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Liron Cohen ac3fet@r.postjobfree.com

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QA ENGINEER - PROJECT MANAGER

IT professional with more than 10 years of experience in executing complex projects, coordinating with different stakeholders. Expert in QA with a proven record of improving efficiencies in test cycles and product launches.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Linux/Unix and Windows

Applications: Confluence, JIRA, MS Office Suite, Oracle DB, Perforce, QPack, Quality Center, SQL Developer and TOAD

Server Side: Putty, Secure Shell (SSH)

Protocols: Fix, GBP

Mobile Operating System: Android, BB, iPhone

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEX Group plc. (formerly known as ICAP Services North America), Parsippany, NJ 2013 – Present Senior QA Engineer

Executed functional/regression test plans/cases on UNIX/LINUX, documented results for tracking milestones and status summary reports

Reduced defects found in production by 15% compared to PY

Executed test scripts, accurately reported and documented defects for any test procedures that did not meet requirements using Quality Center and Jira

Collaborated with various cross-company teams to formulate testing strategies for upcoming and existing software

Built testing schedules and provided efforts estimation according to the project timeline:

Reduced test cycle time by 10%

Analyzed PRD spec sheets to create various QA documents (i.e. ATP, STP, STD, STR)

Led Readiness preparations to reduce deployment delays by 20% Telmap Ltd. (acquired by Intel), Hertzeliya, Israel 2011-2013 QA Activity Leader, QA Engineer

Managed and developed the automation domain in the QA group:

Managed team progress of 6 testing engineers

Analyzed tests results and presented updated requirements to the development team

Led QA Testing for various Tier 1 and Tier 2 mobile operators:

Optus (Australia), Cell C (South Africa), Vodafone (Spain)

Traveled to Australia, South Africa and Spain to test, consult, and provide technical support

Executed and managed Acceptance Testing

Reduced test cycle time by ensuring seamless coordination between Project Managers and developers

Led and trained testing engineers based in Bucharest, Romania

Analyzed PRD spec sheets to create various QA documents (i.e. ATP, STP, STD, STR)

Executed manual and automated testing (functional, regression, GUI) Liron Cohen Page 2 of 2

Comverse Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel 2008-2011

QA Software Engineer

Quality Assurance software engineer for MMS messages in UNIX/LINUX environment in R&D group

Executed manual tests

Worked with Quality Center, Clear Quest and Oracle DB

Troubleshot production issues within a complex environment consisting of numerous unique applications and complex data flows

Amdocs Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel 2007-2008

QA Software Engineer

Quality Assurance software engineer for CRM systems of cellular companies in UNIX environment

Wrote STD documents

Used internal simulators to test various applications

Worked with multi-cultural and multi-national teams Destinator Technologies Ltd., Hertzeliya, Israel 2006-2007 QA Software Engineer

Quality Assurance software engineer for navigation application

Wrote STD documents

Monitored and managed bugs using Jira application EDUCATION

2008 – 2011 MBA (Masters of Business Administration), the Open University, Israel

2002 – 2008 Dual degree in Computer Science and Business Administration, the Open University, Israel CERTIFICATIONS

Oracle Databases 11g: Introduction to SQL (2013)

Linux Fundamentals and Basic Administration (2013)

QA Certification – ISTQB (2012)

MILITARY SERVICE

Artillery Corps, Staff Sergeant, heritage site, Zichron – Yaakov, Israel 2000-2003

Managed the Artillery Corps Association memorial site: Guiding visitors, monitoring projects and constructing database

LANGUAGES

Hebrew – Native speaker

English – Fluent Level

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