Ben Overman

Westerville, Ohio, United States

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Summary

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER

Software Test Engineer with more than 11 years’ experience testing in a variety of industries. My testing skill-set includes automation and manual while providing testing vision, planning, excellence, leadership, and mentorship for projects delivered to web and mobile, with clients in varied industries.

TESTING SKILLS

Test Planning Test Strategy Defect management Automation Testing Automation framework design Client and multi-team communication Agile, Kanban, and Waterfall Mobile Accessibility Testing Website and browser-based applications Testing Git CMS testing Point-of-Sale (POS) Testing Analytics Testing Manual Testing System, Integration, End-to-End Testing Mobile Application Testing (Native/Hybrid) API Testin Regression Testing Test Case Creation

LANGUAGES/TOOLS

Swift Xcode 13+ git-Fork Wiremock Charles proxy Proxyman XCUITest/XCTest TestCafe Cypress TypeScript JavaScript Java Zephyr TestRail Jira HP ALM SQL Selenium Training JSON XML DotCMS Bloomreach Windows MacOS

Experience

Platform Test Engineer

WillowTree

Sep 2019 - May 2023 (3 years 9 months) McGraw Hill, Dairy Queen, Potbelly, Mizuho

As a platform test engineer, I grew from a purely manual tester with automation training to an automation tester with a strong manual background. My project with Mizuho was working with building a static website with custom elements created in a CMS to leading the testing effort of the McGraw Hill Access mobile application. I have provided mentorship training in iOS automation, and project-level guidance in how to keep code quality from design through completed development and into a released product.

Platform Test Engineer

McGraw Hill

Mobile application, Test Lead

As the test lead, I was responsible for maintaining testing standards for a team of 3-5 testers, presented testing ideas and advice for fellow leads, monitored the status of feature work across platforms, provided mentorship and guidance to fellow testers, and drove a quality mindset within the project.

Skills: Communication, test leadership, test mentorship, mobile test automation, manual testing, mobile accessibility testing, automation framework design, bug bashes, data mocking (Wiremock/Charles Proxy), test case creation, test case execution, merging/rebasing codebase via git-Fork

•Worked closely with project leadership to sculpt our testing process

•Led a 5-person testing team to ensure consistency of process across our iOS, Android, and middleware implementations.

•Onboarded 2 testers and mentored 1 in iOS automation.

•Collaborated with the project team to create documents and enact processes through norming’s and retros.

Platform Test Engineer

Dairy Queen

Mobile Application, iOS Tester

As the iOS tester, I was responsible for working with my test lead to design, build, and maintain the automated iOS testing framework for the project. I worked closely with my Android counterpart to create and maintain test cases and regression suites that were executed as needed.

Skills: Communication, mobile test automation, manual testing, automation framework design, data mocking (GraphQL/Charles Proxy), test case creation, test case execution, merging codebase via git (terminal)

•Created and maintained test cases and suites for both (iOS and Android) mobile platforms.

•Met regularly with the test lead to code review my automation.

•Collaborated with the agile development team to ensure clear and dev/testable requirements.

•Worked with client CMS systems (store locations and menu options) to manage and manipulate data for front-end validation.

Senior QA Analyst

Potbelly Sandwich Works

Mobile Application, iOS Tester

As the iOS tester, I was responsible for testing the iOS implementation of the application. I implement an automated testing framework using the page-object model, and with my Android counterpart, we maintained a test suite we would run manually or via automation.

Skills: Communication,mobile test automation, manual testing, automation framework design, data mocking (GraphQL/Charles Proxy), test case creation, test case execution

•Built and implemented XCTest to help automate tests to support regressions.

•Worked with client CMS systems (store locations and menu options) to manage and manipulate data for front-end validation.

Test Lead

Mizuho

Website, Test Lead

As the test lead, I was responsible for bringing an in-flight project up to standard for testing best practices and to prepare for User Acceptance Testing with the client. I worked closely with my test team to ensure day-to-day testing needs were met, as well as prepared an effective testing strategy for UAT and release to production.

Skills: Communication, test leadership, test mentorship, manual testing, UAT coordination and defect management, test case creation, test case review, test case execution, test strategy and planning

•Helped align and guide the project team with standard testing practices

•Created UAT test scripts for client testers and created defects from testers’ reports

•Tracking features and defects in Jira.

Senior Testing Consultant

Capgemini

May 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 5 months)

Veritv, AEP

As a senior testing consultant at clients Vertiv and AEP, I was tasked with providing testing guidance and coordination of new and ongoing projects. I utilized my experience of the SDLC and testing knowledge to create and maintain successful projects with a focus on quality.

