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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

● Provided system maintenance and support for HP ALM/Performance Center.● Stabilized and maintained complex ALM/Performance Center system consisting of more than 200 servers.● Provided training to team members on use of ALM.● Performed system maintenance for HP Performance Center. Coordinated with infrastructure team through two ALM version upgrades.Coached Performance Test Team in use of test tools and processes.

• Support and maintain HP Performance Center/LoadRunner for Costco Wholesale.

Served as the Campaign Manager for Dr. Lelach Rave, who ran for State Representative for the 46th Legislative District in Washington.

Seattle, Washington, Us

• Designed, developed and maintained test automation suite using HP Quick Test Professional for client/server application that creates spare parts list for commercial aircraft based on use, up-time demands, and other requirements of the aircraft. • Customized and implemented HP Quality Center for the Boeing MM STEPS team. Administered HP Quality Center.• Managed test team for Vendor Partner upgrade from Lawson to SAP on a client/server spare parts ordering system. Ran triage for the project.• Key member of Defect Management Team – Chartered with designing a unified defect management process for the entire Boeing Material Management organization. • Developed and implemented QA standards and practices for the STEPS team.

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• Built and managed a team of 5 FTEs, 5+ contractors and as many as 17 offshore testers. Responsible for all hiring decisions. Wrote annual and mid-year reviews on all FTEs. • Initiated a very successful program to use onsite, entry-level testers at a lower cost and greater efficiency than the offshore team we were using. The entry-level testers executed 30% more test cases and logged 22% more bugs on average than their offshore counterparts. • Monitored and reported KPIs for each project as well as individual QA team members and the QA team as a whole.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Responsible for testing Costco.com and Costco.ca. Key responsibilities: wrote and maintained test plans, designed and maintained test cases. Served as project lead on numerous projects. • Evaluated and recommended software test automation, defect tracking and test case management tool package. Served as Team Lead in implementing the automation program within the e-commerce team. • Designed, developed and maintained software automation using Compuware TestPartner and Rational Functional Tester.• Performed manual and automated testing of ancillary applications used internally to maintain Costco.com.• Worked closely with business analysts, project managers and developers to ensure that website changes were implemented properly and that defects were corrected quickly and efficiently.

Redmond, Wa, Us

• Responsible for all aspects of testing DealPoint, a .NET based company-wide contract and agreement management system. Key responsibilities: wrote and maintained test plans, designed and maintained test cases, scheduled builds, reported defects.• Managed test process for DealPoint version upgrade from web-based version 3.1 to SmartClient version 4.0 • Tested other internal Microsoft tools including: CheckPoint (software development process tool), EventManager (tool for managing engagements and appearances for Microsoft Senior Executives).

Columbus, Oh, Us

• Duties centered primarily on initiative to replace several disparate legacy mainframe insurance policy processing systems with a single multi-tier client-server system. Key components of the system included Billing, Policy Processing, Print Output, Reports and Customer/Policyholder Maintenance. • Evaluated and made purchase decision of software automation tool, defect tracking system and testcase management system. Implemented test automation program. Wrote, maintained and ran automated test scripts.• Implemented, maintained and administered Rational ClearQuest defect tracking system; ran defect triage process. Trained developers, testers and management staff on the use of the system. • Trained test staff on software automation tools. • Wrote and maintained test plans for multiple projects.• Developed, documented and implemented software quality assurance standards for the company.

• Responsible for the entire Quality Assurance process. Wrote and maintained test plans; wrote, ran and maintained test cases; ran daily Build Verification Tests. Simultaneously managed multiple QA projects. • Managed test staff.• Managed and maintained test lab. Set up and maintained all test equipment, networks and topologies. • Major software projects include:• Collabrix – secure Enterprise Instant Messaging and application sharing software.• Visual Labmate – calibration software for use by the military and industrial manufacturers.• Visual Clubmate – A complete health club management software package. Major functionality includes Prospect Management, Member Management, Point of Sale, Inventory and Billing.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Wrote and ran test cases for the Exchange Key Management Server team for Service Packs and Exchange Server 2000, Exchange 5.5 SP 1 and Microsoft Back Office Resource Kit.• Verified accuracy, usability, and completeness of documentation for products to be shipped.• Input bugs into tracking database. Worked with developers to resolve bugs. Followed up on bugs to ensure they were resolved in a timely and complete manner.

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Business Analyst, Workstation Development Team (1996 to 1998)• Developed test scripts and ran test cases for new Customer Service Representative (CSR) Workstation. Analyzed test results and reported problems to programmers. • Assessed, selected, and implemented automation software package. • Managed test staff assigned to CSR Workstation Development Team.• Developed test plans, supervised testers for Internet site (www.InsWeb.com). Analyzed results and communicated problems and desired changes to vendor. Senior Sales/Service Agent (1992 to 1996)• Sold and serviced auto, homeowners, boat and personal liability insurance policies. Communicated insurance policy details to customers; assisted customers in choosing appropriate coverage for their needs.