Engineer Quality Assurance
Resume:
PERCY AKOTO
CAREER SUMMARY
** ******* ***** ** ********** in various managerial and technical positions in
information systems.
** ** ***** ** *** analysis and development of business system application
packages.
15 Managed and coordinated tasks in software development methodology and the
use of tools for the Software Development Life Cycle; requirements
specification/analysis, design, coding, implementation, process reengineering,
configuration management, testing, quality assurance, and training.
16 Taught several management information systems courses.
17 Very comfortable with LoadRunner, trained in JSON but not expert.
EXPERIENCE
PrimeData Associates, Dayton, OH Feb 2011 -
Present
Sr. QA Engineer
18 Develops system specifications, test requirements, and networking in medical
software and medical billing.
19 Plans and tests, via processes, enterprise web-based Electronic Health Record
systems.
20 Reports on gaps and recommends modifications as required by the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
21 Liaisons with vendors for enhancements.
Milvets Systems Technology, Inc, Orlando, FL Aug 2009 -
Feb 2011
Sr. Software Test Engineer
22 Member of the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) team assessing the
Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) at Wright Patterson Air Force
Base.
23 Utilized test and ERP experience to assess processes and procedures based on
best practices in industry as compiled by CMMI, AIMS, and COBIT.
24 Developed enterprise-wide test plans and cases.
25 Tracked test defects, with matrics, in quality center.
26 Interviewed users based on scrum/agile formats.
27 Referenced test cases to processes and requirements for requirements
traceability.
28 Performed regression, end-to-end, and user acceptance tests.
CTG, Inc Indianapolis, IN Jun 2007 - Aug 2009
Lead Software Engineer
29 Test Lead for Eli Lilly’s enterprise Manufacturing Data Integration effort.
30 Managed 5 testers, developed Software Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases,
generated test data.
31 Tested the companywide integration of the data and reports.
32 Requirements Traceability Matrix used extensively for quality assurance purposes.
33 Informatica used to transfer data.
34 Quality Center to document and track defects.
Ajilon Consulting, Cincinnati, OH Sep 2005 -
Jun 2007
Lead Software Engineer
35 Test Lead for the Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA) Electronic Data Center
software migrations to two remote locations.
36 Managed, coordinated, and supported the pre and post migration, user acceptance
and production tests, ensuring the quality assurance life cycle satisfied.
37 Managed the test cases (for integration/system/acceptance), defects, and test
reports.
38 Trained the team on test case development and used Test Director and Quality
Center to document, and execute test cases.
39 Ran test set reports for management.
40 Applications were based on Windows and UNIX/LINUX platforms.
Anteon Corporation, Dayton, OH Jan 2003 -
Sep 2005
Lead Software Engineer
41 Test Lead for Enterprise Business System (EBS) at the Air Force Research
Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
o EBS was based on a COTS Livelink software workflow solution that
interfaced with Microsoft Outlook to generate and track tasks assigned to
employees.
o EBS handled Documents and Records Management and Plans and
Programs for the Air Force Laboratory.
42 Test Director, QuickTest Pro, Loadrunner, and PVCS Tracker were utilized for
scripts and defect tracking.
43 Scripted test cases in Test Director for execution and also scripted and executed
cases in QTP for performance tests.
44 The web-based QTP test scripts were implemented in windows/JAVA environment.
45 For each release, developed Software Test Plans, Test Descriptions, Test
Reports, and Requirements Traceability Matrix.
46 Quality Assurance responsibilities in reviewing requirements, test cases and
tracking software development processes (SDLC), packaging and
delivery/deployment of the applications.
47 Managed 10 team members' daily tasks, and general project costs and progress.
INNOLOG, Dayton, OH Sep 1998 -
Jan 2003
Sr. Applications Engineer
48 Developed test plans, scripts, and troubleshot tests for the Defense Procurement
Payment System (DPPS). Implemented the tests using TOAD for loading, data
debugging and executed COGNOS reports.
49 Led team to convert data from various legacy applications to an ORACLE
database. Developed and implemented test plan.
50 Used WinRunner to automate test scripts in an ORACLE database client/server
environment.
51 The base application was a COTS Oracle Financial (Federal) that was modified.
Sr. Functional Analyst
52 Conducted a data analysis for the conversion of legacy systems’ data for
implementation in an integrated finance and accounting system.
HOWARD SYSTEMS INT’L, Cincinnati, OH Nov 1996 -
Sep 1998
Consultant
53 Developed date expansion and logic windowing testing plan for Year 2000 (Y2K)
compliance.
54 Developed, executed, and analyzed test scripts using Hiperstation; and migrated
code, using ChangeMan for large-scale financial and banking systems.
55 DataAger was utilized to advance dates for the systems.
56 Setup test environments and modified JCL to run batch jobs for system and
integration tests for large-scale service orders, billing, and collection systems for
utilities.
57 Tested and analyzed on-line conversation tests for billing, credit and collections,
and service orders.
58 The Hiperstation scripts were implemented in an IBM System 3 environment at
Ohio National Financial.
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION, Dayton, OH Jul 1995 -
Nov 1996
Sr. Systems Analyst
59 Provided technical and administrative direction for personnel performing software
development tasks, including the review of work products for correctness,
adherence to the design concepts and user standards, and for progress in
accordance with schedules.
60 Coordinated with the Program Manager to ensure problem resolution and user
satisfaction.
61 Made recommendations for approval of major installations and prepared milestone
status reports.
62 Made deliveries/presentations on the systems concept to colleagues and end user
representatives.
63 Designed windows for Requirements Computations System (RCS) using
PowerBuilder on HP9000 midtier and supported RCS, utilizing SPUFI and QMF to
write SQL code to access DB2 tables.
64 Used FileAid to update DB2 tables; developed test conditions, wrote and executed
plan/scripts for string, functional/system, integration, and quality assurance tests.
Used Endevor for configuration management.
EDUCATION
MCS., Systems Design, Howard University, Washington, DC,
BS., Computer Science/Mathematics, University of Ghana
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