Brian K. Sanchez

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Beaverton OR, 97006

Cell: 509-***-****

E-Mail: acr00c@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience:

Three and a half years of quality assurance experience including internal enterprise level web applications involving multiple major and minor releases.

Experienced with manual black-box, limited white-box, functional, user-acceptance, integration, ad-hoc, regression, mobile, and accessibility testing.

Experienced with Agile/Scrum and waterfall methodologies and practices across the entire software development lifecycle.

Familiar with basic UI automation design principles based on learning with Selenium IDE and AutoHotKey training.

Passionate about always learning new technologies and processes as they relate to advancing my software quality assurance capabilities and experience through independent learning or mentorship.

Detail oriented with the ability to develop new and independent technical or business related documentation that is easily read and understood by the development team, stakeholders, business owners, managers, and customers.

Able to write clear, concise, and thoroughly detailed test cases and defect reports that are understandable by users of all experience levels and allow for easy reproduction and process walkthrough.

Strong leadership experience with the ability to organize, delegate, and encourage cooperation amongst group members.

Technical Skills:

Software:

Atlassian Jira, Version One, Team Foundation Server (TFS), HP Quality Center, Sharepoint, MS Office, Selenium IDE (tutorials), basic functional AutoHotKey scripting, and some experience with Adobe Photoshop

Languages:

Basic queries with SQL, and some HTML and CSS experience

Databases:

PostgreSQL

Hardware:

Testing familiarity with Android and iOS smartphones and tablets as well as some experience assembling and modifying hardware components on personal computers

Industry:

Scrum/Agile methodologies, waterfall methodologies, and experience managing entire project testing efforts

Operating Systems:

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OSX, Android, and iOS

Employment History:

Umpqua Bank – Hillsboro, OR

Software Quality Assurance Analyst June 2014 to June 2015

Highlights: I assisted with testing efforts for several major releases during Umpqua Bank’s transition to all new core systems and a completely new online banking system in addition to managing and handling the primary testing efforts for various Scrum teams’ areas of focus.

Duties: I performed and managed various testing efforts involved in the conversion process of Umpqua Bank’s core systems involving a transition to a new online banking system. Responsibilities included manual black-box and limited white-box integration, regression, accessibility, and user-acceptance testing across various browsers and Android and iOS mobile devices. I prepared and managed clear and organized testing documentation in the form of defect reports, test cases, spreadsheets, and other forms in order to provide upper managers, peers, and those I supervised with clear direction and an accurate status across various stages of testing. Additionally, I provided the primary testing coverage for numerous internal and external applications being covered by several smaller Scrum teams to advise, document, and test changes or updates being implemented. Across all of these efforts, I worked with tools such as Jira, Version One, and TFS to manage and track project and application progress.

US Bank – Gresham, OR

Software Tester I August 2013 to June 2014

Highlights: I worked as part of a team to manage testing efforts across US Bank’s ACAPS mainframe system and the various related applications. This included collaborating with developers, business analysts, or other project members to coordinate and produce project documentation related to testing. In addition, I performed test case execution, defect management, and testing status reporting.

Duties: I performed various testing efforts including coordination with business analysts, developers, fellow testers, and other project members to ensure quality project deliverables in proper compliance with bank and governmental laws and regulations across US Bank’s ACAPS mainframe system and its connected applications. During the earlier stages of projects, this included attending planning meetings to ensure proper quality assurance perspectives are considered in project and application development, test case creation including some efforts to allow test cases to become automatable, and planning and mapping testing efforts for the rest of the project duration. During early code implementation up until the move into production, my duties involved test case execution, defect reporting and coordination, and routinely communicating or escalating necessary testing updates to the rest of the project team.

Nike – Beaverton, OR

Quality Assurance Tester October 2012 to August 2013

Nike Legal:

Highlights: I provided support to the Nike Legal team to ensure proper deployment of the 10.3 patch of the internal Nike DocIt system, to ensure the most stable and consistent experience for Nike users across the various global headquarters.

Duties: I worked as part of a team to ensure thorough testing of the 10.3 DocIt patch including defect tracking, collaboration, and resolution, using tools such as Sharepoint and Microsoft Office. I performed manual testing of various existing and new functionalities following very detailed test plans as well as intensive Ad-Hoc testing. I collaborated daily with team members to ensure continuous progress throughout the project while also managing defect resolution and production-support issues as they arose.

Digital Development:

Highlights: In order to ensure an exceptional customer experience through the entire production process, I contributed to the testing and data validation efforts across numerous teams and interconnected systems. In addition, I helped ensure the success of multiple product launches with hard deadlines.

Duties: I worked with various system tools to analyze, study, and creatively approach multiple product lines throughout the entire production process. I used tools such as HP Quality Center to record, track, and document defect areas and their eventual resolutions. In order to deliver products to customers in the most time and cost efficient manner, I performed exhaustive data validation tests requiring an extreme attention to detail in order to ensure order accuracy and optimize system performance. I collaborated daily with team members using Scrum/Agile methodologies to help ensure a balanced and efficient workload while effectively communicating and managing resources.

Northwest Evaluation Association - Portland, OR

Associate Quality Assurance Engineer February 2012 to September 2012

Highlights: I assisted with three major releases for an Enterprise level web application entailing the incorporation of major technology adjustments and quadrupling the system’s potential capacity.

Duties: I used tools such as HP Quality Center, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, and Splunk to help ensure an exceptional level of quality and stability for a rapidly expanding Enterprise level learning assessment web application for numerous school districts around the country. During this time, my team worked under Scrum/Agile methodologies as the entire company shifted to this development approach. My tasks included providing clear and helpful insights that assisted in the development process of application functionality and defect resolution. I also coordinated team and cross-team efforts to accomplish challenging goals while meeting strict deadlines and aiding in the creation, maintenance, and execution of in depth test cases for manual black-box, limited white-box, regression, user-acceptance, and integration testing.

Technical Training and Education

University of Phoenix

Associate of Arts in IT & Software Development September 2010 to May 2012

Bellevue College

General Studies January 2008 to June 2008

Familiar with quality assurance practices and methodologies from Testing Computer Software by Kem Kaner

Practiced with basic SQL queries from routine database interaction with assistance from sqlzoo.net

Basic familiarity with Selenium IDE via online Selenium training courses

Basic familiarity and use of AutoHotKey via online training

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