EDWARD GRONEMAN
Erlanger, KY 41018
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SENIOR QA ENGINEER
oI am an experienced, hands-on Quality Assurance Team Lead skilled in developing QA strategies and processes.
My background of both QA and Development gives me a unique perspective as a Quality Assurance professional and an appreciation for all phases of the Agile lifecycle.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior QA Specialist
Unifund CCR, Blue Ash, OH - Feb. 2018 – Jan. 2024
oAchieved 100% coverage by manually testing C# / .Net changes on over 180 WCF and mobile applications
oCreated Selenium IDE regression test scripts for use on all Production Code Installations
oIdentified 100% of discovered defects and re-tested while maintaining defect logging and statistics
oMonitored production errors, imported client data and maintained all application user guides
oSkills summary: Azure-DevOps, Axosoft-Ontime, SQL, SFTP, MS
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Fidelity Investments, Covington, Ky - Mar 2012 – Dec 2017
oImplemented numerous large clients using Agile method as lead of 3 member Agile QA team
oCompleted 100% coverage of test case scenarios using manual testing and UFT scripts
oCreated dozens of test plans and hundreds of cases using HP ALM for web apps
oOrganized multi-site User Acceptance testing sessions
oMaintained defect and re-test status of all defects and created QA project status with Candor Dashboards
oMentored junior QA associates in QA processes and transferred application knowledge as SME
oSkills summary: HP-ALM, JIRA, SQL, SOAPUI, SFTP, MS
Lead Application Developer
Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati, OH - Apr 2005 – Mar 2012
oDeveloped then published unit test cases for Lockbox application for use by entire development team
oAdded multiple clients to Lockbox and EDI applications
oCustomized client additions to Commercial card application with external vendor TSYS
oUpdated all Lockbox, Integrated receivable and EDI documentation on continual basis
oSuccessfully managed offshore team of 5 developers as onshore liaison
oSkills summary: Mainframe tools, Cobol, JCL, SFTP, MS
EDWARD GRONEMAN
4043 Deerchase Drive
Erlanger, KY 41018
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Senior Information Systems Analyst
Schneider Electric Corporation, Florence, Ky - Dec 1998 – Apr 2005
oSuccessfully developed and implemented conversion of VSAM to DB2 Cost of Sales application which eliminated data errors and extended system availability times
oGreatly increased intra-platform reliability between Mainframe DB2 applications and Unix, Oracle applications
oSkills summary: Mainframe tools, Cobol, JCL, SFTP, MS, UNIX scripting, Java
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Ohio National Financial Services - Cincinnati, Ohio - Aug 1996 – Dec 1998
oStreamlined and reduced production run-times by re-designing JCL setups for insurance billing applications
oAnalyzed Y2K logic in Billing applications & designed changes
oDocumented auto premium withdrawal application and published to development staff
oSkills summary: Mainframe tools, PL/1, JCL, Strobe, Hiperstation
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio - Oct 1985 – Aug 1996
oSuccessfully coordinated Duns number conversion enabling 80% quicker throughput of orders
oIncreased efficiency by modifying data-entry screens for manufacturing plant operator pricing structures
oImproved vendor and receiver system delivery times with multiple enhancements
oUpgraded pricing logic in several Billing applications
oSkills summary: Mainframe tools, PL/1, JCL, SFTP, MS
EDUCATION
Associate degree – Information Technology - Southern Ohio College – Cincinnati, OH
ITIL Certification
Lean and Agile Training and Certification