Alan Cooper Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Programme Test Manager & Agile Coach - for a large Remediation Programme (A Programme responding to Financial Regulators requirements to strengthen Market Risk Frameworks for capitalising trading activities).Accountable for the e2e testing of assigned Programme Change deliverables across a wide range of Product workstreams (SRP, Credit, Bonds) for both the Internal Model Based Approach (IMA) and Standard Approach (SA).Test strategy, planning, execution, reporting and governance for both Technical and Business streams. Hands-on testing with Front Office, Finance, Traded Risk, Operations and Regulatory teams. Test reporting to Executive Level.

London, United Kingdom

Head of Testing, Transformation & Remediation Programme (A Programme responsible for responding to US Regulators ‘cease-and-desist order’), Anti-Financial Crime & Anti-Money Laundering. Accountable for the e2e testing of all Programme Change deliverables. This included planned new functionality releases and minor / emergency releases into Production, Test Strategy, Planning, Test execution, Resource hiring & financials and daily reporting to Executive Level

London, United Kingdom

Accountable for the testing of new Strategic Source Data PMM Tool (HP Navigator) and a new Group Reporting Suite (MS SQL) capable of real-time reporting and standardised of daily operational upkeep for portfolio, programme & projects info, status, milestones and financials. Navigator become the ‘golden source’ for Business Unit Core Project Data, while the new Group Reporting Suite provided Business Units and the Group Executive Project Management Office (EPMO) with standardised data inputs. • E2E test planning, preparations and execution of all testing phases (Tech Test, UAT, NFT, OAT, BETA & Post Live testing)• Adoption and Support of the new Barclays Agile model• Hands-on engagement and ownership of the UAT phases with Business Units, including achieving sign-off and acceptance into Production• Engagement and Contractuals with support teams eg; Barclays Testing Service (BTS)• Daily Scrum attendance, working closely with Product Owners, Release Managers and Scrum Coaches / Masters• Heavy involvement in the Business Change Model, gathering requirements, creating stories, estimating change effort, building sprint and acceptance scenarios

London, United Kingdom

Accountable for the testing integration of the new iPad Applications into the UBS landscape, and included Project Planning & Financials, Infrastructure, end2end Release Management and Testing, and Production deployment across Europe. Users access was secured by User Authentication via Access Cards & Reader Devices.• Country engagements and release / test planning• Infrastructure acquisition and build out ready for Testing and Production• Testing e2e planning and execution including application FT & NFT, device look and feel, User Authentication, Security Penetration Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Business Readiness Testing (BRT)• Production deployment and go-live execution planning • Stakeholder Management to Executive Level

Head Office - Nottingham

Accountable for the detailed test planning and management of SIT, Usability, Performance, Operational Acceptance and User Acceptance Testing for a new Boots Digital App that integrated with the current Client Boots Advantage Cards • Detailed Test Planning & day2day management• Supplier/3rd Party Reviews, Engagement & Management• Stakeholder Management to Executive Level• Execution of all testing phases

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for Sanctions Conformance Testing within Group AML Compliance

Responsible for all IT (On/Offshore) & Business Testing

Responsible for all Retail Banking & Commercal Banking IT Testing delivery

Responsible for all IT Testing delivery and Automation of Business Testing