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Texas, United States

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Collaborating with progressive organizations that recognize the need to modernize their application delivery processes. Consulting for better business requirements/user stories, more comprehensive technical designs, applications development which includes automate unit tests, QE "in sprint" automation which evolves into automated regression testing, and automated deployments.

Grapevine, Texas

I managed the Quality Assurance efforts for GameStop's new (SFCC) eCommerce web site. I was responsible for test planning, test automation, functional, regression, end-2-end testing, as well as issue management. The new eCommerce web site was deployed with zero disruptions to GameStop's eCommerce business. Redefined GameStop’s quality assurance processes, including "in sprint" QE automation of 97% of functional/regression testing, the adoption of SAFe Agile methodology, incorporating continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI-CD) principles as defined IT industry leaders. Modernized quality assurance; test planning, test analysis, test design, test scope estimating, test case authoring, test execution procedures, and test execution reporting.QA Manager for GameStop’s custom in-store application suite deployed in over 4,000 retail locations domestically and another 2,200 retail outlets in twelve (12) international countries.QA Manager for GameStop’s “enterprise services”, including; Mircosoft.net, SnapLogic, and Akana’s Service Gateway for both store and multi-channel applications.Managed QA professionals locally as well as three (3) shifts of contract testers off shore in Manila.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Test Lead for functional and non-functional for applications development projects in numerous SWA business entities, including; dispatch, aircraft maintenance, revenue management, marketing, and finance.After the SWA acquisition of Air Tran, I contributed for two years (2011-2013) on the integration of Air Tran with SWA applications and operations for aircraft dispatch and aircraft maintenance departments.Decomposed technical application architectures and designs to determine the most effective and efficient strategy to test and validate an application's ability to satisfy the business requirements.Responsible for writing Master Test Plans, Functional Test Cases, Business Requirements Traceability Matrices, and Defect Tracking with Hewlett Packard's Quality Center 11.0, as well as reporting test status to senior and project leadership.Provided test estimates, schedules, and resource requirements base upon business requirements and design artifacts.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Lead business initiatives that analyzed business requirements, designed technical solutions, and successfully deployed the resulting application to production for a variety of (external) "customer" facing applications, including: ticketing applications, baggage claims, Sky Cap, kiosk, Rapid Rewards, interfaces to the existing reservation application, marketing, and revenue accounting. Project Manager for the technology project to re-engineer and consolidate SWA's passenger ticketing applications systems.Led a cross-functional team of technology resources and business customers to solve business problems and provide an integrated business solution.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Senior Applications Delivery Manager for all SWA Customer Ticketing, Financial Sales, and Revenue Accounting applications.Compiled, planned, and scheduled production deployment task lists, data conversion requirements, and “cut over” plans to insure the successful deployment of application software into production environments for immediate business use.Responsible for applications development, as well as "24 X 7" production support for 15 unique application systems, on four (4) diverse hardware platforms and 4 different operating systems. Provided work direction to four (4) managers and over 75 other IT professionals, including employees, contractors, and vendors.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Senior Analyst assigned to:The first six (6) months I was assign to the international headquarters of FRITO-LAY, on a feasibility study for an internationalization project of a 3-tier integrated suite of application systems. The domestic and foreign entities of Frito-Lay were executing unique versions of the integrated suite of application systems,Upon completion of the feasibility study for an internationalization project, FRITO-LAY retained my services to assist with their deployment of a new of domestic release of the 3-tier integrated suite of application systems, which included travel to diverse company locations to assist with the "roll out", defect resolution, and training, I was then transition to SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, where I directed the Y2K upgraded projects for the financial applications of; payroll, benefits, A/P, A/R, purchasing, fixed assest, and G/L.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Managed cross-functional teams composed of business stakeholders, vendors, technical personnel, and testers for numerous custom million dollar business application solutions.Application development projects included; Financial Stock Ledger, Merchandise Stock Status, Physical Inventory, Sales Audit, and a variety of Warehouse application systems.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Led application development teams to develop and implement application systems in a manufacturing environment.Application development projects included; Automated Time & Attendance, Electronic Labor Vouchering, Human Resource Reporting, and Cost Accounting system.Secured U.S. Department of Energy "Q" clearance.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Contract programmer analyst for the Joint Deployment Agency at MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida. Secured U.S. Department of Defense "Top Secret" clearance.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

High school and junior college instructor of automated data processing, accounting, and business education subjects.While teaching, developed the county school district's curriculum for Cooperative Business Education, typewriting, and Automated Data Processing & COBOL Programming.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Vocational Education

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Education

Associate Of Arts (Aa), General Studies