SUMMARY:

• 20+ years in Software Quality Engineering
• 15+ years in SQA Management
• 12+ year’s working knowledge with Web Application /SaaS/ Cloud/ Client/Server environment testing.
• 12+ year’s off - shore management (Team from Russia/Ukraine/India/Sri Lanka/Vietnam, China)
• 5+ years NFC payment for j2ME, Android/IOS mobile modules (SIM Replacement, SIM Overlay, MicroSD, NFC Tag based modules
• Over 5+ Years in Video Conferencing, Consumer Telepresence and Business Video Teleconferencing.
• Over 8+ years of SaaS based services and products
• Over 5+ years of Cloud based services and products
• Self-motivated and a strong technical leader/mentor, who persistently follows-through on projects
• In-depth knowledge of the full software production process and life cycle SQA methodologies
• Innovative and effective problem solver
• Hands-On with H/W, S/W, Network (LAN/WAN/VLAN/ROUTING), DB (MS, Mysql, PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle), VMware(Server, Client), VoIP / SIP, Cloud / AWS, NAS, Storage. Etc.
• Strong leadership, technical and decision-making ability in high-pressure situations. Highly organized, self-motivated and extremely dependable.
• Excellent end-to-end understanding of SQA with Waterfall & Agile processes, organization and techniques to drive the creation of relevant and detailed test plans.
• Able to anticipate organizational and technical issues, and the ability to provide executive management with detailed projections and post-mortems.
• Experience with delivering Enterprise, SaaS and Consumer Software / Services and Products
• NFC payment for j2ME/ Android/OS mobile modules (SIM Replacement, SIM Overlay, MicroSD, NFC Tag based modules
• Samsung KNOX support and Validation with Good Enterprise and Boxtone MDM
• Working knowledge with Samsung KNOX security and validation.
• NFC Transportation (Ticketing Server) and TSM for OTA authorization.
• Experience with distributed systems and the challenges of compatibility, scalability, and performance. Deep understanding of server software, storage NAS and SAN architectures, networking, and security.
• Hands-on experience with installation and configuration app server (WebSphere, JBOSS, Tomcat,) web servers (PHP, Apache), MySQL/Postgres/MSSQL/ORACLE/DB2 DB, CVS/SVN for source control, Bugzilla/Track/Mantis (Bug tracking systems), Confluence /Wiki/Project management tools on Linux and Windows server environment.TP as a Project management and sprint based processing tool on demand
• TestRail as a Bug, Project management, test run and test cases tool.
• Working knowledge writing automated tests with a commercial QA automation tool (Silk, Win Runner/ Load Runner, Quick Test, Selenium, Automation Anywhere 5.X etc.)
• Strong project discipline and experience working in environment with parallel releases. Integrate and test system software and hardware components
• Coordinate implementation of monthly engineering upgrades to product line
• Professional in planning/testing new feature in an Agile environment
• Excellent People management skills (Army veteran, Sergeant)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Virtual Environment: VMware server/Workstation, vSphere client app, Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenServer, Citrix XenDesktop

Operating Systems: Linux, UNIX (SunOS, SOLARIS,), Windows OS Workstations, Servers 2000- 2016 R2, MacOS X, Xen Server.

Networking: LAN/WAN/VLAN, TCP/IP, PPoP, IPSec, FTP, NFS, SMB, JMB, NETBEUI, VPN; IPX/SPX, RMON, DNS, DHCP, CIFS

IP/SIP PBX Telephony: 3CX PBX, Asterisk, FreeSwitch, SIP Video Conference server, SIP Conference clients, 3CX softphone, Avistar Conference server, Avistar Firewall traversal server, Avistar Call Center, RevvlOne CloudPBX

Software (Tools): SipP, Wireshark, T-Shark, Nagios, Opmanager, Anasil Web/Net analyzer, SILK5.X, Mercury Load Runner, Server Bench, Net Bench, WinStress, Sdstress, CIFS Tools, Raidscape, Kharma PI, NetResults, Problem Tracker, Astra test, Vermont High Test, Web Analyzer, Shellguard, Webtrend, Maxwell, Anue For Network /Bandwidth management, XenApp, XenDirector,XenDesktop, TestLink,Jira, vSPhere, LAMP, etc

Mobile (Tools): DeviceAnywhere, Android SDK, Iphone Browser, JME tool kit, NFC tool kit, Mobile phone emulators, ADB (Android Debug Bridge) IOS Apple configurator. Appium, UI Automator, Cucumber, Ruby Mine Etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Mobile Software and System Test Engineering Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Work with other dev team to review any critical issues and provide regular updates on any blockers.
• Actively involved in day to-day projects status to meet schedules and resolve problems.
• Analyze failed test cases ran by QA to provide information and insights that will enable product development to improve quality of software delivered to QA, improve testability, and find defects earlier in the process.
• Perform Pre-Triaged defects analisys to assure proper assignment for sprint or backlog development.
• Always get attention to detail and work closely with support team on any customer related issues
• Daily/weekly communicate with offshore team lead to pass any new task (to cover 24/7 QA activities)
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written),
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills, to isolate steps to find a accurate steps to repro issue
• Passionate about trying to understand the root cause of product defects and process improvement.
• Leading local and Off-shore QA Engineering team 20+ members (India, Ukraine)

Sr. Manager QA

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility, review test plans, test cases for complex features from product requirement, design specifications and As Built Doc. Including the review of estimates and scopes functional testing from specifications.
• Manage and report on all stages of the QA testing process. Work with our Program Manager to review projects and provide regular status updates.
• Actively involved in day to-day projects to meet schedules and resolve problems.
• Analyze failed test cases ran by QA to provide information and insights that will enable product development to improve quality of software delivered to QA, improve testability, and find defects earlier in the process.
• Perform Post Mortem on Defects reported by the field to assure proper test coverage and test cases.
• Work closely with other team members in Product Management, Engineering, Engineering Program Management, Customer Support and Professional Services.
• Always get attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written),
• Excellent troubleshooting and reasoning skills,
• Passionate about trying to understand the root cause of product defects and process improvement.
• Manage local and Off-shore QA Engineering team 30+ members (India, China, Ukraine, Poland