Contractor – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / ICE Division – Test ManagerManaging the ERO test team and ensuring the delivery of quality ERO applications in a timely and efficient manner. Responsibilities include:*Working with multiple project teams to support Software Development Lifecycle from planning to deployment.*Ensuring overall project team with emphasis on testing team is compliant with published government standards and procedures. (System Lifecycle Management, SLM)*Documenting the overall testing strategy, test plans, and test summary reports for each project. *Creating and maintaining test schedules in support of various application releases and overall project schedules ensuring test resources (staff and environments) are available to meet schedule objectives.*Providing leadership, direction and mentorship to test team members.*Create job descriptions and overseeing the interviewing and hiring of team.*Perform performance evaluations for members of the team.*Interacting with Management for project status and to identify project assumption, constraints, risk and to provide input into the decision making process.*Hosting regular Test Meetings to share new information, methods, & track action items. *Participating in various meeting in support of client initiatives.*Participating in Test Readiness Reviews and Release Readiness Reviews and other Gateway Reviews.Initiating and leading enhancement and improvements to test processes and tools to increase productivity and meet overall test objective. *Creating SOPs to be used throughout the testing organization.*Participate in the gathering, documenting, and communicating of lessons learn as well as documenting corrective actions to be implemented *HP Quality Center Project Administrator. *Creating a plan and strategy for implementing an effective automation testing solution*Hands on Testing as necessary to ensure deadlines are met.

Contractor – Census Bureau – Quality Assurance Technical LeadParticipate in User Acceptance Testing for the following 2006 surveys: Address Canvassing, Group Quarters Validation (GQV), Nonresponse Followup (NRFU), Group Quarters Enumeration (GQE), Coverage Improvement Followup (CFU), Person Followup (PFU) and Census Coverage Measurement (CCM). Responsibilities include: *Planning and controlling testing activities which include writing a Test Plan deliverable and establishing test standards.*Analyzing Requirements and /or Use Cases to design and create test scenarios and test cases, test scripts and requirement traceability matrix.*Implementing Test Director as the repository for all testing artifacts and requirements.Executing test scripts and reporting discrepancies in Test Director, PVCS Tracker, or Remedy for resolution.*Working with others (developers and subject matter experts) to resolve open issues.*Regression testing after each new release*Participating in peer reviews for testing artifactsThe following activities are related to Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA) contract responsibilities:*Review and comment on contractual deliverables from the FDCA contractor for compliance with contractual requirements as they related to the testing deliverables.*Monitor and witness contractors testing activity as a government liaison.*Attending meetings relating to different levels of testing… i.e. status meetings, test readiness reviews (TRR) and test summary briefings.*Perform Role Base User Testing that consist of writing test plans and test cases, organizing necessary test data and resources, executing test, and providing a summary of test results.*Assist other departments (training) in verifying “How To” documentation.

Contractor with Fannie Mae Successfully, lead the project efforts for system testing and providing guidance to technical staff members. Worked on application that performs Hedge Accounting and uploads to appropriate General Ledger (GL) accounts. Responsibilities included:*Analyzed requirements and verified requirements were clear, concise, and testable.*Administered Test Director (used for requirements, test case management, and defect capturing)*Provided leadership, guidance, and supervision to diverse technical testing staff members.*Documented system test plan, test scripts and test status reports.*Worked in a team environment with close interaction with the Project Manager, Software Developers, Configuration Management staff, and Database Administrator to ensure the quality of the application.Produced release notes that outlined the defects that were fixed during the release and known open issues.*Oversaw team to ensure adherence to Software Life Cycle Management (SLCM) requirements.

Directly involved in managing the QA and testing aspects of all products in testing, staging, and production environment. Provided weekly progress status reports. Recognized for effectively communicating with the development team in defining the problems and suggesting methods to improve the quality of the products. Worked on variety of projects such as Document Manager, Report Generator, Online Credit Check, Financial AR/AP, Online Payable Systems.*Managed product / system QA expectations and escalate issues as required to facilitate on time delivery.*Prepared and presented weekly status report on testing results, QA build schedules, list of release functionalities, and projections for the upcoming weeks.*Maintained and provided comfort to clients and vendors – recognized for building best relationships.*Successfully, implemented QA standards documents (Software Development Process, Release Procedures, Schedules, and Change Management Process) that help improve the development and implementation process.*Participated in product Steering Committee to provide product analysis prior to actual implementation.*Created test documentation: test plan, test cases, test scripts, test summary reports, and requirement traceability matrix documents.*Effectively, managed the bug reporting mechanism and always included involved parties in making productive decisions.