J O H N B. FOSTER

**** *. ****** ********** **** Elma, WA 98541 Phone: 360-***-**** abmd44@r.postjobfree.com

Certifications SOFTWARE DESIGNER IN TEST

CompTIA A+ Service Jack of all technologies

Technician Test and tool development specialist whose qualifications include a Masters degree in IT

Key Skills Management; a CompTIA A+ Service Technician certification; and detailed knowledge of testing

Complete Understanding tools, technologies and best practices. Nine years of experience in the creation and deployment

of Testing Fundamentals of solutions for testing a wide range of Microsoft products, systems and information assets.

Test Case Creation Technology Summary

Excellent Bug Reporting

Skills

Test Case Scripting and

Automation

Languages: C#, Windows NT Scripting, Windows Powershell, T SQL

C# Programming

Systems: Windows (All)

Microsoft SQL & T SQL

Networking: LANs, WANs, DNS, DHCP, Hyper V, Routers, Firewalls, TCP/IP

Competence

Software: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint), Visual Studio

Diverse Project

.NET, MS Project, MS Visio, MS SQL Server 2005 / 2008

Management Experience

Microsoft Corporation Contract Experience

Hardware and Networking

Software Test Engineer 4, 2009 Present

Excell Data Corporation

Expertise

Education Excell Data Corporation Software Designer in Test 3, 2008 2009

University of Phoenix, Volt Technical Software Test Engineer 4, 2006 2007

Bellevue, WA Accenture (Volt) Software Designer in Test, 2005 2006

MBA in IT Management, Software Test Engineer 3, 2004 2005

Excell Data Corporation

2006 Software Test Engineer 3, 2003 2004

Volt Technical

Software Test Engineer 2, 2002 2003

Volt Technical

Prescott College, Software Test Engineer 1, 2001 2001

Volt Technical

Prescott, AZ Became an expert in testing and tool development for multiple teams. Some project highlights

BA in Outdoor are:

Education, 1993 Systems Management Studio: Well versed in version 4 and the upcoming version 5.

Currently writing automation and running cases for the new Application Management node

Colorado Mtn. College and legacy Software Distribution. Previously, managed the Dogfood and BVT

Leadville, CO environments.

AA in Liberal Arts, 1991 ROQScan: Tasked with creating two testing tools; “ROQStars”, a multi faceted test suite,

that allowed for a whole range of tests to be run against the ROQScan environment. Also,

headed up the development of a SQL Migration test tool, that was used in a live

environment.

Xbox & PC Games: Designed and Implemented many test cases and coverage trackers in

the early years of my testing. Specialized in object, single player and sanity test passes.

Conducted BVTs on a few games. Had the highest bug count for the team on

MechAssault.

Passport: Responsible for running BVTs on the daily Passport builds and keeping the lab

running smoothly. This included handling bench rebuilds, re images, creating backend

servers, clustering. Created several handy NT scripts to aid in my duties.

Products Shipped: ROQScan, ROQStars, “Xbox Game of the Year” MechAssault &

MechAssault 2, Halo (PC version), Halo2 (Xbox), Live DLC for MechAssault, Passport 2.0

and 2.1.

Available for Full Time & Contract Assignments

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