Manager Project

ELLIOT WEISS

*****@*****.*** 520-***-**** Tucson, AZ

Professional Experience

CURRENT POSITION

Software Quality Assurance Manager (2 years) – Charming Shoppes, Inc., Tucson, AZ

Responsibilities

Oversee the testing of application changes for 14 different ecommerce sites

Ensure that all software products satisfy provided business and technical requirements

and are deployed in a manner consistent with established quality standards

Supervise the software testing group, including onshore and offshore contractors, to

ensure adherence to established quality processes and project timelines

Coordinate with project managers on all planning, scheduling, effort estimation and

resource forecasting as it relates to the efforts of the testing group

Continuous enhancement of the software testing methodology and reporting metrics

Interviewing, hiring, training, mentoring and reviewing associates

Highlights

Responsible for the creation of a software testing group and related testing methodology

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Oversight of all testing activities related to the migration of 3 ecommerce sites to a 3

party provider

Implementation of Mercury Quality Center to track testing progress, requirements

coverage and defect resolution

Utilization of Microsoft Sharepoint to create project testing sites that provide timely

information and metrics for all members of the project team

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Project Manager: IT Store Systems (6 years) – Charming Shoppes, Inc., Bensalem, PA

Key Projects

Upgrade and implementation of store network connectivity to a managed broadband

infrastructure

Upgrade of the gift card system application and its infrastructure

Implementation of brand-specific portals to provide store access to the corporate intranet

Coordination of the store systems tasks required to implement a new retail division

Design, testing and corporate-wide implementation of a human resources training course

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and its subsequent migration to a new 3 party host

Innovative Self-Initiated Projects

Design of an application to report on sales polling and processing

Design and development of an application to reduce the time and effort required for the

retail store operations department to test pricing promotions

Creation and implementation of a procedure to test the alerting and failover functions of

the gift card system

Director: IT Store Systems (4 years) – Zany Brainy, King of Prussia, PA

Responsibilities

Administrative oversight of all IT activities directly impacting stores including system

development and logistics

Oversight of the POS system including design, development and system support

Project and vendor management

Purchasing authority for software, hardware and vendor services

Interdepartmental relationship building

Administrative oversight of the store systems help desk

Interviewing, hiring, training, mentoring and reviewing associates

Highlights

Management of the RFP process for a new POS system

Establishment of vendor partnerships resulting in the outsourcing of POS hardware repair

and installation responsibilities

Coordination of the upgrade and installation of POS system hardware in all stores

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ELLIOT WEISS

*****@*****.*** 520-***-**** Tucson, AZ

POS Manager: IT (3 years) – CFTC Group, Inc., Fairfield, NJ

Responsibilities

Management of development, testing and implementation of a new POS system

Performing on-site installation and configuration of system hardware and software

Training store personnel on POS system functionality

Creating the POS manual

Providing help desk support for the stores

Sr. Business Analyst: IT Store Systems (2 years) – Charming Shoppes, Inc., Bensalem, PA

Responsibilities

Involvement in vendor application development as it relates to the creation of functional

specifications and the testing of deliverables

Project Team Lead for various store systems projects

Member of the project team tasked with determining interface and functionality

requirements for a new POS system

Additional Professional Experience

Sr. Store Manager Group Manager

CFTC Group, Inc, Fairfield, NJ Bamberger’s, Lawrenceville, NJ

Store Manager Department Manager

Lerner, Lawrenceville, NJ Bamberger’s, Montgomeryville, PA

Assistant Buyer

Bamberger’s, Newark, NJ

Additional Training

Villanova University Professional Education – Master Certificate in Applied Project Management

Villanova University Professional Education – Master Certificate in IS/IT Project Management

Agile & High-Speed Software Testing Techniques

Hewlett-Packard Training - Fundamentals of LoadRunner 9.0

Hewlett-Packard Training - Using QuickTest Professional 9.5

Education

University of Delaware – B.S.

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