KEVIN AVERY ABEL

QA Automation Enthusiast

ada8ki@r.postjobfree.com

646-***-****

SUMMARY

Script developer and framework architect for more than twenty years. I have mostly used tools from Micro Focus such as QTP and UFT. Recently I had the opportunity to work with Tricentis TOSCA and found it to be another powerful tool. I’m consistently taking training from private tutors, Edureka! Udemy and Tricentis. I knew the tools well enough that in some areas I mentored others. I’m accustomed to both waterfall and agile methodologies. I often accept work on a project basis which is reflected in my resume. I am open to working as an employee with benefits and also as a consultant. I attempt to maintain a couple of main strengths such as Tosca, UFT and Selenium. I also stay involved with many other aspects of QA automation technology such as SQL and load testing. I took off from work from September 2018 until March 2019 to assist elders in my family while I investigated new technologies. A word that describes me is: extremophile. I have been known to thrive in severe project conditions in which most others could not survive.

Phone: 646-***-****

Email ID: ada8ki@r.postjobfree.com

Skype ID: kevinaveryabel

Work Status: US Citizen

Payment: Employee, W2 or 1099

Location Preference: NC, SC, GA, FL

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/Keabel

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Testing Tools: TOSCA 12, HP /Micro Focus / Quality Test Professional (BPT/QTP/UFT) HP ALM 12.5, JIRA

Languages: VBScript, VBA, .bat and Java.

Databases: Oracle, IBM DB2, MS SQL Server, Sybase

O/S: MS Windows up to 10, UNIX, VAX/VMS, MVS and DOS

QA AUTOMATION TOOL SELECTION

Today there are many automation test tools and management methodologies to select from. Popular tools are open source and upfront-free but also have limitations such as only working inside of a browser, having to located each object locator manually, needing to hire another layer of expert developers, and not having customer support. Once popular licenced products are expensive and have not technologically kept up. Some products are medium priced and technically wonderful, easier to use by both business and technical roles but they are not popular and it is difficult to find talent to use them. I have worked with many companies on the selection process. I have entered work environments where the tools were selected but not working as well as they expected so I found ways to greatly improve their situation. In each position contained in my resume I have been involved in being an advisor in these decisions.

OPEN SOURCE KNOWLEDGE

I know and use concepts from Java such as Classes, Objects, Instantiation, Abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism, and Variable types, Error Handling, Using Selenium with Java, Cucumber and SoapUI. This knowledge comes from working with tutors for Core Java and also for training with Selenium. My IDE of choice is Eclipse. I have a strong training background with open source and I’m eager to use my knowledge on a project.

BUSINESS AREAS

Military Health, Banking, 401(k) Retirement Services, On-Line Stock Trading, Human Resource Time Tracking, Commercial Business Loans, Fixed Income Derivatives, Financial Market Research, e-tailing, Siebel, SAP, Oracle Financials, Magazine Publishing, Telecommunications, Foreign Exchange, Banking, Insurance, Financial, Food, Pharmaceutical, Medical Billing, Data Security, Higher Education, Accounting, Social Security/ Medicare, Hotel Management, Aerospace, Mortgage Backed Securities, Merchant Credit Processing, Client Services, Trading Platforms, City/State Government and TV Broadcasting.

KEVIN AVERY ABEL

ada8ki@r.postjobfree.com

646-***-****

EXPERIENCE

Department of Information Technology, Raleigh, NC

SQA Specialist Contractor September 2019 – November 2019

Client needed a way to launch and retrieve results from Micro Focus ALM. Coded solution in a mixture of ALM setup, UFT, .BAT file and selenium setup and coding in Java. The solution required me to work with Orasi UFT Support and my network of expertise in Selenium

Reviewing and updating manual scripts while simultaneously converting them to automation using standards of an existing UFT Test Harness.

Upgraded and documented changes in the existing UFT test harness. Providing recommendations based on the overall strengths and weaknesses of the Harness. Coverage was for the overall design down to the details of the library and calling code.

Rebuilt hardware and software setup in the Lab consisting of a bank of Laptops.

Bank of America, Charlotte, NC

Software QA Analyst March 2019 – July 2019

I was shown an overview of the suite of tests that needed to be automated and given the choice of using UFT/ALM, Selenium OR Tricentis Tosca. I used my experience, knowledge and exploration to decide that Tosca was the best choice. Tosca is designed to work like frameworks I have built using UFT but everything is graphical and integrated in one tool and is 99% code free.

Passed SA1 and SA2 Tricentis Tosca Training Classes to gain access to Bank of America’s Tosca shared working area.

Designed and coded a detailed End to End Automation test used for moving documentation through fourteen levels of authorization. My subject matter collection experience, general automation concepts, and Tricentis Certifications combined were valuable.

A Table Constraint Tosca Feature did not work for locating rows of data with specific qualifications in the type of Table in the System under Test (SUT). I wrote a complex loop with conditions to locate rows with matching qualifiers.

