Mike Quatro

Quality Assurance Analyst

330-***-**** aczb8d@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Opportunity to initiate and/or execute test scripts, methodologies and procedures in a thriving IT environment, while expanding my knowledge technically and industrially.

EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS

Created a QA infrastructure from the ground up, including defining the QA role in the project lifecycle, creating test cases and an overall test plan, establishing a format for logging issues and deriving time estimates for each stage of the QA phase.

Created test cases for all testing methodologies, including system, functional, integration, usability, white box, black box, performance and smoke testing.

Created thousands of test scripts, both manual and automated.

Very familiar with numerous automation tools, i.e. QTP, Loadrunner and Selenium.

Created, modified and archived project-specific documentation using source control applications, such as SourceSafe, TortoiseCVS and Git.

Organized and developed elements critical to the testing process, including gathering project specs, deriving test plans, designing test cases out of said plans and maintaining test results.

Managed QA strategies and procedures for both large and small projects, including gauging test scope and creating test plans, as well as setting project deadlines.

Over six years experience testing both WEB-based and stand-alone applications.

Testing on Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

Testing on both desktop and mobile applications.

Worked heavily with PL/SQL and Oracle to create queries and stored procedures for database validation.

RECENT EXPERIENCE

9/2014 – Present: Quicken Loans

Title: QA Engineer

Location: Detroit, MI (remote)

Responsibilities:

Creating and running manual validation scripts for Quicken’s AMP loan processing tool.

Creating and running automated AMP regression scripts.

Researching and planning AMP automation and manual testing efforts, primarily focused on Purchase, Refinance and Home Equity Loan processing.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads, arranging meetings for automated resources and logging defects. Tools and skills used include TFS and Test Manager for manual script creation/maintenance, QTP for automation, Confluence for doc sharing and Qbert for issue tracking.

2/2014 – 8/2014: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Title: QA Contractor

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (semi-remote)

Responsibilities:

Creating and running automated regression scripts for Thermo's e-commerce and dealer portal websites.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads and logging defects. Tools and skills used include QTP for script creation/maintenance, SharePoint for version control and JIRA for issue tracking.

11/2013 - 2/2014: Rosetta Inc.

Title: QA Contractor

Location: Cleveland, OH (semi-remote)

Responsibilities:

Creating and running manual regression scripts for OfficeMax’s mobile and ImPress applications.

Creating and running manual regression scripts for Optiva’s iPad application.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads and logging defects. Tools and skills used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, JIRA for issue tracking and SQL Server for database validation.

04/2013 – 11/2013: Modcloth

Title: QA Engineer

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (semi-remote)

Responsibilities:

Creating and running automated regression scripts for Modcloth’s retail application using Ruby and Javascript.

Maintaining testing environments and overall source control using GIT.

Coordinating with Project Management to develop manual and automated testing frameworks for the External Tools and Service & Buying spheres.

Ran regression suites on Windows, Mac and Linux-based systems.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads and assisting development in investigating data migration issues. Tools and skills used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, Capybara and Ruby for creating/maintaining automated scripts, iTerm and Unix for sales order manipulation, SQL Server for database validation and Pivotal Tracker for tracking issues found during testing.

04/2011 – 04/2013: LexiComp – A Division of Wolters Kluwer Health

Title: QA Analyst

Location: Hudson, OH

Responsibilities:

Creating and running automated test scripts for LexiComp’s LexiData application using Selenium.

Creating and running automated tests for LexiComp's LCO application using Quick Test Professional and VBScript.

Creating and running manual test cases for LexiComp’s LCO application, both desktop and mobile: iPhone, Android and iPad.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in daily status meetings with development and project leads and providing weekly status reports. Common tools used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, MS Word for creating/updating Test Cases, LIMS for back-end code manipulation, CVS and GIT for maintaining and sharing project documentation and Clarizen for tracking issues found during testing.

12/2010 – 04/2011: Crown Castle

Title: QA Contractor

Location: Canonsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

Creating and running manual tests in support of Crown’s internal application system.

Automating Crown's manual test suite using Quick Test Professional.

Conducting performance testing using LoadRunner.

Running regression tests on both Windows and Linux OS.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in weekly status meetings with development and project leads and writing weekly status reports. Common tools used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, MS Word for creating/updating Test Cases, StarTeam for archiving project documentation and tracking configuration management and TeamForge for logging and tracking defects.

