Eric Ferdinand Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, United States

Producer for 343 Live Operations on Halo Infinite. Manages and coordinates the release of all flights/betas, weekly service updates, and content releases. Ensures all release deliverables have a clear path through certification. Responsible for the title meeting the requirements for release on 1st and 3rd party platforms.

Redmond, Washington, United States

Associate Producer for Halo Infinite Live Operations.

Redmond, Washington, United States

343 Industries: Halo Infinite Live Operations and Release QA. Developed and maintained current and historic release collateral. Negotiated, planned, and executed certification submission timelines. Planned QA and release work-back scheduling process. Coordinated QA support for Halo Infinite launch bridges. Maintained studio relationships across multiple organizations. Developed and executed release test methodologies and best-practices.

Redmond, Washington, United States

343 Industries: Promotion to full-time role and title on Halo: MCC Insider and Halo: The Master Chief Collection sustainment. Released Halo: The Master Chief collection on PC (Steam/Windows Store) as well as continued sustainment on Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Xbox One/Xbox Series). Managed and coordinated external flight/beta user group. Planned monthly sustainment workback schedules for QA and Production. Continued to ensure quality CU releases each month, both for the game client, dedicated servers, and store pipeline.

Redmond, Wa

343 Industries: Software Test Lead for Halo: MCC Insider and Halo: The Master Chief Collection sustainment. Managed internal and external test teams of 40+ throughout entire SDLC. Delegated headcount per project requirements. Onboarded newly hired test engineers to create test assets for meeting production’s needs. Tracked KPIs for continual build success. Created coverage dashboards using retail and test telemetry to discover priority areas of the products. Drove successful certification submissions through Studio Release Managers. Researched and prioritized potential certification blockers during development.

343 Industries: Stand-in Release Manager and Test Lead for Halo: MCC Insider. Led flight setup with Xbox Flighting team. Managed flighting user group and build releases. Owned certification submission process. Updated and maintained product’s store catalog. Worked closely with production and development to plan release criteria and test requirements to meet release deadlines. Coordinated with XFH/M$/BizOps/1PP for regular release cadences through product growth. Worked with platform team to solve external issues impacting product release.

Redmond, Wa

343 Industries: Certification and Accessibility Area Owner for Halo Wars 2. User Interface, Configuration, Localization, and Controls Area Owner for Halo 5: Guardians. Created all test specifications and test suites for all owned areas. Lead external groups of 20+ testers to accomplish daily tasks and milestone testing through entire development cycle. Provided full area support during post release sustainment efforts and monthly updates.

Greater Seattle Area

Implemented best practice test procedures, formulated test plans and test suites for BVT and Sign Off Acceptance. Ran sign off tests bi-weekly before webpage deployment to production. Worked closely with the development team to find regressions and new issues in a timely matter. Presented new test process ideas to management.

Redmond, Studio A

Was responsible for build Sign Off and Sign Off report creation. Coordinated manual test effort throughout department. Coordinated manual test effort for outsourced teams. Developed test plans for outsource and internal use. Created How-To documentation for the team. Actively participated in sprint planning. Trained new hire STE/SDETs.

Renton, Wa

Created test plans for sprints/milestones. Reported daily BVT status. Coordinated outsource teams. Provided dev/design/QA support. Hosted weekly internal events. Created documentation. Was QA representative during bi-weekly Triage meetings.

Bothell, Wa

Ran certification acceptance tests for multiple titles on Xbox 360, PS3, and GFWL. Specialized in A/V Certification.

Redmond, Wa

Tested and Credited on Forza Motorsport 4 - Xbox 360Tested and Credited on Kinect FunLabs Gadgets: Bobbleheads, Build-A-Buddy, Kinect Me, Googly Eyes - Xbox 360 Kinect

Tested and Credited on SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALS

Tested and Credited on Crackdown 2 + DLC – Xbox 360Tested Kinectimals - Xbox 360 Kinect

· Executed Technical Certification Requirement (TCRs) test cases on Xbox 360 titles · Specialized in TCRs pertaining to user interface requirements