Bogdan A. Email & Phone Number

Bucureşti, România

Bucharest, Romania

The next step in my professional journey is Zitec. I was hired as a QA tester on a well-known courier service project. Here I continued developing my testing skills being able to get a new perspective of howother people/teams communicate and work. My experience at ZItec:• Work in an AGILE driven environment structured in sprints• Work close with the development team, validating all new features implemented• Actively participating in Grooming, Planning and Retrospective sessions• Work with JIRA (issue database) dashboards and reports• Involved in story points estimation for tickets; write test cases/scenarios; creating test plan strategiesthat include edge cases• Continued to learn and practice API testing (using Swagger, Postman)• Database testing and validation (using HeidiSQL)• Learned how to use Open Lens which helped with running croons, message propagation on queues and Database population• Monitor our logging database and escalate potential issues• Involved in testing on multiple environments and participating in Releases

Bucureşti, România

The next step in my professional journey is Cognizant Softvision. I was hired as QV Engineer and assigned to "ReedEX - Atlas" project. This time I remained in the web testing area and started to lay the foundations for API testing (with whom I have not worked until now). My experience at Cognizant Softvision:▪ Work close with the development (Devs) team, validating all new features implemented▪ Work with JIRA (issue database) dashboards and reports▪ In charge of Deploying builds from lower environments to production (using Bamboo)▪ Set up Test Rail on the project and created a testing steps/scenarios database▪ Implemented new QA processes/practices and created a much-needed documentation database▪ Updated the Release Strategy of the project▪ Started to learn and practice API testing (using Swagger, Postman, etc.)▪ Test the user database, log in, credentials flows, etc.▪ Monitor our logging database (using Splunk) and escalate potential services issues▪ Maintain good communication and collaboration between all Cognizant offices around the world▪ Participate in management meetings on a project level▪ Train newcomers

România

As a QA Analyst for Optaros I transitioned from game testing to web testing, which was a majorchange seeing that the 2 fields are quite different. I adapted quickly to all the terminology, processes and tools used. I was assigned to the General Motors team in which my main focus was on:▪ Worked mainly on Adobe Experience Manager▪ Create and test all the components that compose the sites for: Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, Buick, GMFleet and AC Delco▪ Work with JIRA (issue database) dashboards and reports▪ Learn the new Zephyr plug-in for JIRA that makes organizing Sprints and seeing their actualprogress much easier▪ Was Point of Contact for the project knowing all particularities of the project▪ Became Senior QA Analyst with more involvement in leadership▪ Took over more responsibilities over the GM team▪ Maintained the good communication between the Detroit and Buenos Aires offices▪ Team/test strategy/resource planning and many more

Bucuresti, Romania

QA Tester 2015 -> 2016Started as a QA Tester on a well-known company project, FIFA 16. In a short period of time Iassimilated all the information required for testing and other QA related process:▪ Pin down and report defects▪ Validate bug fixes▪ Investigate and test certain behaviors of the software▪ Periodically test the latency and router connectivity of our productPOC/Asistent Lead 2016 -> 2017After a certain period I was promoted to Assistant to the Rendering Team Lead also known as POC (person of contact) on FIFA 17. On the Rendering Team I had the pleasure to:▪ Manage a small team of 10 people▪ Escalate any critical issues concerning the project state▪ Assist our developers with all requests on a daily basis▪ Work together with our colleagues from around the globe (Canada, Baton Rouge)▪ Send reports based on detailed analysis (based on Power BI knowledge) on a daily basis▪ Make analysis based on the success rate of scripts▪ Assist in compiling and creating internal reports▪ Participate in management meetings on a project level▪ Delegate daily tasks▪ Coaching our new hiresLead Tester 2017 -> 2018I was promoted to the position of Lead Tester (on FIFA 18, Star Wars Battlefront II and BurnoutParadise Remastered) which means i have to fulfill all of the tasks listed above at a more advancedlevel:▪ Manage an entire area of the project (approx. 50 people)▪ Craft entire reports based on our Key Performance Indicator▪ Crete test plans▪ Work very close with our developers and partners by giving constructive feedback▪ Send vast project based status reports with a large audience▪ Peer mentoring▪ Participating in the recruitment/interview process for new testers▪ Organize periodical management/creative meetings▪ Delegating daily tasks

Bucuresti, Romania

As a Customer Service Representative, I had to provide fast and accurate information to ourcustomers. I worked with people/individuals who encountered some technical difficulties. That thoughme how to approach and calm any situation.After a period I was promoted to the title of Lead for the Customer Complaints Team where Icoordinated a team of 12 people. Mainly everything was done on computer using company designedtools. All i had to do is to discover the customers problem as quickly as possible and provide thenecessary information to solve the problem.Skills acquired:- Patience- Communication skills, team spirit, adaptability- Troubleshooting skills

Suceava County, Romania

"Interacţionez.ro" was an ambitious project, an entertainment platform intended as a blog. As one of the founders of the website (created in partnership with two other people and Radio USV), I had my own page where i posted daily movie news, reviews, charts and articles (mainly information from about cinematography).Skills acquired:- Advanced computer skills (Microsoft Office)- Wordpress knoledge- drafting press releases and articles- social media advertisement

Suceava County, Romania

Radio USV taught me what it really means to be a journalist. Here I refined my diction, voice andpunctuality. During this period, I presented the morning show (named Info USV) and had three ownradio shows: Cinema Club, Music Masters (short: M&M) and Portrait - cultural show.In addition to the editorial work I also took care of the technical/graphics side (creating and rigging a radio show, editing interviews, creating promos, monthly reports, posters, logos, layouts etc.Skills acquired:- audio/photo editing programs knoledge (Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Sound Forge, SonyVegas)- Creating and maintaining monthly reports (Microsoft Excel)

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Bacalaureat, English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: Advanced English, Theater, Journalism