Driss Elhassani
Address: Toronto, Ontario
Phone: 647-***-****
Canada
Email: ****.*****@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
* Seeking a challenging position as a Software Performance Tester using
HP LoadRunner.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION
* Almost 6 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing
with more than 2 years as Performance tester.
* Hands-on experience in Banking, Insurance, Retail, Pharmaceutical,
Health Care, Risk Management Systems and Ecommerce verticals.
* Experienced Performance Tester using LoadRunner.
* Experience working in Windows and UNIX Environments.
* Good understanding of Windows performance counters.
* Building VuGen Scripts ensuring correctness and quality..
* Scripts enhancement through inserting C Functions, Transactions,
Check Points, Rendezvous Points, Correlation and Parameterization
* Configuration of Performance environment such adding Load Generators,
Ports Mapping, Network Speed emulation, Firewalls, Proxy, Browsers
emulation.
* Designing Manual and Goal oriented scenarios using LR Controller
* Load test execution and scheduling
* Monitoring tasks: Defining, setting up and maintaining appropriate
monitors
* Results analysis (LR Analysis)
* Generate performance graphs, reports and other related documentation
required for validation and analysis
* Good Communication skills, team player and have ability to work
independently.
* Bilingual ( French & English)
SKILLS
* Performance Testing Tools: HP LoadRunner.
* Defect Management: Quality Center, JIRA, TFS
* Operating Systems: Windows NT/XP/Windows 7, UNIX (Linux), Apple Mac
* Tested Programming Languages: C/C++, C#, SQL, .Net, VB Script, VB
Script
* Web Technologies: HTML, XML, VBScript and JavaScript
* Database: Oracle9i, SQL Server and MS Access
* Miscellaneous: MS- Suite Word, Excel and PowerPoint
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Role: QA Performance Tester
Company: Sears Canada Inc. Feb
2012- Feb 2013
Project: VDW, Training tracker Program, seras.ca enhancement
Tested many high priority sears internal applications aimed at centralizing
all its business activities to analyze specific data and generate specific
reports such as Vendor Data Warehouse (VDW), Training tracker Program for
sears associates. Also involved in testing the enhancement made on sears.ca
* Prepared the Performance Test Plan
* Built test scripts to meet the performance test requirements through
Web (HTTP/HTML) protocol.
* Enhanced the script with Transactions, Check Points and Rendezvous
Points to check the performance of the application.
* Inserted multiple General Vuser C Functions.
* Used Correlation, Parameterization for scripts enhancement.
* Performed load testing with 200/400/650 Vusers for VDW,
* Emulated constant load of 10 000 Vusers on sear.ca
* Set scenarios for Performance Testing, executing scenarios using
Controller.
* Designed the Manual and Goal oriented scenarios using LoadRunner
Controller
* Extensively used LoadRunner monitors to identify the bottlenecks in
Network, Database and Application servers
* Analyzed different graphs such as Throughput, Hits/Second graph,
Transactions per second graph and Rendezvous...etc. using LR Analysis
tool
* Prepared load Test analysis reports (Vusers, CPU Utilization,
Throughput, Transactions, Response Times, Network Monitors, Web
Resource Monitors, System Resources Monitors)
Environment: Windows XP, LoadRunner 11.0, dyna Trace, SQL Database, Java,
Microstrategy Reporting tool, Quality Center 10.0
Role: Testing Engineer
Company: McKesson Canada Inc. March 2009-
Dec 2011
Project: Nplate Nexus Program, Nplate Canada, RevAid, CMSV2, Shipmate,
UCB, SMURFS
McKesson Corp, the 15th in fortune 500 companies list, is a global leader
in health care industry.
It is made up of many businesses, all empowering the health care sector,
and specifically retail pharmacies and hospitals, health care institutions,
manufacturers, governments and patients. Its offerings fall into one of
three primary categories: Supply Solutions, Technology and Information
Solutions, Clinical and Business Solutions.
