SUMMARY:

• I want to start off saying I have a deep love for Technology and Science.
• I get excited about learning new things and having new experiences within the work environment and outside of the work environment.
• I am a geek at heart I will admit that.
• Engineering has also fascinated me and working with new technologies makes me want to improve on what has already been done to make the product even better.
• I’m also a humanitarian more about making peace with people and volunteering at various organizations.
• I have been in Software testing for the past 15 years.
• I love doing software quality assurance and design.
• I love the interaction with developers, the business, and the customer.
• My primary goal is to always deliver a quality product and a robust system that has the customer raving about how great there new software works and how easy it is to use.
• Outside of that I teach myself new things and old technology things.
• I feel simple things like making a battery out of household products may be useful and someday it may come in handy at some point or given time.
• If I wasn’t in the technology field as a profession; I probably still would try to create the next innovative product for the world to use.
• I do specialize in Software Testing. I have done everything from writing test cases to setup a QA department.
• I have done several roles as well as well as I have been a QA manager, the software tester, the SCRUM master, the IT coordinator, the technical liaison, the business analyst, the teacher as well as the student while on the job or helping out others.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Quality Assurance Lead

Responsibilities:

• Smoke testing
• Functional testing
• Regression testing
• End to end testing
• Defect creation and tracking
• JIRA
• .Net
• JAVA
• Automation code review
• Test Plans
• Test Strategies
• Daily status reports
• Management and SCRUM meetings

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirements
• Gathered documentation
• Wrote test cases
• Uploaded test cases
• Executed test cases
• Validation testing
• Setup meetings VIA SKYPE
• Sent Daily status reports
• Sent and maintained several other reports

Confidential

Senior QA engineer and consulting

Responsibilities:

• .NET environment
• Cross Browsing testing
• Cross environment testing
• Functional testing
• Regression testing
• Back - end validation testing defect logging and tracking troubleshoot environmental issues with third party services
• One week iteration releases
• Worked with development teams in two different locations

Confidential

Sr. Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Unit Test
• Functional Test
• DB2 validation
• Web application cross testing between the legacy system
• SCRUM meetings
• Defect tracking
• Working closely with Development and business
• Reporting issues to management

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Sr. Quality Tester

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements
• Created requirements documents
• Walkthrough and reviews of documentation
• Created Major and Minor test plan
• Created test cases
• Executed test cases
• Functional testing
• Backend testing
• Integration testing
• API testing
• Smoke testing
• Unit testing

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Sr. quality assurance analyst

Responsibilities:

• Manual testing(Black box testing)
• Smoke testing
• Adhoc testing
• Backend testing(gray box testing)
• Readiness testing
• Created test cases
• Executed test cases
• Defect tracking

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Sr/Lead quality assurance tester

Responsibilities:

• Manual testing
• Functional testing
• Regression testing
• Defect tracking
• Test execution
• Cross browsing testing
• Platform testing
• Mobile testing
• Backend testing

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Manual Testing
• Functional Testing
• Screen Validation Testing
• Regression Testing integration Testing
• Created Test Cases
• Executed Test Cases
• Reviewed test Plans
• Setup walk-through and review meetings with testers
• Gave daily status reports

Confidential, Grapevine Texas

Responsibilities:

• Agile SCRUM environment
• Manual Testing
• Backend Testing
• Unit Testing
• Functional Testing
• Integration testing
• Gray box testing
• Test case creation and traced back to User Stories
• SCRUM meetings
• Trained new QA testers on how GameStop operations work and project deliverables
• Lead defect triage meetings
• Clarity Tracking tool
• Microsoft's Team Foundation Server and Test Manager tools
• .Net / Java (Eclipse) environment
• Microsoft SQL Server tool
• Oracle Database tool

Confidential, Fort Worth, Texas

Quality Assurance

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Quality Assurance environment
• Trained testers
• Setup quality effort templates
• Implemented Standards, Procedures, and Process for Leprechaun to follow
• Wrote test cases
• Executed test cases
• Defect tracking
• Weekly status reports
• Captured requirements within the test cases.
• Managed the QA environment
• Tested SSIS framework package
• Validated data utilizing Pivot tables
• Test data mart, extensive ETL routines and table-partitioning system for data warehouse.
• Tested portal catalog maintenance system for database storage, role based database security system and staging areas.
• Utilized Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio

Confidential, Fort Worth, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Worked on an Enterprise Level application
• Desktop based application in Java
• Setup QA environments and loaded builds in a Linux/ Unix environment
• Continued improvements in an Agile environment
• Continued improvements in an SCRUM process
• Utilized Quality Center to write test cases
• Defect Tracking in Bugzilla
• Back-end Testing utilizing ORACLE 11i
• Executed test cases that pertained to user stories
• Attended SRUM meetings and gave status reports on daily basis.
• Met deadlines for each sprint cycle
• Pulled data utilizing SAN technologies

Confidential, Irving, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Established a relationship with the customer to gather requirements
• Wrote Business requirements and got product owners to sign off the requirements
• Established a team of 14 testers where duties where delegated
• Utilized Quality Center to house test cases requirements and defect tracking
• Setup meetings between the testers and users
• Gave weekly status reports to management teams on the progression of project
• Balanced the budget of 10Million to fit our needs and distributed it properly throughout the project
• Wrote test plan for the LeasePak project and assisted the test team on writing test cases in relation to the requirements
• Met critical deadlines in a timely manner
• Continued improvements in an Agile environment

