QA Project Manager Resume Minneapolis, MN - Hire IT People

PROFILE:

Quality Assurance Manager / Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Expertise in software testing, automated testing suites, White & Black box testing resulting in time and money savings ~ ITIL Certified
More than 20 years of comprehensive experience in providing the highest level of Quality Assurance as a contract consultant to companies, as well as employed by the State of Minnesota Department of Economic and Employment Development as their QA Manager.
Adept at project management and successfully training Business Analysts without prior QA or testing experience in QA testing and best practices.
Skilled in stepping into role of QA Project Manager when necessary.

SIGNATURE STRENGTHS & TECHNOLOGY:

Strategic Planning Consulting E - commerce Quality Assurance Needs Assessment Team Leadership

Test Case Development & Planning Test Tracking Systems & Reporting Fruition Partners System

Functional, Performance, User Acceptance, Integration, & Regression Testing Web Applications

Agile, Waterfall, & Scrum Methodologies SDLC Microsoft Test Manager Quest Central Database DB2 V 4.9

SaaS ITSM MS Visual Studio Team Fundation Server 2012, 2010, 2008 & 2005 SQL TCP/IP PC Anywhere

HP/Mercury: Quality Center, Test Director, Win-runner, Quick Test Professional MS Test Manager

MS Windows MS Publisher MS PowerPoint MS Project PC Anywhere

Healthcare Education Telecommunication Technology Construction Hospitality Logistics Security

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

QA Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Trained 3 Business Analysts without prior QA experience in QA testing best practices.

Confidential, Saint Paul, MN

Quality Assurance Lead

Responsibilities:

Developed and maintained test tracking system reporting status of test results; used Fruition Partners application.
Performed Functional, Performance, User Acceptance, Regression, Black Box, and White Box testing.
Provided extensive training support to the clients.
Directed offshore and remote testing resources that met all schedule deadlines.

Confidential, Minnetonka, MN

Senior QA Automation Analyst

Responsibilities:

Created automated test cases back to requirements using MS Test Manager 2013.
Developed and maintained test tracking systems using MS Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013.
Trained IT team in QA best practices, SOX Compliance, and Software Development Lifecycle in 3 languages.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior QA Automation Analyst

Responsibilities:

Reported test results and entered problems and/or issues into the defect tracking database within MS Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Work Items.

Confidential, Richfield, MN

Quality Assurance Lead

Responsibilities:

Created test plans, procedures, scenarios, cases, and scripts for Confidential.
Mapped manual and automated tests and performed integration and user acceptance testing.
Conducted manual and automation functional and regression testing for Bestbuy.com website from "add to cart" - "checkout." Interacted with Defect Manager and Development Team to understand defect resolutions.
Coordinated testing efforts with 12-15 other testing groups.
Reported test results and entered problems and issues into the defect tracking database Rational Clear Quest.
Monitors and updates defect reports as needed including defect report closure via Rational Clear Quest.
Used Automation Tool JIRA, Microsoft TFS 2010 for running scripts against Bestbuy.com website, and backend databases.
Generated test status reports and test closure documents via SharePoint.

Confidential, Saint Paul, MN

Quality Assurance Analyst Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed Functional Test Environment using MS Visual Studio 2005 & 2008 Team Foundation Server to perform Black box and White box testing Unemployment Insurance and Minnesota Works, and Workforce 1 Job Search websites.
Performed in a .NET 2.0 and Java J2EE environment utilizing MS Visual Studio 2008, 2010 Team Foundation Server test tool.
Conducted Front and Back End manual and automation testing in an Agile environment.
Ran script data queries against Quest Central Database DB2 V4.9.