SUMMARY:

I have been instrumental in developing two software quality departments from their infant stages with a couple of people to mature departments of over 20 people, a third of which were offshore resources. I led these teams with no test plans or procedures to standard process, test plans and test cases. I trained coworkers in their knowledge of data quality and writing queries. I developed both manual and automated procedures using Excel, as well as free and paid testing tools. My experience includes manual test composition and execution, defect management, test management, test automation and performance testing. I have worked in IT for over 22 years, of which, the last 15 have been in software quality.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Test Professional
• SQL Server
• Oracle
• MS Project
• Visual Basic
• StressStimulus
• Quality Center
• Quick Test Pro
• JWebUnit
• Selenium
• CodedUI
• HTML
• VB Script
• Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Sr. Quality Analyst

Tools: SQL, Word, .NET, Excel, SQL Server 2005 and 2008, Microsoft Test Manager, TFS, StressStimulus, HTML, JAVA, Selenium, CodedUI, C#, JavaScript, Testng, and Maven

Responsibilities:

• Created an Excel spreadsheet for documenting testing. Trained the other quality analysts on how to use the spreadsheet to benefit their testing efforts by documenting testing
• Led TFS setup for the quality services group by defining the required fields for defects, the process for reporting defects, and what is needed for test cases in Test Manager
• I developed automated testing techniques, procedures, and structures, and implemented with StressStimulus. The technigues help clients Identified bottlenecks, DB locks and code performance for a major client using the performance tool StressStimulus
• I established a governance committee to regularly review current, projected, and trending device usage, thereby optimizing test coverage.

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Software Automation Test Lead

Tools: SQL, Eclipse, Subversion, Java EE, JWebUnit, DbUnit, Word, .NET, Excel, Rational Test Manager, VBScript, ClearQuest, Quality Center, Rational Manual Tester, SQL Server 2005 and 2008, SQL Server Management Studio, Snagit.

Responsibilities:

• Provided leadership for establishing and maintaining standards and guidelines of software applications, including COTS packages (mainly Quality Center), which gave the team direction for how things worked and made testing maintainable

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Sr. Software Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed staff and contractors employed by several vendors on multiple project teams; performed load/stress and performance testing; analyzed, defined, and mapped requirements; created detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts; identified metrics and tracked project schedules; performed integration testing with the outside customer using their data and following the process through their system
• Evaluate testing tools for automation and functional testing
• Established naming standards and procedures for converting test cases from spreadsheet into Quality Center

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Product Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created test execution plans and prepared them for uploading to test director, executed test cases, executed testing within the schedule and budget

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Data Quality Analyst - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Verified data was received, built SQL maintainable scripts, verified data received from the new ERP Aptify system
• Created the metadata for the new data warehouse, based on the information gathered
• Performed analysis on the data in the data warehouse to identify possible issues

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Data Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Verified data and validated web application process for data quality
• Worked closely with the business process owners and developers to identify possible opportunities for improvement
• Developed queries to validate data efficiently and accurately
• Kept project teams informed of progress, risks and possible mitigation paths
• Sent out daily progress reports on the state of testing
• Used the Remedy application to report and track defects
• Facilitated all applications in a project to complete the FDP (Flexible Delivery Processing) and agree on impacts to (coding and testing) and schedule for the project
• Identified project risks and managed the risk assessment until it was closed, which included defining risks and helping the team identify how to mitigate them, as well as following up on the action items to ensure they were completed
• Facilitated proof of concept meetings with the testing lab and several impacted applications
• Facilitated IT cross-functional activities, created project status management reports that pertained to the GL system and identified any possible issues that could delay the implementation. In order to complete projects on time, worked closely with users to understand their issues and identify alternative solutions or costs
• Defined how the inter-company process would work and implemented it on all subsystems. This required working with four to six subsystems to ensure they all worked together with the inter-company process.
• Trained and assigned work to a new hire

Tools: Visual Basic, Access, MS Project, Walker, Word, Excel, Rational Robot (automation tool)