Manager Test

HARRY KARDASH II

Summary – ********@*****.***

Focused problem solver that utilizes a broad experience base complemented by best practice tools and techniques as well as implementing and sustaining System Development Life Cycle methods. Possess expert experience with the conception, design, implementation, and maintenance of automation frame works. Successful track record in technical leadership, workflow control, automation coding, manuel QA test as well as risk based data management. I have decision-making experience that spans both small and medium sized teams and excellent success implementing initiatives to reach departmental and organizational goals

Skill Summary

Team Leadership

Test Plans, Test Cases, Traceability Matrix, Agile lifecycle

Visual Studio, C#, SQL, TCM

PowerShell, VB Script

Quality Center, Winrunner, LoadRunner

TestComplete, TestExecute

GIT, Sharepoint, Confluence

SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle

HPQC, QTP, TAO,

WebLogic, Apache, TomCat

VMWare, VirtualBox

Postman

Perforce, Jira

Team Foundation Server, Jenkins

Tidal Scheduler

Android Studio

Selenium

Web Services, Enterprise Service Bus, SOAP

SAP

SCOM

Experience

Assurant (via Neudesic) – Santa Ana, CA 2014 - 2019

Senior Consultant

QA leadership within 3 domains.

Help institute automation framework.

Build automated test scripts.

Construct and execute test cases using Agile methodology.

Contribute to daily elaboration sessions for feature discovery.

Mentor and train team members for manual and automated testing.

Tools: Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, SQL Server, Postman.

Xerox (via Neudesic) – Phoenix, AZ 2014

Senior Consultant

Create test cycle plans.

Create and execute test cases from specifications.

Tools: Visual Studio,Team Foundation Server

Zonar Systems (via Neudesic) – Tukwilla, WA 2013-2014

Senior Consultant

Lead QA team.

Construct test automation for device running Android OS.

Create test cycle plans.

Deliver Requirment Tracability Matrix from specifications.

Enhance and maintain vehicle engine simulator.

Mentor and train customers and employees on documentation and Team best practices.

Tools: Visual Studio, C#, Confluence, Jira, Jenkins, Android Studio, Selenium, Python, Monkeyrunner.

Outerwall Inc. – Bellevue, WA 2010 - 2013

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Write test plans, test cases and defects in multiple defect trackers.

Deep exposure to SQL Server including replication and SSIS packages.

Mass data Creation via SQL statements.

Complete automation programs built using Visual Studio and C# to automate the testing of .NET applications. These programs tested at the unit, feature and performance levels both through GUI and directly against code lines.

Designed and coordinated the implementation of the SAP testing integrations with the Enterprise Service Bus.

Extensive exposure HPQC, TAO, QTP and Load Runner functionality including Administrative maintenance.

Designed and built 13 test, development and staging environments for critical project support that included over 25 servers and 56 databases.

Various network and application automation using PowerShell and Visual Studio.

Web Service testing including Enterprise Service Bus integration.

Tools: SQL Server, Visual Studio, C#, TCM, Sharepoint, TFS, QTP, TAO, LoadRunner, SOAP, SAP

Microsoft – Redmond, WA 2010

SDET

Designed, build and QA test the management packs using System Center Operations Manager SQL Server and Sharepoint maintenance.

Design and build test frameworks using C# and Powershell.

Build, QA test and deploy SharePoint 2008 with consumer builds.

In stall and Configure and develop SharePoint 2010.

Tools: Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL Server, TFS, SCOM.

Adaptis Inc. – Seattle, WA 2001-2009

Automation Test Lead

Responsible for leading the Test Automation Program for all organizations.

Provided technical guidance to automation team spanning engineers and analysts.

Test Script Coverage included exhaustive functional data library, performance metrics, and extensive product measurement data.

Supply expert knowledge implementing and sustaining Automation Test Programs that supply domain, data-flow, transition, security and logic testing.

Areas of test-case/program focus product test coverage, functionality, payment processing, scalability, performance and load measurements.

Design, build and test powershell framework for Tidal scheduling tool for production.

Tools: PowerShell, Perforce, NUnit, JUnit, SQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Apache, Weblogic, QTP, TSL, Tidal.

HexDump Development Inc. – Pullman, WA 1997-2000

Program Manager, Co-founder

Responsible for management of Development, Test, and Marketing.

Create test plans, test cases and test cycles.

Managed the market release of 6 major releases.

Mentor and train employees on documentation and Team best practices.

Tools: Newton, Palm Pilot, Code Worrior, Adobe Illustrator.

Education

Washington State University

Bachelor of Science of Computer Science 5/1999

City University of Seattle

Master of Science of Computer Systems 4/2006

Certifications

SAP Solution Manager Certification, (SAP Penn.) 2012

Agile SCRUM Certification, (soulutionsiq, Redmond) 2004

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