&V team utilizes a scientific approach to all aspects of the SDLC and STLC, by using a scientific approach we are able to minimize the subjectivity of IV&V and ensure a more objective foundation which improves the overall quality of the application developed and delivered to the client.
• IBM Rational Test Suite (RRC, RFT, RQM, RTC) lead the effort to transition from manual testing to automation using RFT.
• Rational Functional Tester (RFT) to develop and maintain Automation Scripts and suites this greatly increases the efficiency of the IV&V testing.
• Rational Quality Manager (RQM) to execute and track manual and automated test cases, utilizing the adaptor to enable the ability to execute automated test scripts/suites via the internet from anywhere in the world.
• Participated in integration testing, stress testing, and system performance testing, including development of Sprint/System/Regression test plans and collection and analysis of test results.
• Supported and worked on integration of applications and upgrading software to latest version.
• Experienced testing web based applications. Experienced with manual and automated testing processes.
• A Strong understanding of the SDLC, particularly software testing processes and techniques. Cross-browser testing.
• Created test plans, test cases, functional specifications, project schedules, and scenarios, using system requirements as defined by the customer and developer Use Cases.
• Identified software defects and ensure functionality of all aspects of the software.

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the development of test plans, test cases, test scripts and the execution of regression, functional and system tests.
• Participate in integration testing, stress testing, and system performance testing, including development of test plans and collection and analysis of test results.
• Support and worked on integration of applications and upgrading software to latest version.
• Demonstrate experience testing web based applications. Experience with manual and automated testing processes.
• A Strong understanding of the SDLC, particularly software testing processes and techniques. Cross-browser testing.
• Created test plans, test cases, functional specifications, project schedules, and scenarios, using system requirements as defined by the customer and developer Use Cases.
• Identify software defects and ensure functionality of all aspects of the software.
• Create test plans, test cases, functional specifications, project schedules, and scenarios.
• Assist product support and Product Managers with call escalation.
• Handle all aspects of major release testing, such as integration, manual, performance and regression testing and user acceptance testing.
• Utilizing SQL Query Analyzer and Enterprise manager to perform command-line SQL and database management techniques taking full advantage of Sybase database capabilities to perform DB verification.
• Testing the security features of the applications

Confidential

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the development of test plans, test cases, test scripts and the execution of regression, functional and system tests.
• Participated in integration testing, stress testing, and system performance testing, including development of test plans and collection and analysis of test results.
• Provided guidelines to test team members
• Supported and worked on integration of applications and upgrading software to latest version.
• Utilized command-line SQL and database management techniques, to take full advantage of Sybase database capabilities for data validation and verification.
• Used Share point to update team and testing status. Primary focus on manual testing, but some performance testing.
• Used Rational Robot and Test Manager for scripting and play back, also used Clear quest as the defect tracking tool.
• Automated regression and stress testing activities where possible.
• Attended requirements reviews and design reviews to provide QA representation.
• Established objective quality release methods.