OBJECTIVE

• I is a Business Professional wif strong technical foundation as a Performance Tester looking for an opportunity to diversify my experience base and to align wif a progressive organization

SUMMARY

• 16+ years of extensive experience in Software Application Performance Testing and Quality Assurance
• Extensively used LoadRunner, WinRunner, X - Runner automated test tools, and Performance Center
• Created WebService test scripts exercising (IBM-MQ, JMS, and WISDL messages), web HTTP/HTML, Win-Sockets, Oracle NCA, and other multiple protocol Virtual User single or dual protocol scripts
• 2.5 years of experience creating UNIX KORN-Shell software user interface application to instruct technicians to configure and install circuit card assemblies into a call center interface system efficiently
• Created programs using teh following languages: Cobol, Fortran, Basic, Assembler (Machine Language), Pascal, C, and Object Oriented programing
• 1 year of experience creating simple SQL queries to trouble shoot application problems using teh Splunk and Foglight diagnostic tools
• Experience in using manual correlation techniques and parameterization of dynamic variables to test applications wif different sets of static data, dynamic aged Virtual Table Server data for conducting batch testing and data-driven testing
• Experienced in interacting wif Business, Development, and System Administration teams
• Strong experience analyzing business requirements and functional specifications to develop test documentation
• Proficient in creating test cases, test requirements, and VUGen test scripts wif limited customer documentation
• Mapped requirements to test cases using Quality Center to provided traceability to requirements matrix for CMM level 2 certification
• Extensive experience in creating data driven automated scripts to directly fetch data from a spreadsheet like teh Virtual Table Server or Excel database
• Created test data including precondition data, test input data, and regression data for both positive and negative test cases
• Strong experience in load testing, system testing, regression testing, and performance testing of web based Client/Server Data Warehousing applications in Windows and UNIX environments
• Analyzed LoadRunner test results to determine root cause of test script failures
• Experience wif LoadRunner in analyzing teh results using comprehensive graphs, Excel pivot tables, and charts in test analysis documentation
• Trained junior QA testers to use teh LoadRunner Controller and VUGen tools efficiently
• Provided guidance to teammates on teh best approach to pursue when creating complicated VUGen test scripts
• Provided feedback to teh CMM certification team on processes and best practice procedures
• Point of contact between CenturyLink and teh LoadRunner HP Development team in Israel
• Responsible for performance testing, debugging, executing, and analyzing complex applications
• Some experience using teh Wily Introscope and teh Optimizet software diagnostic tools for debugging application problems
• Proficient in executing Mercury Interactive Controller scenarios and interpreting teh results to provide feedback to teh software development team so dat application bottlenecks can be repaired for improved application configuration throughput

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing tools: LoadRunner,VUGen, PerformanceCenter, WinRunner, XRunner, Quick Test Pro (QTP)

Scripting Languages: VUGen, C

Bug Reporting Tools: ALM Performance Center, Quality Center, Jira

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/ NT/ 2000/2003/2007/2008/ XP

Programming Languages: C, Fortran, Cobol, Basic, Pascal, Assembler machine language, Visual Basic

Databases: Oracle, Informix, Web Technologies

Scripting Tools: Web HTTP/HTML, Wireshark, Fiddler, SiteScope, Protocol Advisor

Diagnostic Tools: Splunk, Foglight, Wiley Introscope, PerfMon, Optimizet, Excel pivot tables, NewRelic, Omniture

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Assistant Vice President Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Create data driven performance test scripts, Execute Performance Center test scenario’s, Analyze test results, make recommendations to teh development team, teh Server admins and teh DBAs to allow teh application to start operating per teh customer requirements.

