SUMMARY

• An experienced IT/QA Professional with “Test Project Management”, “Lead Project Test Coordinator”, “Project Change Release”, “Leadership”, “Management & QA Lead” experience in the “Application Development and Information Technology” field;
• Proficient in Leading & Facilitating the overall Testing effort for multiple Projects simultaneously from Inception to Go - Live; Enterprise Level Skills and Experience including managing a Virtual Office and working with large audiences (up to 30-40+ people); Identifying Industry wide QA Standards, Methodologies & Best Practices to Develop & Implement QA Processes, Standards & Procedures, Software QA Metrics, Software Testing Methodologies & Repeatable Testing Processes as needed;
• Established and Maintained a centralize Repository for required QA Project & Test Deliverables to satisfy any Internal/External Audits that may arise; Facilitate Development & Implementation of New Concepts, Techniques and Technologies for Software Testing;
• Establish and Maintain the integrity and quality of QA Test Environments & Regions as well as creation of Regression Test Beds, Test Automation Tool Set and Test Framework to support Software & Application Testing and Facilitate Development of adequate Testing Coverage;
• Prior experience Lead Software Quality Assurance Analyst, Test Automation, System Development & Automation, Change Release Management, Production Support, Technical & Project Lead, Business Analyst & Systems Analyst;

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Structured IT ~ Waterfall ~ AGILE ~ SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) ~ ATLM (Automated Test Life Cycle Methodology) ~ TDLM (Test Development Life Cycle Methodology) ~ User-defined SQA & SDLC Methodologies ~ Acceptance Testing ~ Beta Testing ~ Baseline ~ Functional Testing ~ Usability Testing ~ Regression Testing ~ Defect Resolution Testing ~ User Acceptance Testing ~ Interface Testing ~ Integrated Testing ~ End to End Testing ~ Cursory (Non-destructive Testing) ~ Performance Testing ~ Stress/Load Testing ~ Staging & Post Implementation ~ Software & Data Migration ~ Conversion ~ Defect Management ~ Test Planning ~ QA Metrics ~ Test Strategies ~

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Consultant - Test Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide E2E Testing Coordination, working knowledge of AGILE, ALM and RALLY
• Schedule and Lead Daily Defect Calls to stay on top of the Defect Management over the life of the project, using ALM as the system of record
• Schedule and Lead Triage Meetings as needed throughout the life of the project
• Schedule and Lead Daily Connect meetings to ensure that all reported defects are addressed, fixed, retested and closed in a timely manner
• Coordinate and obtain the required Testing Deliverables to support the integrated projects and programs as well as to meet the Audit Requirements for the organization
• Oversee the testing of multiple applications, working with multiple AGILE Teams on large complex and integrated projects
• Delivery of the End-to-End & Master Test Plan, running testing work group meeting, defect triage calls and project completion shutdown
• Develop and prepare Consolidated Project Test Execution and Test Summaries and Test Plan updates as required.
• Conduct “Daily Connect” meetings to ensure that Defects are addressed, resolved and closed in a timely manner as well as address any concerns as they arise
• Collaborating with QA, Regression, UAT, Performance, PPV, Testing Partners and LOB(s) to ensure that all phases of the testing are complete;
• Serve as the single point of contact (POC) to follow-up and close out questions from internal teams regarding testing requirements, timeframe(s) and other issues including escalations as needed.
• Participate in the Share Knowledge meetings with Business and Technology Partners
• Managing multiple testing deliverables (test plans, test scripts, test summaries) ensuring that all testing artifacts are successfully archived for potential future audits and compliance
• Assist AGILE Teams & Business Partners as needed throughout the life of the project
• Completion of Compliance Training as required and Continuation of Learning new skills and knowledge through the Client’s Training Portal
• Attend Feature Planning meetings for upcoming projects

Confidential

Consultant - Project Test Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating test scenarios for a variety of business scenarios as referenced in the Requirements;
• Collaborate with QA/SIT/UAT/Performance testing partners to ensure that all phases of the testing are complete;
• Help follow-up and close out questions from internal teams regarding testing requirements, timeframe(s) and other issues.
• Participate in the weekly team meetings with Business and Technology resources
• Reporting on QA/Regression/SIT/Performance/UAT testing progress, updates, status, risks, issues and progress

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Consultant - Lead Project Test Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and Manage the overall “Testing” effort of over 2200+ Web based application Enterprise - wide and within a designated Cloud Azure QA Team designed to ensure that Best Practices are followed throughout the life of the Cloud Azure Project;
• Coordinate DEV/SIT/UAT Testing Timelines and Defect triage across Application Development, Integrated Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing & Automation, Performance, Stress & Load Testing Teams and the LOBs at the “Package Level”;
• Partnering with 4 - 6 Cloud PMs (each responsible for 200+ applications), Cloud Migration, Change Management, Enterprise Cloud Services, Cloud Process Validation and Release Oversight Teams to assist the Application Owners, Application Teams, LOBs and other related Teams with migrating their applications to the Cloud;
• Present the Cloud QA Presentation to Project Stakeholders, On/Off-Shore Teams and LOBs to walk-through the Cloud QA Process and the required Cloud QA Deliverables for migrating the applications to the Cloud;

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Consultant - Lead Project Test Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Identify the Primary Point of Contacts (POCs) within the Application Development/QA Teams, Migrations Teams and LOBs to Communicate and Collaborate with throughout the life of the “Project” at the “Package Level” and to ensure successful migration of their Web based applications to the Cloud;
• Collaborates with Project Managers, Application Managers, QA Managers, Business Analysts and others on the Team to ensure changes are understood, Test Cases and Scripts are fully defined and Final Sign-off & Test Results are complete;
• Building Project Level Deliverables, Tracking Testing Timelines & Activities, Defect Status and QA Deliverables as well as Managing the SIT/UAT Sign-off Process to ensure that Cloud QA Process is followed throughout the life of the Cloud Azure Project at the “Package” level;
• Review the required QA Deliverables, Test Summaries, Test Results & Sign-offs and “Approving” “Production Change Requests” in PAC2000 for Production Go-live;
• Review, Create & Update the Central Repository, SharePoint with the required QA Deliverables to satisfy any Internal/External Audits that may arise for each application migrated to the Cloud;
• Completed the “Required” and “Recommended” Training and provided a copy of the Training Transcripts and Certificates to Upper Management;