Quality Assurance Engineer

KATHLEEN A. TRANCHETTI

Quality Assurance & Process Improvement Specialist

732-***-**** (cell)

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Overview: (Seeking position in South Jersey/Central Philly area)

Experience in computer systems analysis including software product

development, design, project management, programming, testing and

compliance; the last ten years in the Quality Assurance and IS Process

Improvement Standards arena. Skill set includes planning, controlling and

verification of large scale mission critical systems for DOD and FAA; an

experienced professional proficient in the stability and control of quality

components in each phase of a developing systems' lifecycle. Ms.

Tranchetti is an active member of the American Society for Quality and a

Certified Software Quality Engineer.

Degrees/Certifications/Training:

Thomas Edison State College of NJ, Bachelor of Science - Business

Leadership, GPA 3.8 Certification (current): American Society for Quality:

Certified Software Quality Engineer

Carnegie Mellon/SEI CMMI Version 1.2 Training Session @ US Army CECOM LCMC

SEC

Brookdale Community College: Attended MS ACCESS Level 1 and II courses;

2003

Military Clearance:

Top Secret, SCI Clearance Current

Qualifications:

Ms. Tranchetti's experience and knowledge in software development process

improvement and standard models (CMMI and ISO 9000) have been instrumental

in a successful career as a Quality Assurance Specialist since 2000.

Expertise: Requirements analysis, documentation standards, mentoring peers

on process, project management, participation in the development of test

cases, coverage and design/code walkthroughs which foster quality in

deliverables. Working for over 8 years on military contracts; experience

includes performing CM and QA functions ensuring configuration

prerequisites and all formal qualification testing procedures were

performed as verified in system schematics and requirement specifications

on both small and large scale computer HW/SW releases. In addition,

experience includes witnessing the installation of software and their

subsequent integration, preliminary qualification and formal acceptance and

regression testing of phased base lines and all their components. Skills

also include writing test reports on daily defects and lessons learned. An

important asset of Ms. Tranchetti's work experience is her effective

communication with the technical teams and with the customer, tracking all

open items until their verification/completion. A varied background as a

software developer, tester, teacher, skilled leader and certified quality

professional prove to be a winning combination of skills. Management

experience includes following the development of software and hardware

projects, as well as engineering staff as a Project Lead/Senior System

Analyst. In addition, as QA Specialist, managed junior QA personnel and

project plans in order to ensure compliance to base lined project designs,

requirements, schedules and milestones so that senior management would be

aware of slippage or risks as they occurred.

Experience:

January 2013 - Present- Transportation Security Labs, Atlantic City, NJ.

Presently working within the Independent Test and Evaluation team as a

Quality Assurance Engineer. Responsibilities include scheduling and

performing independent internal audits of all sections and labs within this

division that are currently ISO 9000 and ISO 17025 accredited. In

addition, responsible for reviewing all processes within a one year period

to ensure effectiveness and currency. Role is also responsible for

attending physical and functional configuration audits of vendor equipment

prior to testing in airports.

January 2011 - August 2012 - FAA - Atlantic City, NJ Ms. Tranchetti is

currently working as a Process Improvement Specialist II; working in the

Radar division on site at the Atlantic City Airport analyzing current

processes and identifying gaps in the current process and developing new

processes to improve efficiency in their engineering process. In this

timeframe, Ms. Tranchetti has introduced new processes that proved to be

more effective and efficient in the development of software and hardware

prototypes. Processes enhanced and developed included providing new

templates and process guidelines for conducting Engineering Studies,

Project Planning including MS Project Schedule training, Requirement

Traceability Matrix template introduction, introduced how Technical Peer

Reviews would be verified against all approved input, Lessons Learned and

Project Close out activities; all processes to ensure the accuracy of

project version releases. In addition, basic Configuration management

activities were introduced, including identifying the base lines of both

SW/HW after the approval of the systems' lifecycle phase gate and

standardization of documentation procedures. Trained engineers on all new

processes by staged roll outs to ensure effective communication of each new

process introduced by designing and conducting via FAA approved MS Power

Point presentations.

March 2008 - January 2011 - L3 Communications -Eatontown, NJ. Ms.

Tranchetti is a Senior Quality Assurance Specialist who is working as part

of the NJ Support Services Department Quality Assurance (QA) group. Ms.

Tranchetti is a vital asset to the team performing compliance verification

on various contracted projects as well being assigned to the effort of

assisting the company's successful certification efforts with their CMMI

Level 3 audit; awarded to company in April 2010. In these years, Ms.

Tranchetti proposed eight process improvement ideas to senior management

that have been approved and implemented in the software development process

area. Ms. Tranchetti was assigned to witness and ensure that all software

and prototype builds were performed as documented/base lined and to verify

that test procedures were executed exactly as written against the system

configuration was verified according to System Design Documentation.

