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Chicago, Illinois, United States

In this position, I wore several hats, with responsibilities for IT team leadership and quality assurance lead. Instrumental in training staff to incorporate QA into design to deliver the best technical product solutions. Mentored junior team members, contributed to test automation using test automation tools, and organized testing on ongoing projects. Supervised test plans, test cases, unit, and functional tests, and developed product test automation.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Played a pivotal role in managing three primary functions, driving Agile principles, values, and practices, developing QA processes and test cases for SaaS platforms, and turning around team performance, elevating the team to top-performing status. Addressed unstructured problems, implemented root cause analysis, and resolution. Defined and improved Scrum/Agile processes through sprint planning, retrospectives, scrum ceremonies, and daily standup. Defined metrics to measure performance, working with scrum masters, product owners, and team members within introspective identification of strengths, weaknesses, and best approaches for product development. Used Agile management tools and worked within SAFe framework and its underlying Lean-Agile principles. Challenged old norms of development to improve quality, flow, and velocity.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pivotal team lead for transformation from waterfall to agile, facilitating replacement of largely manual processes through the introduction of agile development frameworks and implementing Scrum methodologies. • Trained in Scrum and aided in replacing mostly manual processes, implementing automation with Seleni-um, and collaborating across all departments.• Broke large, complex projects down into sprints, focusing on the core components of larger projects, with clear functioning deliverables tested against desired outcomes, through sprint planning, two-week sprints, daily stand-ups, testing into every sprint, and system to track velocity during each sprint. • Used Selenium open-source framework to automate repetitive tasks and test web applications across different browsers and platforms to achieve full functionality, reducing the need for manual testing and accelerating QA.• Prepared test execution plan for sprint releases.• Automated all possible customer-facing scenarios to improve test coverage,• Validated product feature functioning by analyzing test results and reports generated during testing.• Coordinated UAT testing with QA and business teams for system integration.

Glenview, Illinois, United States

I managed the quality review of 300 applications, coordinating the QA team's production of reliable automated test cases. Collaborated with DevOps to implement software deployments. Learned product requirements by engaging with product owners and stakeholders. Led QA teams in creating dependable automated test cases, enhancing testing efficiency, and ensuring consistent, high-quality standards