PROFILE

Offering 19 years hands - on experience in software test engineering and programming. Proficient in analyzing and solving complex problems involving software design and engineering. Strong background in software development including analysis, specifications, design, documentation, programming, testing, and troubleshooting. Able to relate large numbers of details and exceptions into an integrated design. Well versed in processes technology as well as quality assurance requirements. Can successfully function in a supervisory capacity, as an individual contributor, or in a team environment. Prior Secret Clearance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,San Diego, CA

Full-service search marketing firm that provides Fortune 500 companies with software and agency service solutions

Sr. QA Engineer

Participated in testing and deploying various browser-based, client/server, and database driven application features in Agile software development environment working closely with development manager. Result: Contributed to successful deployment of applications for existing and new clients.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Developer of online privacy and security solutions

Senior QA Engineer / Contract

Test lead on enhanced version of web surfing software that allows customer to visit web anonymously. Test lead on server software that tracks customer’s web surfing bandwidth consumption. Result: Contributed to successful deployment of the software to customers.

Confidential,San Diego, CA

Developer and service provider of analytic, fraud detection, and collection systems world wide

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities included verifying functionality and performance of fraud detection management applications; working with development team to raise any issues; maintaining various functional and performance test tools; identifying and tracking bugs.

• Designed and developed an automated test suite to trigger data aging and various test programs. Participated in performance benchmarking of fraud detection management system. Result: Contributed to successful completion of large projects and business contract generation for the company.

Confidential,San Diego, CA

Developer and service provider of pari-mutuel systems nationwide

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities included researching, evaluating, and implementing new technology; building proto-types; testing wagering software and server system; participating in production releases; trouble-shooting and solving production issues; implementing Quality Assurance process.

• Implemented automated software distribution system test environment, assisted in production implementation, and wrote proto-type user manual for POS client application. Result: System released to production and generated contract business for the company.

Confidential,San Diego, CA

Developer of automotive maintenance software for dealers nationwide

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities included verifying system functionality and performance; working with development team to raise any design issues; assisting in providing guidance and leadership to test members; designing test strategy/test scenarios; developing automated test scripts; identifying and tracking bugs.

• Test lead on web-based inbound call center pilot application that allows call center agents to accept automobile sales calls on behalf of participating dealer. Result: System released to production and generated new business for the company.

Confidential,Gaithersburg, MD

Developer and marketer of next-generation telecommunication software

Senior Test Engineer

Responsible for all phases of testing; designing and developing of test strategies, plans, and cases; reviewing software design; setting up/maintaining test environment system test for each software release.

• Managed project to test interoperability between company software and the CISCO IP phones. Result: Confirmed the interoperability and entire package deployed to Qwest.

Confidential,Greenbelt, MD

Provider of research/engineering, systems integration, eSolutions to commercial/government customers

Senior Test Automation Specialist

Responsible for automating manual test cases for the U.S. Coast Project.

• Created a way to set up server so multiple testers can utilize script database simultaneously on project to automate manual test process. Result: A dedicated test environment/baseline and 250 automated cases were completed.

Confidential,Vienna, VA

Provider of research/engineering, systems integration, eSolutions to commercial/government customers

Business Systems Programmer/Test Analyst III

Responsible for analyzing Object Oriented Analysis (OOA) and designing (OOD) artifacts; performing analysis on requirement products in terms of test ability/traceability; developing test scripts and test scenarios.

• Participated in defining business rules, UML use cases, and object models for large DoD application. Result: Design was completed and approved by DoD.

Confidential,Denver, CO

Telecommunications services

Quality Control Test Engineer

Responsible for performing test on telephone service order request application and 3rd party network software; identifying issues and working with developers to resolve them; maintaining/modifying high level test plans and test cases.

• Validated products met departmental standards, performed platform compatibility/interoperability tests, and provided risk assessment reports and recommendations. Result: Eliminated 2 products saving company over $2M.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE/NETWORK EXPERIENCE

• Sun, IBM, HP, AIX, Solaris 2.3-2.10, AIX 5.3 and 6.1, HP-UX, SCO, Dell, System 5-7, Windows(7, Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 2003, Me,98), Mac OS, Office 97-2007, MSProject 2000, Visio, FrameMaker, PowerPoint
• Oracle PL/SQL, DB2, SQL*Plus, SQL Navigator, Toad, RAZOR, SQL 2000, C shell, Korn, HTML, XML, MySQL, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, CRS, MySQL Workbench, System Architect Object modeling tool, PVCS, CCPM, Clarify, ClearCase, Jira, Rally, Subversion, TCP/IP, SIP, WAN, LAN, VEGA and CISCO Access Gateways
• Mercury Quality Center Suite (Requirement, Test, Defect management system), Load Runner, VuGen, PowerBuilder, ADA, Pascal, Fortran, Lisp, GIS ARC/Info AML

TRAINING

Object-Oriented Design Object-Oriented Analysis, Object-Oriented Use Case Modeling, Rational Team Test 7.5, Advance SQA 6.1, Advanced ADA Programming, Advanced Oracle PL/SQL, HP-UX 10.X Systems Administration for HP 9000 Systems, Capability Maturity Model Level 3 Training, ISO 9000 Training, Marimba Software Distribution Solution