Complex military systems would require QA witness acceptance testing with

army personnel present, and also include testing and stressing new

features, full regression testing was required in many instances which

could take anywhere from a couple of days to weeks at a time.

Responsibilities included the verification that hardware and software

version base lines were correctly controlled, identified and managed

according to CM policy and be able to participate in solution discussions

for any defects documented. Experienced with conducting CM audits for

compliance to organizational processes via verbal interviews,

organizational questionnaire and checklist which verifies the knowledge and

execution of CMMI Key Process CM goals as well as artifact verification by

inspection.

May 20005 - March 2008 - Triveris, Inc., Eatontown, NJ Ms. Tranchetti

was the Quality Assurance Manager for this health technologies company.

Her expertise was utilized to spearhead all of the QA functionalities

required to implement a new web site for a new Floridian health insurance

company which tripled in size within the first two years. Ms. Tranchetti

also performed all compliance duties involved with the very successful

launch of the company's health information tracking system for insured

members. This proprietary system was very well accepted and a lucrative

asset for the company. Her skills were vital to its on-time delivery; thus

meeting the company's expectations and scheduled demonstrations to outside

vendors. The success of this release depended on executing the

requirements of the customer on a timely basis, control of various beta

releases and the identification and control of all requirements, testing

results, versioning of software and all defect remedies to ensure all

functionalities were managed with each new release as changes were

required. The success of this project depended on Ms. Tranchetti's

ability to lead the team as a unit to meet all quality measures and meet

the desired goal of addressing the customer's expectations by the desired

launch date.

January 2005 - May 2005 - Computer Science Corporation, Eatontown, NJ;

Ms. Tranchetti managed and controlled budgetary matters; tracked the input

from various consulting companies and thus creating various reports and

analysis of project statistics. Attended management meetings; interacted

with various companies/engineers.

June 2000 - July 2004 - Sensor Technologies, Inc., Shrewsbury, N.J.

Quality Assurance Specialist: Ms. Tranchetti was a driving force in

outlining the tasks to be completed in order to reach of Capability

Maturity Level as a Level 3. Her responsibilities included interviewing

managers, analyzing current practices and making recommendations for

changes in policy once gap analysis was completed. In addition, she

communicated with clients to determine and define requirements and ensure

their satisfaction with staged development reviews and reported to internal

management twice a year reporting on QA process improvements. Ms.

Tranchetti was also a member of the Configuration Control Board for the

company and her quality assurance duties included writing and executing

test plans to requirements and configuration management, performing builds

and inventory management (all materials and documentation control). Some

of the mission critical projects included Advanced Monitoring Device

Sensors (AMDS) topographical enhanced Tough Book laptops which soldiers

would mount on their vehicle dashboards and would allow for the detection

by motion what type of vehicle, device or personnel was approaching. Also

worked on the AHUD (Aviator Heads Up Display) project which developed and

tested the monitoring and display of specially designed night goggles which

would house the accurate information displayed in their peripheral vision

currently on their helicopter dashboard so the pilot would not have to look

down while in combat. Witnessed formal and performed prequalification

testing for its performance, requirements, stress and instrumentation

functionality. In QA role, verified that the CM control and identification

of the HW/SW base lines were accurate with each approved phased milestone

and ultimately, the product's version delivery. Designed and developed a

system testing database using MS ACCESS which identified each defect

uniquely by system, release number, functionality and tracked all issues

and reported them weekly to management via customized reports.

September 1998 - June 2000 Middletown Board of Education, Middletown, NJ

Instructional Aide-Special Ed/Substitute Teacher: Ms. Tranchetti worked

with elementary school children with special needs; worked periodically as

a substitute teacher.

1989-1991 National Community Bank - Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Computer Consultant - This position entailed Ms. Tranchetti's development

of an online data entry system for the banks' current keypunch personnel;

training the evening keypunch department. This was a one-year contract

which was extended to two years.

1981-1988 United Jersey Bank (Fleet) - Hackensack, NJ

Senior Systems Analyst - Ms. Tranchetti used her experience as a programmer

and led a team of software engineers using the languages: Assembler, JCL,

CICS, COBOL, and IDMS database. She served as a project lead and

responsible for planning, supervising staff and coordinating all areas of

the Customer Information System online application

1975-1981 Consolidated Edison of NY, 4 Irving Place, New York, NY

Computer Analyst, Test Engineer, Configuration Management Technician.

References:

Will gladly furnish colleague and personal references upon request

Professional Interests:

. Active member of ASQ

. Member of Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society

. Social responsibility-Volunteer Member of Community Working Group @ L-

3 Communications

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