Lena Gerovoy

Wheeling, IL • 847-***-**** • ado75j@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

Quality Assurance professional with eighteen years of experience proactively and efficiently delivering quality production releases in complex technology and project-based environments. Possess full range of software quality management practices spanning from test strategy to execution and delivery, including experience in unit, functional, regression, performance, and automation disciplines. Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to introduce change initiatives, gain buy-in, and implement quality improvement processes throughout the organization.

Core Expertise

Agile LEAN CMMI I Digital Transformation Automation Data Migration Integration Validation Web Services Performance & Stress Testing UI & Compatibility Testing Change Management Cloud DevOps Personal Identifiable Information Masking

Professional Experience

U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command (Consultant)

SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE LEADER 2005 – 2021

Oversaw thousands quality releases and deployments across multiple technology applications supporting screening and processing applicants into United States Armed Forces. Drove and built cross-functional alignment for systematic quality improvement initiatives.

»Developed quality assurance and control methodologies in compliance with federal regulations.

»Transformed software development efforts toward test-driven development process to include quality controls at unit, data, and service integration, which resulted in overall code quality and more predictable timelines.

»Introduced innovative and cost-effective automation tools spanning from Unit level, API, Data Validation and DevOps.

»Led multiple teams of test analysts to build comprehensive test plans, cases and scripts to allow for fast ability to uncover and pinpoint software defects.

»Championed Agile transformation and made quality responsibility of the scrum teams via meaningful KPIs.

»Consistently reduced by more than 10% number of Sev1 defects year over year in post-production environment.

»Worked with Business Users to identify requirements gaps and use feedback to improve applications usability.

»Implemented strong change management practices and comprehensive requirements test coverage traceability.

»Proactively ensured scalability and work with engineers to support growing levels of client usage.

»Facilitated quality management review metrics and took lead on many innovation and tool adoption strategies, such as SOAP UI, Jira and HP/ALM.

»Worked to create release strategy plans, test cases, and automation scripts while working closely with development teams in Agile environment.

DBS Communications

SOFTWARE QUALITY LEADER 2004 – 2005

Defined test strategy and executed tests supporting wireless platforms and services in telecommunications industry.

»Tested wireless network connectivity and device compatibility.

»Established comprehensive test estimation model to cover complex data flows / system integration scenarios.

»Facilitated the transition from waterfall to agile methods of development, thus improving ROI realization.

»Liaised with vendors to deliver business objectives through mitigating risks and identifying opportunities.

SBC Inc.

QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER 2003 – 2004

Delivered test leadership to support customer billing applications for telecommunications company.

»Set strategy to ensure data quality for billing and multiple reporting applications.

»Led strategic initiative for adoption of third-party data to support consumer segmentation and marketing efforts.

»Set up defect management boards and drove root cause analysis.

MOTOROLA

SYSTEM ANALYST 2000 – 2002

Supported financial transformation initiatives across multiple business lines for Motorola.

»Participated in the analysis, data modeling and database design for finance data warehouse.

»Led source to target data mapping and integration between Oracle ERP instances and data warehouse.

»Supported business users to derive Data Analysis and Business Intelligence from data warehouse.

AAR Corporation

SYSTEM ANALYST 1997 – 2000

Worked on supply chain management and logistics applications for aviation services for commercial and government customers.

»Worked on rapid concept-to-delivery of new features and technology capabilities through adoption of Agile methodology and iterative development.

»Converted requirements into data and component integration process maps.

Professional Training

Certified Software Quality Assurance Tester

Carnegie Melon’s Software CMMI

Oracle PL/SQL

Informatica ETL

Advanced Quality Assurance Performance Program

Technical Skills

Project / Test Management: JIRA QC & ALM SOAP UI DevOps

Platforms: Unix Linux Windows Mobile Cloud

Test Design and Execution: API Data Validation Functional Compatibility Performance Smoke Security Regression

Education & Professional Development

Bachelor of Science – Computer Science Polytechnic University, Kiev, Ukraine

Languages

English Russian Ukrainian

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