DAVID TRAUTMAN ***** **th Ave W

MLT, WA *****

DATrautman@gmail.c

om

Cell: (360)

***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Passion for all aspects of video game and software development, and

testing.

. Black-box/manual software test familiarity

. Skilled at completing multiple tasks - no matter how repetitive -

consistently and accurately.

. Knowledgeable in multiple bug documentation suites: Bugzilla, Dev

Tracker, Team Foundation, Product Studio, Jira

. Computer Hardware, software installation and repair (CompTIA A+ and N+

trained, not certified)

. Proficient in: MS Word, Excel, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Windows based PC,

iOS, Xbox 360/Kinect and PS3 testing.

WORK HISTORY

1 Functionality Tester (PC & Xbox)

February 2014 - March 2014 Volt/Airtight Games Redmond, WA

. Writing detailed and comprehensive bug reports, and followed them through

to resolution.

. Assisted team members to ensure completion of Release Candidate test

pass.

. Large amount of ad-hoc and manual test case work with focus on all

aspects of game-play functionality with a large focus on

Checkpoints/Progression, Collectibles, and Achievements.

2 Mobile QA Tester (iOS)

November 2013 - November 2013 Volt/Jawfish Games Seattle, WA

. Worked with developers on-site to ensure that proper debugging and

related information was gathered.

. Coordinated and wrote test plans with fellow QA tester to ensure all

aspects of the game thoroughly covered.

. Worked closely with development staff to ensure correct software

operation and proper functionality.

3 TA1/ Application Dev & Test

September 2012 - September 2013 Collabera/Microsoft Redmond, WA

Member of a 30 person team using animated rigs and infrared 3D video data

captured by the Kinect system to improve the algorithms for body

recognition. Utilizing a form of rotoscoping we helped improve the quality

of the tracking software.

4 TA1/Game Tester (Xbox)

March 2011 - March 2012 Compucom Systems/Microsoft Redmond, WA

. Perform full build verification test passes with each new build.

. Work with developers to improve game play; provided non-biased feedback.

. Self-guided testing of specific areas of the software (3D gameplay

functionality)

. Mentored and helped new TAs get up to speed.

5 STE (PS3)

November 2010 - March 2011 Workforce Logic/Zipper Interactive Redmond,

WA

. Perform full build verification test passes with each new build.

. Coordinated with fellow QA testers on how to best test all aspects of the

assigned game area (Instant-Action/Multiplayer).

. Worked with developers on-site to ensure that proper debugging and

related information was gathered.

. Worked with 3D and Move controls programmers and ran related test cases

to ensure proper functionality and experience was achieved.

6 TA1/Game Tester (Xbox)

April 2010 - October 2010 Excell Data/Microsoft Redmond, WA

. Writing detailed and comprehensive bug reports, and followed them through

to resolution.

. Work with developers to improve game play; provided non-biased feedback.

. Large amount of manual testing with focus on environment and UI

functionality.

CREDITED TITLES

. Star Wars Kinect - Microsoft Reserves

. SOCOM 4 - QA Tester

. Kinectimals - Microsoft Reserves

. Murdered: Soul Suspect - VMC

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