CANDIDATE SUMMARY:

Quality Assurance: ** years

HP Quality Center: 6 years

JIRA

QTP

Loadrunner

Informatica (ETL tool)

Team Lead 4+ years

MS Excel: Expert (recent experience w/ charts and graphs)

SQL

MS Word: Expert

Telecom experience with Sprint, focused on Defect Testing

Bachelor’s Degree

Ebenezer Caurie 614-***-**** email: acuw2n@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE:

Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, OH, Oct 2013 – Apr 2016

Project Test Lead.

Responsible for the overall integrity and consistency in solution methodologies used to test across all Build lines and external/impacted applications

Responsibilities:

•Develop the overall master test strategy

•Project Test Lead for Nationwide’s premium Retirement Planning tool

•ETL using Informatica 8.5

•Develop the overall testing resource plan in collaboration with Iteration Managers/ Line test leads

•Ensure the Test Life cycle begins and completes on time across all the lines

•Conduct Interim Test Gates / hand-offs to ensure exit/entry criteria is met’

•Oversee the defect management process and defect reporting across all development lines

• Responsible for managing the end-to-end test effort

•Ensure all requirements and change requests are accounted for during testing phase

•Ensure Test Data Management is defined and executed

•Act as Escalation point for Line Test Leads/ Analysts and help resolves testing related risks and issues

•Regularly communicate the testing progress and quality to the Project Manager

•Conduct Defect Review Meeting with Stakeholders

•Coordinate Performance Testing and ensures Performance Testing is completed on-time

•Ensure Implementation night Validation plan is created and executed

•Go to person on matters involving the project QA process

•Involved in all phases in the SDLC process

Discover Financials, New Albany, OH March 2013 – Sept 2013

QA Analyst Lead (Fraud Alerts)

Involve in developing test plans, test cases, test scenarios and test scripts to meet functional requirements for Fraud Alert applications.

Used MS Visio to create UML diagrams

Used Teradata tools

Gathered use cases and converted them into functional requirements

Analyzed user requirements, design document, use case documents.

Performed script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations.

Performed root cause analysis of test issues.

Developed and executed test plans and test cases based on business requirements.

Developed test scripts, and incorporated user feedback into developed templates

Developed and executed testing process, created database of automated tests, build test cycles using Quality Center.

Worked with data collection systems to streamline where the data collection was taken from and how it got to the point of use

Participated in user feedback evaluations, analyzed new and existing workflows and interfaces, and evaluated business requirements

Assured product development, manufactured and controlled systems to meet requirements of software products

Initiated strategic manual projects that added significant value to Quality Assurance

Assured product development, manufactured and controlled systems to meet requirements of software products

Supported the quality program to support development initiatives

Maintained an effective change management system for development and R&D processes

Ensured design verification and validation activities were performed.

Manta Media Inc., Columbus, OH May 2012 – Jan 2013

Product QA & Support Analyst

Project QA Lead (Ecommerce site)

Test lead in the Leavlets mobile application which is designed to give users the experience of sharing their everyday activities with friends in real time.

Acted as the Test Lead for the Manta Media Mobile Application on IOS, Android and iPhone technology.

Managed design, development, and execution of the entire test process; track and report progress of test execution; document and coordinate the detailed execution plan for all cycles to support testing.

Was involved as the Lead QA for the project and introduced the Agile process to the team.

Involved in full SDLC process, lead the testing team and the company to launch a quality product

Extensive experience in Mobile Applications testing on IOS, Android and IPhone platforms

Cross Browser testing

Tested company ecommerce website features, client server applications, planned and managed test activities, defined features of the applications,

Defined test approaches, and testing risks.

Trained the QA team in Agile methodologies

Trained the marketing team in software QA

Performed maintenance of the company website including the company Mobile Application.

Involved in extensive manual testing

Communicated business requirements, goals, and directives to the technical team and served as client interface for managing user expectations and achieved company satisfaction.

