Summary

**+ years experience as IS/IT professional with strong background in Project Mgmt., SQA Testing and Mgmt of Test teams, Requirements Gathering & Assessment and Mgmt of Requirements, Technical Support and Network Mgmt. 10+ years experience with CMM (Capability Maturity Model) and taught CMM classes.

EDUCATION

Columbia Pacific University, B.S. Engineering Technology

University of Wexford, M.S. Engineering Management, M.S. Management Information System

CERTIFICATIONS

Sun System Administration, C-Shell Language Programming, Software Quality Engineering,

Adpilot Case Tools, In Assembly Language, Database Systems and Concepts, Project and Program Management, Software Engineering, Network and LAN Management.

EXPERIENCE

DeView Electronics

QA Lead/Test Architect (Consultant) Oct 09 – Present

Responsible for leading the testing of the rewrite of REPTrax V2.0 which is a audit software application used for hospital and Sales Reps for verification and validation of credentials. Tested various portals and validated the requirements and business flows of each portal. Developed and executed test cases in a test driven/data driven environment.

• Lead Quality Assurance function to support quality system design and implementation for compliance with standards, government regulations, and company standards requirements

• Participate in development and reporting of SQA project metrics

• Designed and developed test cases/scripts for portal testing in order to help in identify issues

• Communicated to development teams and map concepts to test cases and test scenarios Managed a small team of test engineers

• Process used in testing was Scrum and Agile methodology

• .NET Environment

• White /Black approach to manual and automation testing

• Data Driven approach for backend validation and verification testing

• Multithreading WEB Server environment

• Interact with Customer Support, Business Analysts, Development,, Technical Services , and management to ensure verification & validation on issues and avoid misinterpretations

• HIPPA Certification

Environment: JAVA, JAVA SEAM, J2EE, PL/SQL, JUNIT, Windows XP, XML, SQL SERVER, WEB Portal, CLOUDS, QTP, HP QUALITY CENTER

RMG Connect (JWT)

QA Lead/Test Architect Jan 08– Sept 09

Responsible for the oversight of the coordination of the quality assurance functions and enforces quality assurance standards and measures within the organization.

• Lead our Quality Assurance staff, including direct and indirect responsibility for hiring, training, staff development, appraisals, and retention

• Develops, leads, and executes a Quality Strategy, ensuring that the Quality Strategy is appropriate and effective in meeting the business needs.

• Ensures in-process and finished products and processes conform to in-house policies and procedures as well as other applicable regulations and guidelines

• Ensure application code related problems are communicated with development, prioritization and timelines are communicated, and fixes are validated within SQA

• Interact with Operations, Business Analysts, Development, Client Services, and management to ensure verification & validation on issues and avoid misinterpretations

• Manage a team of 8 to 10 test engineers

• Process used in testing was Agile and Scrum Methodology

• .NET Environment

• White /Black approach to manual and automation testing

• Data Driven approach for backend validation and verification testing

• Selenium web application and other in-house development tool for testing

• Multithreading Web Server environment

Environment: JAVA, J2EE, AJAX, PL/SQL, JUNIT, NT, Windows XP, XML, WEB Portal, AIX, IIS, APACHE / TOMCAT, BADBOY, TESTLOG, XMLSPY, SOAP UI, FLASH. ASP.NET, NETFRAMEWORK, C#

(CONTRACT) Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Project Management/QA (Consultant) Jan 07– Jan 08

Management QA and testing effort to provide support on the ERCOT Nodal Project, in relationship to interfaces development and design requirements

• Met deadlines of quality deliverables and recommendation of Process Improvements

• Establishes strong working relationships with key staff members in ERCOT departments and with vendors

• Coordinate with other team members and other vendors on workflows, testing schedules, and processes for delivery of quality products

• Identify and act upon functional and technical design and system architecture improvement against testing procedures

• Managed a team of 35- 40 test engineers

• Process used in testing was RUP, Scrum, and Agile Methodology

• .NET Environment

• White /Black approach to manual and automation testing

• Data Driven approach for backend validation and verification testing

• Used ITKO LISA for WEB Server Testing

• Understand how applications support business processes and applied this knowledge to solve testing approach of defined business problems

• Define, document, and implement a comprehensive set of formal methods and procedures that support the business and operational requirements

Environment: JAVA, J2EE, EAI, PL/SQL, JUNIT, NT, Windows XP, XML, RUP, UNIX, TIBCO, Business Works, SOA,WEB Portal, AIX, IIS, APACHE / TOMCAT, XMLSPY, ASP,.NET, NETFRAMEWORK, QTP, HP QUALITY CENTER

TelCove

QA Consultant/Test Architect Apr 05– Jan 07

Responsibilities include supervising/scheduling the testing staff, project management, overseeing test automation efforts and all testing phases across multiple projects in a Service-Oriented Architecture environment.

• Manage the day-to-day tactical activities of the Development QA team to ensure that defined objectives are met and operations within the team exceed the expectations of the VP, IT

• Manage personnel within team including hiring, performance evaluations, and termination (when necessary) to ensure appropriate levels of staffing and required skill sets and productivity are maintained within the team.

