Quality Assurance Specialist

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Radu Romanescu

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

QUALITY ASSURANCE – QUALITY CONTROL

Electronics and IT specialist with over 20 years experience in Quality Assurance and Quality

Control (Testing, Verification, Validation), for Transportation, Industrial Automation,

Electronics, Financial and eBusiness industries

Extensive work experience in product design, testing and project coordination, quality improvement

programs implementation and performance monitoring activities, covering a wide range of technologies

and platforms

Experienced in implementing and maintaining Quality Management Systems based on ISO 9001 and

CMMi model for Development, with professional certifications in Europe and Canada (QMS Lead Auditor,

RABQSA certified)

Proficient in using testing tools, bug tracking systems and Configuration Management tools (JIRA,

TFS, IBM Rational, ClearCase, ClearQuest, QC, LoadRunner, QTP, Bugzilla, DOORS, DDTS), good working

knowledge of automation test and continuous integration principles and tools

Strong leadership skills, experience and ability to work with cross-functional teams, using Lean

Management techniques in an Agile environment, result oriented and focused on efficiency and

customer satisfaction

Bilingual (English & French)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INFOTRELLIS Inc. Canada 2013 - Present

Sr. QA Consultant

Infotrellis is specialized in providing Master Data Management and Data Integration solutions to leading

global corporations.

Work closely with business analysts, solution architects and development leads to spear head the

testing efforts of the best-of-class MDM and ETL solutions

Actively participate in business requirements gathering sessions and understand client

requirements

Create, present and get sign-offs for the test strategy, test plan, test scenario and test case

documents

Create detailed test scenario and test case documents

Perform Functional, Integration, Performance and Regression tests

Debug issues and provide recommendations to the development team

REALDECOY Inc. Canada 2012 - 2013

Software QA Lead

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Coordinated the S/W test strategic planning and test execution activities for assigned projects. The

company was specialized in end-to-end delivery of custom multi-channel eBusiness Solutions and Agile

Business Intelligence applications.

Lead all QA related aspects of the S/W development process, from creating the initial verification

strategies, ensuring that testable products are designed and build, advising developers on

appropriate testing methods and approaches to be used, up to running independent tests and

preparing meaningful result reports

Worked across multiple projects simultaneously, in close collaboration with remote located teams,

ensuring a seamless integration of the work pieces and an overall test strategy coordination

Worked within the development team, covering all matters regarding inspection, verification and

validation of the software products

Used risk based analysis to identify vulnerable areas of the S/W solutions in each project and made

them available to PMs, together with suggestions on how to mitigate or eliminate these risks

GIESECKE & DEVRIENT CANADA 2010 - 2012

Sr. System Tester

Led all aspects of S/W test planning, execution, and reporting activities for assigned projects, in an Agile

environment, with a CMMI level 3 designation. The company was developing enterprise level S/W for

banking industry.

Analyzed and refined stakeholder requirements, defined the scope of testing within the context of

each release/delivery, during the entire SDLC

Planned and managed the appropriate testing effort for web and client/server applications (VB,

.Net, WebSphere Application Server and Java based), in conjunction with RDBMS (SQL, Oracle),

ensuring that all test activities were executed in dedicated environments, on time and results

were reported as per defined metrics

Involved in the automation and scripting activities to maximize testing efficiency and coverage

Created QA documents and performed an organizational QA Audit, helping the QA department in

identifying the existing process gaps, and other departments with solutions/suggestions, based on

best practices in the industry, in their effort to close the non-conformities raised during the audit

THALES CANADA 2008 - 2010

Sr. Software QA Specialist

Defined, planned and coordinated Quality Assurance activities in accordance with Thales projects

requirements (S/W solutions for real-time railway security systems). Successfully maintained and improved

quality related processes for all assigned projects.

Reviewed and interpreted contractual quality requirements and ensured the integration of these

requirements into the released products, in compliance with company’s ISO 9001 certification and

CMMi model definitions

Planned, produced, implemented and maintained the overall Quality Assurance Plans for the

assigned projects

Monitored the design, development and testing activities to ensure that quality objectives are fully

met

Audited software testing process at Unit and Integration Test Level for completeness, traceability

and compliance with the customer, system and subsystem requirements

Monitored the corrective actions process to ensure proper implementation, timely closure and

elimination of adverse trends

Performed assessments of project artifacts to determine their adequacy and compliance with

project/contract requirements

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Conducted quality related investigations for evaluating supplier’s quality performance, the

efficiency of the verification/validation process, and commissioning activities

Member of the team designated to prepare the company for SCAMPI B and A appraisals, with the

goal to achieve the CMMi maturity level 2 designation

LOGITECH CANADA 2004 - 2008

QA Engineer – Firmware lead

Responsible for the QA activities related to Firmware releases for the entire portfolio of universal remote

controls created by Logitech, ensuring the highest level of quality is met for both new projects as well as on-

going upgrade and maintenance programs, for the already launched products. I led also the Quality

Management System implementation process in this Logitech business unit, aiming for the ISO 9001:2000

certification.

Composed accurate and detailed test plans and test cases (functional, usability and regression),

developed verification and validation procedures for module, product and system level testing

Logged, documented and verified bugs, assessing their potential risk, prepared detailed test reports

and comprehensive QA documents in different phases of the development life cycle of the products

Prepared and presented QA findings in project status meetings, providing timely information for

engineering team and worked closely with developers and PMs to solve quality related issues

Performed system integration tests, functional, regression and load tests for S/W products (Web and

Client/Server Application, .Net and Java based), documented results in test reports and synchronized

these test activities with the full qualification process

Performed safety and compliance tests for the H/W equipment, required for product certifications

(EMC, EMI, ESD)

E D U C AT I O N

Centennial College, Toronto

S/W Automation Testing Tools, Course

ALCYONIX, Toronto

Introduction to the CMMi Version 1.2 – Course

QUALITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, Toronto

ISO 9001 – QMS Lead Auditor - Certification

Software Quality Engineering, Toronto

Just-In-Time Testing - Certification

CADENCE Management Corporation, Toronto

Project Management

“Quality Manager DGQ” and “Auditor DGQ” - GERMAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY (D.G.Q.), Frankfurt

am Main, Germany and EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION for QUALITY - Certification

Technical University of Iasi, Romania

Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Telecommunications)

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