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Software Quality Assurance

Location:
Connecticut
Posted:
March 02, 2015

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Resume:

James Butler

** ******** ******

Stratford, Connecticut 06614

203-***-****

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Objective:

A highly motivated individual seeking a full time Lead or Senior Quality

Assurance position within an organization where my experience, computer

skills and leadership experience can be fully utilized.

Professional Experience:

FactSet Research Systems, Norwalk, Connecticut (6/12-present)

Quality Assurance Manager (8/13-present)

. Managing a team of with employees stationed on and offsite

. Hiring offsite direct reports

. Testing Mobile and C++ Real Time Market Applications

. Managing Automation work being done by direct reports

. Conducting performance appraisals

. Managing teams workload - All direct reports are working on different

projects

. Conducting periodic team/individual meetings

. Interfacing and working with Off-shore testing team

. Conducting periodic reviews of client reported issues

. Working to improve the processes followed by project managers

. Implement process of having daily QA Standups

Quality Assurance Analyst (6/12-8/13)

. Testing Real Time News and Market software

. Interfacing and working with Off-shore testing team

. Developing and editing Test Cases

. Creating features from specifications for test case creation

. Managing defects reported to bug database

. Developing documentation to improve processes within QA group

Sila Solutions Group (Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation), Shelton, Connecticut

(5/11- 6/12)

Test Lead

. Leading the establishment of QA methodologies across multiple projects

. Leading a team of 2 QA Analyst

. Testing IETM software used for maintaining the maintenance records of

an aircraft

. Performing manual regression and functional testing

. Linking requirements to test cases

. Developing and editing Test Cases, so the linked requirements are

tested

. Reporting defects to bug database

. Working within Scrum development methodologies

. Preparing documentation for TRR and FQT

Carestream Health Molecular Imaging, Woodbridge, Connecticut (2/06-5/11)

Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer

. Responsible for managing the design and execution of QA processes for

Molecular Imaging Software

. Development of comprehensive QA test plans for releases of Molecular

Imaging Software

. Developed test procedures and test cases from product requirements and

software specifications

. Verified, validated, and documented that the software and hardware was

working according to objectives and requirements

. Responsible for leading a Software Quality Project

. Experience working with Regulatory Affairs to certify that software

release is 21 CFR part 11 complaint; writing a test plan to certify

that the software is compliant with the regulation

. Testing of Carestream Scientific camera systems

. Performing extensive stress, regression, functional and engineering

tests; most testing done manually

. Testing functionality of software and hardware with new Mac and PC

operating systems that are released

. Responsible for testing to verify the analysis information generated

by the software is valid

. Providing advanced technical support to customers and sales reps

. Preparing customized network software for customers

. Worked closely with developers to determine defect causes and

resolutions

. Maintaining and reporting bugs to bug database

. Traveled to customer sites to do software and hardware installations

. Traveled to camera supply vendors

. Introduction of the automated testing tool to stress test software and

to reduce the amount of regression testing

. Successfully tested numerous software and camera releases

US IT Solutions contracted to

Eastman Kodak Company MIS, New Haven, Connecticut (5/04-2/06)

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

. Testing of Scientific camera systems

. Performing extensive stress, regression, and functional; most testing

done manually

. Testing functionality of software and hardware with new Mac and PC

operating systems that are released

. Verifying the analysis information generated by the software is valid

. Preparing customized network software for customers

. Reporting bugs to bug database

Education:

Bachelor of Science, May 2004

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut

Computer Science

Software:

Operating Systems: Windows XP Professional, Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS9, OSX

Software: MS Office, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet Explorer, Flash,

Adobe Photoshop

Bug Tracking Software: Mantis, JIRA

References to be furnished upon request



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