Rod Maturan - QA Automation Engineer
Professional experience
Profile Test Designer, Test Architect - Responsible for the design,
development an execution of automated functional test scripts
in assigned development projects.
Career History 02/2003 - To date IBM (acquired Palisades Technology Partners,
Inc in Oct 2006), Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US
.NET Software Engineer, Staff Software QA Engineer
Implemented comprehensive body of.NET development results from
technology for sychronized desktop WinForms application to
public-facing ASP.NET web application in 2003. Learned,
initiated and scaled test development QTP script library
applied from a single to multiple projects since 2004.
Continued with IBM when Palisades Technology Partners, Inc was
acquired in Nov 2006.
08/2002 - To date Maturan Consulting, Berlin, NJ, US
Principal Programmer/Analyst - Consultant
Incorporated to perform 1099 corp to corp software development
with startup telecommunications software company ac3 solutions
in Trenton, NJ.
04/2002 - 06/2002 NanoCube, Inc, Evesham, NJ, US
Senior Programmer/Analyst - Consultant
Performed maintenance and development of specialized
configuration management system for Computer Science
Corporation (CSC) confidential government client contracts.
07/1999 - 02/2002 TEKsystems (formerly Maxim Group, Inc),
Warminster, PA, US
Contract Programmer/Analyst - Consultant
Mar 2001 - Feb 2002, contracted with Asea, Brown and Boveri
(ABB) to implement current state of the art Microsoft
technology based electronic logbook web application, which was
a component for larger regulated pharmaceutical software
system.
Nov 2000 - Mar 2001, contracted with Towers Perrin, Phila in
small security administration website using ADSI, MTS, ASP, VB,
COM, SQL 7 Microsoft technologies.
Jul 1999 - Nov 2000, contracted with Computer Sciences
Corporation (CSC) in Moorestown, NJ. Provided full development
lifecycle services for timecard and invoice web accounting
application. Also consulted on performance of existing similar
web application at Falls Church, VA location.
11/1998 - 07/1999 Base Ten Systems, Inc, Trenton, NJ, US
Intermediate Software Developer
Maintained printing subservices, UI form subservices, and
Oracle/SQL Server stored procedures for regulated
pharmaceutical mechanical execution system (MES). Debugged
system level processes across multiple separate module
projects. Performed administration, implemenation duties as
temporary webmaster.
03/1997 - 11/1998 Strand Management Solutions, Inc, East
Windsor, NJ, US
Programmer/Analyst
Promoted from entry-level to intermediate level
Programmer/Analyst. Maintained existing and implemented new
functionality for FoxPro, Visual FoxPro, Access, and VB
client/server database applications for Carter Wallace, Johnson
& Johnson, UPS, and PSE&G Energy Technologies. Rebuilt FoxPro
2.x resource management application in Visual FoxPro. Performed
Y2K remediation of FoxPro applications.
02/1994 - 09/1996 Edmund Scientific Company, Inc, Barrington,
NJ, US
Purchasing Agent/Buyer
Provided technical support to catalog item questions. Provided
incidental programming services in Future Basic (Macintosh) and
Visual Basic languages. Promoted to Purchasing as optical
Purchasing Agent/Buyer. Incidentally created prototype Access,
VB and VC++ app modeled from practical purchasing experience
and to help with personal purchasing process.
IBM Assignment IBM LBPS
History 12/2008 - To date Staff Software Engineer (QA Automation
Engineer)
Project Description: Automation test development and execution
for LTL-Laser project.
IBM LBPS
10/2008 - To date Staff Software Engineer (QA Automation
Engineer)
Project Description: Automation test development and execution
for Core-Mirrors project.
IBM LBPS
02/2008 - To date Staff Software Engineer (QA Automation
Engineer)
Project Description: Automated test development and execution
for LBPS CFCU-Nemo, CFCU-Nemo2 project.
Washington Mutual
10/2006 - 09/2008 Staff Software Engineer (QA Automation
Engineer)
Project Description: Provided varied testing services related
to the development and successful application of an efficiently
adaptable and structurally well-maintained QTP automation test
script library. The library design is agile enough to be
quickly modified to execute test scenarios developed on the fly
or in short time periods than normally expected and has
realized n-fold leverage when copied and customized for new
similar independent branch versions of the application for the
same or different client.
Key Skills Able to establish infrastructure and apply existing QA
technical toolset (VBScript, VB, QTP, Quality Center) at
programmable expert level by writing clear reusable code,
abstraction with classes, design and reuse script library
resources. Debug, understand, administer and perform
foundational QTP and Quality Center functions. Convert test
cases to script with minimal effort or process involvement.
Evaluate and apply process when needed or necessary depending
on conditions and metrics of the test development situation
with respect with the software development situation. Diversify
toolset skills to incorporate IBM Rational tools (Java, RFT,
RQM and RFT) and extend experience to include formal test and
QA engineering skills and principles.
Key Courses and Independent course/study from a selection of work available
Training tracks/materials/meetings from IBM internal educational
resources such as Books 24x7, developerWorks articles,
developerWork forums, tool Online Help, Learning@IBM online
courses, Leading@IBM online courses, Mortgage Academy, IBM
Forums, IBM Communities and IBM QSE organization. Self directed
independent study of relevant automated QA and mortgage
business resources found within the project and on the
internet.
Education
Qualifications BA, BS in Physics, Mathematics
Rutgers College, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, US
Languages English Fluent
Tagalog Basic