SUMMARY:

• I am a QA Lead Engineer with automation and open - source architectures with Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, and previous development experience. My approach is to have several QA cycles within the release QA/testing effort. Myself and/or my team works with developers while developing test plans, test cases, and a belief in proper design and engineering documentation, working with Business Analyst and responsible members of the engineering teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Applications: CVS, MS Office, Empirix, Silk, Rational, Lexcel, HP/ALM-Suite, IBM-Rational Suite, Test-Complete, Jira, Soap UI, JUnit, TCoE, TFS, E-Commerce-Base, and Selenium

Database / SQL: Oracle 7, 8, 8i, MS-SQL, and MySQL

Issue/Defect Tracking Tools: ALM, ClearCase, JIRA, Rally, Test-Link, Team Track, CVS, and others

Networking Skills: LAN/WAN, IPX, NetBEUI, SNMP, TCP/IP, and QA/Network Labs

Operating Systems: MS-Windows, UNIX, Linux, BSD, and pSOS/VRTX

Other: FDA & ISO 9000 regulations and requirements, CAPA, FMEA, TCoE, Embedded/Real-time systems

Program Languages: C, Java, PERL, SQL, Python, Visual Basic, C++, and embedded development

Test Documentation: Developed test strategy, test approach, test plans, test cases, test scripts, etc

Testing: Manual, Automated, Black/White box, Regression, Functional, Integration, Performance, System, and UAT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QA Lead (Contact)

Confidential, Phoenix AZ

Responsibilities:

• Create a QA team as a world class team for a second generation company
• Implement QA strategies and methodologies that were previously non-existent
• Establish software build release strategies, recommended FrogLogic/Squish GUI tool
• Manage and enhance QA team, test documentation, procure QA tools, QA group
• Jira and Confluence were employed for defect tracking and agile methodology
• The target product employed face recognition technology
• Creation of test procedures, plans, and scripts from scratch, void of documentation
• Employed testing efforts over various Linux platforms, employing C++ and Python

Sr. QA Lead Engineer (Contact)

Confidential, Chandler, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Create, prepare and implement systems quality assurance reviews for numerous applications
• Responsible for the primary development of testing strategies, consult with users, providing advice and direction.
• Perform more complex analysis of business requirements and system specifications.
• Coordinator for all testing activities on a project, created test plans and scripts for various projects.
• Lead and review test plans written by others, including the developing of automation scripts in Perl
• Perform moderately complex to complex test data conditioning, regression testing and testing validation.
• Provide specific guidance on defects to developers.
• Provide direction to less experienced analysts. Logs, tracks, and verify resolution of software and specification defects.
• Document all phases of the Systems QA process: IT quality assurance and systems/application testing experience.
• Experience with Unix platform, GUI testing, Software AG webMethods, Oracle/TOAD/SQL, HP-ALM and HP-QC

Sr. QA Lead Engineer (Contact)

Confidential, Chandler, AZ

Responsibilities:

• IT Business Systems Consultant with Software Systems Testing and Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE)
• Use HP-QC/ALM, test case tracking, Rational Clear Quest and HP-ALM defect tracking tool.
• Full life cycle QA/Dev estimates for Enterprise-wide implementations, and process/methodology.
• Construct and execute SQL queries with strong understanding of Oracle and SQL Server databases.
• Project management; verbal and written communications; develop and present management and executive-level reports
• Strong analytical skills and ability to develop roadmaps and plans which enable strategies
• Strong process controls development and implementation background/engineering, and risk management
• High competency in the execution of multiple projects concurrently to meet deadlines
• Proficient with MS Visio, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Excel, Working with an onshore/offshore team models
• Contact Center Technologies functionality within the financial industry.
• Strong understanding of call center and telecommunications technologies, including TDM and IP based phone switches, Genesys and Cisco call routing, VoIP, CTI, and Interactive Voice Response (IVR).
• Execute and testing batch commands and/or shell scripts on UNIX and Windows servers and reviewing output, logs, etc.

QA Engineer

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• QA Engineer, using Lexcel, MS-SQL 2008, and MS-TFS
• Using the QA applications, Lexcel and HP-QC, Selenium
• Create/script code using data driven test applications to automate financial records processing
• Execute test scripts and report defects, plus maintain and contribute to the Agile process
• Active scrum participant and at times scrum master

Sr. Software Analyst

U nited Health Care,Phoenix, AZ

Responsibilities:

• SOX Compliant, HIPAA
• QA developer, using various languages, automation of applications processing and (Data-Driven-Testing) DDT testing
• Using the following QA applications; HP QTP, QC, W/R, Soap UI, and IBM/Rational Suite
• Create/script code using data driven test applications to automate financial records processing
• Providing the corporation with significant financial savings in the upper six figures
• The position and group is rather new to the organization, developing scripts, processes, and methodology.
• Interface with internal customers, providing processes with significant cost savings.
• Active scrum participant and/or scrum master

QA Engineer

Confidential, Southern California

Responsibilities:

• Custom Perl, Python, and Selenium test harness for specific projects
• Produced FEMA’s for various projects, developed testing methodologies and test procedures
• Custom Rational and HP QTP test scripts for specific projects

SQA Sr. Integration Test Engineer

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Embedded Real-time systems/integration testing hardware/software, Structured and executed test plans
• Flash and Video functional testing of STBs including Performance, Scalability and Reliability
• Remote/WEB scheduling of end-user applications
• This project was rather generic integration testing of daily software builds across five hardware platforms with up to six variances of each platform and network configurations.
• Tools employed are Rational, Test Link, Linux, JIRA, and Linux, - LINUX - JAVA SHOP

Manager SQA

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities:

• Structured QA team for a startup - PERL, Python, JAVA, LAMP, Open Source, and .NET
• Automation tools included Silk-Test Suite, Soap-UI, JUnit, HP QTP, L/R, W/R TD, and Selenium
• Created test plans, test cases, black grey white-box tests, Real-time & Use Case test scenarios
• Data Validation, MySQL test scripts, embedded in PERL script for automation
• Detailed proposals and budgets, functional, integration, regression, load, UAT, and stress testing of the Real-time product
• Scrum master and active scrum participant
• Perl script test harnesses with a PHP wrapper for testing of systems regression and integration testing.
• Tested a JAVA, IDE GUI and WEB UI on Windows platforms
• Structured QA labs, supporting servers, applications, various networks, and other necessary hardware
• Responsible for QA team of 5, plus off-shore group which varied 4 - 25 members
• I joined Confidential produced test plans, test cases, test/release schedules from scratch, responsibilities for daily builds and formed a QA team.
• This position was "hands-on"; the technologies were open source, Java, Perl, Tomcat, MySQL.
• I brought in commercial and open-source tools for the support of testing and automated testing with adherence to data integrity, unfortunately, the business was closed and sold for its assets in 2007.