* Interacted with the Business Analysts and application team to discuss
the performance requirements and load test strategy
* Developed the performance Test Plans for Nplate Nexus & ReVid
* Developed Vuser scripts using Web (HTTP/HTML) protocol.
* Created customized LoadRunner VuGen scripts with manual correlation,
user defined functions and error handling.
* Enhanced Vuser scripts with parameters, condition controls, and
checking/validation functions.
* Involved in performing load and stress test on the application and
server by configuring LoadRunner to simulate hundreds of virtual
users.
* Used various techniques like Ramp up, Ramp down, Transaction Point in
Load Runner
* Created LoadRunner Scenarios and configured Schedules to generate
realistic load on the server.
* Monitored and analysed on-line graphs to check where bottlenecks,
performance delays occurred, network or client delays, CPU
performance, Memory leaks and other performance issues at the database
server.
* Generated different performance reports to communicate test results to
multiple projects stakeholders.
* Conducted regression testing after software and hardware upgrade to
ensure the optimal performance.
* Tested French and English versions of different projects such as
RevAid, CMSV2 and UCB.
* Translated RevAid user guide from English to French.
* Extensively used Visual Studio TFS in defect tracking. ..
* Keeping up to date up with standards and requirements of software
quality assurance as stipulated by heath care authorities such FDA.
Environment: Windows XP/7, LoadRunner 9.5, SharePoint 2010, Visual Studio
2010, Visual Studio TFS, ASP.Net,VB .NET, C#, C++, SQL Server 2008, MS
Project, Oxygen XML editor
Role: QA Analyst
Company: Sovereign Bank, Providence, RI. May2007- Nov 2008
Project: Online Banking Access Remediation
Sovereign bank is one of the commercial banking organizations in New
England area, worked with web application, this application enabled bank
customers to access their accounts through web for Automatic Financial
System (AFS). Through different services including Personal and Business
Banking, Accounts access and information, Mortgage, Credit cards,
Investments, Bill Payment and Transfer funds services.
* Created Test cases and Test scripts for performing Systems testing.
* Involved in creation of test data
* Documenting test cases corresponding to business rules and other
operating conditions.
* Analyzed user requirements attended change request meetings.
* Involved in creation of test plan, which detailed the testing scope,
strategy, hi-level test requirements, and necessary resources
* Updated Business requirements/ Test cases in QC
* Writing Test Matrix documents.
* Developed and conducted Integration and User Acceptance test plans on
completion of System testing before installation of the application on
user environment
* Written SQL scripts for populating, updating and deleting the data
from the database
Environment: Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.5, Windows XP Professional,
Microsoft Products, Mainframes, XML, SQL Server 2005, VB .NET, VB script,
C#, C, Java
Role: Software Tester
Company: Allstate Insurance, Boston, USA Sep 2006-
Apr 2007
Project: Claims Management System
The Claims Management application helps claims department to accept claims
applications, perform and report investigation, retrieve policy seeker,
nominee's details and recommend or deny claims made based on the terms and
conditions endorsed by the policy
* Analysis of testing requirements and generation of test plans.
* Manually wrote test cases and executed test scripts.
* Performed Integration and System testing in different stages of
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
* Involved in Functional and Regression Testing.
* Reported software defects and interacted with developers to resolve
technical issues.
* Performed User/Customer Acceptance Testing to check whether the
customer requirements are met.
* Managing and coordinating with the team as per schedule determined
in test plan.
* Updating test plans, test scripts and test results as per the
change requests given by the company.
* Attended weekly status meetings with the different stakeholders.
* Maintaining the bugs in the bug tracker tool based on their
severity.
. Environment: Jira, Java, XML, VB Script, Visual Basic, MS SQL, Unix,
Windows XP.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
* Master's In Business Administration (MBA), Johnson & Wales
University.
Providence, RI, USA
(2006)
* BA, Sciences and Economics University
(1997)
LANGUAGES
* FRENCH: FLUENT
* ENGLSIH: FLUENT
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
* Available upon on request.