Test Manager Resume

SUMMARY

An information technology professional with over 30 years of Information Technology experience with 20 of the 30 years spent in Quality Assurance, Test Management and Project Management. Successfully completed test management, project management and quality assurance assignments in mainframe, client server, and internet application environments.
Lead and participated in all phases of the software quality life cycle (SDLC) in a multiple platform environment including, test management, project management, project estimation, project scheduling, resource management, vendor management, procurement, staff mentoring, meeting facilitation, meeting presentation, status reporting, test strategy creation, test plan creation, test case development, creation of test data, creation of test standards, execution of test cases, defect tracking, and creation of test completion artifacts.
I have extensive experience and participation using the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) using the Waterfall and Agile models in multiple platform environments. I have excellent personal relationship management skills, consistently establish, and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and vendors.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Agile Methodology, JIRA, CMM Methodology
Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case
HP Unified Functional Testing
HP ALM Quality Center 11.0, HP Quality Center
Application Lifecycle Management ALM
Share Point, LoadRunner, DB Visualizer, Citrix Receiver
IBM DB2 Command Line Tools
File - Aid, File-Master
DBC1, DB2, JCL, SAR, Roscoe
CA-1, CA-7, CA-11
OS390, z/OS 1.7, SDSF, ISPF, TMS, TSO,
MVS, COMPAREX, SPUFI, CCC, SyncSort
FTP, NDM, JSCAN, JEM, SQL
HP-Application Life Cycle Management (ALM), Project Workbench, Microsoft Project, Easy Test
Lotus Notes, Same Time, Net Meeting, Cisco WebEx, Cisco Jabber
MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Power Point, Excel, and various Microsoft Products

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

Participate in daily leadership project stand up meetings and weekly program leadership meetings
Overall plan, management, and execution of the entire test flow including overall test plan, phase test strategies, phase test plans, phase test scenarios, phase test cases, and phase defect management with testing standards and processes as established by the EPMO
Recruitment, management, mentoring and coaching cross functional test resources on/offshore
Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and vendors
Functional management of virtual phase test teams including both external and business resources across multiple projects, multiple countries, and various time zones
Develop and manage the testing schedule in accordance with project scope and delivery dates
Provide status updates, escalations, and recommendations for approval
Participate in Post Implementation Review and provide feedback on behalf of the test team
Projects conducted in Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid Wagile

Confidential

UAT Test Manager

Responsibilities:

Participate in daily leadership project stand up meetings and weekly program leadership meetings
Overall plan, management, and execution of the entire UAT flow including UAT test strategy, UAT test plan, UAT test scenarios, test cases, and defect management with testing standards and processes as established by the EPMO
Recruitment, management, mentoring and coaching cross functional UAT test resources on/offshore
Manage direct reports providing task assignments, goals, coaching, and feedback
Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and vendors
Functional management of virtual UAT teams including both external and business resources across multiple projects, multiple countries, and various time zones
Develop and manage the testing schedule in accordance with project scope and delivery dates
Provide status updates, escalations, and recommendations for approval
Participate in Post Implementation Review and provide feedback on behalf of the UAT team
Participated in Automation discussions for the GFB Batch regression testing process
Projects conducted in Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid Wagile