Test Coordinator

American Electric Power

Aug 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 2 months)

As the test coordinator, I was responsible for creating and executing a testing vision for multiple projects. With buy-in from the development team, we were able to maintain a high-standard of quality assurance in our cross-platform projects that were often the backbone of core business functionality (customer programs and billing) while meeting public energy requirements.

Skills: Communication, test coordination, test strategy and planning, test mentoring, test reporting (via HP ALM)

•Coordinated and managed user testing for multiple teams for in-flight and planned projects.

•Worked with internal and external teams to integrate a mainframe-based accounting and billing system.

•Led testing efforts for each project that required preparing and coordinating timely processing schedules.

UAT Coordinator

Vertiv

May 2018 - July 2018 (3 months)

As the UAT coordinator, I was responsible for preparing and reporting on a test suite for different business units as they migrated from one application platform to another. I worked closely with on-shore and off-shore team members to monitor the health of the UAT testing and respond to client questions about the process as needed.

Skills: Skills: Communication, test coordination, test case management, test reporting (via HP ALM)

•Coordinated and managed user acceptance testing for multiple business units in a cloud-based system.

•Collaborated with an offshore coordinator to aggregate, compare, and resolve issues through testing.

•Worked closely with Business leads, developers, and QA leads to resolve testing issues.

•Created visibility reports from ALM and within Excel for business leads per their request.

•Communicated daily testing status to the test team.

Quality Assurance Analyst

CBCInnovis

Aug 2017 - Apr 2018 (9 months)

Team member for web-facing application to clients, and an in-house web-based system and integration piece for that client application.

Skills: Communication, testing case creation, test case execution, automation script maintenance

•Released multiple projects to production

•Updated Auto-IT scripts to be less flaky

•Collaborated with design, development, and requirement teams to ensure proper testing coverage

Senior Testing Consultant

Sogeti

Jan 2012 - Jul 2017 (5 years 7 months) DSW, Abercombie & Fitch Co., Battelle

As a testing consultant I was tasked to provide hands-on test execution, test leadership, and promote high-standard testing practices. I became experienced in a variety of projects that included customer-facing applications, internal applications, store hardware and system upgrades, platform migrations, and bank certifications. I excelled in my abilities with hands-on testing and grew to become a trusted partner and knowledge leader at DSW.

Senior Test Engineer

DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse

Aug 2014 - Jun 2017 (2 years 11 months)

As a testing consultant, I supported manual regression testing for an Ecommerce platform upgrade. Created training documentation for on-boarding testing, development, and business members, gaining experience in testing API's and REST services. Led offline testing with integrated 3rd parties for store and Ecommerce systems. Multiple Point-of-Sale projects with POS, payment terminal, scanner, and printer testing.

Skills: Communication, test case creation, test case execution, test mentorship, test leadership, agile leadership, stores testing (POS, payment terminals, store tablets, receipt printers, scanners), marketing communication testing (promotional/order/shipping emails), regression testing, mobile browser testing (iOS and Android), payment validation/payment certification

•Buy online pickup/ship to store (BOPIS/BOSTS)

•E-commerce website redesign

•In-store redesign (implement tablet POS system (iPad and Windows))

•NCR POS system and Payment terminal upgrade

•E-commerce and Store payment tokenization

•E-commerce platform upgrade (ATG 11 to 13)

Test Lead

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Jan 2014 - May 2014 (5 months)

As the test lead, I was responsible for creating a testing vision that I and a team of 5 offshore testers would follow. The role required creating test case templates for offshore team members to build upon, and then execute.

Skills: Communication, test strategy and planning, test leadership, test mentorship, test case creation, test case execution, test reporting

•QA Lead for project, which focused on increasing the number of payment types and combinations available for Abercrombie's online stores.

•Performed test case creation for coordinated offshore teams.

Quality Assurance Test Engineer

Battelle

Feb 2012 - Dec 2013 (1 year 11 months)

As a testing consultant, I was bought on to provide testing support for an application platform upgrade and promote testing practices to different business units.

Skills: Communication, test case creation, test case management, test case execution, test reporting via SSRS and HP ALM, test case review

•Implemented Testing Center of Excellence (TCOE), tasked with migration assistance of their; platform from MSQL to Oracle.

•Recognized by Sogeti as an Outstanding Employee for excellence in testing from my work at Battelle.

Education

Sinclair Community College

AAS, Network Engineering

Wright State University

BA, Psychology

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