Confidential, Carrolton, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Managed the Quality Assurance Department
• Set up process, procedures, and standards for Confidential
• Setup QA environments and loaded builds in a Linux/ Unix environment
• Developed an in-depth, detailed understanding of product architecture and processes in order to provide direction for effective QA processes
• Provide leadership in the assessment of test plans, test scripts, and test metrics
• Worked closely with two development teams to ensure that all aspects of the application have been tested Manual Testing
• Tested API within Confidential 's BMI application
• Tested the database that used Ruby's on rails framework for MySQL
• Developed automation testing in a Java environment

Environment: Java, C, XML, HP Quality Center, SQL, Windows 2008, Windows XP, QTP

Confidential, Irving, Texas

Software Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a small test team of 4
• Quality Center to house test artifacts
• Defect tracking in Quality Center
• Wrote Test Plans and Test Cases
• Executed Test Cases with the team
• SAP application utilized to implement the new ecommerce application
• Java driven environment
• Implemented Telestream to a virtual environment

Confidential, Fort Worth Texas

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate requirements documentation for completeness, adherence to standards and testability
• Prepare testing documentation including, test cases and test results
• Turned Business requirements and functional specifications documents into test cases.
• Tested in an Enterprise Data Warehouse environment utilizing several databases with extensive SQL scripting to validate that data is being populated into the correct table
• Tested deployed two Oracle 9i/8i databases with extensive interfaces to two existing JD Edwards ordering systems one JDE Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, interface used materialized views snapshots /database links/distributed transactions/Oracle DB2 Gateway product.
• Tested several major d consisting of a pricing engine, order submitter, full order tracking, co-branding support and a universal error handler.
• Heavily assisted in requirements gathering, client interaction, and user interface design and project management.
• Test data mart, extensive ETL routines and table-partitioning system for data warehouse.
• Tested portal catalog maintenance system for database storage, role based database security system and staging areas.
• Tested database synchronizations between laptops and main database.
• Wrote joint query statements to validate that the correct data between both tables matched and validated that the information entered from the front end parsed into the correct tables
• Plan and execute integration, system performance, regression and user acceptance testing
• Recommend, implement, and continuously improve operations within the QA team
• Develops and carries out quality assurance and test plans to ensure that requirements and quality objectives are satisfied
• Entered Test Plans and Test cases into Quality Center Test Director
• Developed an in-depth, detailed understanding of product architecture and processes in order to provide direction for effective SEI/CMM Level(s)
• Documents and evaluate test results to determine compliance with test plans
• Established business processes, company standards and end-user requirements
• Identify and document software issues and problems while interacting with the support and development staff to isolate and resolve testing issues.
• Presented findings to client group along with recommendations to implement or delay implementation
• Ensure that the services delivered through the team meets or exceeds the defined Service level
• Develop and implement the processes, procedures, and standards for the review and testing of software development and maintenance
• Define, document, and implement a comprehensive set of formal methods and procedures that support the business and operational requirements
• Pro-actively identify changes or improvements needed in the QA areas to more effectively support the business and operations of the IT teams
• Perform other related duties and tasks as assigned or as become evident
• Performed backend testing in the AS400 environment and validated that the data was in the proper screens
• Worked in a .Net environment testing VB-Scripting .ASP web based applications on Windows 2003 servers and XP professional.

Software: C++, XML, .ASP/VBScript, HP Quality Center, Lotus Notes, AS400 and Query Analyze

Confidential, Hurst, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of four (4) Software Quality Assurance engineers and test activities. Maintained a coherent, progressive, Software Quality Assurance strategy for web-based and Mainframe product for various Confidential products. Worked directly with Software Development, Product Design, and Product Management for establishment of Software Quality Assurance methodology and the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Developed SQA strategy, schedules and resource plans
• Established quality metrics for measuring product quality and release readiness
• Provided input in reviews, attending design meetings for all features, reviewing functional specifications.
• Reported software problems and verifying fixes; reviewing user documentation and tutorials
• Developed Test Plan and Test Cases.
• Provided milestones for project schedule
• Performed Functional, Integration and Regression Testing

Environment: C++, Java, Visual Basic, HP Test Director, Web Base Applications, Windows NT, Windows XP, VM/SP and VM/XA

Confidential, Arlington, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Participated in software design sessions and review meetings for assigned projects. Review the content of Functional and Technical specifications to ensure compliance with standards. Developed and created thorough test plan and test cases, in order to communicate problems found during testing and verify solutions. Conducted testing of Client/Server, Internet, and core business applications, along with testing in an AS400 environment.
• Designed, wrote and executed test cases and procedures that define specific test criteria and the expected results to be achieved
• Documented all test results in logs and reports
• Ensured all inadequacies in product, process and/or standards are brought to management's attention
• Provided input and making recommendations where product usability and problem areas could be improved
• Planned and executed black box, functional, and regression testing
• Backend testing in the AS400 environment. validated that the screens displayed the correct information and kicked off a batch file to complete the process

Environment: C#, Java, Visual Basic, XML, J2EE, .NET, AS400, PL/SQL, WEB based application, GUI based applications and Compuware Defect Tracking Tool