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A hands-on ISTQB Advanced certified testing professional with over 10 years of experience, having worked in both financial and social housing software sectors. Highly experienced with waterfall and agile software development methodologies working on manual and automated testing projects.Specific career highlights:• Recruited as the sole tester at Housing Partners, to lead the HomeSwapper rebuild project released in 2015 which supports over 350K active users each month on the most widely used service across social housing providers.• Creation and continuous improvement of the Housing Partners testing processes and founding its first QA team.• Launching the Housing Jigsaw platform in 2018 with the PRAH module to support homelessness and the introduction of the HRA in England. The service has been extended to support homelessness in Wales too.• Rapidly growing the Housing Jigsaw platform to include six new products in a two-year span (ATLAS/EHR, ALERT, AIM, ARA, DEX and RISE/SWEP/COUNTS.Key Skills:• Team Leadership (Recruitment, mentoring, objective setting and career development)• Project management (SharePoint, Trello)• Defect Management• Release management (Octopus Deploy, Azure DevOps, Azure Portal)• Azure resource management and configuration• Requirement Analysis• System and Exploratory Testing• Security Testing and API Security Testing (Postman)• User Acceptance Testing• Usability Testing• T-SQL/Database querying and problem-solving• Performance Testing• Accessibility Testing (Accessibility insights)• Maintaining automated C# API smoke test suites
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Senior Qa ManagerEnable Aug 2024 - PresentSan Francisco, California, UsFollowing on from the formation of a new QA department at Enable, I continue to lead an enthusiastic team QA Engineers (Manual and Automation) by supporting their growth, while we oversea multiple project deliverables across different workstreams and ways of working for a hypergrowth company. -
Qa ManagerEnable Jul 2022 - Sep 2024San Francisco, California, Us -
Head Of Quality AssuranceMri Software Sep 2020 - Jul 2022Solon, Oh, UsFollowing a TUPE acquisition, I have taken on a hands-on leadership role within the social housing product development vertical of MRI Software, managing the delivery of over 40 products leading a distributed team across the UK and India.Providing internal quality assurance testing, improving and standardising processes across all Scrum development teams. Personally owning and presenting secure testing practices at external audits which ensure our continued recertification for ISO 27001:2005/2013 and continued compliance with GDPR. -
Head Of Quality AssuranceHousing Partners Ltd May 2020 - Aug 2020A hands-on testing role I began in 2014, joining a highly motivated business wanting to expand its portfolio of products and focused on rebuilding its existing HomeSwapper product which services over 350K users each month using modern frameworks moving its hosting to Microsoft Azure architecture. I was recruited as the sole QA member responsible for carving out the initial processes, practices and behaviours that would help the business continue to release high quality software and grow.5+ years testing alongside, growing and nurturing a QA team focusing them on the best practices and behaviours of Test Analysts in a software business. We strive to work closely with developers, product owners, implementors and customer support, providing technical support to all levels of the business throughout our products lifecycle.I take pride in my ability to work across departments and take on a multitude of roles outside of the expected QA activities. Alongside testing all our products, I have also taken on project management, release management, technical support and application configuration on the Azure platform while also supporting my team’s career development.Owns and presents secure testing practices at external audits which ensure our continued recertification for ISO 27001:2005/2013 and continued compliance with GDPR.I have tested and trained colleagues on our rapidly expanding portfolio of products growing from two main products HomeSwapper and HomeHunt which now includes award winning and nominated products such as TAIM (AIMLogic, Insights) and Housing Jigsaw (ALERT, PRAH, EHR/ATLAS and ARA) suite of products.
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Quality ManagerHousing Partners Ltd Sep 2014 - May 2020
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Test AnalystAllpay Limited Apr 2014 - Sep 2014Hereford, Herefordshire, GbWorking in agile and test driven development frameworks providing requirement analysis and technical expertise for evolving system designs along with designing and implementing test plans. Required to specify and maintain test environments for manual and automated test cases, trusted to maintain and identify new and existing test policies and procedures.Key Skills – Agile test management, requirement & process analysis, test planning, defect resolution, SQL, IIS, TFS, MTM & Visual Studio -
Junior Test AnalystAllpay Limited Jul 2013 - Apr 2014Hereford, Herefordshire, Gb -
Software TesterAllpay Limited Jul 2012 - Jul 2013Hereford, Herefordshire, GbResponsible for the execution of test cases and reporting accurately on the quality of software for release. Responsible for maintaining environments for manual and automated test cases, documenting results and managing any defects and keeping test procedures up to date. During this role asked to assume the role of an acting test analyst as recognition of my performance in the department also gaining ISTQB Foundation certification. Key Skills – Requirement analysis, fault finding/fogging, SQL, IIS, MTM & Visual Studio -
Qa/Product TesterOpen Gi Aug 2010 - Jul 2012Worcester, England, GbTesting a variety of business core systems and applications to ensure all products released to our customers, live or beta are of a high standard. The role involves configuring multiple virtual environments, managing multiple projects and creating test cases to ensure all areas of our products are covered and that all faults are raised with the relevant development teams.Key Skills – Requirement analysis, fault finding/logging, customer support, project management -
It TechnicianJbc Computers Ltd Apr 2010 - Aug 2010An unpaid secondment working on a three site network (Copper, Radio and Fibre) gaining practical and theoretical experience, certification, and proficiency expected from an IT professional.Key Skills - Technical support, Network Administration, Troubleshooting, Problem solving,Windows Server/Exchange, Active Directory, Security, Disaster Recovery
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Shift ManagerHere For You Hospitality Ltd Jun 2007 - Apr 2010Developed interpersonal skills building a rapport with senior management, training staff, whilst resolving any customer queries and complaints.Key Skills - Team building - Leadership, Staff training, Customer liaison, Stock control
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Hull Undergraduate AmbassadorKelvin Hall Science College Oct 2007 - Apr 2008Taught secondary school classes the ICT curriculum, while gaining technical support experience of workstations, interactive whiteboards using NetSupport School to teach, manage and assess classes under my tuition.Key Skills - Communication, Organisation, Technical instructions, IT Support, Class Management.
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Sales AssistantJjb Sports Plc May 2005 - Jun 2006Joined a nationally recognised sports retailer developed strong customer relation skills and stock auditing, through day to day customer contact strong communication skills were developed in order to retain customers and increase sales.Key Skills - Customer service, Organisation, Team work and communication.
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University Of HullComputer Science And Business Informatics -
Jbc Computers LtdTechnical Support Engineering -
North Chadderton Senior School & Sixth Form CollegeGcse And 'A' Level
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