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Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

Directed team-building activities and implemented processes related to product management and the project lifecycle. Took charge of recruitment, on boarding, training, and continuous improvement operations to enhance overall team performance. Additionally, I conducted gap analysis to identify deficiencies and risks in active processes, which allowed me to drive improvements and boost overall client satisfaction.✪ Developed a C# test automation framework from scratch using NUnit and Selenium, ensuring robust and scalable testing capabilities.✪ Maintained high standards throughout the framework, establishing best practices and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality.✪ Managed and led a diverse, global team across the Philippines, India, Costa Rica, and Florida, US, fostering collaboration and high performance.✪ Introduced new processes for creating clear expectations and maintaining project lifecycles across AI, web-based applications, and desktop applications.✪ Continuously improved QA processes to streamline tasks, reduce testing time, and uphold the highest levels of product quality.✪ Kept stakeholders informed of process changes and progress throughout the testing phases for every release, ensuring transparency and alignment.✪ Led and managed performance, manual, and automation teams, ensuring effective execution of testing strategies.✪ Authored job descriptions for manual and automation roles, attracting top talent and aligning team capabilities with project needs.

Oversaw a diverse range of test automation projects, from initial framework development and configuration to final sign-off. Managed all aspects of the project lifecycle, consistently achieving measurable results despite varying scope, complexity, budget, and timelines. Delivered cross-project automation framework compatibility and dynamic functionality, ensuring seamless integration. Collaborated with external stakeholders to understand requirements and scale solutions that met global customer demands. Played a key role in sprint planning, setting requirements and meeting deadlines to optimize productivity, scalability, and efficiency. Fostered resiliency and adaptability through various knowledge-sharing initiatives, enhancing team capabilities and performance.✪ Automated over 200 test scenarios using Selenium WebDriver, NUnit, and C#, significantly improving test efficiency and coverage.✪ Introduced new processes and procedures to establish standards, enhancing the team's performance and delivering added value.✪ Set the standard for training all new team members, ensuring the quality, reliability, and stability of the product.✪ Led gap analysis efforts by collaborating with the client’s in-house testing teams, which increased automation coverage and improved the team's understanding of the software's real-world usage.✪ Expanded responsibilities beyond my role, including the reconfiguration and administration of the logging system (JIRA), contributing to improved project tracking and issue management.

United Kingdom

Reading, United Kingdom

At BMI Group, I oversaw a wide range of testing automation projects encompassing initial framework build up,configuration, and sign off. I orchestrated all aspects of the project lifecycle, attaining measurable results with respect to variance in scope, complexity, budget, and time frame. I also delivered cross project automation framework compatibility and dynamic functionality. In furtherance of these aims, I interfaced with a broad array of external stakeholders to ascertain needs and scale solutions geared to meet global customer demands. I was also integral in sprint planning to set requirements and meet deadlines to optimize productivity, scalability, and efficiency. Moreover, I promoted resiliency and adaptability in various knowledge sharing initiatives. Key achievements, include:✪ Assembled and deployed a widely-renowned customized personal testing automation framework.✪ Championed Agile and Waterfall methodologies to streamline the creation of new processes and standards withinDevOps environment.

Newbury

At NJW Limited, I directed team building activities as well as process implementation with respect to productmanagement and project lifecycle. I steered recruitment, on-boarding, training, and continuous improvementoperations to enhance overall performance. I also executed gap analysis to determine deficiencies and risks in active processes to drive overall client satisfaction. Selected accomplishments, include:✪ Automated over approximately 22,000 test scenarios to run over eight hours.✪ Attained several promotions in recognition of exemplary service and outstanding contribution.✪ Introduced performance testing by using Loadrunner and JMeter with a team-oriented setting.✪ Installed issue resolution and problem solving tools to minimize disruptions to service.

I Worked as a technical Remote Specialist working with installing and configuring printers, scanners and other software. We were also with Active Directory access providing password resets and group access.