SUMMARY:

• Strong SQA leader, experienced in creation and implementation of test strategies, test process, and test teams in onsite and distributed environment. Results oriented with a focus on minimizing defects and risk as early as possible in the Web site development cycle. Managed QA team through SDLC delivering high quality products.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• QA Project Management
• QA Process Improvement Test Strategy
• Test Planning
• STLC in Waterfall/Agile/CI End to End testing
• QA Resource Management Implemented
• Automation Framework Collaboration with business units
• Defect Management Status Reporting Risk Based Testing

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Rational Quality Manager Rational Functional Tester Rational Performance Tester
• Rational Test Manager Rational Clear Quest Rational Manual Tester
• Rational Requisite Pro JIRA Selenium
• TFS Testing in MacOS Test Complete

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Coppell, Texas

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• In a client facing environment I have managed, directed, and implemented customized test strategies, test plans, test cases and other testing activities including budgeting and vendor management throughout the STLC of a project.
• Set strategic testing direction including testing tools, processes, and methods for both project and the ongoing operational activities resulting in efficiency and higher productivity.
• Developed resource strategies, allocating staff, tools and specialized support as necessary to ensure that all testing commitments are met.
• Ensured appropriate and detailed testing strategy and plans are in place for all projects. Regularly reviewed progress to ensure that projects were on schedule and within budget.
• Building a high performance QA team by hiring, training, coaching and mentoring QA engineers.
• Led distributed test teams including offshore resources through all testing activities including technical guidance and mentoring in all phases of testing including automation and performance testing.
• Led and managed different types of testing, specially: Functional, System, Integration and UAT.
• Monitored and controlled Test progress, to ensure timely delivery. Escalate any issue or risk that may derail the testing progress or may become a quality issue.
• Reviewed and implemented automation tool specific to clients needs resulting in high ROI. Created and managed the team for automation and designed automation framework to create repeatable scripts with minimal maintenance cost reducing the total regression test cost.

Confidential, Des Moines, Iowa

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provided leadership, direction and technical guidance to the QA team in the analysis, design and testing of software products.
• Created and managed QA team for delivery of Test artifacts. Setup interview process and hired resources with the required skills for test case creation and test execution.
• Designed and managed Test Plan, Test Cases, Traceability, Test coverage matrix, Defect logs, Status Report. Also monitored test artifacts for appropriate follow up and updates.
• Managed and handled any issue related to the QA team that may hinder the testing.
• Implemented Automation framework. Reviewed automation tool and implement the tool with high ROI for the specific project and need. Hired the automation engineer and mentored him with the automation framework and design to reduce cost of regression testing.
• Owned and managed defect process using JIRA. Led bug triage and prioritize bugs after analysis with the team.
• Daily Status reporting of QA test execution and progress to the stakeholders.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Owned and managed all test artifacts, including: Test Plan, Test Cases, Traceability Matrix, Test Coverage Matrix, Daily QA Status Report.
• Refined current test process to more feasible testing framework. Review the process and implement test framework resulting in reducing cost.
• Managed and led offshore team through STLC of the product. In a distributed environment I am led team of QA Analysts to deliver all test artifacts per requirements.
• Test iOS and Android operating system for mobile specific applications.
• Led QA team in test execution and also assisted in testing as required.
• Gather requirements from the users by facilitating meetings, brainstorming, JAD sessions, etc.
• Reported test status to the project team on daily basis.
• Led bug triages with the development team and business units.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed test team through the STLC of a product. Lead test team through all the test phases of SDLC delivering all the test artifacts.
• Defined and implemented testing process and standards. Reviewed the current process and implemented improvement that resulted in more feasible test process.
• Created Test Plan specifying test coverage, test methods, test responsibilities and deliverables.
• Gather requirements from the users by facilitating meetings, brainstorming, JAD sessions, etc.
• Reviewed Project requirements, business requirements, Use Cases, technical documents and create test cases based on these documents.
• Updated team with the status of a project in a timely manner.
• Reviewed current business process and recommend changes for efficient system.
• Held test case walkthroughs to validate understanding of the business requirements or missed requirements.
• Trained and mentored test team in all testing activities, as well as test tools for effective testing of a product.
• Created and managed Test Plan for Object oriented and client server applications.
• Created and managed manual and automated Test Scripts.
• Created automated test scripts using IBM Functional tester to reduce time for regression testing. Modular scripting is implemented reducing maintenance time. Provided guidance and technical assistance to the QA department in implementation of modular scripting.
• Created performance test scripts and execute performance testing. This test includes and not limited to the response time of each page, maximum users hitting the page at same time, verifying quality attributes of the system.
• Managed testing in Agile Methodology. Managed test team in creating and executing testing in Agile environment.
• Lead UAT for business units. Assist and mentor users from business units to perform user acceptance testing. Reported results to the management.

QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plan for Web based application. Cell Lead for $25 million automotive project, Ebusiness solution of Supply Chain Services of a major auto manufacturer.
• Managed, created and executed automated and manual scripts using Rational Robot.
• Exercised change control activities associated with bug/defect tracking with Clear Quest, and Requirements with Requisite Pro.
• Participated in requirement and design reviews.
• Provided feedback of requirement analysis.
• Created, and maintained environment for the new build installation.