Quality Assurance Engineer

Mary Lomsadze

*** *** ******* **, ***** MD ****7

Ph: 202-***-****

mailto:*********@*******.***

Dedicated IT Professional with over 6 years of progressive experience,

offering technical, business, and communication skill and experience with

the emphasis on software testing and independent validation and

verification. Confident team collaborator with a strong work ethic,

exceptional learning potential, and ability to adapt in fast-paced business

situations. Background, knowledge, and experience includes:

* IT Problem Solving

* Technical Analysis

* Quality Assurance Testing

* Client Interaction & Communication

. Demonstrated ability to plan, design, and execute Test Plans and Test

Cases

. First-hand experience in all phases of testing, including Analysis of

Requirements and Specification, Performing Functional, Integration,

System and Acceptance Testing, Generating Test Execution Results and

Test Summary Results, and Distribution of Product into the Field

. Widely recognized by employers and colleagues alike for ability to

work well with all levels of personnel

. Excellent analytical and testing skills

. Able to identify problems, analyze test results, investigate their

causes and suggest remedies to enhance software product quality

. Consistently deliver results on time, with proven track record for

testing large and medium scale systems deployed in multiple

environments

Technical Skills:

Hardware: IBM-compatibles, Macintosh

Operating Environment: Windows XP/NT/9x/200x, MacOS

Programming Languages: Java, .NET, Visual Basic 6.0, SQL, SQL*PLUS,

Software: PVCS, Seagate Crystal Reports 11.0, MS Word, MS Access,

Visio, Word Perfect,

Adobe Acrobat 9.4, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher

Testing Software: QTP, Quality Center 10.0, JAWS, Bobby, WinRunner 9.2,

Test Director 8.0, IBM

Rational ClearQuest, IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational

RequisitePro,

Databases: Oracle 8I/9I, MS SQL Server 7.0, MS Access 2007

Professional Experience:

Business Analyst/QA/Software Engineer

2009- Present

Heitechservices INC.

Landover, MD

Web based Application QMIS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services)

Contract

Software quality assurance and testing experience in a wide variety of

environments. Functionality, compatibility, reliability, usability,

installation, security and related test methodologies. Testing of Web

application, client-server, network, multimedia, and database projects on

Windows and bug documentation and regression. Comfortable working solo and

in a team environment. Operating systems. Leadership roles in creation and

execution of QA and testing processes, test strategies and plans, and bug

documentation and regression.

. Managed a product release with an extremely short timeline, delivering

it to Quality Assurance ahead of schedule.

. Initiated an incident triage process for prescreening incidents that

was adopted as a departmental practice, resulting in improved incident

resolution times.

. Served as the sole program manager who worked directly with an

external customer.

. Involved with usability testing including serving as the main point of

contact for an external usability consultant, identifying aspects of

the design to be tested, reviewing the proposed scripts, and

accompanying product managers on customer site visits.

Requirements Analyst

Economic Development Administration (EDA)

TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE for FIRMS System

EDA's TAAF Program helps strengthen the competitiveness of businesses that

have been injured by increased imports. The TAAF program is a cost-sharing

federal assistance program that pays 50 percent of the costs associated

with consultants or industry-specific experts that work to improve the

competitiveness of manufacturing and service firms. Accessing financial

assistance offered through TAAF begins by contacting one of 11 regional

Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers (TAACs). TAAC staff assesses

eligibility and prepares an application on the firm's behalf.

. Responsible for gathering business requirements, writing technical

specifications, scoping releases, managing development and release

cycles, and coordinating releases with other departments such as

Marketing and Quality Assurance.

QA ANALYST

Economic Development Administration (EDA)

Operations Planning and Control System (OPCS)

. Audited Business & functional necessity documents and recognized test

scenarios.

. Participated in implementing test-plans and test-cases built on high-

leveled and detailed design.

. Broadly done manual testing, constraints verification testings, and

the functional testing.

. Involved in the Test Case walkthroughs, assessment meetings.

. Cooperated and performed with development group to resolve the

difficulties came across in a test execution.

