Quality Assurance Engineer

Kirsten Burns

Mountain View, CA 650-***-****

abo14h@r.postjobfree.com://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstenburns

SUMMARY

My experience in web site design, web development and quality assurance has allowed me to

become a clean coder with a keen eye for design.

Building social media web applications for several years for client-facing and end-user

web experiences.

Strong background working with cross-functional teams and individual clients to

successfully launch quality software, hardware and web-based solutions.

Self-motivated, detail-oriented team player with excellent verbal and written

communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages & Tools: HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, DOM; Smarty, Subversion,

phpMyAdmin, Firebug, Content Management Systems; some experience with Ruby on Rails, PHP,

Velocity, JSON

Design Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator; some experience with FlashPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

20072012Cisco Systems, Inc. (Five Across was acquired by Cisco in Feb 2007) San

Jose/San Francisco, CA Front-end Web Developer in Cisco Media Solutions Group Built

numerous front-end features and enhancements on Cisco Eosr Platform using HTML/XHTML, CSS,

JavaScript which allowed customers to create media-rich social media sites.

Collaborated with designers to transform visual mocks into fully functional web sites on

Eos for clients such as the British Olympic Association, NHL, Flip, Variety, and various

music and film industry clients.

Ensured cross-browser/cross-platform compatibility and consistency in all supported

browsers.

Mentored junior front-end web developers.

Tested, prepared bug reports, fixed defects and reviewed documentation for front-end

features. Worked with QA team to train on how to test front-end.

20042007Five Across, Inc. Palo Alto/Los Altos, CA Front-end Web Developer and

Software Quality Assurance Lead Designed and developed templates for web-based social

networking software (Connect) and a web publishing tool (Bubbler) using HTML, CSS,

Photoshop and JavaScript.

Worked closely with clients such as NHL and Daily Comedy to customize the front-end

experience for their Connect web sites.

Created product demos using prospective customers web assets, allowing a compelling

presentation of a customized Connect web site.

Developed test plans and tested Connect and Bubbler template designs on all browsers and

platforms for optimal performance and appearance. Also tested web publishing and file

sharing tools on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.

Designed and maintained corporate and product web sites while providing marketing support

including designing logos, business cards, banner ads and other marketing materials.

1997 2004 Freelance Web Design Menlo Park, CA Web Design & Development Provided web

site design and development for small businesses and individual clients using HTML,

JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver as well as logos

Conducted analysis of company and end-user needs through client consultation, competitive

and user analysis.

Proposed site architecture and user interface design with wire frames, prototyping and

mock-ups using Dreamweaver, Photoshop, OmniGraffle.

Cross-browser compatibility testing across all supported browsers.

Logos and corporate identity design.

Audio and video conversion from analog to digital.

19982001Success Factors/Austin-Hayne Corporation San Mateo, CA Web Manager (19992001) Developed, implemented and maintained corporate internet and intranet web sites.

Development included designing mock-ups using Photoshop and prototypes using Dreamweaver.

Analyzed user needs to improve overall site while maintaining corporate identity.

Created web-based guided tours as well as HTML prototypes for employee performance

software application used as a sales tool to demonstrate product functionality and

generate sales leads.

Provided creative services to Marketing Department using Illustrator and Photoshop to

produce print media for all products including CD covers and labels, software manual

covers, quick reference cards, data sheets and other corporate collateral. Web Software

Quality Assurance Manager (19981999) Worked with cross-functional teams to develop and

execute test plans for web-based employee performance software.

Designed and executed usability tests for web-based software product.

Designed and maintained a bug tracking database with FileMaker Pro as well as a web-based

version.

19971998Palm, Inc. Mountain View, CA QA Test Engineer, Test Lead Test Lead for Palm III upgrade

product and Palm s desktop software which included communicating with cross-functional

teams, creating test cases and developing QA plans.

19951997Apple Computer, Inc. Cupertino, CA QA Test Engineer, Test Lead Led teams in

testing several successful products, including software testing for Apple monitors and

scanners, processor upgrade card for PowerMac, and the Macintosh G3. Reported bugs,

created test plans, wrote and reviewed test guidelines as a black box tester and test

lead.

EDUCATION

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television & Film,

Creative Arts Minor.

EXAMPLES

Please see http://www.kirstenburns.com

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