Ruth Leonard

**** **** ***** *****, ********, CO 80241

303-***-****

ac6chu@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-leonard-6a835213

Professional Summary

Experienced, detail-oriented Software QA Engineer, who is passionate about quality assurance, customer experience and driving projects from start to finish.

Skills

Personal: Excellent problem-solving abilities, communication skills, diagnostic skills

Quality Assurance: test development, planning, tracking, and reporting, defect tracking, manual testing, and automated testing (proprietary applications and Jenkins)

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, SCRUM, Kanban

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Virtual

Business Communications: Sharepoint, Outlook, Slack, Skype, Dropbox, Quip, Rally

Interfaces: Client/Server, Enterprise-level, Web-based, GUI, and Embedded software

Exposure to:

Databases: Oracle, SQL, Mongo

Information Security principles

Programming code: Python (beginner level) and C++ code (beginner level), XML, JSON

APIs/Postman

ERP/BI Tools: Tableau

CRM tools: Salesforce

CI Tools: GitHub, JIRA

Work History

11/2016 to 06/2018

Quality Assurance Engineer

Alteryx, Inc - Broomfield, CO

Functioned as the QA subject matter expert on a Scrum team in order to own the manual and automated testing activities on the Alteryx data prep, blend, ETL and data analytics product suite:

Utilized Rally to estimate, plan, execute, monitor, and track QA activities and defects

Conducted exploratory/Ad-hoc, functional, regression, release, and integration testing

Communicated status on a daily basis through meetings, Slack IM, Skype IM, Email, and face-to-face.

Taught, collaborated with, and demonstrated product knowledge to other individuals.

Advocated and introduced QA members to incorporating application security concepts into their testing

Achieved new skills:

Completed the Alteryx Designer Core certification

Completed the Certified Ethical Hacker curriculum

Attended OWASP and DEFCON conferences to learn security concepts

Participated as a charter member of Toastmasters

08/2015 to 10/2016

Storage Software Test Engineer

Hewlett-Packard Enterprises – Boulder, CO

Hewlett-Packard Inc split into two separate companies

Performed the same role as at Hewlett-Packard Inc

01/2011 to 08/2015

Storage Software Test Engineer

Hewlett-Packard Inc– Boulder, CO

Owned the QA strategies for GUI, Client/Server-based, Web-based and backend processes of the storage management software for Fiber Channel and iSCSI storage solutions.

Utilized HP-ALM and Rally to estimate, plan, execute, monitor, and track QA activities for both manual and automated tests.

Conducted exploratory, functional, regression, integration, and release tests

Performed an integral role a QA member in both a waterfall environment and later an agile environment.

Communicated status to stakeholders via meetings, emails, and instant messaging

Led test efforts for QA test projects for Microsoft Driver Certification and File Archival Utility

Functioned as a subject matter expert in Fiber Channel storage concepts and QA practices.

10/2009 to 09/2010

Test Engineer

Dot Hill Systems – Longmont, CO

Owned the QA testing strategies for GUI, Client/Server-based, and backend processes storage software for Fiber Channel and iSCSI storage solutions.

Estimated, planned, executed, monitored, and tracked QA activities for both manual and automated tests

Communicated with OEM Representatives on QA problems and progress.

Took ownership of all components of each test configuration, from the client/server installations to the software installation and maintenance.

Implemented automated tests against the storage to test data integrity via a proprietary utility

08/2009 to 10/2009

SAN Specialist (Contract)

IBM – Boulder, CO

Owned the infrastructure maintenance and tracking for a Storage Area Network (SAN) Test Lab.

Analyzed the use of equipment, software, and access in the test lab.

Developed a plan for current and future projects in the lab and how to best meet their goals.

Functioned as key member in the setup of a proof-of-concept lab for cloud computing.

09/2007 to 05/2009

OEM Test Engineer

Brocade Communication Systems – Broomfield, CO

Owned and functioned as an integral member of the QA team responsible for the integration testing of all HP Storage products and software with the Brocade Fiber Channel suite of products:

Estimated, planned, executed, monitored, and tracked QA activities for the manual testing of the embedded Operating System and the storage management UI for Fiber Channel switches:

Conducted functional, integration, and regression level testing.

Owned the maintenance and tracking of test configurations

Communicated directly with OEM representatives weekly to update status, system details, and any changes or problems.

Achieved Brocade Certified Fabric Professional certification

Completed multiple online classes on Fiber Channel and Linux.

08/2005 to 09/2007

Reliability Engineer

Seagate Technology – Longmont, CO

Owned the reliability testing of SATA and PATA hard drives using automated test software.

Estimated, planned, executed, monitored, and tracked the progress of automated test scripts

Performed data analysis and interpretation of test results using JMP statistical analysis software in order to identify performance trends.

Completed six sigma training for Brown Belt Certification, Design for Reliability training, and disk drive basics training.

12/2002 to 08/2005

Software Test Engineer

LSI Logic – Colorado Springs, CO

Led the QA effort for the LSI embedded BIOS.

Estimated, planned, executed, monitored, and tracked the manual QA process for testing the BIOS and the management interface.

Participated in the design and analysis of new products by being part of design reviews.

Communicated status to stakeholders via meetings and email.

Developed test scripts using batch files in Windows to help automate testing.

01/2002 to 03/2002

Software QA Test Analyst

iBeta Software Quality Assurance – Aurora, CO

Implemented and maintained Quality Assurance (QA) test cases against a web-based application.

01/2001 to 01/2002

Software Engineer

IBM – Boulder, CO

Developed, maintained, and verified C++ code for a Client/Server based RAID Configuration Management software application.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science

Metropolitan State College of Denver - Denver, CO

Associate of Science: Science (Pre-engineering)

Community College of Denver - Denver, CO

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