John Gavin Email & Phone Number

Burlington, Vt

My Primary duties include:Refinement of acceptance criteriaDevelop test criteriaWrite and execute manual and automated testsCollaborate with team to develop automated test scripts using Cypress. Work closely with development and product team to identify and resolve issues. Create automated tests when appropriate. My Role:Understand the business requirements and objectives relative to the desired functionality of products and applications. Create test plans with clearly defined test objectives. Contributes towards QA estimation and scheduling processWrite detailed test cases, executes complex manual and automated smoke, function, integration, and regression tests, execute detailed test cases, perform complex manual, integration, regression tests and maintain accurate statusEvaluate and test change requests or modified software to determine that software meets user requirements and established quality standards, document software issues and enhancement requests encountered along with their detailed steps necessary to reproduce them, communicate during problem replication and follow upWork closely with high performance team throughout the development life cycle to ensure clarity of business/functional requirements and effectively deal with issues as they arise.Works with the Product Owner / Project Manager to schedule and prioritize tasks to promote efficient use of time. Monitors progress against schedule. Determines when additional initiative is required to meet scheduled work and undertake it.

Williston, Vt

Fulfill a critical role in the software development process at Systems & Software. I am intimately involved with the current code release strategies that we employ, support our internal issue tracking and software version control systems, and maintain and enhance documentation associated with both systems. Provide direct support and serve as a backup to our Software Release Manager.

Quality Assurance Testing Specialist: Ensures the software product is ready for release to the customer through adherence to proven software test methodologies. Review system documentation to develop test plans for verifying that code fixes work as expected and designed. Create test cases, test procedures and test reports. Execute complex functional, application and regression tests.

Lead the team in design review, development & execution of testing plans. Analyze, document and verify system change requests, defects, enhancements and new features. Coordinate testing materials, testing environments and Regression Testing. Collaborate with engineers to assure testing requirements are clear and well documented. Document all testing procedures.

Work closely with the other Pinnacle Business Analysts to help ensure quality application deployment across multiple generations of Pinnacle (Siebel Application). Design review, development & execution of testing plans. Lead in the development of automated testing scripts for regression testing. Technical Lead/Team Leader WebQA: Responsible for automated testing using the Mercury suite of testing tools. Design review, development & execution of testing plans. Serve as a technical liaison with the Web IT Team. Coordinate Regression Testing. Track & diagnose Data, Load & Other Errors for the Web & Platforms. Train all members of the WebQA Team to utilize Mercury scripts, Access queries & other technical tools to help them do their jobs. Manage the day-to-day operations of the Web QA Team, with a special focus on process improvements, including the standardization of operating procedures, and the implementation of automated tests.

Bachelor Of Art, English

Certificate, Computer Programming