• Managed a team of 40 test engineers onshore and 25 test engineers offshore

• Manage system/regression/certification tests performance, conduct platform certification tests, support beta tests, and certify initial production runs. Validate test results based on functional and design specifications and pre-defined testing guidelines.

• Process used in testing was RUP, Scrum, and Agile Methodology

• White /Black approach to manual and automation testing

• Data Driven approach for backend validation and verification testing

• Define, document, and implement a comprehensive set of formal methods and procedures that support the business and operational requirements.

Environment: Java, J2EE, EAI, PL/SQL, NT, Windows XP, XMLSPY, TOAD, RUP, UNIX, TIBCO, Business Works, SOA, WEB Portal, Rational Suite, HP Quality Center, QTP, ParaSoft, LISA, and Oracle

(CONTRACT) Verizon Information Services

QA Test Lead/ (Consultant) Sept 04 – Mar 05

Performing system test in environment for the implementation of PeopleSoft, Vision, and Data Load

projects.

• Participates in early phases of development projects to provide an end-user and QA perspectives.

• Develops and carries out quality assurance and test plans to ensure that requirements and quality objectives are satisfied.

• Project Planning and Test Planning

• Perform Database and Backend testing

• Process used in testing was agile methodology

• Identifies, analyzes, and reports product defects and assists with resolution.

• Verifies that corrective actions meet quality objectives.

Environment: Java, PL/SQL, NT, Windows XP, TOAD, XMLSPY, PLSQL Developer, UNIX, PeopleSoft, and Oracle

(CONTRACT) Digital MotorWorks

QA Test Lead/ (Consultant) Jun 04 – Sept 04

Participates in analysis, planning, and performance of quality engineering activities to assure the quality of products prior to release to DMi customers.

• Identifies, analyzes, and reports product defects and assists with resolution.

• Verifies that corrective actions meet quality objectives.

• Requirement validation and map process elements to technical solutions

• Process used in testing was RUP, Scrum, and Agile Methodology

• Provides Quality Engineering support to multiple teams within Systems and/or applications groups as necessary

Environment: Java, PL/SQL, NT, Windows XP, TOAD, Rational Suite Tools, (TestManager, ClearCase, ClearQuest), UNIX and Oracle

(CONTRACT) Cingular Wireless

QA Tester/ (Consultant) Dec 03 – Jun 04

Conducted testing in a migration project that in includes Oracle 10.7 to Oracle 11i. Testing a reporting tool call CATS in conjunction with WMS (Chain Supply Management)

• Documented all test results in logs and reports

• Verified and validated resolutions to problems

• Reported software problems and verifying fixes

• Process used in testing was Scrum and Agile methodology

• Presented, as required, regular status reports of progress and issues against the project schedule

• Determined validity of final system with respect to user needs and requirements.

Environment: Java, PL/SQL, NT, Windows XP, TOAD, NT Navigator, RMI (Remote Method Invokation Utility), TestDirector and Oracle

(CONTRACT) AT&T Wireless

Test Consultant Jan 03 – Nov 03

Worked in testing B-Star Compensation package with respect to user requirements in a WEB environment. Participate in software design sessions and review meetings for assigned projects. Conducted testing of Client/Server, Internet, and core business applications.

• Designed and developed test scripts/procedures for performance testing helping in identify issues

• Performed risk analysis, as needed, along with proposed mitigation strategies

• Ensured all inadequacies in product, process and/or standards are brought to managements attention providing input and making recommendations where product usability and problem areas can be improved

• Identified, analyzed and documented all programming errors and operational characteristics that are inconsistent with stated requirements and design specification goals for the given program, application or set of applications

• Determined validity of system with respect to user needs and requirements

• Process used in testing was Scrum and Agile methodology

• Presented, as required, regular status reports of progress and issues against the project schedule

Environment: Java, PL/SQL, NT, Windows XP and TOAD

(CONTRACT) Kaiser Electronics Nov 00 – Dec 02

Software Quality Assurance Testing and Requirements Manager

Worked managing and supporting several projects on software policies, standards, processes and procedures

• Product deliverable commitments, and project scheduling and management.

• Development SQA (software Quality Assurance) strategy, schedules, and resource plans

• Establish quality metrics for measuring product quality and release readiness.

• Managed a team of 15 engineers

• Process used in testing was Waterfall and RUP

• Responsible for producing business process flows, software requirements and specifications.

• Business requirements included data elements, business rules, non-functional specifications and detailed diagrams.

• Designed, documented, implemented and maintained new business process.

• Established and tracking relevant software engineering processes with functional groups (Software Development, Software Configuration Management, Project Management, and System Engineering)

• Developed an in-depth, detailed understanding of product architecture and processes in order to provide direction for effective SEI/CMM Level III and Level IV using the Rational Unified Process Plan, prepare, executed Functional and Integration Testing

Environment: C, C++, UNIX, NT, Windows 98, Access and Oracle

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