Christopher Manning Email & Phone Number

Waynesville, Nc, Us

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Created and grew the Quality Assurance Department from the ground up. My goal is to continue proving the value of the department while finding innovative ways to create and market our QA services.• Utilize a remote working structure to oversee my team and work with an Agile environment• Work within JIRA on a daily basis during project phases• Assist with JIRA Administrative tasks• Design, collect feedback and formulate a implementation plan for a company wide JIRA Workflow• Create documentation on all QA processes and how they should be implemented within teams• Assist with creating formulas which were used in estimating costs for QA services• Attend weekly leadership and forecasting calls to provide feedback on company direction• Windows (Certified), OSX, iOS, Android, testing• White-Box, Black-Box, Exploratory, Regression, Verification Validation• Telerik Test Studio, Selenium• CSS/HTML5/JavaScript/JSON code review

Gainesville, Florida Area

Formed the Quality Assurance Department from the ground up, proved the value of the department and grew it to 5 team members.• Worked remotely with team members in several locations frequently in an Agile environment • Utilized Jira and TFS on projects ranging from very short to extended development cycles• Various Continuous Integration environments• Web Applications, Mobile Applications, Desktop Applications, Database• Windows (Certified), OSX, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, • White-Box, Black-Box, Exploratory, Regression, Verification Validation• Telerik Test Studio, Selenium, PhantomJS• UX/Design – User Testing, Personas, UI Design, High/Low Fidelity• CSS/HTML5/JavaScript code review

Gainesville, Florida Area

Co-Founder of Tribase Studios, LLC. A independent video game developer located in Gainesville, FL. Tribase Studios Develops AAA games from big to small for multiple platforms, including, iOS, Android, XBLA, and PSN Network.• Oversee team of developers, artists and audio to ensure project stayed on schedule• Design from scratch technical documents and requirements for the project• Ensure all developer’s stayed on track concerning technical specifications• Communicate with third party vendors for technical restrictions and ensure they wereregarded when working on the project

Gainesville, Florida Area

Manage staff locally and in multiple states and countriesMonitor and approve I.T. budget and purchasing of itemsProvide next level support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Cisco network and various applicationsWorked with outsource partners to schedule and fix game buildsOversaw QA testing for the game, gather feedback and make sure all issues had been addressed

Worked within SAP to troubleshoot billing and server commutation issues.Assigned to a special project to troubleshoot and repair SAP MI (Mobile Infrastructure) software that is used for billing and re-establish communication between the application, middleware and main server.Programmed scripts to automate the repair process for the SAP MI (Mobile Infrastructure) a

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Provide over the phone and in person support for 1300 users spanning over 7 locations.• Maintained Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy.• Create training material and train users on selected applications.• Find new and more efficient ways of doing day to day tasks for both myself and my team.• Plan and design ways to implement mass hardware and software upgrades and moves.• Work and maintain a Microsoft Windows 2003 and Microsoft Exchange 2003 environment.• Use Norton Ghost to image computers as they come in. • Test and maintain network security on ports within the company.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Implemented Windows Server Updates Services for the company.• Troubleshot all internally developed applications for the company.• Support our offsite marketing location with over 150 users.• User support for all remote locations, supporting the network, hardware and software problems and upgrades.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Designed and implemented a network infrastructure from the ground up.• Maintained servers and was responsible for network security.• Provided desktop support for all users.• Supported Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange 2000

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Configured new PC’s according to company standards.• Provided desktop support for all users.• Supported custom software applications.• Maintained security camera information.• Updated and documented procedures.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Verified data was backed up to a tape drive.• Provided help desk support for customers.• Supported servers that hosted client’s websites.• Maintained all current and created new user accounts.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Maintained all workstations and servers.• Supported inner office users.• Supervised the development of medical software.• Setup, configured and maintained a Microsoft 2000 network.