Training Engineer

Sara Medhat El-Shahawy

Email ****.*********@*****.***

Phone +20-107-***-***

Objective

A Key leadership position in a fast-paced technology company with varied

responsibilities, and challenging assignments where my abilities as

Software Testing Engineer can be effectively utilized.

Education

BSc. Science Faculty, Cairo University Sep. 2001 - June 2005

Employment

Santeon Inc. Sep. 2007 - Present

www.santeon.com

. Sr. Software Test Engineer: In which I was responsible for:

1. Develop Test Plans.

2. Develop and executing Test Cases.

3. Perform Functional, Regression, System, Acceptance, and Usability

Testing.

4. Perform Automation Testing using Selenium IDE Testing Tool.

5. Prepare Regression Test Suite using Selenium IDE Testing Tool.

6. Working with end-user to identify bugs, problems, and enhancements

needed.

7. Issues reporting and bug tracking throughout the development life

cycle.

8. Write user stories, and defining acceptance criteria per each story

with agile teams.

Projects

1. Coldwell Banker Intranet Portal.

2. DHL Projects (Diamond Driver Portal) - (CO2 Teaser Project)

(http://co2.dp-dhl-gogreen.de/frontend )

3. Goal FM Radio Website. (http://www.goalfmonline.com )

4. Loghet Al Asr Magazine

5. AUC Intranet Portal.

6. Makani Restaurant Website. (http://www.makani.com.eg )

7. Blackboard Servers Monitoring Tools

. Software Testing Trainer: I was responsible for conducting internal

Software Testing Trainings to new comers to my functional team, in

which I was responsible for

1. Design internal Training Curriculum.

2. Prepare Training Material.

3. Instruct Software Testing Engineering Training to junior

colleagues.

. Project Coordinator: In which I was responsible for:

1. Worked with the vice president to prepare demos to clients.

2. Managing day to day operations with development team.

3. Coaching the development team throughout agile development

lifecycle.

4. Handling communications with clients.

5. Participate in project planning, requirements gathering, and

feedback sessions with clients.

. Business Analyst: In some projects I was wearing the hat of the

business analyst in which I was responsible for gathering and

understanding the business requirements and communicate with the

development team. I was responsible for:

1. Meeting with the business owners and the stakeholders to understand

the business needs.

2. Preparing analysis document and verify with the stakeholders

3. Communicate requirements to the development team

4. Prepare backlog stories and set the story map

Allied Information Technology Services (AITS) Aug. 2005 - Aug. 2007

www.alliedits.net

. Quality Control (QC): In which I was responsible for:

1. Reviewing and editing the transcribed files.

2. Verifies the accuracy of the written files.

3. Supervise daily activities of team to optimize productivity and

quality of work.

4. Ensure that the requirements are followed and obtained the proper

approval.

5. Lead and guide employees performing related work.

. Training Coordinator: In which I was responsible for:

1. Participate in hiring, interviewing, and training process of new

transcriptionists.

2. Design the Training Curriculum.

3. Follow up the Delivery of Training.

4. Follow up with instructors and trainees throughout the training

period.

Accomplishments

. Published an Article in Agile Record Magazine

(http://www.agilerecord.com/agilerecord_02.pdf ) Issue April 2010

about Adopting Agile.

. Published an Article in Agile Record Magazine Issue June 2010 about

Agile Testing between Theory and Application.

. Co-Author in Agile 2010 Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Certificates

. ISTQB (International Testing and Qualifications Board) Foundation

Level.

. Software Testing Training in SECC (Software Engineering Competence

Center).

Technical Expertise

. Basic knowledge of HTML

. +1 years of usability testing

. +2 years experience of Selenium IDE testing tool

. +1 years experience in testing DB using phpmyadmin

. <1 years experience in testing DB using SQL

Training and Workshops

. Agile Software Development Training.

. Soft Skills Training.

. Attending SQL Server Workshop.

. Basic knowledge of HTML

Personal Skills

. Excellent communication skills.

. Excellent presentation skills.

. Multi-tasking skills.

. Quick learner.

. Team player.

. Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities.

. Exceptionally high attention to detail.

. Languages:

o English: Excellent writing, speaking, and reading skills

o Arabic: Native language

Personal Hobbies

. Reading

. Writing articles

. Travelling (Travelled to Dubai, Virginia, Washington DC, Sudan, Saudi

Arabia and all over Egypt).

. Playing games especially World of Warcraft. Also playing GTA, and Tomb

Raider.

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