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San Francisco, California, Us

Walnut Creek, Ca, Us

* Create automation using Selenium and Java Page Object framework. Extend framework as necessary by implementing new automation capabilities.* Create QA automation metrics for 3 week development sprints * Use automation run results to minimize manual testing efforts by manual QA team * Regular presentation of new techniques/discoveries made while automating to rest of QA team Prior duties in same role: - Assist in QA maintenance activities for Taleo Suite post-Oracle acquisition * Create automation using Java/Selenium for Taleo suite of products * Train offshore maintenance QA team on use of automation frame work for Taleo Suite * Act as 2nd level support for QA issues raised by offshore Taleo team

Dublin, Ca, Us

* Assist in integration of Worldwide Compensation product with Taleo HCM suite* Develop automation techniques to enable application of automation to clients with custom compensation data* Mentor and train manual QA engineers in use of automation* Provide QA support for continuing development of WWC product in use by existing clients

Redwood City, Ca, Us

** WWC acquired by Taleo effective 1/1/2010 **Responsible for QA Automation strategy and implementation, as well as development and expansion of QA test environments.Also responsible for release testing for clients as assigned.

Part of QA team for a project intended to reduce shipping expenses and increase inventory efficiency* Provide feedback and QA estimates during project inception* Responsible for story based QA work; including assessment of each story for automation suitability* Execute manual and automated tests during 2 week project iterations* Test integration points between current systems and new system using web services, JMS queues, and DB updates* Created test file generator in Ruby for creating XML test data of arbitrary size * Developed helper methods for reading DB output in YAML for Ruby automation framework* Led effort to determine performance of the project's core stored procedure* Responsible for a portion of regression and backwards compatibility testing during monthly releases for Gap e-commerce sites and backend systems, including back-end testing and coordinated testing with offsite groups in different timezones* Complete ad-hoc assignments as assigned* Provide feedback and ideas to technical manager regarding ramping up new hires and GID QA practices

San Diego, California, Us

Creators of the DivX video codec and DivX authoring tools; Created and executed test cases for Studio Content Playback project (Warner Bros. and Sony)* Led test case reviews involving QA engineers and developers* Executed manual test cases for version 7 of DivX web player and DivX windows desktop player across a mix of Windows platforms and video cards, as well as consumer electronic devices* Created test database of validated video test files for use by QA team* Updated obsolete test cases, and provided detailed bug reports in Jira* Reviewed existing SilkTest scripts for assess feasibility of replacement with open source tools and Windows scripting (WATiR/AutoIt)

San Diego, Ca, Us

A sales and use tax management software provider founded by former Intuit and Oracle employees; * Implemented complete automated build acceptance tests in both Selenium and WATiR as part of a QA evaluation of automation tools, a total of 180 tests* Created WATiR bug verification tests for more than half of new site bugs, exceeding QA goal of 50%* Migrated over 100 manual regression tests to WATiR tests as part of automation initiative (over 20% of total regression tests)* Initiated creation of parallel FireWATiR test cases where feasible to support renewed company focus on browser compatibility. Achieved coverage of over 50% of build acceptance tests and 2 dozen regression tests, including all main success scenarios * Collaborated with development leads during a major site re-factor to reduce downtime between obsolete WATiR tests and WATiR tests for new site* Created WATiR test case maintenance and development documentation to minimize test breakage and time to repair test* Created new test plans, test suites, test case formats, and QA naming conventions* Researched, selected, and deployed ApTest Manager for QA test tracking and reporting on RHEL 4* Migrated existing manual test cases and test case data in Excel format to ApTest Manager* Provided QA work estimates for automated test case creation and manual testing efforts* Concurrently responsible for manual software testing and browser compatibility testing for Digital Signature Pad project for Apple Stores on Vista, XP, and MacOS 10.5

SMS.ac; A social networking startup looking to add QA infrastructure and improve business intelligence* Created an interface to WATiR (Web Application Testing in Ruby) to ease testcase creation for Jr. QA Engineers, including modules for DB verification, web page navigation, and data entry* Automated QA smoketest in WATiR, reducing average QA test run time from 5 hours to 2 hours* Led effort to determine suitability of Open Source automated web testing products to build a case for adoption of Quick Test Pro. Result: Decided to go with WATiR until budget allows acquisition of QTP* Created new QA processes, from requirements review to post release reporting* Acting as mentor for 3 Jr. QA Engineers with an emphasis on improving technical skills* Implemented dev to QA hand off process that decreased QA time during a release by 33%Concurrently performed duties as Business Intelligence Tech Lead below:* Investigated, installed and configured Request Tracker issue tracking system on SUSE Linux* Managed 2 contractors during development of monitoring tools that included DB replication, site speed, internal tool monitoring, as well as supervising the website monitoring team* Led effort to develop metrics for Network Operation Center escalations and performance* Introduced Ruby web testing scripts to web monitoring team to improve efficiency of manual testing. Developed and led training sessions for team members

A wholly owned subsidiary of TransUnion, responsible for the parent company's internet strategyQAII (2/2006 - 1/2007)* Defined, implemented, and executed new testing strategies designed to reveal bugs that were occurring in the production environment, but not in the test environment.* Worked with development and IT to deploy and configure new application services for existing websites * Acted as technical liaison for UAT with 3rd party partners for BtB site enhancements.* Supervised and reported on testing executed by offshore contract testers and local QA engineers.* Documented testing processes for backend tools to minimize training time for new test engineers.* Primary QA contact for emergency software deployments. SME for any issues involving the testing environment.* Took initiative to create log extractor script in Perl that enabled QA and development to view integrated log output across web servers, application servers, and backend services.QA I (7/2002 - 2/2006)*Executed and maintained automated tests using a tool based on HttpUnit and XML* Advised product developers and software developers during requirements review phase of development over testing issues involved with new products and with proposed designs* Deployed releases to multi-tiered test environments and resolved configuration issues.* Provided QA work effort estimates for projects ranging in development time from 1 to 6 months* Submitted detailed bug reports including steps to reproduce and configuration information. * Verified bug fixes received from software development group, and added relevant regression tests to the test suite* Executed and maintained automated tests using SilkTest* Executed manual tests derived from requirements from product development* Reported bugs discovered using BugTraq.* Reviewed new product requirements, and provided feedback to QA lead.