Quality Product Development

Mathew J. Stoner

Atlanta, GA *****

linkedin.com/in/mathew-stoner

******.******@*****.*** 404-***-****

IT Quality Assurance Advocate

Contributing to the bottom line by providing innovative solutions

Analytical and quality-driven professional with excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Expert in manual testing using various conventional and non-conventional applications and tools. Enthusiastic leader who consistently meets all deadlines and commitments. Actively collaborate with team members and ensure all goals are met for delivery and release trains. Leader with expertise in SDLC and Agile. Subject Matter Expert in various areas, adaptable to numerous work environments and have high tolerance for risk and stress associated with demanding deadlines. Strong and effective communicator.

Areas of expertise include:

Web-based Front & Back-end Validation

Software Test Strategy & Planning

Project Methodologies

Procedure & Policy Development

On Time / Under Budget Code Releases

Leadership & Mentoring Skills

Business & System Analysis

Delivery of Value-driven Results

Technical Skills

Tools & Skills:

BI analysis, mainframe applications, distributive - client server applications, MS Office Suite, FTP processing, Web-based developer tools, pUTTY for weblogs, PLSQL developer, Splunk, Jenkins, Filezilla, Intellij for execution & maintenance of scripts, Postman for execution & maintenance of scripts, HTTPFox, Fiddler2, Unix, GitHub, CMAS, Kabana, Grid Console, Accelerator3 automation tool, Selenium webDriver

Quality Tracking Tools:

HP ALM Quality Center, Rally, VersionOne, Jira, StormBoard, Trello, BugZilla

Collaboration Systems:

Skype for Business, join.me, Slack, BlueJeans, HipChat, Box, SharePoint

Professional Experience

COX AUTOMOTIVE – AUTOTRADER, Atlanta, GA 2007 – Present

Software Test Engineer, IT Product Development 2017 – Present

Provide expertise to creation of new Telemetry Network / framework for organization as part of newly formed Experience, Performance and Quality (EPQ) Agile team, per request of Platform Services.

Reduce amount of defects introduced into production and help with prioritization of work efforts based on improvements to performance, user click-through rates and value event-driven telemetry calculations by providing customizable dashboards / extensive tools.

Improve overall site performance and provide advanced metrics-reporting capabilities by delivering relevant components to not-yet-fully-launched site.

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COX AUTOMOTIVE (Continued)

Senior QA Analyst, IT Product Development 2013 – 2017

Led high-profile corporate initiatives and engaged onsite, remote and offshore resources to meet critical and contractual project deadlines.

Enhanced search performance functionality / accuracy by learning and applying functional details of search engine platforms, including completing core reloads and setting up incrementals. Shared knowledge and created resource repository by compiling User Guides and reference documentation and providing training sessions as SME.

Ensured highest level of quality at all times by delivering excellence in troubleshooting, testing, analysis and reporting documentation. Contributed to completion of 473 fully functioning automation scripts that were utilized as official regression automation suite by Automation and Regression teams.

Recipient of highest annual review rating (given to top 1% in organization) and multiple Quality Awards for delivering high quality, under budget type-5 level projects.

QA Analyst, IT Product Development 2007 – 2012

Improved accuracy and quality of code using conventional and nonconventional testing techniques and transferring knowledge / experience to newly growing QA discipline at Autotrader. Managed multiple high-pressure assignments and met critical deadlines.

Lowered organizational costs by demonstrating leadership and SDLC knowledge, creating policy and procedure documentation, outlining testing efficiencies and effectiveness improvements, providing system analysis and presenting training / lunch-n-learn sessions that increased standardization, productivity and quality code delivery.

Decreased fraudulent transactions costs by introducing Accertify Fraud Management System that scores information allowing determination of potential ad listing fraud and launching Cybersource credit card processing, fraud and security risk management solution.

Introduced new business venture and revenue stream by designing, developing and implementing AutoTraderClassics.com website, providing unique functionalities ranging from unique coding techniques to introduction of social networking component.

SUNTRUST BANK, Atlanta, GA 1995 – 2007

Lead QA Analyst, Enterprise Development Service

Increased profitability and growth of retail lending, business banking, SunTrust mortgage, home equity lending, direct and indirect lending and fraud / credit card divisions. Implemented and updated multiple systems and applications throughout organization.

Delivered conversion to ACAPS system and launch of front-end GUI system by strategically leading multiple teams throughout organization.

Facilitated implementation of phases I and II of Business Banking Underwriting System Replacement Project (including support of Intranet Web Lending and 28 interfacing applications) by assisting with development, testing and training.

Provided one of largest and most intricate system upgrades under budget ($1.8M vs. projected $2.1M) and ahead of schedule (3 weeks ahead of planned implementation), by utilizing strong project management skills and working efficiently / effectively.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Politics and Government, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Business Administration, Steilacoom College, Tacoma, WA

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