Quality Assurance Design
Resume:
T E CH N I CA L SK I L L S
EXPERI EN CE
SK I L L S SU M M A RY
AN DREW CARVAJAL
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Ability to manage, lead, document, plan, and execute projects within deadlines and above expectations.
Capability to gain solution consensus across an organization through clear communication and sound reasoning.
E xperience in various IT positions within fast-paced, audited, customer oriented corporations.
Adept in multiple IT methodologies and practices including Agile and SDLC.
P r incipal I nformation Architect
Canopy Financial Chicago, Illinois
January 2009 - November 2009
Canopy, the market leader in Consumer Driven Healthcare software named by Forrester Wave™, is the provider of innovative
technologies that connect healthcare and financial services.
• P rincipal architect for the industry leading HealthDirect® (.net) and CanopyMobile® (Apple SDK) platforms.
• P rovided direction, support, and design solutions for all distributed software.
• Worked closely with business partners to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support solutions.
• I ncreased revenues through product design; introduced the concept of feature-sets within the core application.
• Fortified the integrity of the software through r igorous logic and usability studies.
• A nalyzed business needs and converted them into clear and actionable requirements.
• Channelized internal and external feedback, with field research, into innovative design solutions.
• Administered leadership in the assessment of properties for usefulness, design, content, and branding.
• Constructed wireframes to gain client acceptance; simulated user experience before development.
• Gathered and organized user data to create target market, demographic, and persona information.
• Performed cross-browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Safari Mobile, Chrome, Opera) functional testing.
• T ranslated approved solutions into business, functional, and system requirements documents.
• Supplied complete application blueprints; created and maintained multiple product style guides.
• Performed graphic design duties; created and maintained image libraries and master sheet templates.
L ead Quality Assurance Analyst
Staples Incorporated: Quill Corporation Lincolnshire, I llinois
May 2004 - July 2008
Staples is the world's largest office products company. With $23 billion in sales, Staples serves consumers in 27 countries. Quill, a
w holly owned subsidiary, leverages Staples technology to offer products to medium sized businesses.
• E nsured a multibillion dollar e-commerce website’s integrity through engineered practices.
• Conducted and monitored usability sessions; gathered, interpreted, and organized outputs.
• M anaged onsite and offsite teams; leveraged individual skills for all given assignments.
• I dentified, assessed, and published r isk determined through r igorous system examinations.
• Generated and provided key documentation for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• C reated project charter, system requirements, technical design, and r isk assessment documentations.
• Governed the IS change control board and maintained production server activity log sheets.
• Verified Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance.
• Championed the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and stressed its principals to peers.
• Served as the IS liaison between Staples business units and departments.
• I dentified and exploited r isk within beta versions of IS coding initiatives.
• Participated in the corporate-sponsored Innovation Team as a core member.
Environments:
Applications:
Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, 2000 Apple Mobile OS 2.0, 3.0
M icrosoft ExpressionWeb, ImageComposer, Office, Project, SQL Server, Visio, VisualStudio.NET Sony Vegas Pro Adobe Acrobat,
I llustrator, InDesign Axure Rapid Prototyping (RP) Pro
Browsers:
Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 Firefox 2, 3 Safari 4 Safari Mobile Chrome 2, 3 Opera 10 Opera Mini
EDU CATI ON
Bachelor of Science
Major: Operations and Information Management Emphasis: Information Systems
Northern I llinois University DeKalb, I llinois
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