Brian Baker Email & Phone Number

Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Software development

Winchester, England, United Kingdom

Camberley

Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Theale

Southampton, United Kingdom

Crowthorne

Testing MOD payment systems

Member of the Trusted Borders test team in Uxbridge.

Test Manager at IBM based in Farnborough.

Write Test Plan for the NHS-mail email migration, from Mirapoint to MS Exchange and Active Directory.Prepare and execute test scripts using HP Quality centerPrepare weekly test progress reportWrite implementation test plan for IAP mail archiving systemPrepare OAT, RFO and E2E test scenarios for IAPPrepare and execute IAP test scripts using HP Quality Center 9.2Report defects using HP Quality Center

Test lead for the Tradeflow project (back office system)Working with all of JP Morgan trading instruments, including OTC and ETD derivatives.Review detailed requirements, test cases and functional specificationWrite Test strategy for the Tradeflow project Undertake SIT testing for the Tradeflow 3rd party product, including integration testing involving XML, FPML data feeds and Swift messaging.Plan and attend test progress meetingsProduce weekly test progress reportsCompile testing statistics using HP Quality Center 9.2Track defects using Quality Center

Manage testing for Holiday Pay system project, written in C#, JD Edwards, Oracle forms, Javascript, XML / CSS, HTML and Python.Write Test strategy and Regression Test Plan Implement Test management Tool ‘Testlog’Import UAT and System Test scripts into ‘Testlog’, and conduct basic training in using HP Quality CentreAdopt Agile approach, arranging and attending daily meetings (scrums) with business and developersWrite and execute tests using HP Quality Centre and QTP, on AS/400 JDE platform.Write test scripts for Load and Stress testingAutomate tests with Test CompleteRaise and manage defects using Bugtracker

Test team leader for Malaysia Airlines integration project. Ticketing, E-commerce and Departure Control Systems (DCS) were migrated from MAS to Sita systems, for functional, E2E, performance testing and UAT.Testing of Sita Integration Platform, e-ticketing system and web based reservations system written in Java, HMM script, XML, CSS, Python and Perl script.Testing across multi-protocol, international network in the airline industryWrite project test strategyWrite project test plan for integration, functional testing and UAT.Write data requirements documentArrange & attend meetings with MAS client, stakeholders and other Sita teamsWrite test cases using Test Director (HP Quality Centre 9.1) & QTPExecute test cases using Test DirectorRaise and manage defects using Test Director and Jira.Produce weekly test summary reports

Test Analyst for developing and end-to-end testing for new Bond Investment Web system at Legal & General in Redhill. Working with brokers in testing a new front-office system.Write test system test plan using Word and MS ProjectWrite test scenarios and test scripts using Excel, QTP and HP Test Director (Quality Centre)Execute tests using Test Director (Quality Centre) & QTPReport defects using Test DirectorExecute and maintain performance tests using LoadrunnerTest Analyst based at Logica offices in Staines, performing system testing on NHS Database project.Executing tests in Test Director (Quality Centre)Raise defects using Test Director (Quality Centre)

Perform Systems & UA Testing on the Management Information, Risk Assessment, Oracle Database & Data Warehouse for conforming with FSA regulation (Basel II).Write test scenarios and test scripts using Test DirectorExecute manual tests using Test Director and ToadTesting of risk analysis algorithms using ExcelReport defects using Rational ClearquestMaintain and execute automated test scripts using Quick Test Pro.

Form part of the test team for testing the FSA Regulatory Returns System, written using Oracle 9i, Java, XML, HTML and DHTML.Write the project test strategy using MS Word & ExcelWrite the project test plan using MS Project & WordReview functional specificationsWrite System test scenarios using Test DirectorWrite System Test scripts using Test DirectorPrepare test data using Toad, Oracle 9i and MS ExcelExecute tests using Test DirectorWindows 2003 office network testing and diagnosisWrite an automate regression pack using ‘Winrunner’Meet and assist business users in the writing of UAT test scripts

Write Test Strategy for testing a new back office system with a Web front-end which deals with fixed income, financial settlements and intellectual property. The system is written using Oasis (“TxPress”), VB6, SQL Server, XML, DHTML, with documents written using MS word and Project.Manage test teamLiaise with 3rd party software supplierExecute Test Scripts for full system testing using Test Director, Excel and Word.Raise defects using a Lotus Notes database system. Write test scenarios for the User Acceptance testing using Excel and Word

Write test templates for testing the existing requirements for a new Web based underwriting and Claims system using MS WordWork with insurance underwriters to create business scenarios for planned UAT.Supervise business users while they performed UAT, following prepared test scriptsProduce test results document Perform testing to prove a new system testing environment

