Bruce Magnuson Email & Phone Number

Lowell, Ma

Boston, Ma

Manage a group of system administration engineers, providing end user configurations in a QA environment. Responsibilities span across the various business entities in the asset management arena.

Chelmsford, Ma

Coordinated annual town photography exhibit for Chelmsford, MA. Also was a member of the Chelmsford Cultural Council. This organization is responsible for disbursing annual state grant money to local arts organizations.

Organization devoted to increasing fluency in Agile methodologies. Worked at the Partnership for Successful Living/Harbor Homes to help streamline the donor tracking and cultivation process using Agile/Scrum.

Managed a team of Software Quality Assurance engineers and managers that functionally tested a variety of retail financial services applications. Managed departmental budget in excess of $14 million and 200 projects. Led team that tested the rewrite of Web based application used by the retail phone and branch representatives. Implemented requirements traceability on the project and had a containment rate in excess of 94% which resulted in significant reduced downtime for the end user. Led sub-team on post production implementation procedures as part of a company wide IT Transformation effort. Incorporated a standardized metrics report across the team which used information from Quality Center and Resolve Clear Quest to consolidate QA information and reporting. Incorporated offshore resources into the team. Formalized a Systems Integration Test (SIT) process for desktop application.

Managed a team of Systems Analysts. Responsible for specifying the systems requirements for applications used by the retail phone and branch representatives.

Managed a team of business analysts that defined requirements for a variety of desktop systems used by Fidelity’s 3000+ retail phone representatives. Coordinated all components that were installed on the Retail Phone Representative Desktop. Included functional enhancements, new applications and maintenance for current systems. Implemented a client/server application that consolidated mutual performance information for both investor center and site phone representatives.

B.S., Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Graduated cum laude with a minor in Business Administration.

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