Formulated Quality assurance plan. Measured and monitored actual test results.

Reviewed the UAT test strategy and scripts.

Coordinated with different user groups to get the requirements and train them before the patch release.

Coordinated with project management, Development team and Test teams.

Sprint, Reston, VA Jan 2011 – May 2012

QA Analyst/ Team Lead

Project Team Lead (6 months)

Responsible for performing analysis of requirements, writing requirements verification points and providing feedback on requirement testability.

Defined test objectives and scope of the test engagement based on the project requirements.

Responsible for having a thorough understanding of the project's test environment(s) and the project's policies for working in the test environment(s).

Analyzed business requirements, and developed testing scenarios and test cases which were linked back for requirements coverage.

Researched and created test cases and test plan for software service bulletins to alert service, applications, dealers and customers to the presence of software bugs and other problems

Was a part of the development design process to help identify gaps in design and improve the user interface of the finished product

Reviewed and validated requirements and technical specifications, and participate in discovery meetings for assigned projects

Communicate with the client or on site/ offshore team members, as required

Plan, organize and lead team meetings and ensure action is taken based on the team discussions

Documented pre-condition, post-conditions, entry-exit criteria for each test-scenario after careful understanding of the business process involved a standard test plan template, creates the Test Plan document for assigned project

Executed testing including Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System and Integration Testing, Manual Testing, and record and track test case execution and benchmarks and analyzed test results to ensure existing functionality and recommends corrective action

Managed and organized requirements, test plan, test lab, defects, and other test management activities using Quality Center

Performed back-end testing to ensure that the user data was updated in database using SQL queries

Developed manual tests for validating accuracy and completeness of functional test cases and regression testing using Quick Test Professional

Documented test results, revise test cases and scripts as needed, and rerun test scripts to verify results.

Worked in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Wrote automated test scripts inside QTP environment using VBScript.

Performed back-end testing to ensure that the user data was updated in database using SQL Queries.

Analyzed test results, reported and determined causes, and created detailed defects reports.

Created and generated standardized automated test reports.

Prepared of test summary reports, defect analysis reports.

Prepared test plans, test strategy documents and test estimations for various releases.

Managed Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, and Defects using Quality Center.

Performed keyword driven testing, data driven testing and sanity, regression testing with Quick Test Pro for both client server and web based application.

Actively participated in automated test case preparation using a structured, key word driven framework with QTP.

JP Morgan Chase Bank, Columbus, OH August 2008 – Dec 2010

QA Analyst

Involve in developing test plans, test cases, test scenarios and test scripts to meet functional requirements for online applications.

Team Lead for the last 6 months of my contract.

Analyzed user requirements, design document, use case documents.

Worked with manual testing team on the manual scope.

Checked the test environment readiness.

Managed project plan for all aspects of testing deliverables.

Executed, tracked and reported on the automated tests development and execution.

Analyzed the results and published manual weekly dashboard.

Used modular approach to create and develop scripts based on function/logic common library functions.

Performed script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations.

Performed root cause analysis of test issues.

Assisted group in setting manual standards and guidelines for development.

Prepared detailed specifications from which programs are developed and coded.

Developed and executed test plans and test cases based on business requirements.

Implemented and integrated existing test cases and templates established practices and standards.

Developed test scripts, and incorporated user feedback into developed templates

Developed and executed testing process, created database of automated tests, build test cycles using Quality Center.

