Quality Assurance Software

Tricia A. Swift

**** * ******** ***** #** Fullerton, CA 520-***-**** ac146k@r.postjobfree.com

Objective Seeking a Senior Software Quality Assurance position with an innovative and growing company that encourages ambitious and self-motivated employees in the Southern California area. Professional

Summary

Over 16 years of hands-on experience in Software Validation, Development and Implementation for complex software applications using the latest technologies.

5 years of Quality Assurance experience with FDA & ISO regulations.

Strong knowledge & experience in developing & writing regulated validation documentation (test plans, procedures, schedules, summary reports, validation matrix, and exception conditions).

10 years successful using Agile Methodology with scrums and Exploratory Testing.

Communication: Proficient written, verbal, and listening skills.

Responsible: Organized with a desirable work ethic and commitment to details and quality.

Leader: building strong team spirit with exceptional organizational and time management skill for multiple projects.

Creative: Ability to think out-side of the box for win-win solutions.

Intellectual: Ability to think critically and solve problems with exceptional analytical and troubleshooting abilities.

Disciplined: Self-motivated and able to learn independently Employment

OpenText: Software Test Engineer III, Tucson AZ/Irvine CA 2006 – Present Responsibilities: Manage and organize test preparation tasks for various testing areas. Perform verification testing using exploratory test methods. Document and communicate product readiness, level of quality and testing results. Review product specifications and documentation. Perform complex product design, systems analysis, and programming activities that require review, research, and analysis. Perform complex verification, release testing and beta support for assigned products. Research software usability and issues; help develop solutions.

RightFax QA representative for team triages, assessing risk and severity of product defects.

Using Agile and SCRUM methodologies for 10 years; Received PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) Certificate July 23rd, 2013.

Subject matter expert and lead tester for initial software release.

Created test documentation for out-sourcing, which included 1100 page Test Procedure Document with 526 test cases and an associated spreadsheet with detailed matrixes indicating testing strategies. Utilizing All-Pairs testing method to scale down the potentially 100,000+ test cases to a minimal 526.

Ventana Medical Systems: Software Test Engineer, Tucson AZ 2002 – 2006 Responsibilities: Review product specifications and documentation. Develop and maintain test procedures using test methods. Manage and organize test preparation tasks (Schedules for peers and resources, Test Readiness Preparation) Perform verification testing through several testing methods. Manage and perform formal test plan implementation and review completed documentation. Document and communicate product readiness, level of quality and testing results. (Summary Report, Validation Matrix, Memos, Exception Conditions) Provide software support for internal and external customers. Maintain software and hardware for over 12 computers. Mentor and train peers.

Project Lead for 3 vital software releases. Through my leadership and organizational skills I was able to help my group successfully complete test readiness, verification and validation testing, final test review and documentation on schedule, thus preserving the project release date.

Software Training for internal customers. Through skills and experience, I prepared software training documentation and lead several training sessions. Experience

Software: MS Office Suites, Digital Image Pro, Net Object Fusion, StarTeam, VMware, MS SQL, SQL Compare, MS Exchange, RightFax, WinDiff, Beyond Compare, JIRA Database: SQL Server, Oracle

Programming Language: HTML, SQL, C/C++

Systems: All Microsoft Windows platforms working with various DNS, IIS, .NET, API Education University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1997 – 2001 BS: Management Information Systems

GPA: Overall 3.2; Major 4.0

University of Arizona Dean’s Honorable Mention

Training SQA StarWest Quality Assurance Conference 2007 SQA StarWest Quality Assurance Conference 2005

PMI-ACP Agile Certified Practitioner 2013

Volunteer Cienega High School Parent Booster: Board President, Tucson AZ 2016-Present

Created a legal Tax-exempt Booster organization: Obtained IRS and State 501(c) tax-exempt status.

Organize Fundraising Events as Fundraising Chair: Raising over $3,000, double of previous years.

Created all Booster documentation, preside over all meetings, and liaison for director and principal. References

Available upon request

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