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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Established QA department for digital and console product distribution generating 20MM annually in under 4 years.• Shipped 4 NASCAR Heat titles totaling 9 individual SKU’s available in over 40 countries.• Revise yearly bug estimates, test schedules and resource allocation resulting in yearly QA cost savings of 10%.• Execute publishing plan for all live content generating upwards of $3MM in sales annually.• Primary contact for Microsoft and Sony with respect to all development, publishing and QA services.• Serve in dual role as IT Manager providing support for Azure, AWS and Office 365 administration.• Lead Quality Assurance effort for all game titles for PC, console and mobile platforms throughout development life cycle.• Oversee functional and certification testing efforts with external test partners based in the UK.• Coordinate with multiple internal teams to ensure overall product readiness including art, marketing and development groups.• Submit yearly product ratings assessments required for physical/digital worldwide product distribution.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Maitland

• Designed and executed certification test suite used to validate and certify production readiness.• Performed integration testing on code merges from developer to release code branches.• Paired with AUI team to design automated testing capabilities and enhancements.• Developed comprehensive feature test plans during monthly sprints for both front and back enddevelopment teams.• Executed test cases for functional, validation, end-to-end, and regression testing for web application

Redwood Shores, Ca

• Consult with lead members of development teams to define study objectives and long- range research plans• Manages and conducts usability/playability studies within EA Games label across major platforms including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS and Facebook• Analyzes observational and survey data, identifying areas of improvement for UI design, level design and game mechanics• Utilizes various user-centered design and games user research methods including think- aloud usability, concept testing and focus groups

Orlando, Florida Area

• Act as point of contact for all usability testing both internally and externally for entire EA Tiburon Sports lineup including Madden NFL, NCAA Football, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR and NBA Live.• Built in-house qualitative research capacity by systematizing key processes for fieldwork and analysis• Recruit participants for research studies following unique guidelines allowing for targeted audience• Delivered insight and usability reports using multiple feedback methodologies.• Continually drove telemetry implementation enabling deeper consumer insights and detailed end user feedback• Utilized various research methodologies including interviews, observational study, usability testing

Orlando, Florida Area

• Owned and designed the implementation of 4,000+ new audio lines for Tiger Woods (Wii) resulting in less than 1% of the total bug count.• Organized efforts of multiple team members to deliver a directed user experience of gameplay mechanics and audio design.• Conveyed design concepts through both written and visual prototyping for player progression and achievements.• Worked alongside key stakeholders to identify technical limitations, providing creative and innovative design solutions.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Managed test teams ranging from 5-20 members• Responsible for planning and executing test strategies’ from early milestone to project completion• Worked closely with development managers to facilitate and incorporate pre-integration testing methods resulting in greater QA efficiency.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Specialty testing in all areas including online connectivity, third part compliance and general ad-hoc gameplay• Floor lead responsibility for creating and distributing test plans to Jr. QA staff