. Involved in audit meetings and got an initiative to reach QA testing

goals.

. Contributed in regular status meetings to state any bugs, problems and

risks.

Program Quality Lead/Software tester

2008- 2009

Lockheed Martin Information Technology

Rockville, MD

Web based applications NRC Contract

. Reviewed requirements for testability and usability, consulted

development staff with regards to system functionality

. Performed Manual and Automated testing run and execute Test Cases

using TestManager

. Documented and reported defects using ClearQuest.

. Performed Functional, GUI, Regression, System Integration, User

Acceptance, Configuration and content testing for web-based e-commerce

application and for Site Pilot content management system

. Tested application security features, including session expiry, book

marking, passwords and compatibility across multiple browser types and

encryption levels

. Developed and updated Test plans, Test Matrixes, Test Scenarios, and

Test Cases for all company products

. Conducted variance management by analyzing and verifying test results,

providing status and progress reports, using TestDirector 8.0i

. Conducted Links testing and access problems.

. Performed Scalability, Performance and Load Testing using Load Runner

8.0 (System Analysis, Creating Virtual User Scripts, Defining User

Behavior, Running Load Test Scenario, Monitoring the Performance,

Analyzing Results).

Senior QA/Test Engineer

2005 - 2008

Z-Solutionz, Gaithersburg, MD Gaithersburg, MD

Inventory Management System is primarily designed to manage and maintain

large inventory of multitude goods and services for medical organizations

and hospitals. It serves our customers as enterprise solution tool for

systematic conversion of stock as well as financial system and successfully

minimizes disruptions to daily operations. I work closely with QA

department to insure the smooth transition from the analysis to the design

phase resulting in successful system integration and deployment into

operational environment. Participating in analysis, design/development and

test phases of the system development life cycle.

Primary responsibilities include:

. Analysis of the functional requirements and detailed design

specifications

. Preparation of the test plans, test environment & test data set

up/configuration

. Development of the Test Scenarios & Automated Scripts

. Development of Test Plans & Detailed Test Procedures

. Collaboration with Business Stakeholders/Users to clarify functional

requirements and change requests

. Creation and adequate reporting of the executed manual test cases

. Development of SQL queries to simulate validation reports on the

database level

. Submission of the test results (such as: test activity reports &

various metrics)

. Participation in working groups for establishing and improving quality

assurance processes & documentation

. Identified and deployed process improvements and standards for key

practices in requirements management, metrics management, software

engineering, functional testing and release management.

. Development and building of automated tools and scripts for

installation, configuration, deployment, testing and data validation

of distributed applications using PL/SQL scripting technology

Software Test Engineer

2002 - 2005 e-Type Systems Inc Rockville, MD

Conducted extensive functional, regression, and usability testing on

component, integration and system levels

Analyzed system requirements to develop test plans and test scripts

Reviewed business processes and identified process improvement gaps

Developed test plans, cases and database verification scripts

Utilized WinRunner 8.0 for Automated Testing

Used Test Director 8.0 for bug tracking and manual test cases development

Executed SQL queries to modify test data

Evaluated test results and followed problem fixing

Communicated with customers to obtain user acceptance

Participated in requirement analysis, design, and implementation of the

Diagnostic software for the diesel engines. It is a maintenance and

troubleshooting software program that performs all of the same functions as

a hand-held reader: View and Clear Active and Inactive Diagnostic Codes,

view Fuel injector Response Times, Injector Calibrations and Cylinder Cut-

Out Tests, view Total Engine Data and Engine Trip Data.

Educational Background:

Bachelor Degree in Critical Medicine

Georgian State University, Tbilisi Georgia

1995-2002

Professional Training/Certification:

2009 Courses in CAPM exam Preparation

2005 Courses in Modeling and Testing with Use Cases

2003 Courses in PVCS * Dimension User Training

2002 Courses in HTML and JavaScript State University of Georgia

2001 Courses in SQL, PL/SQL Programming Software Quality Learning

Center

2000 Courses in Oracle 7.3

References are available upon request

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