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Consulting Relations Group (CRG) is known for assuring quality services for our customer's critical business applications as their integral partner. We are the tools specialist and maintain partnership with several testing tool vendors. Our engineer's possess the capabilities to implement enterprise testing tools, administrate them, and manage them on an ongoing client's request. Our engineers also possess the malleable skills in order to leverage tools our client's already have in place, or perform Proof of Concepts (PoC) and make tool recommendations. We are not a one size fits all shop, we care enough to customize best of breed practices to meet or exceed your needs. And I manage Professional Services Practice.My technical specialty is testing enterprise applications, data validation, security, compliance, and independent 3rd Party certification; while applying performance testing & tuning, manual, and functional automation techniques. Some of those techniques include but not limited to:Performance engineering:Early and late detection.Performance test Simulation, Baseline, Load, Stress, Volume, Failover, Soak (Endurance), Scalability, Component-level, Benchmarking, Network Sensitivity, Capacity, Web Services, APIs, & Cloud (end user experience analysis).Predictive performance and performance modelingDescriptive programming in: C, C derivatives, XML, HTML, DHTML, SQL, PERL, and JAVAFunctional Test Automation:Data and Key Word Driven.Descriptive programming in: VB, VBA, VBS, TSL, C, C derivatives, C++, XML, HTML, SQL, and JAVA.Data Validation, SOX, 508, HIPPA, ADA, WCAG, DOE, IEEE, and ISO just to name a few.Security Testing:OWASP, SQL Injection, Forceful browsing, HTML code injection, Cache exploitation, and Session exploitation to name a few.Utilized and applied the following Methodologies: Agile, Six Sigma, CMMi, ITIL, IEEE, ISO, TQM, OOAD, and RUP.Specialties: • Mentored groups / individuals on QA Processes, Practices, & Procedures.• Lead and developed Training Courses for Testing Tools.• Created formalized documents for: Unit Testing Standardization, Test Plans, Manual Testing/ Automation/ Performance Strategies, Test Effort Estimation, Test Scheduling, Performance Test Questionnaires, Performance Runtime Settings Documents, Executive Summary Reports, Test Execution Reports, Interview Q&A Documents, & Risk Assessments, Gap and Impact Analysis.
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Director And Performance Architect And Sr. Automation EngineerConsulting Relations GroupAlpharetta, Ga, Us
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Director / Performance Architect / Sr. Automation EngineerConsulting Relations Group Feb 1999 - PresentCandidate possesses over 20 years of experience in Quality Assurance and all its auspices: Director, Performance Architect, Automation Engineer (Performance & Functional), Team Leader, PM, Functional tester, and Business Analysts.Worked with Fortune 1 through 1000 companies and some of them with the stringent of compliance's like SOX, 508, ADA, WCAG, HIPPA, DOE, SaaS, IEEE, and ISO just to name a few.Lead and mentored a groups of QA Analyst & Automation Engineer consisting of 85+ Analysts at one time for both onshore and offshore clients.Vertical / Industry experience: IT, Consulting Services, Telecom/Wireless, ERP/SCM/Logistics, Financial/Banking & Investments, Retail, Travel/Hospitality, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Energy, Advertising/Marketing, Media/Entertainment, Government, & Education.Candidate has lead and developed Training Courses for Testing Tools; and a host of other applications.Created & established formalized documents for following disciplines Manual Testing/Automated Testing/Performance Testing: Testing As A Service (TaaS), Software As A Service (SaaS), Unit Testing Standardization, Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Effort Estimation, Test Scheduling, Performance Test Questionnaires, Performance Runtime Settings Documents, Automation Questionnaires, Executive Summary Reports, Test Execution Reports, Risk Assessments, Gap Analysis, and Impact Analysis.Permanent CRG employee for over 16 years as a hands on consultant at the following locations: Kronos, Southern Company/BIAS Corp, Capgemini NA, uTest (UNFI, H2O Overgroup), InComm, Metadigm Services, VA, Sage, JP Morgan Chase Bank, uTest, Mohegan Sun Casinos, Franklin Templeton Investments(2), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), The Home Depot(2), AT&T(3), Macy’s System Technology(4), AIG, SunTrust Bank(2), ADP Portal/ACS, Knowlagent, ADP TCS, FSG, JDA, WFI, TSYS, BellSouth(6), BellSouth DotNet, Concert, RealEstate.com, and Priceline.
