Quality Engineer Software Qa

Charles Smaw

Cell: 408-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

SOFTWARE BUILD/RELEASE ENGINEER/SQA

SUMMARY:

· ` Many years of industry experience including Web and Desktop application testing, SoftwareDevelopment

(HTML, JavaScript, CSS, CGI and Perl, Firmware, Device Drivers) Working knowledge of software development life cycle and software testing methodology Write solid test documentation such as test plans, test designs, test cases, test matrices Conversant in Spanish, German, and French; familiar with Russian, Japanese and Latin. Studying for Patent Agent's exam U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Passed Engineers-in-Training exam (EIT)

Enjoy working as a member of a results-driven team TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platforms: Windows 7/Vista/XP/NT/2000,Server 2008/2003, UNIX/LINUX Programming: HTML, XML, JavaScript, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, /C++/C#, .NET,Perl, CSS, CGI, VB Script, HTA

Test Automation: QuickTest Professional (QTP), Selenium Database: MS SQL,MySQL, Oracle

Networking: TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP, Internet, Intranet

Virtualization: VMWare Server

Bug Tracking: TFS,Jira,Bugzilla, Elementool

Tools: Ant, Maven, Eclipse

EMPLOYMENT:

01/2012 to Present Webmaster, Cleveland SOHO Media, San Jose, CA Assimilating new content into web pages for clients. Managing environment for users' online experience.

· Writing code for graphics and text features.

Testing.

· Verifying that actual test results for each test case match expected results.

· Writing bug reports and verifying them fixed in new releases

· Keeping track of the business and technical requirements

· Using TFS bug-tracking application to enter reports and to monitor their resolution status.

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08/10 to 11/2011 Release Management Engineer Consultant, Omnicell Corp., Mountain View, CA

· Creating build environments, often virtualized using VMWare. Packaging code for deployment. (output to setup.exe) Testing Omnicell’s suite of pharmacy inventory tracking applications for desktop, laptop and network environments, including virtual (VMWare.) Creating and executing Perl and VB scripts and command prompt batch files for manipulating registry, network and policy settings.

· Contributed to test documents and procedures.

· Verifying that actual test results for each test case match expected results

· Writing bug reports and verifying them fixed in new releases

· Keeping track of the business and technical requirements

· Using TFS bug-tracking application to enter reports and to monitor their resolution status

· Managing testing environment

03/10 to 06/10 Software QA Consultant, NextLabs, San Mateo, CA

· Testing NextLab's suite of computer security applications for desktop, laptop and network environments

· Creating and executing manual test cases for access and encryption of email, files and databases.

Contributed to test plan documents and to test procedures. Observed teammates’ test cases.

· Verifying that actual test results for each test case match expected results

· Writing bug reports and verifying them fixed in new releases

· Keeping track of the business and technical requirements Using Bugzilla bug-tracking application to enter bug reports and to monitor their resolution status

· Managing testing environment

08/07 to 01/10 Web/Quality Engineer, Cleveland SOHO Enterprises, San Jose, CA

· Configuring web pages writing code in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, CGI and Perl

· Providing white and black box testing of the application pages

· Responsible for browser and operating system compatibility testing

· Reported numerous problems and suggestions on improvements to be implemented

· Communicated with developers, marketing, and sales departments to resolve issues

· In charge of the content of radio commercials and Internet banner ads Environment: Dreamweaver, Java SDK, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, CGI, Perl 10/06 to 08/07 Applications Engineer, Arista Corporation, Fremont, CA

· Configuring computer systems and prototyping the first articles to suit customers' requirements, which involved researching specifics of operating systems and system bus architecture.

· Wrote test software in C and BASIC

05/94 to 09/06 Test Engineer, Embedtec Corporation, San Jose, CA

· Provided wide spectrum of testing activities for the manufacturer of Intel-CPU motherboards and of video and disk drive adapters for PCI, ISA, PC104, Multibus, and SBX buses

Formulated procedures, maintained test stations and fixtures, debugged to the component level

· Wrote assembly language and C device drivers, test software and other code for use in ROM BIOS and DOS

· In charge of the bill of materials database, and in doing so I wrote code in dBASE IV

· Provided feedback to the R&D group as to design improvements Environment: CAD, dBASE IV, logic analyzer, oscilloscope. EDUCATION & TRAINING:

Bachelor of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (Ranked #14 by U.S. News) Majors: Electrical Engineering and Mathematics; Minor: Computer Science Software QA, Portnov Computer School, Mountain View, California REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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