Objective:

To continue a professional career in which my technical skills and leadership experience will drive results for the organization while providing opportunities for growth and advancement.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

• Seventeen years of experience as an Information Technology Professional which includes experience in Software and Report development, Operations, and Quality Assurance
• Coordinated end to end testing, including Graphic User Interface, Web based, Reporting applications, and Database validation
• Experienced in all phases of the System Development Life Cycle and Frameworks - Waterfall and Agile environments
• Developed Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Summary Reports, Test Cases, and Test Scripts for all Testing efforts
• Experience in Front End and Back End testing through applications and executing SQL queries
• Coordinated testing efforts with developers, business analysts, and project stakeholders
• Experience in leading and training offshore teams
• Technical experience working with ALM/HP Quality Center, Teradata, Cognos, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, VB 6, SQL Server Developer, Oracle SQL Developer, SQLPlus,

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Johns Creek, GA

Lead Quality Assurance Analyst

• Participated in the development and improvement of QA processes and methodologies
• Worked in an Iterative Environment with three week iterations delivering new features
• Prepared Test Plans, Testing Strategies, Test Cases, Defect reports, and Test Summary reports
• Participated in Sprint Planning sessions, User Story Estimations, Retrospectives, and Release Planning
• Coordinated/participated in back end validations for planning, inventory, and pricing applications
• Responsible for developing and executing test strategies, test plans, and test scripts
• Developed SQL scripts for backend validation
• Coordinated end to end testing with various application teams
• Coordinated the assignment of testing activities for onshore/offshore testing resources
• Responsible for testing Business Object Universes that utilized the Teradata warehouse
• Responsible for UI and backend testing of Cognos financial and item reports
• Coached and mentored onshore/offshore testing teams

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Lead Quality Assurance Analyst

• Worked in an Agile Environment with three week iterations delivering new features and working software
• Attended daily morning stand up calls and collaboration meetings
• Worked with Product Owners and Scrum Team to create Release and Sprint user stories and backlogs
• Prepared Test plans, Testing strategies, Test cases, Defect reports, and Test Summary reports
• Performed Smoke, End to End, Functional, Regression, Integration, GUI, and System testing manually
• Participated in Sprint Planning sessions, User Story Estimations, Retrospectives, and Release Planning
• Worked with Product Owner and Story Authors to clarify and convert requirements into testable units of work
• Participated in the development and improvement of QA processes and methodologies
• Coordinated integration testing among the scrum teams Quality Analysts
• Worked with the validation team to create test scenarios, data, and test cases to ensure end to end, and integration testing
• Responsible for mentoring and training other QA team members
• Coordinated the assignment of testing activities for onshore/offshore testing resources
• Escalated risks and issues to the Scrum Master, Project Manager, and Product Owner
• Conducted Interviews with potential Lead QA candidates for the Scrum and Validation teams

Confidential, Johns Creek, GA

Lead Quality Assurance Analyst

• Led the QA delivery and management of Test Resources, Status Reporting, Test Plans, Test Cases/Scripts, Test Results, Test Readiness Reviews, and Post-implementation reviews within the program
• Managed and lead all testing activities throughout the Software Management Life Cycle with a team of 6 QA Analysts and 8 offshore resources
• Organized the high level test schedule, testing cycles, and code deployment schedules
• Responsible for developing and executing test strategies, test plans, test cases/scripts for new and existing applications
• Facilitated planning meetings, test reviews, and walk-throughs
• Communicated testing risks and developed possible mitigation strategies for risk
• Coordinated the testing resources allocated with project managers and business managers
• Responsible for training and developing junior Quality Assurance Analysts

Senior Quality Analyst

• Led the testing efforts for all Reporting Applications including Business Objects, Crystal Reports, and Web based reports for the financial, warehousing, and ordering applications
• Developed high level test cases and report templates for offshore script creation and functional testing
• Created and executed SQL queries for data migration from Oracle to SQL Server
• Responsible for developing and executing test strategies, test plans, test cases/scripts for new and existing applications
• Created report templates for offshore testing team
• Facilitated daily testing meetings with project team
• Coordinated daily defect meetings with management, project team, and business partners
• Compiled daily QA status reports to upper management and project team

Reports Developer

• Developed and Maintained Crystal Reports using Crystal 8 and 9
• Developed and updated the Oracle views and procedures used within the Crystal Reports
• Updated and maintained the Visual Basic reporting application
• Updated and maintained the setup routine for the server app and citrix using Wise Install