• Extensive career in quality assurance of user interface and product functionality (and everything in between) within the IT Operations, satellite, cable, and aerospace fields.• Trained in SQL for testing of web applications and backend databases in the lending service sector and broadening of expertise into internet security with over-the-top streaming services.• Veteran team leader using learned soft skills and diplomatic communication to assist the resolution of customer issues, cross-functional team cooperation, and employee concerns.• Proven guidance of multicultural local and offshore teams from small to large teams.• Independent contributor with a preference to be immersed in the tasks at hand. Student at heart with a strong desire for continued learning for job specific and industry-wide topics and tools.• Adept at defining test plans and test strategy including risks and mitigations and generating comprehensive QA deliverables.• Analytical problem solver using logical thinking. Best practices specialist emphasizing in the definition, enforcement, and improvement of QA processes and procedures.• Knowledgeable of test automation concepts, principles, implementation, and methodologies with custom and off-the-shelf solutions.• Accomplished practitioner in Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Well versed in a wide spectrum of SDLC testing phases from Unit to Production validations.