Test Engineer Resume Redmond, WA - Hire IT People

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

10 years experience working in technology as a project manager and in QA
Project Management Professional (PMP) certified
Track record of success in managing matrix project teams up to 350 people
Contributed to building and shaping division-wide Program Management Office (PMO)
Experienced in management of domestic and off-shore outsourcing project partners
Knowledge of QA principles and management
Proven experience in hiring, training and leading teams of direct reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Redmond, WA Oct. 2011 - Jan. 2012
Senior Release Manager, O365

Designed and developed specifications for Lab Engagement Plan to manage lab resources
Created metrics to provide reporting, forecasting and management in support of plan
Presented plan to multiple levels of the division and incorporated feedback into design
Lead lab team to implement and enforce transition to managed environment for new requests
Developed V2 spec to bring legacy deployments into compliance with management goals

Confidential, Redmond, WA 2006-2007
Release Manager

Contributed to establishment of Software Development Lifecycle Model and requirements
Shortened release cycles by 50% while maintaining test coverage with fewer QA resources
Defined Integration/Release phase to guide the product from development through the Release To Operations
Established and standardized functional release criteria to provide data on readiness and completeness of release objectives
Developed a wide range of metrics and reporting to communicate progress and identify risks including triage, bug trending, feature analysis, test coverage and execution
Leveraged data to proactively establish baseline and guide execution of future releases and focus on critical risk areas based on historical data
Responsible for build management including scheduling, coordination of products, branching strategy and deployment into test environments

Confidential, Redmond, WA 1996-2005
Release Manager, Business Process & Integration Division

Managed a portfolio of 15 divisional product releases over 3 years
Negotiated and defined release strategy and integrated internally mandated release services across all products
Developed program and standardized content and process for Executive signoff release reviews to allow a repeatable, consistent and audience appropriate means of communicating product release readiness
Collaborated closely as technical liaison with external dependencies to coordinate internal test efforts for all division products
Managed signoff of divisional products on dependent releases to assure continued compatibility with new and existing products
Expanded standardized release criteria by working directly with external teams to integrate requirements into PMO planning and execution
Worked with infrastructure team to define technical requirements to allow for better integration of projects developed by our outsourcing partners
Introduced controlling process group practices to manage endgame implementation and increase quality and repeatability of the projects in the final stages of execution
Leveraged QA statistics for earned value evaluation, trending and to drive product team planning and execution
Created communication management plans to provide project status through multiple channels communicating upward, downward and outward to ensure consistency of cross-group planning and execution
Built schedules with stakeholders to guide execution and collaboration of projects

Test Lead, Internet Enterprise Servers Division

Built and lead a test team of up to 8 testers in a mix of full-time and contract positions
Represented divisional test efforts to external test organizations in war meetings and reviews
Leveraged planning processes to develop and implement specifications for overall setup test quality and coverage for divisional server products
Strategically realigned team and project through evolutionary test planning and group wide test status reviews providing greater feature level coverage of code and operational efficiency
Defined and implemented integration and dependency test planning across divisional releases
Documented and implemented QA processes to provide better build quality reporting to track progress

Confidential Test Engineer/Tech. Lead, Internet Enterprise Servers Division

Contract Employee working at Confidential
Responsible for validation testing and managing a small team of contingent staff
Documented test and training processes and trained new hires
Feature tester responsible for validation of setup and basic functionality

VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP

Founding Member of Confidential
Past President of Confidential
Confidential Admissions Representative
Confidential Career Center