Worked with data collection systems to streamline where the data collection was taken from and how it got to the point of use

Participated in user feedback evaluations, analyzed new and existing workflows and interfaces, and evaluated business requirements

Worked with the QA Automaton Architect/Quality Assurance team to enhance the manual infrastructure to reduce code redundancy, reduce execution time, improve performance, and implement parallel and continuous testing environments

Assured product development, manufactured and controlled systems to meet requirements of software products

Enhanced automated regressions test scripts to implement complex testing scenarios, increase permeations of functionality testing, increase code coverage (end to end testing coverage), and implement automated nightly runs with automatically generated standard reports

Provided automated infrastructure scripts using VB script, and test design and development leadership working in conjunction with the QA team

Initiated strategic manual projects that added significant value to Quality Assurance

Assured product development, manufactured and controlled systems to meet requirements of software products

Supported the quality program to support development initiatives

Maintained an effective change management system for development and R&D processes

Systematically assessed and reported quality system performance against internal and external standards

Ensured design verification and validation activities were performed.

Installed product built on test environments and maintained test environments.

Performed roles as Team Lead

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Columbia, SC Feb 2006 – July 2008

Software Tester

Used Quick Test Pro to perform functional and regression test on the targeted software solutions

Inscribed test scripts using VB script to perform automated test.

Developed test case manual using a structured, keyword driven framework with QTP.

Used LoadRunner, created Vugen scripts and scenarios for Load and Performance testing with different host systems and also configured the test environment. Generated graphs and studied them to monitor the software performance.

Created Vugen Scripts and used Correlation to parameterize dynamically changing parameters like Session ID’s in LoadRunner.

Wrote backend procedures, using PL/SQL and SQL to load and retrieve data from the databases.

Developed SQL queries (stored procedures and triggers) to perform database/back end testing to ensure data integrity.

Provided status, and progress reports/ATDD

Provided assistance to users solving computer malfunctions.

Used QTP for object repository creation and maintenance, used regular expression, re-usable actions, data table, checkpoints and recovery scenario.

Developed Manual Framework like Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Modularity Driven in QTP.

Developed Descriptive Programming and Maintained Local and Global Object Repository in QTP.

Developed Environmental Variables, Startup Script, Driver Script, and Utility Functions in QTP.

Built Script with Data Driven Methodology which applies the Business rules to validate the components displayed on the website.

Performed Data Driven testing to test the Scripts by entering multiple set of inputs to test the application data.

Created Virtual User Scripts, defined User Behavior, ran Load Test Scenario, monitored the Performance, and analyzed Results using LoadRunner.

Used LoadRunner to generate virtual loads as in real-life scenario to analyze details, and to explore the system behavior.

Provided test execution results and reviewed them with the project team.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts in Business Management

Virginia International University, Fairfax, VA

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Strong requirement analysis and UML modeling experience.

Testing/QA Mobile Applications (Android, IPhone,IOS)

Experience working on Ecommerce and E business websites.

Strong Team Leadership experience

Practical knowledge and experience in all phases of software QA.

Strong understanding of project lifecycle and intimate knowledge of Quality Assurance terms and concepts.

Experience with Manual Test development and maintenance.

Good understanding of Systems Engineering, Test Methodology and test processes, including requirements collection, test plan development and execution.

Project Test Lead

Experience with tests without formal test cases (exploratory tests), system tests, servers, and network infrastructures.

Experience in using different software development methodologies: AGILE; RUP, TDD, ATDD, XP.

Experience with RDBMS system in Data modeling, SQL development and optimization.

Experience developing products with multiple integration points.

Experience evaluating, selecting and recommending platform technology solution to address business problem.

Experience in real-world performance analysis and performance tuning.

Understanding of basic web front-end technologies including HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP.

Experience testing in .NET and J2EE technology platforms.

Expert with functional, regression testing.

Expert experience with Hp QUALITY CENTER 9.2, 10.0, 11.0, TEST DIRECTOR.

Achieved sales goals and increased client transactions by identifying and cultivating new business relationships resulting in four promotions in less than two years.

Demonstrated success pinpointing client needs and uncovering potential problem areas through assessment and analysis.

Articulate and persuasive communicator at ease interacting with clients, team members and management.

Team-oriented professional eager and willing to lead and work collaboratively with colleagues to successfully achieve goals and expectations.

Traveled extensively to countries in North America, Europe and Africa.

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