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Member and volunteer at TransitionsNeedham - A Support Center for Employment and Careers. • Creating and distributing weekly newsletters regarding Job Search sites and strategies, community networking meetings and weekly speakers.• Teaching LinkedIn classes at various levels of complexity.• Created and currently managing a LinkedIn group with discussions, news, job postings and status updates of group members.• Assisting Career Counselor and other network facilitators in… Show more Member and volunteer at TransitionsNeedham - A Support Center for Employment and Careers. • Creating and distributing weekly newsletters regarding Job Search sites and strategies, community networking meetings and weekly speakers.• Teaching LinkedIn classes at various levels of complexity.• Created and currently managing a LinkedIn group with discussions, news, job postings and status updates of group members.• Assisting Career Counselor and other network facilitators in updating and maintaining a master calendar for tracking Job Search Events and Networking meetings across various already established networking groups. Show less

· Implemented software solutions that connect carriers, both domestic and international steamship line shippers for the purpose of transportation management solutions.· Contributing member of Agile Scrum team comprised of a cross-functional team of programmers, business analysts, product owners, SQA engineers and Scrum Master. Team insured flexibility and customization in various Web-based applications used by intermodal companies, truckers and railway providers and insuring online… Show more · Implemented software solutions that connect carriers, both domestic and international steamship line shippers for the purpose of transportation management solutions.· Contributing member of Agile Scrum team comprised of a cross-functional team of programmers, business analysts, product owners, SQA engineers and Scrum Master. Team insured flexibility and customization in various Web-based applications used by intermodal companies, truckers and railway providers and insuring online visibility of equipment usage to those customers.· Designed / executed test scripts to manage intermodal equipment reservations, the tracking of those shipments and facilitating the matching of empty equipment with new loads thereby providing efficient utilization of intermodal equipment – both domestic and international.· Assisted in insuring the integrity of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) event data - the core of transaction processing.· Created / executed / maintained test scripts for functional, integration and regression testing.· Participated in Java development training.· Participated in Quick Test Pro (QTP) automation training for GUI applications.· Time critical reporting / derivation analysis of system deficiencies, retest defects. · Verified correct system functionality according to technical and design specifications. · Designed / implemented application and technical training plans for SQA staff. Show less

· Market-leading transaction processing platform enabling the sale of digital services used by retailers to sell broadband and wireless – high-speed data and DSL sales through in-store kiosks and online call centers. · Created / updated / employed test cases for modularized and integrated testing.· Verified correct system functionality according to technical, functional and design specifications. · Collaborated with Engineering, Business Owners and a geographically dispersed… Show more · Market-leading transaction processing platform enabling the sale of digital services used by retailers to sell broadband and wireless – high-speed data and DSL sales through in-store kiosks and online call centers. · Created / updated / employed test cases for modularized and integrated testing.· Verified correct system functionality according to technical, functional and design specifications. · Collaborated with Engineering, Business Owners and a geographically dispersed development team.· Time critical reporting / derivation analysis of system deficiencies Show less

· Created / updated / employed test cases for integrated multi-system implementations consisting of WEB server processes, consumer and business internal and third party data services. Tested from a module level to a full system end-to-end integration in a Hosted Solution environment.· Performed smoke, integration, acceptance, functional, regression and system testing for integrated multi-system applications.· Participated in product design meetings.· Managed time between… Show more · Created / updated / employed test cases for integrated multi-system implementations consisting of WEB server processes, consumer and business internal and third party data services. Tested from a module level to a full system end-to-end integration in a Hosted Solution environment.· Performed smoke, integration, acceptance, functional, regression and system testing for integrated multi-system applications.· Participated in product design meetings.· Managed time between Project Lead and individual contributor responsibilities on assigned projects.· Provided support to resolve configuration and environment issues.· Maintained decision and client reference data tables, collaborating with Database team to verify database behavior.· Coordinated with development team, marketing and customer support to provide feedback and resolve schedules and technical issues for software product releases. ' Custom design of an integrated, multi-tiered, real-time decision management platform with access to internal and third party data sources. ' Graphical application for designing and updating custom consumer and business credit policies within a multi-tiered integration comprising internal and third party software. ' Multi-tiered integration comprising third party software. Assumed Team Lead role in representing QA at cross-functional meetings, coordinated the assignment of tasks to internal and offshore QA teams, obtained status reports for project liaisons / QA Management, consulted with third party credit bureau, took entire solutions from concept to deployment including production support, provided subject matter expertise for client implementations. Lead and collaborated with a global QA team consisting of different cultures. Show less

' Verified integrity of the WEB browser-based GUI, system management and configurations, device monitoring. ' Coordinated, assigned and monitored coverage testing tasks within Developmental Testing group. ' Consulted in management project cross-functional meetings and defect triage reviews.' Created and maintained test cases, overall test plans, qualification reports for production readiness.' Critiqued customer / end user documentation and training materials.

' Verified integration of all system components in end-to-end testing. ' Verified data integrity as data is passed / shared between system components. ' Created and updated test cases.' Executed SILK (QA Partner) automated testing scripts and verified resulting data.

Customer Acquisition System (CAS), a browser-based web application that manages application processing for wireless communications and evaluates for potential fraud and creditworthiness, linking a dealer/agent to a network from a point-of-sale Business customer in Brazil.· Created and updated test scripts for a distributed system consisting of various Web, Application and Transaction servers / services.· Designed SQL query instructions for extracting and verifying input of data into… Show more Customer Acquisition System (CAS), a browser-based web application that manages application processing for wireless communications and evaluates for potential fraud and creditworthiness, linking a dealer/agent to a network from a point-of-sale Business customer in Brazil.· Created and updated test scripts for a distributed system consisting of various Web, Application and Transaction servers / services.· Designed SQL query instructions for extracting and verifying input of data into application tables on UNIX.· Customized / manipulated system web files (.XML, .ASP, .HTML, .XSL, Java and VB scripts)Retail Management System (RMS), a Windows-based client / server point of sale application that manages the sale of telecommunications products and services in various retail operations.Application functionality: transaction and payment processing, cash drawer management, daily transaction reporting, customer and product inventory· Created and updated test scripts.· Documentation of Graphic User Interface and navigation procedures. Show less

· Solely coordinated the entire Quality effort toward Y2K compliance within all applications.· Created and executed test suites, analyze application report output to verify Y2K compliance. · Designed specifications and test execution for system parallel / regression and stress testing, integration testing where the interconnectivity of multiple systems were required to be assured.

· Negotiated with customers regarding design, user workflow and procedures, priority business needs, and sizing of projects as part of overall project expense management process.· Wrote technical and non-technical specifications and designed and created database/table structures. Joined the company as an application developer with progressive roles as a Jr. Programmer, Programmer, Programmer Analyst, Lead Programmer Analyst, to Senior Systems Analyst.

Certificate, Systems Analysis And Design, Programming

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology - Summa Cum Laude