Christopher. Maindidze

** ******* ******, *** ******, London, KT3 6QE

Mobile: +44-795******* / +32-491******, Email: ad3fpp@r.postjobfree.com

I am an experience Software Test/QA Manager with over 14 years experience in Software Development and Quality Assurance, Root Cause Analysis in Software Products, Process Analysis, Improvement and Validation, Software Projects Delivery and Software Release Management

Skills: Computerized System Validation (Q-CSV) * Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP - Pharma) * Software Project Management * Software Test Management * Project Proposals * Test Strategy * Project Planning * Test Planning * Stakeholder Management * Project Management * Line Management * Team Lead * SDLC * TDLC * Agile Scrum * V-Model * Waterfall * Hybrid Test Methodologies * Test Design * Test Execution * End-to-End Testing * Integration Testing * Regression Testing * UAT * Release Management * Process Improvement * Software Quality Gates * Mentoring * Coaching * Training * Automation Testing * Defect Management * GAP Analysis * System Compliance * Regulatory Conformance * SOP and Change Orders * Risk and Impact Analysis * Root Cause Analysis * Corrective and Process Improvements *

Sector/Industries: Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices, Rail Signalling, Retail, Media, Telecoms and Broadband, Financial, Healthy (NHS), eCommerce, Public Transport, Government (Home Office, Ministry Of Justice, DWP), Sports Betting

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Nov 2017 MSc Hon Project Management, Kingston University, London

Aug 2013 Managing IS Projects in Agile with Scrum methodology

Dec 2011 ISEB/ISQTB – Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing

Feb 2011 Risk Based Testing

Jan 2009 ISEB/ISQTB – Foundation Certificate in Software Testing

Jun 2008 BSc Hon Software Engineering, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham

INSTITUTES

Registered member International Leadership and Management (ILM)

Member of the British Computer Society

Member of the SIGIST (Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing)

Member of the IEEE

WORK EXPERIENCE

I took some time off work (June – November 2017) to complete my Masters in Project Management studies with Kingston University.

1.Johnson & Johnson CSV and Compliance Consultant May 2018 – Feb 2020

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company. I work in the OLYMPIUS (OMP) project team and am the CSV point of the contact (Managing EMEA Region). My portfolio includes but not limited to managing Quality of Computerized System Validation (Q-CSV), SDLC Compliance, Software Quality Assurance activities (Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Protocols, Test Reviews and Approval, Release Reviews and Approvals) for;

Deployment 1 (D1 - went live Jan 2019 – now in Support and Maintenance)

Deployment 2 (D2 - went live Jan 2020 – now in Steady State )

It is my responsibility to make sure the project team (Software Development and Quality Assurance teams) are compliant in our software building approach of the SAP / ERP products.

Main Responsibilities:

Quality of Computerized System validation (Q-CSV) ensures compliance of systems according to CSV Procedures, J&J SDLC and Quality System Standards

Assures compliance within the applicable GMP regulations

Advice the whole project team on quality assurance matters, and assistance for closing compliance gaps found in audits and inspections

Review and approve CSV documents in-order to maintain compliance to regulations, guidelines, J&J policies and standards. Documents such as;

SOPs,

Compliance Plan and Deviations,

User Requirements,

Test Strategy,

Test Plans and Test Executions,

Risks/impact analysis,

Defect Fixes (defect management process is adherent with the JnJ SDLC standards)

Changes Management and Change Orders,

Traceability Matrix (ensure Bi-Direction Trace Matrix is established)

Prepare for Regulatory audits and inspections.

Be the spokesperson for CSV related matters during audits and inspections.

Perform and follow up on internal and external audits to accomplish regulatory compliance.

Advice and support the preparation of CSV related activities and guard the Non-GxP and GxP aspects

Manage cross-functional team tasks to achieve cross-departmental objectives

Pre & Post script review & approval (OMP and ERP)

Final approver for Release Candidate builds into QA and Production environments

Technologies Used: SAP Modules, ERP, SaaS, HP ALM, Confluence, DocSpace, Jira, MS Office, Zoom, Skype for Business, Solution Manager (SOLMAN), I-NAV, WRS

2.Tribal World Wide Senior QA Engineer May 2016 – May 2017

Tribal Worldwide UK is a media organisation and I was tasked to write and implement the Test Strategy for Fallabela.com and review Volkswagen (VW) Test Strategy for EMEA region.

