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Texas, United States

Irving, Texas, United States

Southlake, TX

• Provide leadership, open communications, performance reviews, and career guidance and growth to a team of software QA engineers in the US, Poland and India.
• Monitor test preparation and set-up, test execution, defect creation, collects metrics, identifies coverage gaps and applies needed corrections.
• Improved software quality and reduced defects via introduction of defect and requirements management tools, requirements gathering, testing best practices, and root cause analysis.
• Worked cross-functionally with developer supervisors to streamline project planning and execution. Plan and coordinate resources needed for project implementations.

Southlake, TX

• Technical Lead for JSON eCommerce webservices testing where we are responsible for testing and debugging software eCommerce products to develop, apply and maintain quality standards.
• Acts as mentor to less experienced team members to drive and grow team on a technical level.
• Analyze and write test standards and procedures; develop and execute software test plans; and maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software.
• Consult with developers, business analysts, and implementation specialists to resolve problems.

Southlake

• QA lead for Air Pricing/Shopping Exchanges and Refunds where development, coordination, execution, and analysis of software test cases and plans was performed.
• Design, code and execute automated test scripts for Air Pricing/Shopping QA using Python, JAVA, and XML on multiple concurrent projects while working on global teams.
• Technical consultant on automation tools and practices; test coverage and gap analysis; and test processes as well as recommend and employ improvements for GTE.
• Evaluate and write test standards and procedures; maintain documentation of test results; and analyze test results to ensure new and existing feature functionality.
• Provide technical guidance in the areas of test case and test plan creation; testing strategy and best practices; automation strategy; and metrics and reporting.

Arlington, TX

• Led global teams in integration, validation, and live-site customer facing testing and deployment of United States Postal Service mail automated sorting programs.
• Release manager for new applications and changes to existing applications from early development to customer delivery using SDLC in an Agile Scrum environment.
• Managed test lab personnel, processes, and software/hardware; improved lab testing environment; and created a new efficient method of lab startup.
• Developed and managed test requirements, test cases, and test plans using Requisite Pro, Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, and internal proprietary tools.
• Provided expert technical product support to internal staff and external customers as well as completes on-site and in-house troubleshooting for multifaceted products.

Richardson, TX

• Managed a test integration infrastructure as an Agile XP Team Lead that allowed software teams to work together productively which cut the length of the average production release cycle for the American Idol viewer.
• Worked closely with American Idol technical producers and Cingular development and quality assurance staff to ensure a high quality and accurate viewer audience mobile voting system was developed, tested, and delivered.

Richardson, Texas, United States

• Created and executed automated test cases for functional, performance, and regression testing using JAVA, VB Script, Quick Test Pro, Selenium, and Load Runner.
• Worked closely with global test groups to analyze product test automation coverage to find testing gaps and created or recommended test strategies to cover these test gaps.

Richardson, Texas, United States

• Led and trained a team of 6 engineers where installation methods and test cases for 2.5G and 3G cellular systems on 7 different configurations were created and executed.
• Worked closely with software development to redesign and implement a more efficient test strategy and upgrade installation process leading to a reduced field failure rate.

Richardson, TX

• Directed a team of 4 engineers for MSC/MTX upgrades, where customer upgrade test processes was streamlined, leading to efficient and effective test procedures for 2G and prototype 2.5G products which led to a higher.

Richardson, TX

• Tested, installed, commissioned, and validated new software and hardware products for the 2G wireless product line for customer switches, cell sites, and support equipment.

United States

• Duties consisted of maintenance and repair on weather radar and satellite systems; surface observation systems; RF communications systems; sonar and sounding equipment; and electronic triangulation equipment. Managed.
• Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, TX, 1995 to 1997 - Meteorological Equipment Maintenance Technician
• USS Emory S. Land, Norfolk, VA 1992 to 1995 - Cryptographic Communications Security Material System Manager - Radio Frequency Communications Repair Technician
• USNS Chauvenet, Persian Gulf - Desert Storm, 1991 to 1992 - Small Boat Data Systems Specialist - Radio Frequency Communications Repair Technician

Bachelors Of Science, Computer Information Systems Concentration In Information Systems Management

Activities and Societies: Alpha Sigma Lambda

Associate Of Science (As), Business Administration And Management, General