Software Engineer Quality Assurance

George L Rexroad

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Roeland Park, Kansas 66205 Cell: 913-***-****

ablzgw@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

A seasoned IT professional looking for a company that can utilize my skills

to train junior application developers. Adapted at all phases of software

development from requirements gathering through production support.

Understand the importance of code and process standardization and how they

help the developers with application development. Want to utilize those

skills in the development and creation of web based applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Developer using Languages:

ASP.Net C# Java

VBA MS Access SQL

COBOL II (COBOL) JCL FileAid

SyncSort TSO

Administration of Applications:

Quality Center SiteScope DAMEWARE

Creation and analysis of the following Databases:

MS Access TOAD SQL

Oracle DB2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CIBER, Overland Park, Kansas Feb 2010 - June 2010

Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Created requirements by merging information from multiple documents, and

developed the related test cases for an ecommerce website. Executed the

test case and managed any related defects including the retesting.

New Landings, Overland Park, Kansas May 2009 - Present

Leadership Team - Volunteer Coordinator, Application Developer

Member of the team that gathered the requirements and developed the process

for the InTurnXChange project. Designed the MS Access database that will

support the InTurnXChange Program and other programs as New Landings

develops them.

Sprint Nextel, Overland Park, Kansas Apr 1996 - Mar 2009

Programmer/Analyst - Administrator for HP Quality Center (QC) (Feb 2002 -

Mar 2009)

The software is used to manage all phases of development from requirements

gathering, test case development, test case execution and tracking of

defects. This included supporting all users, performing all software

upgrades and providing training when required.

. Designed and developed a SQL server database to manage requests that

testers submitted to the QC administration team. Designed the web

site map and developed some web pages.

. Improved executive reporting by standardizing the QC schema used by

all testing groups. Facilitated meetings to determine what and where

the information was needed and which fields would be needed for

reporting and how the information would be standardized to improve the

integrity of those reports.

. Developed ad-hoc reports that the Sprint used to quantify the quality

of the code development and QA testing so metrics could be used for

process improvements.

. Developed an enhancement to the HP Excel Marco that reduced loading

time for the Test Plan and Test Lab module by 67%. The enhancement

also reduced the loading time for 4,000 reference entries from over 8

hours to less than 1 hour. Patent 7,761,841, "Enhanced Data Loading

for Test Management Tool", issued on July 20, 2010.

. Gathered the requirements from the Business Analysts to replace the

DOORs application with the Requirements module in QC. Developed the

code that would restrict the access to requirements based on the

person's role and the type of requirement. Was also able to add

control information in the database that would restrict the hierarchy

of requirements.

Software Engineer - Mainframe COBOL developer (Mar 1998 - Feb 2002)

Supported the verification of software and hardware for the year 2000 (Y2K)

project. This included the development and creation of a DB2 database. The

database was utilized after the Y2K project was completed.

. Standardized the daily reporting while reducing processing time by

creating import and export processes. Created the necessary SQL for

inputting and extracting information from the DB2 database.

. Key member of the team that analyzed the information gathered and

created the DB2 database used for storing software and hardware

information from the development groups.

Software Engineer, Mainframe COBOL developer (Apr 1996 - Mar 1998)

Supported payments of commissions to partners, including development and

production support of the application.

. Lead the team that redesigned the commissioning process when a

contract with a new partnership signing. This included the gathering

and creating of business, functional, and technical requirements,

designing, programming, and testing of the application, and then

implementation and production support of the application. The project

was completed on time and allowed Sprint to pay the commissions their

partners.

EDUCATION

BS in Mathematics, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho

MILITARY SERVICE

United States Navy, Electronics Technician and Nuclear Reactor Operator

Operated and maintained the electronic equipment used for monitoring and

operating the nuclear reactors.

Community Service

Habitat for Humanity, involved in the construction of houses, 1997-Present

Harvesters, working in their VOC, 2009 - Present

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