10/2010 – 12/2010: ASPEX

Title: Sr. QA Contractor

Location: Delmont, PA (remote)

Responsibilities:

Creating a quality framework that is FDA/cGMP compliant.

Creating and running manual tests for ASPEX's custom electron microscope software.

Automating the manual regression suite using Quick Test Professional.

Establishing policies and procedures for overall process improvement.

Assisting junior QA resources in conforming to said framework, as well as creating and running scripts and logging defects.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in weekly status meetings with development and project leads and writing weekly status reports. Common tools used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, MS Word for creating/updating Test Cases, SharePoint for archiving project documentation and Bug Tracker for logging and tracking defects.

7/2010 – 9/2010: OEConnection

Title: Development System QA Contractor

Location: Richfield, OH (semi-remote)

Responsibilities:

Developing and executing test plans and procedures for the Ford Parts dot Com application.

Testing is performed during development simultaneously with Unit Testing and before deliverables are deployed to QA.

Collaborating with development and functional analysts to determine overall testing approach.

Maintaining communication with other QA resources to ensure proper coverage.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project documentation, participating in meetings with developers and project leads and writing weekly status reports. Common tools used include QA Director for creating/running scripts, Axosoft for logging defects, SQL Server 2008 for tracking and validating database changes and Visual Studio for code analysis.

5/2010 – 7/2010: Progressive Insurance

Title: QA Lead Contractor

Location: Mayfield Village, OH

Responsibilities:

Developing and executing connection string tests for Progressive’s SQL 200 migration.

Running and maintaining automated scripts using Quick Test Professional.

Coordinating with developers and software architects to determine testing strategies and access requirements.

Managing, overseeing and reporting on testing efforts for platform and performance testers.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project documentation, participating in meetings with developers and project leads and writing weekly status reports. Common tools used include Quality Center 9 for creating/running scripts and logging defects, Quick Test Professional for running automated scripts and Red Gate Compare for tracking database changes.

3/2009 – 2/2010: US Department of Defense

Title: QA Contractor

Location: Cleveland, OH

Responsibilities:

Developing and executing manual test scripts for DoD’s DCAS (Defense Customer Accounting Services) application.

Analyzing test requirements for specific System Change Requests.

Conducting manual and automated regression testing.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project documentation, participating in meetings with developers and project leads and writing weekly status reports. Common tools used include Quality Center 9 for creating/running scripts and logging defects, Quick Test Pro for automation, CMIS and Project Web Access for tracking test progress, TOAD for database validation and PowerBuilder for processing back-end accounting procedures.

3/2008 – 9/2008: KidsVoice

Title: Sr. QA Contractor

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (semi-remote)

Responsibilities:

Establishing a QA department from scratch.

Creating QA practices, procedures and testing documents based on project specs and formal developmental documents.

Coded automated scripts using Visual Studio 2008 in conjunction with WatiN Test Recorder, C# and VBScript.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project specs, participating in weekly status meetings with development and project leads and writing weekly status reports. Common tools used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, MS Word for creating/updating Test Cases, WatiN Test Recorder for developing automated scripts, Visual Studio 2008 for running/debugging said scripts, SourceSafe and Virtual SVN for archiving documents and PVCS Tracker for logging defects and submitting change requests respectively.

2/2007 – 2/2008: Diebold

Title: Software QA Analyst

Location: Akron, OH

Responsibilities:

Developing and executing manual integration and validation tests for Diebold’s Agilis EmPower ATM initiative.

Creating device-specific, automated, integration scripts using Rational Robot.

Supplemental responsibilities include reviewing project documentation, participating in daily stand-up meetings with developers and project leads and writing weekly status reports. Common tools used include Microsoft Excel for tracking test progress, MS Word in conjunction with Rational TestManager for creating/updating Test Design Documents, Rational ClearCase for archiving project documentation, Power Point for creating meeting presentations and PVCS Tracker and Rational ClearQuest for logging defects and submitting change requests respectively.

EDUCATION

Youngstown State University

Degree: Bachelor of Science Computer Science

GPA: 3.4

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Quick Test Professional, LoadRunner, WinRunner, Quality Center, Pivotal Tracker, SourceSafe, SharePoint, Git, Microsoft Office, PL/SQL, Oracle, Unix, CSS, Visual Studio, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Ruby, HTML/DHTML, XML.

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