Project Manager Quality Assurance

MARY SHERYL BALISI-CORNELIUS

SUMMARY

• ** years of experience in Information Technology sector in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle doing Project Management, Business Analysis and Testing.

• Strong facilitation skills and experience in leading requirements gathering, Use case walkthroughs and functional requirement sessions.

• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle methodologies.

• SQL knowledge, used for data validation.

• Outstanding organizational skills including ability to multi-task prioritize and manage increasingly complex issues.

• Adapts to new systems and environments quickly. Good work ethics, take ownership of all duties, responsibilities in meeting management skills. Group and individual based problem solving and decision making skill.

EXPERIENCE

Kinetique Systems Inc., Philippines June 2006 – October 2011

A software development company that specializes in the banking and insurance industry using the smart client architecture on the Microsoft platform using .Net Framework 3.5, VB.NET, MS SQL Server 2008 and Infragistics UI components. Kinetique also specializes in web design and business systems development (Retail and Accounting).

Project Manager and OIC May 2008 – October 2011

• Effectively managed 4 enterprise scale software development projects making sure that the software development process was on time and on budget.

• Good communicator with effective networking skills and emphasis on building strong client relationships.

• Maintained strong working relationship with various business groups such as project technical/development team and external clients throughout the development process.

• Monitored client expectations and skillfully negotiated with clients through client involvement and all types of communication with the client’s team throughout the lifecycle of the project.

• Led the implementation and training phase of the 4 development projects ensuring that the client’s users were confident in using the systems after our engagement to lessen support incidents.

• Established strong working relationships with key decision makers in the different departments of the client which ensured the smooth scheduling and conduct of the training and implementation.

• Demonstrated success managing cross company team efforts through effective and motivating mentoring strategies in order to maximize productivity.

• Developed staffing plans, work schedules, budgets, and time lines.

• Negotiated contracts that ensured the accountability of both the client and the company to meet timelines and budgets.

Lead QA & Documentation Specialist (QA and Business Analysis) June 2006 – April 2008

• Interacted with the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and stakeholders to get a better understanding of client’s business processes.

• Actively involved in executing and coordinating functional and user acceptance testing (UAT).

• Designed training programs for end-users.

• Provided recommendations for best practices in process improvements.

• Provided post-implementation support.

• Led the team in writing and editing technical documentation, User Manuals, presentations and training materials.

• Introduced use of SRS (Software Requirements Specification) in documenting the client’s requirements.

• Introduced & developed controls and documentation procedures.

• Established the company standards for technical documentation and software testing.

• Developed and managed quality assurance metrics for performance improvement of all teams.

• Experience in QA Management and QA Testing with focus on web based, client server and smart client applications.

• Trained on Fixed Asset Management and Foreign/Multiple Currency accounting.

Lane Systems, Inc., Davao City, Philippines October 2000 – May 2006

Offers software development (systems and web) and consulting with a wide range of software and hardware solutions including portable computers for barcode or RFID.

Lead Technology Support Specialist & Beta Tester March 2001 – May 2006

• Educated and assisted the test team in providing Quality Assurance during testing activities.

• Introduced enhancements to the existing company standards on software testing.

• Experienced in deployment of Web based and client-server applications.

• Performed installations and application of patches of deployed software.

• Assisted in trouble-shooting user problems relating to installation of the product issues.

• Execute various SQL queries on databases and communicated results to client.

• Authored the detailed User Manual for the application, for an intended novice user.

• Efforts resulted in successful project implementation.

Beta Tester October 2000 – March 2001

• Knowledge of QA principles, ISO Standard and CMM/CMMI models.

• Strong knowledge of all phases of SDLC

• Strong working knowledge of software testing (Functional, Integration, Performance, Quality Metrics).

• Experienced in defining Testing Methodologies, Designing Test Plans and Test Cases, and Documentation based on standards for Software Development and effective QA implementation in all phases of Software Development Cycle.

• Expertise in Manual/Functional Testing.

• Proficient in all cycles of test life cycle from test planning to defect tracking and managing defect life cycle.

• Experience in coordinating testing effort, responsible for test deliverables, status reporting to management, issue escalations.

EDUCATION

Computer Science, Bachelor of Science

Ateneo de Davao University, Davao City, Philippines June 1996 – March 2000

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