Philip R. Bush, PMP

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703-***-****

U.S. Citizen

MANAGEMENT PROFILE

*-**** ***********, ****-***** military, corporate and entrepreneurial career... seeking to

transition success into long-term career opportunity.

• Client & Vendor Relations Testing & Engineering

• Strategic & Action Planning Highly Organized

• Needs Assessment & Analysis Skillfully Manages Large Projects

• Detailed-Oriented Training / Development & HR

• Flexible & Adaptable Contracts & Agreements

• Customer Care & Retention Database Development & Support

• High-Impact Presentations Security & Administration

• Product Education & Management Agile, Waterfall & SDLC Methodology

CORPORATE & BUSINESS LEADE2/15/RSHIP

QA / Test Engineer– ITCON Services Washington, DC Jul 2014 to 12/1/14

Contract Ended* 12/1/14

Perform quality assurance tasks for pay/travel system and core financial system and other related applications,

including functional requirements, planning, writing, and executing QA and QC plans, test cases for the mainframe

based applications as well as other web based applications .

Experience

• Design test plans, review functional requirement documentation and present test cases for project team

review - Submit, regress, and verify defects Test database interactions at both the end-user and back-end

levels.

• Work with development engineers to create scripts to facilitate ad hoc testing as well as provide

valuable input on creating more sophisticated, cross-platform QA tools which will assist the manual test

process - Experienced in performance and capacity testing.

• Conducts and monitors test events, prepares software trouble reports and contributes to post-test report

development – Including 508 compliance and security test activities.

• Proficiency using automated test scripts using tools (UFT/HP-QTP, HP Quality Center, Selenium,

ALM etc.)

• Develop optimized UFT scripts for regression testing with various data sources, environment

variables, and configuration files

• Design, write, develop and execute tests for business requirements that are scalable, repeatable and

measurable - Perform deliverables tracking and reporting as assigned.

• Produce reports and documentation for all automated testing efforts, results, activities, data, logging

and tracking - Monitors progress of testing efforts to ensure deadlines are met.

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Business & Database Manager– SLTT Energy, Inc. Fairfax, Virginia May 2012 to Jul 2014

Assist with research and analysis, including coordinating logistics, implementing protocols for data collection, and

conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis. Research projects may include conducting market assessments to

determine the prevalence of energy-efficient technologies.

Experience

• Develops and implement a strategic, data-driven approach to identify, monitor, develop and measure programs and

activities. - Ability to manage, monitor and administer database and system performance.

• Serve as a liaison between government and industry stakeholders (product manufacturers, trade associations,

certification bodies, test laboratories, and others), building strong relationships to facilitate program

implementation.

• Coordinate with various departments relating to quality issues and information flow. Evaluate, maintain, track and

report quality metrics. Evaluate and audit processes, policies and procedures to ensure that performance and

quality standards conform to established requirements.

• Prepare complex SQL materials including reports, findings, presentations, and project planning.

• Develop and review high-quality written products, such as reports that analyze industry trends, summarize

stakeholder compliance with program requirements, and identify opportunities for energy savings.

• Create and edit partner outreach materials such as reporting forms, applications, and targeted stakeholder

correspondence

• Respond to client and industry stakeholder questions and requests – Assist Lead QA activities that ensure that

activities adhere to applicable standards, procedures, and requirements.

• Utilizes Microsoft Dynamics CRM and other CRM platforms to establish and manage project schedules to ensure

contract requirements are met within the budget available

• Proficient in ETL development using custom ETL packages as well as multiple COTS products (Informatica, SQL

Server Integration Services, Embarcadero) to accomplish regular, non-disruptive data refreshes as required.

Database & Project Analyst – CSC, Chantilly, VA December 2010 to 2012

Support engineering activities and senior engineers on programs for DoD Clients. The program activities are related to

requirement analysis and hierarchical decomposition, development of system architecture, and system delivery

Experience

• Directs the operational and administrative activities using multiple platforms such as Windows and

experience in planning, developing, monitoring, tracking and reporting on project schedules using MS Project

- Participates and learns the System Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) process.

