SENIOR TESTER/TECH LEAD/TEST LEAD

• Test Lead developed and implemented the software test plans. Responsible for the daily overall operation of test and all testers to include being aware of when each software increment is ready for release and planning the test cycle. Conduct test kick off meetings analyze requirements to ensure that the requirements meet the designed functionality of the software. Insure that each test member is occupied but not overloaded and at the same time not idle. Review weekly status reports and combine the reports to be sent to the Project Lead. Review defect reports and ensure resolved defects are retested. Insure that good collaboration is taking place between software engineers and test engineers. Develop Test Reports at the end of each test cycle and perform an after action review to see how the test team can perform better on the next test cycle.

• Senior Software Tester developed and implemented test Procedures and performed bug finding, bug reporting, bug tracking and bug verification. In addition responsible for executing the Smoke Test/Build Verification Test and performing Ad-hoc Testing.
• Tech Lead responsible for the daily operation of the test lab which includes setting up test stations, creating daily software builds, installing the build and performing a Sanity Check to ensure build is working correctly, installing the build on the remaining workstations for tester use. Performed failure analysis during a test cycle on any problem discovered by other testers and created a bug report if not already on file in addition to executing test procedures.

Skills Summary

• Test Strategies Coverage

• Testing Methodologies
• Test Plans, Procedures and Processes
• Functional Requirements and Definitions
• Regression Qualification Testing
• Defect/Bug Tracking

Professional Experience

Confidential

Senior Software Tester

• Created and executed Software Test Plans and Procedures to identify and document software problems and their causes.

• Saved the company and customer thousands of dollars by discovering bugs and collaborating with software engineers at an early enough stage in development to preventing additional charges for additional testing.

• Pinpointed a previously undiscovered flaw in the software where event and places locations were not posted at the specified location, resulting in saving the company thousands of dollars in software changes and possibly saving a soldiers life on the battlefield.

• Performed multitasking by performing as a Senior Tester/Failure Analysis in addition to performing my normal duties as a Test Lead.

• Developed 108 Test Procedures and Peer Reviewed them for Bowman/ComBAT to include special test Procedures for Movement Planning, War Gaming, Real Estate Maneuver Areas and Staff Tables.

• Performed offsite testing in Columbia Md to support DSAN a program that was short of personnel and behind in all aspects of testing, troubleshooting and problem reporting which assisted in making this a highly used product for the Confidential

• Set up a completely operational test lab at the Fort Wayne site to assist during test cycles and perform trouble shooting as needed.

• Developed 85 Test Procedures and Peer Reviewed them for TIGR Tactical Ground Reporting System

• Performed as Test Lead for TIGR Handheld and developed 24 Test Procedures, Peer Reviewed them and entered the Peer Review and all Action Items results into MAIT in addition to collaborating with the project manager, project lead and software engineers on a daily basis about new functionality and ways to perform testing better and produce a product that can be used by soldiers on the battlefield.

• Performed testing with an android device with TIGR software loaded on it to ensure that TIGR performed well in Adaptive Mobile Mode.

• Developed 54 Test Procedures and Peer Reviewed them for GeoSuite and entered the Peer Review and all Action Items results into MAIT in addition to setting up a fully functional test lab.

• Performed testing of GeoSuite installed on mobile devices such as android and IOS devices and compared functionality between the two devices.

• Created Daily Software Builds to provide testers with the most updated software to better enhance the testers ability to execute test procedures, test new functionality and run bug fixes.

• Train new software engineers so that they will have a working knowledge of the software before they begin writing new software.

• Execute TPM's to measure software stability and metrics prior to the shipment of a new release of software.

• Responsible for receiving all GeoSuite equipment to include logging all equipment in and maintaining an inventory of all equipment.

• Maintained and accounted for all GeoSuite equipment and shipped out equipment to business development for demos.

• Set up demos for VIP's using TIGR and GeoSuite visiting the test lab and performing demos for trade shows.

• Performed offsite testing in Taunton Ma to support Win-T a program that was short of personnel and behind in all aspects of testing, troubleshooting and problem reporting.

• Trained new testers on TIGR in the Win-T environment while performing Sync Monitoring and maintaining synchronization of all nodes in the TIGR network.

• Developed 8 Test Procedures to date and Peer Reviewed them for AB LAV in addition I entered the Peer Review and all Action Items results into MAIT.

• Installed maps on every workstation to insure that each workstation had uniform operating areas as depicted by the customer.

• Assist software engineers in the creation of test tools to better execute test procedures with special operations

• Used Packet Storm to monitor packets being sent out when transmitting messages and monitor data flow.

Software Tools Used Daily

• Clear Case
• Clear Quest
• FlySpray
• Bugzilla
• MAIT
• Doors
• Wire Shark

Confidential

Software Tester, Hardware Tester

• Performed Data Analysis on Field Artillery data produced from AFATDS to ensure that correct data is being produced in accordance with Tactical Firing Tables.

• Participated in stress test and endurance test to ensure that AFATDS was capable of continuous operations over long periods of time and still provide correct tactical and technical fire control.

• Developed Test Procedures to test AFATDS capabilities to perform special missions such as Fire Planning, Setting FASCAM mine fields and Nuclear Firing Data.