My experience allowed me to realize that testing for related conditions in an Excel Report had commonality to the table search. I reused a portion of the Test Script and Modules along with new code to produce a robust solution. I did a walk through with a Subject Matter Expert for the SUT and used their input to improve the performance by a factor of six. I am promoting moving to the next version of TOSCA quickly because it will offer another factor of ten times with the new Tbox Excel built in Modules.

Deloitte, Lake Mary, FL

Senior Solution Specialist Jan 2018 – Sept 2018

Hired on to a federal project utilizing my decades of HPE/Micro Focus UFT and other licensed products.

Critiqued and upgraded software install guides, classroom training, and PowerPoint decks for the Testing Center of Excellence.

Initialized and ran independent automation testing study groups to build our knowledge of tools such as UFT, Selenium, Qualatia, Appium, Octane and TOSCA.

Defense Health Agency (DHA), Falls Church, VA

Automation Developer May 2017 – Nov 2017

Different uncoupled coding styles were in place making it impossible for the developers to reuse and share code. I resolved the style issue by discussing a common work style until we all agreed on a set of standards.

Developed an independent UFT launching platform written in Excel VBA and VBScript. The REDDi Launcher keeps track of data, scripts and run statuses.

TD Ameritrade, Columbia, MD Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

Automation Lead

I demonstrated the value of Selenium WebDriver for browser testing. I was also promoting Appium to test mobile devices.

JIRA was used for management and communication among Business Analysts, Developers and Test Teams.

CSRA/Social Security Baltimore, MD May 2016 - Sept 2016

Automation Developer

This was a return engagement to work on a UFT harness that I wrote autonomously several years earlier.

SSA management unexpectedly changed my role into working with the developers to write and run manual tests in ALM since I had knowledge of the IBM mainframe and Social Security rules.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, NY Nov 2014 - Dec 2015

QTP/ UFT 12 Architect

Refactored an automation framework built using Excel VBA Forms & Macros.

Framework was hybrid-keyword/data driven & used descriptive programming to identify objects in the Applications Under Test. Managed the project using SCRUM Methodology with JIRA and ALM.

KEVIN AVERY ABEL

ada8ki@r.postjobfree.com

646-***-****

Fannie Mae, NY/VA/DC Jan 2014 – Sept 2014

QTP 11 Architect

Met with Trading Desk Operators and manual testers to evaluate current testing methods and limitations in the Summit based application.

Designed and co-developed a keyword data driven architecture that moved the business logic & data into Excel Workbooks. The test framework was implemented in UFT.

Verizon Wireless, NJ Jun 2012 – Nov 2013

QTP 11 Architect

Code was written using Descriptive Programming and classes.

Childobject & childobjects communication were used.

Tested APIs by creating XML transmit files and then parsing received responses.

XMLUTIL and MSFTDOM XML parser code was used to verify XML elements and properties.

EVO Transaction Processing Services, NJ Feb 2012 – Jun 2012

QTP 11.0 Developer

Designed, hand-coded, documented, debugged and demonstrated QTP scripts and function libraries.

ADP, NJ Sept 2009 – Nov 2011

Lead Consultant

Led a team that was responsible for creating and maintaining a suite of deployment scripts.

Trained an employee and three other contractors on how to build scripts while following best practices.

SQL queries were called from QTP to verify DB2 data on the IBM mainframe after a transaction was performed on the GUI.

Consultant Jan 1998 – Sept 2009

Developed automation code in QTP and WinRunner at the following corporations

UBS Warburg

Fidelity Investments

The Princeton Review

CBS Television

Lockheed Martin

IMPATH

Barnes and Noble.com

New York Mercantile Exchange

Bay View Financial

JP Morgan Chase

Social Security Administration

Deutsche Bank

Lucent Technologies

The City of New York

TRAX

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Electronics Engineering Technology, DeVry Institute of Technology, Phoenix, AZ

AS1 and AS2 TOSCA Classes with Certification

Udemy TOSCA Training including SET using C# for custom controls(December 2019)

On-line Selenium and open source Training (November 2014 to September 2017)

Edureka Selenium/Java/Eclipse online class (January 2018 to September 2018)

Defense Acquisition University Online classes (May 2017 to October 2017)

HPE Business Process Testing(BPT) UFT ALM for SAP (December 2018)

Udemy Oracle SQL Certification (Aug 2018)

Udemy Salesforce Introduction (Sept 2018)

Udemy Microsoft Project (December 2018)

Udemy Selenium/Java (February 2019)

Online Presence

SQA Knight on http://www.sqaforums.com/forums/index.php (user id: bklabel1)

Board Regular on http://MrExcel.com (user id: bklabel1)

Ranch Hand on http://CodeRanch.com (user id: bklabel1)

V.P. of Membership on www.Toastmasters.com

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