• Review Test Procedures and Process procedures. Inform affected groups and individuals of QA

activities and results. Support third party surveillances, assessments, and recertification efforts. Ensure

contractual and industry standard compliance. Conduct follow-on assessments to ensure timely resolution of

issues.

• Create, manage, and utilize high performance relational databases (SQL Server 2008/2012, Oracle

10/11g, Sybase, OLAP and other proprietary software) - Quickly understood products used in order to assist

in feature testing, regression testing and document test cases using our test tracking tool.

• Design and implement solutions for presentation of data in .NET framework application.

• Ability to evaluate, maintain, track and report quality metrics - Query and mine large data sets to

discover transaction patterns, examine financial data and isolate targeted information - using traditional as well

as predictive/advanced analytic methodologies.

• Using technical knowledge collaborated with key technology partners, Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco,

Novell, Caremark, NetApp and others to build a portfolio of products and services for the government sector.

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MILITARY EXPERIENCE

MANAGER, KNOWLEDGE OPERATIONS – USAF, Chantilly, VA 2009 to 2010

• Analyze business processes and operational procedures and coordinate systems analysts for data processing –

Business and technical Analysis to cater customer’s needs and objectives.

• Regularly worked with all corporate business functions to support them in their information management &

collaboration needs and to assist them in improving their business processes.

• Strong understanding of the key challenges facing competitive, global businesses today: compliance, reducing

IT costs, quality, agility, time to market, downsizing, offshoring/outsourcing, privacy, retaining & digitizing

knowledge, preventing business mistakes, and minimizing legal & financial risks.

SPECIALIST, READINESS & SYSTEMS – USAF, Afghanistan/Iraq 2008 to 2009

• Onsite technical expertise ensuring critical Mission Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection --

Centrally managed domain specialists supporting the emergence of joint-specific interagency, training, lessons

learned, and readiness services and systems. - Contributes on cross-functional teams to assure effective

implementation and adherence of QA initiatives and process improvement of our contract manufacturers.

• Prepares and maintains wartime and contingency response and mobility plans and continually evaluates

the plans to improve them. When directed, assembles personnel and activates specialized teams. Budgets

for, and procures response equipment and monitors/coordinates recovery actions. -- Acts as the program

manager for the integration of support elements to ensure the units continued ability to survive and

operate.

SPECIALIST, CONTRACTING – USAF, Germany 2006 to 2008

• Monitors contract performance to ensure 100% compliance with regulatory contract requirements -- Lead

negotiator on contract changes; composes change orders, supplemental agreements and other contractual

correspondence ensuring fair settlements between contractors and government.

• Business advisor to Air Combat Command’s largest operational wing; develops complex acquisition strategies,

researches and communicates contracting best practices, and assists with the implementation of the wing small

business program.

EDUCATION & AFFILIATIONS

Certifications – PMP v4– Expert Rating PMI Affiliate, 2012

Operations Management – Alison Online Training, 2012

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt – Mountain Home Training & Consulting, 2012

AAS – Human Resource Management, Community College of the Air Force 2008

B.S., – Computer Science, University of Maryland University College 2010

Oracle 11g Certified Associate/Professional – Oracle Workforce Development Program, George Mason University

(Jan 2015*)

United States Air Force Honorable Discharge

Proficiencies – Microsoft Office Tools (Power User), MS Dynamics CRM, Salesforce.com, CRM Tools,

Deltek/QuickBooks, Adobe, SharePoint (Advanced), Visio (Advanced), VB Scripting, MS Project (Advanced),

RFP/RFI Support, Records Management, Planview Tool Logistics, Federal Contracting, ITIL Principles, SQL/PL,

HTML, CSS, Oracle, PHP, Linux, RDMS, OLAP/OLTP, ETL Tools, Data Modeling, Informatica, SQL Server

Integration Services, Embarcadero, IBM Tools, ERP Solutions, UFT/HP-QTP, HP Quality Center, Selenium, ALM

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