ANN SIMPSON

P.O. Box ***, Trabuco Canyon, CA **678 949-***-****

ablhzd@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A Data Processing professional with proven experience in Software Quality

Assurance, System Analysis and System Testing. Sharp, innovative, organized

and a quick learner with the proven ability to adapt quickly to a

challenge. Known for delivering a quality product while achieving goals

and objectives. A self-starter who can work as a leader, a team member or

individually.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

WORD & BROWN, Orange, CA (contracted to perm) 7/07 to

present

California's leader in developing and distributing health benefit plan

models and solutions to licensed brokers statewide.

Offshore Lead - 03/09 to present

. Manage an offshore team of 7 testers in 3 locations

. Assign tasks to offshore, follow-up on completion of tasks, manage hours

& invoices

. Reviewing Test Case documents for accuracy & completeness

. Ongoing training on new aspects of the application

. Defining the automation test scripts to be developed

QA Analyst - 7/07 to 03/09

. Design, document and execute Functional Tests in an Agile environment

(using escrum). Application is a .NET application with over 20 modules

and 1.7 million Lines of Code.

. Document & track defects using incident tracking system (TFS)

. Work cooperatively on a team to achieve project, department and company

objectives

. Execution of Regression Tests using QTP

EXPERIAN, Costa Mesa, CA 6/97 to 7/07

A global leader with annual sales in excess of $3.1 billion providing

analytical and information services to organizations and consumers to help

manage the risk and reward of commercial and financial decisions.

Technical QA Consultant/Senior Integration & Test Analyst

. Provided test estimates & schedules

. Developed Test Plans & Cases based on Business Requirements and Technical

Design Documents.

. Designed cases, Executed cases and analyzed results for Functional,

Performance and UAT Tests

. Maintained and Executed Regression Tests

. Maintained and reported defects using Rational ClearQuest. Work with

developers and end users to resolve them.

. Performed manual and automated testing (Rational Robot) on client/server

and web-based B2B and B2C products.

. Collaborated with business teams to coordinate critical software fixes.

. Fostered the review and acceptance of Systems Specifications through

cross-functional problem solving teams

. Acted as test coordinator and lead on projects requiring multiple team

members

. Mentored and led junior team members.

Bergen Brunswig Drug Co. - Orange, CA 3/95 to 6/97

System Quality Assurance Analyst

Andersen Consulting 1/94 to 3/95

Information Systems Analyst

PacTel Cellular/AirTouch/Verizon 4/84 to 12/93

Quality Assurance Analyst

TESTED ON APPLICATIONS THAT UTILIZE:

Java, Mainframe DB2, Unix UDB DB2, XML, C++, HTML, XML, J2EE, Oracle,

WebLogic, .Net, Visual C

SQL Plus, PICK, Ruby on Rails, Struts

OTHER TOOLS

Quality Center, ClearQuest, Problem Tracker, XML Spy, Rational Robot, TFS

Proficient with Microsoft Windows applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)

EDUCATION

Saddleback College - Mission Viejo

Computer Science/Webmaster Certification Program (in progress)

CQA (Certified Quality Analyst)

Quality Assurance Institute - Orlando, FL

CSTE (Certified Software Test Engineer)

Quality Assurance Institute - Orlando, FL

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