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Greater Seattle Area

• Develop proof of concept projects to compare Playwright and Selenium automation for regression testing.• Develop the automation framework for smoke and regression tests using Playwright and Specflow.• Maintain and develop Selenium WebDriver performance test workflows deployed in production environments.

Washington, United States

• Knowledge transfer in test automation, CI/CD processes, and product features to newly hired SDETs working at Nuix. • Ensure product quality and QA processes are maintained, and bi-weekly product releases are met.

Greater Seattle Area

• As a member of multiple feature development teams, collaborate with developers and product owners through product design, story refinement and acceptance criteria definition, creation of test plans, and testing of code changes for features and fixes to ensure delivery of high-quality functionality and user experience.• Design, develop, document, and maintain automated test scenarios for new features in the regression test automation solution. The tests perform user workflows through the UI using Selenium, and also drive user interactions through the application using product API and HTTP Web Requests.• Prioritize daily regression test results analysis, test code changes, report bugs to make sure new product issues are fixed during the bi-weekly release cycle to prevent any new defects.• Troubleshoot and resolve CI/CD pipeline failures, maintain and extend functionality in existing pipeline jobs to support the bi-weekly release cadence and ensure the quality of every release. The pipelines compile the product and the test automation code, install the product, deploy test environments, save environments for running the automation tests and verification of product changes.

• Engineered the first series of reusable template scripts for load test workflows using Apache JMeter; then trained multiple teams to follow best practices when developing load test scripts, resulting in a library of workflow scripts for use in Blazemeter load tests.

• Contributed UI automation tests in Specflow/Selenium for Windows forms and web pages, keeping the automation test suite current with user interface changes and additions.• Developed our first Postman collections of re-runnable HTTP request tests to verify new web service endpoints, providing early verification of expected behavior prior to testing through the product.

• Contributed to team velocity by developing new product features and debugging product code to develop bug fixes in 5 different consumer products.• Through thorough development and testing, achieved product quality in every release by reducing our products’ defect backlogs while maintaining zero escaped defects.• Wrote T-SQL data extraction stored procedures and unit tests for ETL data conversion of legacy products to ensure customer migrations with minimal data loss.• Provided customer support and satisfaction by resolving dozens of escalation issues for five different products.

Guided a new team of contract testers from design documentation review and test case development through mobile device stability testing and final acceptance testing, creating a highly productive, collaborative, initiative taking, self-managed team.

Expert product knowledge proven effective in testing many areas of a complex ERP product: performing functional UI tests, manual regression, automated regression of app object code, functional interoperability, build verification, upgrade/migration, server and client installation and environment, and multi-user load (performance) tests.Provided customer support and education for technical issues utilizing technical debugging skills. Debugged VBA and VB.net code and wrote SQL scripts to determine the cause of customer issues and software bugs. With the customer’s best interest in mind, went above and beyond to insure the right problem is solved and delivered in a timely way.Authored new content and updated existing content for online and printed user documentation to maintain up to date and clearly organized documentation of ERP Planning features (MRP, CRP, CTP). Authored, recorded, and facilitated online production planning and inventory management training classes for new end users. Coordinated the testing efforts of Product Quality team members, each testing multiple development projects, to achieve thorough testing and highest quality at every release milestone. Implemented QA process improvement through establishing fundamental testing processes: strategic planning, test case approvals, failure escalations, build verification tests, regression test library. Developed test plans, QA project timelines, and acceptance criteria for release milestones, having the final say from the quality perspective concerning the release-ability of the software for five major version releases, multiple service pack releases, and hundreds of updates.

• Performed every aspect of testing to ensure quality: functional UI, manual regression, build verification, upgrade and migration, server and client installation, and multi-user load tests.Utilized code debugging and SQL queries to identify the source of defects for increased development productivity and to lessen the need for end user technical support.Developed test plans, QA project timelines, and acceptance criteria for release milestones of five major version releases, multiple service pack releases, and hundreds of updates. Managed multiple priorities: project documentation review; defect regression in multiple software versions, testing new features in various stages of development; providing expertise to other testers, technical support, consultants, and user education teams; providing escalated customer support; approving test cases and defect reports; defect triage. Provided customer support and education for technical issues utilizing technical debugging skills to insure the right problem is solved and delivered in a timely way.Authored new content and updated existing content for online and printed user documentation. Authored, recorded, and facilitated online training classes for new end users. Acclaimed for outstanding trouble shooting, successful customer communication, strong attention to detail, in-depth product knowledge, and understanding of the code behind the functions resulting in efficient issue resolution. Consistently one of the top performers on technical support team in volume of cases handled and resolved resulting in high levels of customer satisfaction ratings.

Forecast Analyst Analyzed historical data, product life cycles, and marketing activities to generate and revise direct account sell-out forecasts and to determine weekly requirements (recommended purchase quantities) for distributors and resellers.Interfaced with Buyers and Account Managers to obtain and validate promotional activities; with Master Planning to provide decision support for aggregate build planning; and with Product Launch Planning to incorporate initial build plans.Outsourced Operations Project ManagerPlanned and managed outsourcing project plans to manufacture and distribute direct fulfillment and service part inventories. Analyzed and documented process flows; recommended and coordinated changes for process improvements.Communicated project status, organized meetings, maintained Issue Logs, and led discussions with Vendors to ensure project implementation and process improvement. Inventory Coordinator, Inventory PlannerForecasted sales of direct fulfillment and service parts. Coordinated manufacturing builds, monitored daily and weekly ordering activity, and evaluated inventory levels, including excess and obsolete dispositions, to meet customer demand while minimizing warehouse carrying costs.Networked with Manufacturing and Product Groups to acquire constantly changing product information to successfully plan new and manage existing inventory requirements.Production Associate, Assistant Team Lead, Team LeadSupervised, coordinated, and motivated the work of a packaging team to ensure smooth operation and high quality. Planned and implemented process changes (rotating assembly tables) that significantly increased packaging efficiency on small lot jobs. Managed performance reviews and non-punitive actions, trained, interviewed, and hired.

Bachelor Of Arts, International Relations And French (With A Business Orientation)

Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Dean's List four of six semesters. Included one year studying at the Université des Sciences Sociales.

Professional Development, Computer Science

Increased breadth of technical knowledge through courses in C++, C#, Java, and Linux.