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Performance Architect As A Crg, Inc ConsultantIncomm Jun 2013 - Nov 2013Atlanta, Ga 30303Worked on all of InComm's top projects for establishing new Performance Benchmarks for Transaction Per Second (TPS) through isolation of network segments and tuning efforts. Utilizing CA's LISA test suite and Visualization Engine for earlier Performance bottleneck detection; and to mimic unavailable subsystem(s). Developed custom HTTP, SOA, XML, ISO8583, and REST & URL Encoded scripts for InComm’s Transaction Processing applications/system. Certified InComm’s upgrade to their Legacy Transaction Processing systems would work for old & newly acquired customers while validating targeted volumes for this holiday season for implementation into Production. Worked w/ development to resolve issues in test discoveries like bottlenecks, JAVA memory leaks, and tuning on the SQL DB side which including hardware & software certifications/recommendations and LUN splits. Currently the system has been tuned to execute over 80,000 SQL statements/seconds peak and 16.2 million transactions in a 5 hour Peak Volume Test. Set benchmarks for 2800 TPS for 3 combined and SEGMENTED PROD Environments. Worked on the highest priority projects for Merchants like Wal-Mart, Target, Apple, Walgreens, CVS, GEMALTO, Taco Bell, BestBuy, and APOLLO just to name a few. Performance tested for Baselines, Benchmarking, Load, Stress, Volume, Capacity, and Hardware Failover. Created custom analysis and result reports. Lead, trained, and mentored a group of 15 onshore & 2 offshore engineers. Developed and disseminated Performance Testing Results to CTO, VP of Technology, and host of Stake Holders. Established Performance Strategies, Test Effort Estimation, Performance Test Readiness Questionnaire, Executive Summary Reports, and Impact Analysis; while utilizing Agile Methodology. Recently put together a PoC for LoadRunner (LR) 11.52 for the VP of Technology.. -
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Director Of Qa / Lead Automation EngineerClient/Server Labs Aug 1998 - Feb 1999As a director responsibilities included but were not limited too: personally responsible for the success or failure of a project. Staff augmentation, notifications to accounting on the budget of various projects and employee account tracking. Staff personnel to client specific needs. Develop QA processes, training plan, and put together a schedule. Acquire new business via technical presentations. Lead and mentored a group of 55 Analyst. PM of 15 to 18 different projects while scripting on 12 projects in various languages and taking care of the whole QA department, personnel, and staff issues. Teams consisted of 4 or less employees to a project. Established and formalized customer contracts, Y2K compliance Test Plans and methodology. Testing duties include but not limited to: full testing life cycle. Automated scripts on the following Project/Application Scope: TSL – Oracle AR & AP, Medical billing & refunds, and other C/S Applications. 4Test – HRMS, AR & AP, Web based performance testing using Silk Performer, and other C/S Apps. QARun and Rational Robot for web based billing applications. Clients: Olsten Health, Wells Fargo (Internet Banking, Y2K, Financials, Model Bank), BellSouth.net, USWeb, MCI WorldComm, Caterpillar, Siemens, UUG, FedEx, NCR, Catholic Health, and National Data Products (NDP) just to name a few. Utilized various platforms and database on said projects.
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Qa Manager/Analyst/CmMdt Software, Inc Jan 1998 - Sep 1998Created a formalized manual for testing procedures, plans, implantation of software deliverables, and built out QA Lab. Testing duties include but not limited to: full testing life cycle, automation, Internet/Intranet based, installation verification, and configuration. As Configuration Manager I maintained and managed the software release versions for BETA/Production versions. Alternate software requirements included programming Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC); Software packages consist of Allen Bradley, Taylor, Modsoft, TiSoft, RSLogix, Winconx, Virtual Device Drivers, and configuring communication device drivers for product access. Lead and mentored a group of 3 Analyst.
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Qa Analyst/Cag Ce Assist/Hardware & Software Support (Consultant)Hewlett-Packard Apr 1997 - Dec 1997Dunwoody, GaWorked in two different divisions at HP, the Hardware and software group and the Chemical Analysis Group. Testing duties include but not limited to: full testing life cycle, automation (C coded scripts), cross-referencing user methodologies and analysis software. Monitoring and dispatching calls to 3rd party vendors, scheduling service request, coordinating logistics, while providing problem resolution with customers in a real-time fashion. Developed shell scripts for testing. CE Assist entailed Customer Service Tier 2 level support. Complete customer satisfaction is our goal. -
Qa ConsultantConsultant @ Gte Cellular, Ge, Siemens, Lucent Technologies, & Green Springs (Blue Cross|Blue Shield Nov 1995 - Apr 1997Metro Atlanta, GaCreated Test Plans and executed test for software integration, regression, and Interoperability. Utilizing such platforms as Win95 and NT clients with interfaces to multiple systems, Tandem, Legacy, and etc. Backends consisted of different flavors of Unix and AIX, and Middleware consisted of Oracle, MS Access, and Informix, with Front-end applications written in C/C++, VB, PeopleSoft, PowerBuilder, DocuScan, and Lotus suite. Validated data for property files, leases, property reimbursements, new vending accounts, and accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing overrides processes (Stored Procedures), and telephone reimbursements. Testing duties include but not limited to: full testing life cycle, and C code & shell. Lead and mentored a group of 8 Analyst.
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Qa ManagerAirtouch Cellular (Pcs) Jun 1994 - Oct 1995Roswell/Dunwoody, GaTested billing applications and queried records using SQL scripts against the database. Client/Server environment with Win95 client, 32bit GUI, and Oracle and MS Access Middleware. Testing duties include but not limited to: full testing life cycle. Performed keystroke programming of cellular phones. As a recruiting manager - personnel increased 40% and sales volume increased 33% for the fiscal year. Maintained a high level of motivation to my sales staff. Lead and mentored a group of 6 Analyst.
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Qa Manager/Lead Qa Analyst/Business Analyst For Sdn GroupAt&T Oct 1991 - Jun 1994Alpharetta/Atlanta, Ga@SDN (Software Defined Network) GroupFormulated written requirements for applications written in Cobol, C, and Fortran. Full testing life cycle and helped to formulate written Quality Assurance procedures. Executed Unix shell scripts and performed software compatibility test, and Intranet testing. Testing included manual testing and automated testing such test tools as XRunner and WinRunner Beta (Scripts were C code and shell) while utilizing OATS methodology. Utilizing multi OS consisting of Unix (HP-UX, and DEC), AS400, VAX MVS, AIX, and DOS with DB2. Platforms included IBM's OS\* Warp, Win 3.X, and Win95. Lead and mentored a group of 12 Analyst.
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At&T School Of Business ComputingComputer Science & Data Processing -
Milton High School
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