Jim Kelly Email & Phone Number

County Dublin, Ireland

Solution Delivery QA Strategy & Governance for all Customer Engagement Platforms (CEP) projects. Created ways of workings for waterfall projects and agile projects. Support projects from interviewing 3rd party candidates for key test positions, to instilling CEP process and procedures for the full Software Development Lifecycle. Trusted advisor to all Project Managers throughout their project multiple releases.

Dublin

PMO Test Programme Manager, Client Engagement Manager and Senior Test Manager positions for the launch of national products. Worked with key stakeholders at client sites to successfully deliver projects while exceeding client expectation. Constantly growing teams on client sites, transition resources from onshore to offshore model to improve GP while maintaining quality deliverables.

County Dublin, Ireland

PMO Test Programme Manager of the 1.2Billion National Smart Metering Programme. Responsible for defining the overall Programme Test Strategy for ESB Networks Smart Metering programme. Managing a team of Test Managers for 6 different sub-projects spanning Phase 1 (up to Dec 2020). Sub-projects consist of SAP IS-U Smart Enablement, Smart Metering (AMI) headend deployment, and Deployment & Logistics development using Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.

Dublin

Engagement Manager for Virgin Media Ireland site. Successfully launched Virgin Media Ireland's first Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to production on time. Responsible for execution the Mobile Billing testing. Define and implement an automation strategy to support mobile billing solution in the live environment, mobile web sales and CRM (Amdocs) frontend.

Dublin

Responsible for System Integration Testing and End To End Testing for new Data Provision system. Managed 3rd party outsourced test resources.

Dublin

Responsible for the BAT testing for new eir Next Generation Network Management System in eir's Network Operation Centre for their Fixed and Mobile networks. Managed the transition with all stakeholders for this new solution with zero downtime to support operation team while training all staffs.

Dublin

Overall responsibility for all test and quality assurance on the launch of eir's eVision programme to the market. Managed the integration of the new CRM system (BearingPoint) with eVision as part of the simultaneous releases to the market. Managed new eVision Features releases as part of the eVision BAU process.

Dublin & Galway

Owner of EMEA Solution Interoperability Lab testing of Avaya Telecoms Enterprise solutions with 3rd Party Products. Managed the testing of Avaya products with 3rd Party Companies for EMEA under DevConnect programme. Managed 3rd Party SIP Trunk testing with European SIP Service Providers. Created and managed a team of up to 24 resources between the US and Ireland.

County Dublin, Ireland

Global Avaya Conference Test Manager responsible for the full suite of Conference products. Ownership of global Conferencing R&D lab; consisting of 40 server racks, managed the deployment of Conferencing Major, Minor and Patch releases to the market over 4 years. Defined and specified new lab for two new location moves, consisting of lab layout design, power, air con, IT comms, remote access and access control requirements.

Dublin

Design and built Proof Of Concept for AutomaticTest Equipment (ATE) for Airbus TCAS and Mode-S Avionics Line Replaced Unit (LRU). Design, built and implement traffic car parking system for multi-store carparks for DAA at Dublin Airport.

Bachelor Of Science (Engineering), Communications, Computers And Electronic Engineering

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