Qa Manager Resume Profile
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SUMMARY:
- IT Test Manger for Confidential with full responsibility for all Test Management functions of Corporate-wide IT systems December 2007-February 2011 . Re-located family to Confidential
- Successfully directed the Quality Assurance Testing Team for the Wall Street Journal Saturday Edition Implementation Project. Quality Center Toolset utilized during the 18 month project, delivered on time and within budget in September, 2005.
- Proactively involved in the development, implementation, maintenance and modernization, of the Online Fulfillment System. This was a real-time, customer service publication management, main-server software system used to support the Wall Street Journal and Barron's publications. Member, OLF Project Development Team, 8/1990 - 10/2006.
- Chosen to be Dow Jones' on-site representative and subject matter expert for Eclipse , a Windows-based, publication package substitute for Online Fullfillment System, used in the Wall Street Journal Europe headquarters in Heerlen, Netherlands. Managed primary revenue and liability testing for Eclipse, and also completed onsite testing for implementation in Confidential during 1999.
- Provided IT support for all facets of the Friendly Ice Cream Corporation's MSA payroll system.
- OBJECTIVES: My goal is to excel in project work as an independent contractor in IT Software testing leadership. I would prefer projects with a 3-4 month timeframe, but would consider all opportunites. Preference would be given to projects within a 60 mile radius from my home location.
- TECHNICAL: Quality Center Suite, SDLC, SOA Systems, Agile Development, Client-Server, Mainframe, Cobol, ADSO, Focus, Object Oriented Design Techniques, Structured Programming Design, Microsoft OS, Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Webex Meeting Management.
- NOTE:Extensive experience with the Clarity Application, which I helped install at MassMutual in 2008-2010.
- EXPERIENCE: IT Test Manager, MassMutual Life Insurance Company, QA Manager WSJ Weekend Editon Project, Dow Jones Co, Senior Programmer Analyst, Application Development Consultant.
Confidential
- Working independently and in teams, goals were to Manage all facets of IT software testing prior to implementation. Achieved QAI IT Certifications CSQA CSTE during first 3 months at MassMutual. Achieved salary bonus levels in all years while employed at MassMutual.
- The position of IT Test Manager at Mass Mutual was very challenging, and there were many times over the 3 years spent there that I managed from 3 - 6 IT testing projects simultaneously. The position was FT salaried, and it was multi-faceted and all-consuming . The projects were varied in scope, many were Enterprise-wide projects with high visibility, and were Mission Critical to the Organization.
- Quality Center was used by me in 90 of my IT Testing efforts during my time at MassMutual.
- QC Automation Scripts were designed and utilized by me for regression testing during the Clarity Implementation Project in 2008-2009.
- During my tenure at Mass Mutual, I completed multiple internal Mass Mutual specialized courses relating to skills in the following areas: Project Management, Communications, Test Management Specialized Techniques, Agile Development, SOA Environment Management, and Web Meeting Management, among others. In the aformentioned classes, I was an active participant.
- My family and I benefited greatly financially from what I had accomplished during my time at Mass Mutual, but my wife and I wanted to permanently migrate to a warmer climate, and enjoy more time together.
- I voluntarily left MassMutual on good terms in February, 2011, and shortly afterwards, we contracted for a home to be constructed for us in a new housing development in Edgewater, Florida. Re-located family to our new home in December, 2011.
- MassMutual References available upon request.
Confidential
QA Manager WSJ Weekend Editon Project , Senior Programmer Analyst, Application Development Consultant, Programmer Analyst 2.
- Working independently and in teams, goals were to deliver state-of-the-art application design, development and support that were full system in scope. Total awareness of business impacts from the solutions delivered. I worked with upper level mangers and end users to be certain that programming design and resulting applications met the needs and budget of the organization.
- Additional details of my successful 16 years at Dow Jones Co are available upon request.
- Confidential Entry level Programmer, Programmer Analyst 1, 2.
- Held various positions including Marketing Facilitator, Programmer, Programmer Analyst 1 and 2.