ZACKERY LAVALAIS

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Graduate with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Information Systems and Decision Science from Louisiana State University. After having a year of experience with Quality Assurance, want to take the initiative and move my career path towards that of automation. With the skills acquired thus far, as well as knowledge of various programming languages, I feel this is the proper route for me to take.

SKILLS

Programming experience (Java, JavaScript, Typescript, and C#)

Native English speaker

Knowledgeable in OOP

Experience using GIT

Practice of Agile methodologies

Vast experience with Scrum fundamentals

Working experience of automation frameworks and tools (Protractor, Karma, Jasmine, Selenium, Gherkin, Cucumber)

Proficient in automating manual test cases

Extensive experience with several IDEs (Netbeans, IntelliJ, Visual Studio, etc.)

WORK HISTORY

MARCH 12, 2018-CURRENT

QA Engineer

Trintech Inc. Addison, TX

Created hundreds of manual test cases for many of the company’s applications.

Communicated significantly both within my team and with other teams.

Performed automation testing both with Java and TypeScript frameworks.

Refined and upgraded regression testing suite for better readability and coherence.

Wrote SQL queries to test the reliability and integrity of databases.

Key Achievement: Created the first TypeScript automation framework at the company from scratch using Protractor. It’s still in use with ~70+ test scripts in it and still growing.

AUGUST 2013-MARCH 12, 2018

Java, C#, JavaScript Coding Experience Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA

Time Management Skills Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA

Web and Interface Design Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA

EDUCATION

2017

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Minor in Information Systems and Decision Sciences

Coursework includes: Various programming languages (including, but not limited to: C++, C#, and Java), Web (Using JavaScript) and Interface Design, Computer Graphics design (using C++ with OpenGL library)

2013

High School Diploma:

Marksville High School, Marksville, LA

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Proper social skills. Worked and communicated well in two different teams in a company setting over the past year.

Excellent manager of time. Always prepared to meet deadlines and due dates.

Quick learner. Can learn new languages and concepts, if needed.

Highly trainable. Know how to take criticism and apply it to my own projects.

Working knowledge of industry frameworks. Can use Selenium and Protractor effectively.

Communicate both with our support team and my own team using collaborative software such as: Confluence, JIRA, and VSTS.

Offer a high-level knowledge of API testing (using Postman).

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