Brandon Share Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

- Manage a small team of Quality Assurance analysts verifying and validating a wide range of Care Plan implementations- Lead multiple internal initiates to improve the quality during the implementation process- We have developed a collection of internal automated checks that have reduced the number of issues created during implementations and reduced QA time- Updated internal tools to ease the customization process and reduce technical roadblocks for the implementation team- Reduced overall QA time per implementation by over 60%

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Revera Apollo – Azure-enabled cloud platform* Created and managed test documentation including Functional Test Scripts, Defect Management and Test Exit Report.* Consulted on Test Strategies regarding Functional Testing, Regression Testing and Performance Testing.* Assisted Revera SMEs in improving test coverage and documentationXero* Project strategy and planning work on a complex project replacing legacy systems with a new solution that includes multiple integration points with bespoke development and data / content migration* Created a Master Test plan and strategy for System Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, Content and Data Migration Testing* Managed multiple streams of testing with an internationally distributed team

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

New Zealand Transport Agency - Online Training Tool * Conducted Functional Testing and managed the UAT for the implementation of a Learning Management System.* Created the test documentation including Test Plan, Functional and UAT Test Scripts, Defect Management and Test Exit Report.* Managed internal UAT testers, defects and release cycles with the vendor.New Zealand Transport Agency - InfoHub* Conducted and managed UAT for the implementation of a large OpenText EDMS with multiple system integrations.* Efficiently created 60 UAT test scripts to cover over 250 business requirements with a traceability matrix.* Tested and managed UAT while conducting defect management of over 100 issues logged between multiple users and vendors.* Improved the workflow process for defect management to reduce duplication and confusion between the different vendors which led to a 40% reduction in resolution time during UAT.

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With a passion for traveling, in 2011 I set off on an unknown journey which so far has led me through over 100 cities across 8 countries and I created a travel blog to capture and share my love of travel. Through basic social media promotion and SEO the site was seen by over 100,000 unique visitors.Through my travels, two of my stories have been published in books, my writing and photography featured on other travel blogs and I have worked with many talented photographers and videographers to expand my creative skill set.

• Initiated and executed a company wide Process Engineering and Continuous Improvement program• In under 3 months over 100 processes have been documented across all disciplines by creating a simple template and easy process for documentation• Also over 250 updates have been made to the processes through the Continuous Improvement program• Product Manager for all of the company wide internal tools, working on increasing efficiency and reducing cost• Project Manager for the new internal tools built in-house to make tasks like Resource Scheduling easier and more effective• Initiated and executed a pilot program to test a new project management and defect tracking system called Active Collab• Created a training program and documentation to roll out the tool company wide• In my spare time I've also taken on a Project Management role for a large client project with extremely short time lines and huge scope• The project was successfully launched in a multi-phase approach to ramp up for the critical voting period where over 1 million votes were captured per day• Through this experience I was able to find multiple inefficiencies in our process and have implemented some new ideas to improve the processes• Continued to manage the Quality Assurance team throughout while training the Jr testers to become Test Leads and testing smaller projects myself

• Developed and implemented the entire Quality Assurance process from scratch while working closely with the Director of Development to improve quality at the code level• Helped implement Test Driven Development to reduce the number of defects through integration and system testing• Implemented an open-source defect tracking tool which was used on over 200 client projects with over 12,000 tickets logged• Trained and mentored new employees to help improve their Quality Assurance and business skill set• Worked on Usability design creating clickable interactive prototypes for three large websites and one mobile site

* Managed test teams including the recruiting and training of over 20 QA Analysts Coop Students* Responsible for integration, system and regression testing of interactive television applications on all set-top boxes on the Bell ExpressVu platform and Microsoft IPTV platform* Delivered a comprehensive Integration Test Plan and suite of Functional Test Cases resulting in the discovery of defects not exposed in the Unit testing phase* Managed requirement tracking, individual test cycles, defect tracking and reporting using Mercury Quality Centre and worked with internal and external development teams to resolve issues

Omdp, Business Management

Computer Programming And Analysis