Main Responsibilities:

Write project test strategies and test plans for specific Tribal World Wide projects

Test Strategy and test plan implementation covering Mobile (iOS, Android) application testing, website desktop application testing, (VW UK, ESSO MOBILE (EMEA), Fallabela.com) manual (80%) and Automation (20%)

Lead daily stand-up meetings (Stage/SIT, Pre-production, Release Management and Live environment testing)

Participate in defect management triage

Participate/ help with Release management process improvements

Technologies Used: .Net, C#, iOS, Android, SOA, Confluence, Jenkins, Jira, MS Office, Slack

3.Thomson Reuters (TR) – QA Manager June 2015 – May 2016

Line managing the “TR Contributions” department IS software applications development and QA teams EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).

Main Responsibilities:

Develops the necessary plan/s to ensure the Department meets its agreed goals and objectives

Line management of multiple QA teams in UK, and offshore (Beijing and India) working on EMEA software projects

Meets departmental staff on a weekly /and monthly basis to review/ identify and agrees key result areas, key objectives/ operational tasks for the region and action plans

Review business cases and strategic solutions covering new software products and re-platform of software applications and technology

Research, evaluates and recommends new Software QA tools and solutions

Effective collaborations with Software Engineers Managers, Product Managers, Programme Managers, Architects, Service Delivery and other stakeholders

Software QA test Matrix reporting to senior regional and global managers

Providing mentorship, coaching, training recommendation for my reports

Align the Test Strategy and Approach with MFID1, MFID2 regulatory requirements

Provide accurate and timely reports on test progress to the Heads of Delivery Team

Identify and specify test tools and simulators for both manual and automation testing.

Early test involvement, review product designs and make sure the designs are testable

Technologies Used: .Net, C#, Java, Elekton Trading App, SaaS, iOS, Android, Confluence, SOA, Jira, HP Quality Centre, MS Office,

4.Allocate Software UK – Senior QA Lead June 2014 – May 2015

Main Responsibilities:

I was brought in transform the Software QA resources from a product based to a project based approach to maximise resource effectiveness and efficiency of the team and process. I also lead and managed the Software Release Management process for the “HealthSuite” portfolio (6 Health Applications)

The Release team was mainly formed of 6 – 9 QA engineers, 4 – 6 Product owners, 3 – 5 Dev Managers, and Support Manager.

The QA team (16 in UK, 3 in Sweden, 3 in Australia, 2 in India) mentoring, coaching, training recommendation and day to day QA process improvements implementation/setup (test tools and automation tools), in an agile scrum environment.

Managed the Release Management process for the HealthSuite portfolio (6 App)

Monitor IS development and Testing projects making sure milestones are achieved within set timelines

Develops and reviews policies, processes and procedures for the IS Application Development, Test and Release

Review plans for Security and Controls, Disaster Recovery, Business as usual continuity (BAU), Risk Management, Regulatory and Audit Compliance

Apply the knowledge of SDCL methodologies and Testing Development Life Cycle (TDLC) techniques to manage and execute software QA across project teams

Identifying suitable test automation tools, maintain all test documentation for audit

Lead & co-ordinate integration and end-to-end testing activities prior to LIVE

Reporting testing status and release recommendations to the business

Driving the Allocate Software UK QA Engineers Forums on monthly bases

Hands on writing and reviewing test plans / test scripts based on User Stories

Liaise with Product Owners and Developers to ensure tests and defects are prioritised

Key role to Allocate Software “Continuous deployment and Integration testing setup”

I mentor and coach colleagues as part of Allocate R&D Coaching and Mentoring programme

Technologies Used: .Net, C#, Java, Ranorex, Robotic, Cucumber, SaaS, iOS, Android, Confluence, SOA, MS TFS, MS Office, SQL Server 2012, CVS

EARLIER EXPERIENCE

Wolters Kluwer UK Senior QA Consultant Apr 2013 – Jun 2014

Capgemini & Sogeti UK QA Consultant (award 2011) Jan 2011 – Mar 2013

Delta Rail UK Test Lead (12 months contract) Jan 2010 – Dec 2010

ATOS Origin UK Tester (Award exceeding grade) Aug 2008 – Dec 2009

Siemens Energy Services Data Analyst (part time job) Aug 2006 – 2007 Apr

Nottingham Trent Uni BSc Hon Software Engineering Oct 2005 – 2008 Jun

NHS Data entry and Filing, Mar 2005 – Oct 2005

Disabilities Trust UK Care, Key worker (Autism) Mar 2004 – Sep 2005

British Army Supplies Controller Jul 2002 – Mar 2004

Cargill Zimbabwe IT Supervisor Feb 1999 – Nov 2001

Africa Online (ISP) Account Manager Jan 1997 – Feb 1999

HOBBIES and INTERESTS

I am a sports fan, football being my favorite (Arsenal FC Registered Member). I enjoy playing and watching football, tennis and cricket. I like watching movies, listening to music, social outings and traveling.

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