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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Worked with documentation team to improve online documentation of DBaaS products
• Wrote how-to guides for customers to get quickly get started with specific products
• Researched product features and write examples to explain their intended use
• Produced copy that conformed to the documentation style guide and QA standards
• Used reStructuredText markdown to produce articles and test examples

• Documented teams’ current testing practices, noting where improvements were possible
• Created example Typescript tests for a GraphQL middleware BFF
• Created example Typescript/Cypress tests for UI testing
• Wrote Confluence articles for developers, explaining certain test practices andautomation strategies
• Researched new testing technologies and techniques that could work with existingsystems

• Helped test physical speaker systems
• Flash new firmware builds and perform smoke/regression tests daily
• Read firmware specs and logic maps in order to develop validation tests. For example,one simple test might be “When the boot sequence finishes, this light should turn on”
• Maintained postman scripts to test firmware controls
• Created/edited test audio clips using Audacity

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Worked with several different development teams and tested a variety of specializedproducts. Examples include an employee scheduling app, an investment tracker, andshipment tracking software.
• Created several small testing frameworks from scratch, mainly using Cypress.
• For example, one project was a web form, so I created a data-driven framework thatadded new tests dynamically by reading metadata about the input elements (such asinput type, character length, sample… Show more
• For example, one project was a web form, so I created a data-driven framework thatadded new tests dynamically by reading metadata about the input elements (such asinput type, character length, sample data, etc).
• For another project we took a small-medium-large approach - we wrote a handful ofsmoke tests to be run every build, many medium-sized tests to be run nightly, and a fewlarger user journeys to be run as-needed.
• Added test jobs to existing CI/CD pipelines, such as Jenkins or GitLab. Show less

• Contract role for LDS Church
• This product was a gui-less GraphQL API, designed to retrieve member data for severaldifferent applications.
• Tested new features and changes manually, by making GraphQL API calls, then addedautomated tests where appropriate.
• Built out new functionality and tests for automated testing framework, allowing it to makeAPI calls to new endpoints as they were added.
• This was an early stage of the project, so I helped decide the direction of… Show more Contract role for LDS Church
• This was an early stage of the project, so I helped decide the direction of the frameworkorganization and test structure. Show less

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• As a member of an agile (SAFe) development team, I accepted new features and workedwith software engineers to make sure all requirements were met.
• Communicated with nontechnical and technical stakeholders about the features undertest and the tests being executed.
• Also worked with Product Owners during final acceptance, and to make sure newfeatures were added to documentation (functional requirements).
• Added or modified automated e2e tests where appropriate - tests… Show more
• Added or modified automated e2e tests where appropriate - tests were run daily. Thiswas a Selenium-based test framework, built using the page-object model.
• Maintained our team’s tests, analyzing all failures for root cause and logging defects orupdating tests where necessary.

Redmond, WA

• Contracted to Microsoft via CompuCom
• Tested various versions of the Xbox app, testing for cross-functionality between thedesktop app, mobile app, and video game consoles
• Routinely performed manual smoke/regression tests on daily builds of Windows, testingon several different hardware configurations
• Maintained and modified several different sets of test hardware (Windows PCs),reconfiguring as needed
• Performed ad-hoc exploratory testing of various games to make… Show more Contracted to Microsoft via CompuCom
• Performed ad-hoc exploratory testing of various games to make sure they all interactedwith the Xbox app, writing bug reports when necessary Show less

11831 North Creek Pkwy N, Bothell, WA 98011

• Contracted to Google via Randstad
• Diagnosed user-reported defects to Google Maps, involving both incorrect roads andlandmarks and incorrect routing/navigation
• Used satellite images and street view data to determine whether or not the user wascorrect, and modified the layout of Maps to better reflect reality
• Used the Navigation debugger to understand what aspects of the map data were causingincorrect directions, and fixed mistakes in the map according to my best… Show more Contracted to Google via Randstad
• Used the Navigation debugger to understand what aspects of the map data were causingincorrect directions, and fixed mistakes in the map according to my best judgements Show less

4900 150th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052

• Contracted to Nintendo via Aerotek
• Manually tested video games before release
• Logged defects and performed regression testing with each new build
• Collaborated with other testers to develop testing strategies and avoid duplicating work