Confidential, Plano, TX

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Using VUGen to create Web HTML test scripts
• Helping coworkers learn to use these VUgen and older protocol scripting tools

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Using VUGen to create WinSockets, Web HTML Asynchronous Calls, WebService (JSON, JMS and IBM-MQ, WISDL messages), Oracle 2-Tier, and Sybase CT test scripts
• Helping coworkers learn to use these older protocol scripting tools

Confidential, Grapevine, TX

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Used Omniture to develop a comprehensive picture of web-site activity
• Used input from stakeholders to create a comprehensive test plan document
• Used teh Omniture data to design a thorough efficient set of test scripts
• Used teh Omniture data to develop dynamic web-site driven controller scenarios
• Used Event Viewer to monitor server performance
• Used LoadRunner analysis tool to analyze test results for application degradation
• Used NewRelic tool to analyze test results to determine root cause of slow responding web pages
• Used Power Point slides, and Excel spreadsheets to document test results

Environment: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox browsers, Backend database servers LoadRunner-VUgen, LoadRunner-Web Services, Event Viewer, Omniture, New Relic, Virtual Table Server, and Excel pivot tables

Confidential, Keller, TX

PerformanceTest Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Record new LoadRunner test scripts, repair and modify existing test scripts to improve application diagnostic coverage
• Execute Unix queries to retrieve data for old and new LoadRunner test scripts
• Execute Unix queries to verify test scripts are updating databases correctly
• Prepare environment to process batch input files for processing
• Validate systems and data for full scale processing

Environment: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox browsers, Backend database servers

Confidential, Irving, TX

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Record mobile applications from devices such as Android Tablet, Xbox, Samsung TV, and LG platform using teh Wireshark capture tool
• Use teh LoadRunner Mobile Application protocol to create VUGen test scripts for Android phone, IPad, and XBox application interfaces
• Convert Mobile Application HTTP-HTM protocol test script to Web HTTP/HTML protocol format
• Execute multi-script performance tests using HP / Mercury Interactive Performance Center
• Create 485,000 rows of data to be used for daily 10,000 to 20,000 VUser loadtest executions dat use up 105,000 rows of data per month
• Execute Fiddler as another method to create complex application VUGen test scripts
• Execute Splunk to delve into application throughput problems
• Execute Foglight to provide additional application response details during VUgen test script creation

Environment: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox browsers, Backend database servers

Confidential, Kennesaw, GA

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Executed loadtests using Performance Center for a large entertainment company in FL
• Performed Performance Testing to find new defects in teh latest releases of application code
• Submitted defects in Quality Center for any new application failures detected
• Performed regression testing to determine if defects could be closed in Quality Center
• Created Excel pivot tables to display multiple daily results in a tabulated format
• Contacted those responsible for application code dat needed to be repaired
• Researched failing test steps to determine teh root cause of teh failing application
• Worked remotely from home office wif customer site in Florida

Environment: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox browsers, Backend database servers

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed LoadRunner test results to determine root causes of test script failures
• Provided feedback to development teams so dat defects could be reproduced and repaired
• Trained junior QA testers to use teh LoadRunner Controller and VUGen tools efficiently
• Provided guidance to teammates on teh best approach to pursue when creating complicated VUGen test scripts
• Coordinated wif Development Teams and System Testers when creating test cases
• Provided feedback to teh CMM certification team on processes and best practice procedures
• Point of contact between CenturyLink and LoadRunner HP Development team in Israel
• Created WinSockets, Oracle NCA, web HTTP/HTML, and Ajax protocol test scripts
• Worked remotely from home office to support Colorado, Ohio, Washington, Nebraska, and Bangalore, India clients

Environment: Internet Explorer, Netscape browsers, Google Chrome, Firefox, AJAX, Backend database servers, .NET, Peoplesoft,, Citrix, Silverlight

Confidential

Automation Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created WinRunner test scripts to verify teh functionality of terabyte sized databases SQL query generation tool

Environment: Internet Explorer, Netscape browsers,, Backend database servers, Oracle database. Visual Basic, C+, C

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created automated test scripts using VUGen WinRunner and XRunner
• Executed LoadRunner Loadtests using teh HP / Mercury Interactive Controller

Environment: Internet Explorer, Backend database servers, Oracle/Informix databases, C.