Produce master test plan for testing the WEB component and XML publishing components Specify test conditions and test cases using Test Director for a Government Web project "Criminal Justice Database"Automate the testing of a process that publishes XML documents using Winrunner.Automate testing; using QTP, of the system WEB component based on a Solaris server written using J2EE, JavaScript, and HTML with an Oracle 9i backend database.Analyse data in the Oracle database using Toad and MS Query.Install and configure Loadrunner

Write master test plan to an aggressive deadline, for testing a new WEB based system to control Scratch Card telesales, developed using RAD methodology, using C++, XML, DHTML, JavaScriptManage and mentor all testing staff.Setup Access test database to receive CSV data feeds from a VMS mainframe systemSpecify test conditions from requirements specification, and write test cases using Test Director, for functional, systems, and integration testing.Produce weekly progress reports using Word and Excel, for work status and staffing statistics.Conduct Interviews for new testing staffProduce data analysis results in spreadsheet form using Access and Excel.Perform manual WEB testing using Test DirectorRaise testing defects using Merant Tracker.Attend weekly project meetingsProduce a test summary report at the end of the testing project

Write master test plan for enhanced security release and write test scripts using Test Director, QTP and Winrunner.Specify test conditions and write new manual test cases using Test Director for new security release, written using Visual C++, HTML, ASP, XML and DB2 UDB.Maintain testing documentation using Rational ClearCase.Undertake System and Integration testing for the Internet Banking team, using Winrunner 7.0 and Test Director 7.5.Run and debug automated regression test pack using Winrunner / TSL.Maintain test case details in Test Director and Winrunner test scripts in TSL.Maintain mainframe based DB2 (MVS) database which is the back-end database for the Lloyds TSB corporate WEB site, using TSO / ISPF, JCL, Spufi, SQL, Fileaid for DB2, and BMC catalog manager.Perform local upgrade from Winrunner 7.0 to 7.5, and configure.Write and maintain Winrunner ‘C’ function library (DLL) using Visual Studio.NET and Rational Rose.Raise problem and testing defects using Rational ClearQuest and Infoman.Compatibility testing was carried out on various versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape navigator WEB browsers, and different versions of MS Windows.Write a test case for monitoring and identifying memory leaks on Internet Banking WEB servers, using Exceed, Test Director, Telnet and FTP.

Write master test cases for performance batch tests using Test Director and MS Excel. Produce batch performance models for management reports using SAS, REXX, JCL, CA-7 and ISPF. Supervise performance test team. Undertake systems & integration testing of core bank systems based on COBOL / CICS / DB2 / SQL / MQ Series and Browser based WEB applications. Undertake performance and load testing of Direct Debit and bank giro batch systems using CA-7, ISPF, JMR and JCL. Under take debugging of COBOL / CICS application programs using TSO / ISPF and CEDA / CEMT.Assist in writing scripts for the load and stress testing team using TPNS.

Manage and undertake the development and functional testing of the Tprism based system, which included the design and specification of a data analysis, and data extraction sub-system, for creating and populating data objects, such as DB2, IMS and VSAM.TPrism is written using MVS COBOL, ISPF, JCL, SQL (DDL), and Assembler.Tprism was successfully installed at two client sites.Manage the integration and performance testing of a third party (International Commodities Clearing House) WEB java applet, for monitoring cash flow and prices at LIFFE, under different versions of Windows and industry standard WEB browsers. Write test scripts using Quick Test Pro to test a third party WEB site.Write automated test system for the same using WinRunner TSL, with test case details entered and managed with Test Director.Manage and undertake the development and functional testing of the new company WEB site using Dream Weaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Perl CGI, Java, JavaScript and Test Director. Undertake maintenance of company Intranet using Perl CGI, HTML, ASP and MS Access / SQL.Undertake training and qualification of the Mercury Interactive WinRunner 6.0 CPS.

Design and specify the modification of the QUEST product, to incorporate facilities, for generating DB2 and IMS test-beds. Work included familiarisation of the DB2 catalogue and sub-system, in order to design and develop a program to interrogate the DB2 catalogue, and a program to generate SQL (DDL) for creating and cloning DB2 objects.In addition a study of DB2 utilities took place to analyse the options for populating DB2 objects.The development of generic IMS/DL1 BMP extract programs in COBOL was also undertaken.Provide DBA support for all testing teams using BMC Tools, and standard IBM tools including SPUFI.Actual coding of the QUEST product was also under taken, with coding in COBOL, Assembler, ISPF, CLIST, and REXX. Other programs within QUEST, was a program to generate test-bed JCL and IDCAMS statements, an online table maintenance program for maintaining Dataset and database object information.

Implement configuration management and managed test environments.Undertake the implementation and tailoring of CCF (CA-Librarian) for use as their primary change control tool.The consolidation of existing code in new Librarian Master Files, and the training of GE staff. Develop a tool for automating the creation of test beds (The end result of this piece of work was a product called QUEST, which is now known as tPrism).

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