As a Software Test Automation Architect, I enjoy designing and iterating on end-to-end automation lifecycle.I am experienced in building and enhancing test automation frameworks, test suites, and continuous testing pipelines for software and containerized applications. I help teammates develop advanced test automation skills while continuously improving my own. I support Agile development teams by creating test plans, identifying testable requirements, defining acceptance criteria, reviewing code, developing automated solutions (not just automated tests) to improve test efficiency and process at the organization level, and much more.CERTIFICATIONS & COURSES- CITI HIPAA and Health Information Security- CITI Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS) for Clinical Investigators- HackEDU Security Development Training- IBM Advanced Rational Functional Tester with Java- IBM Certified Solution Designer in Rational Functional Tester with Java- IBM WebSphere Server V6 Administration on Window- SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition V4 System Administration
-
Automation Test LeadThe Andover CompaniesBoston, Ma, Us -
Senior Software Engineer In TestBroad Institute Of Mit And Harvard Jan 2018 - Nov 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesResponsible for advocating, developing, and managing test automation frameworks, test suites, and test integration with CI pipelines for applications managed on Google and Azure Cloud.• Led development of test framework and automated tests using Playwright in TypeScript for multi-language, Angular-based web portal focused on cancer genome research.• Led development of test framework and automated tests using Puppeteer in JavaScript for React-based web portal focused on precision medicine research.• Developed API scale tests in Python to uncover performance bugs. -
Advisory Software EngineerIbm Tivoli Group, Ibm Watson Group, Ibm Cloud Service Group Aug 2013 - Jan 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States2013 - 2015 Embedded Test Engineer on IBM Watson Core Analytic team: • Manual and automated testing of Watson Ground Truth, a cognitive Natural Language Questions & Answers application. • Simplified test development process, expanded the capabilities of the existing automation framework in Java with new test functions and open-source test tools such as Selenium Grid2, Rest Assured and Log4j. • Simplified test execution methods by adding Jenkins pipelines. Enabled parallel multi-threads test execution. • Increased test coverage by adding new API and automated functional tests.2015 - 2016 Embedded Test Engineer on IBM Cloud & Data Service team:• Cucumber tool’s evaluation before adoption. Created Proof of Concept (PoC) to demonstrate tool’s capability. • Contributed to the early delivery of a new BDD test automation framework and test suites using Cucumber for the Jupyter Notebook integration service on IBM Cloud. Test framework developed with JUnit, Log4j, Grid2, Cucumber and REST-Assured.
-
Software Test Automation EngineerMro Software (Acquired By Ibm In 2006) 2003 - Aug 2013Bedford, Massachusetts, United StatesManual and automated testing of Maximo application, an enterprise asset management software.• Developed and managed an automation test framework using HP WinRunner, transitioned to Rational Functional Tester following IBM acquisition in 2006. Focused on shift-left testing strategy by utilizing automated tests across Agile software development lifecycle.• Strategized both short-term and long-term test automation plans and roadmaps. • Developed comprehensive test suites in Java, expanding test framework capabilities and test coverage. • Mentored junior engineers and manual testers to build test automation skills, promoted shared responsibilities.
Alex W. Education Details
-
Computer Science -
Mechanical Engineering
Frequently Asked Questions about Alex W.
What company does Alex W. work for?
Alex W. works for The Andover Companies
What is Alex W.'s role at the current company?
Alex W.'s current role is Automation Test Lead.
What schools did Alex W. attend?
Alex W. attended Boston University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Not the Alex W. you were looking for?
Free Chrome Extension
Find emails, phones & company data instantly
Aero Online
Your AI prospecting assistant
Select data to include:
0 records × $0.02 per record
Download 750 million emails and 100 million phone numbers
Access emails and phone numbers of over 750 million business users. Instantly download verified profiles using 20+ filters, including location, job title, company, function, and industry.
Start your free trial