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Washington, Dc, Us

Client: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (under subcontract to eGlobalTech) Project: HVSS (Data Services Hub Verification Support Services)Responsible for automating the independent test verification for the Federal Data Services Hub which processes all web services traffic for the Federal and State Marketplace systems for the Affordable Care Act.• Developed a turnkey, data-driven Soap UI test automation framework using Groovy script.• Automated the testing of all 33 synchronous services for the Federal Data Services Hub (DSH) • Automation framework includes automated execution, verification, and compilation of all objective evidence documents.• Reduced testing time from weeks to hours.

Client: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (under subcontract to QSSI) Project: FFM (Federally Facilitated Marketplace for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)• Key member of the integration team tasked with fixing the Federal Marketplace after an unsuccessful launch.• Led all performance testing and test automation activities for the independent testing contract for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).• Designed and executed large scale performance tests to test suitability of the FFM UI and the Federal Data Services Hub.• Worked with multiple government agencies and multiple development contractors responsible for various parts of the architecture to a design workload profile to exceed the expected usage peak volumes for FFM and State Based Marketplaces.• Coordinated performance test execution with multiple government agencies and multiple development contractors to monitor the architecture and identify bottlenecks.• Designed and implemented a test automation framework to enter health insurance application data through the FFM UI and verify proper eligibility outcomes for Medicaid, Qualified Health Plans, and/or premium subsidies.• Directed the work of a team of 8 resources.• Identified numerous performance issues in the Data Services Hub and FFM application prior to production.TEST TOOLS: Performance Center 11.5, QTP 11.5, soapUI Pro 4.6

Client: CSC/Dept of Homeland Security Project: DHS Enterprise Private Cloud• Headed the testing infrastructure activities related to the project which gives DHS the capability to instantly request, approve, provision and invoice virtual Development and Test environments in a private, secure cloud.• Architected the Infrastructure and Software as a Service offerings related to providing the test management and automation tools required in DHS Test environments via an on-demand provisioning portal. • Architected and installed the HP ALM (software testing) products on virtual machines for deployment in the DHS private cloud.• Tested the private cloud infrastructure for performance of the cloud provisioning portal and the infrastructure capacity for creating and supporting multiple virtual applications simultaneously. • Worked with HP on a cloud-based licensing model for their ALM products.• Provided direct customer interface to DHS Components and CSC Component Advocates to support the sales and implementation of test automation tools with in the DHS private cloud environment.TEST TOOLS: Performance Center11.0, QTP 11.0

Test automation expert. Proven ability to develop software QA and testing processes and procedures and then to achieve high productivity by automating the software testing activities. Programming experience in VB, VBScript, C/C++,and Test Script Language (TSL-“C-like. Highly experienced user of QTP, LoadRunner and WinRunner. Experienced on development projects in J2EE, HTML/JavaScript, C++, Smalltalk, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, and APL for Windows, Windows XP/2000/NT, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, SQLServer, TIBCO/Web Services/SOAP.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Designed and executed performance test scenarios for:1. Spearheaded the development and implementation of a functional test automation framework for QTP2. Introduced the use of soapUI Pro for webservices test automation and developed a framework for test case creation and maintenance.3. Established the performance testing discipline for the enetrprise and initiated the use of NeoLoad for performance test automationTEST TOOLS: NeoLoad 3.0.8, QTP 10.0, soapUI Pro 3.0.1

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

* Designed and executed performance test scenarios for:1. Weblogic ESB SOA framework using webservices and JMS.2. Custom Documentum application for managing regulatory enforcement documentation for brokerage firms nationwide.3. Corporate portal application using Aqualogic portal gateway and WebLogic application servers.4. Cognos ReportNet application* Led the enterprise in the implementation of a QTP framework with reusable components and function libraries. Used BPT (Business Process Testing) to integrate QTP with Quality Center.* Successfully automated the regression suite for an Aqualogic internet portal application used by FINRA member firms using QTP/BPT.* Successfully automated the regression suite for a Documentum work-flow application used by FINRA Analysts to process new member applications using QTP/BPT.TEST TOOLS: Mercury LoadRunner 9.0, QTP 9.2, Quality Center 9.2, BPT (Business Process Testing)

Washington, Dc, Us

* Developed an enterprise-wide deployment strategy to use Quality Center for Requirements gathering, test case development/execution, defect tracking and requirements traceability.* Developed Functional Test Automation suite for Maximo using QTP.* Implemented a custom reporting tool (QC Reporter) to generate USMint SDLC compliant documents from data stored in the Quality Center repository.* Introduced and implemented the SpeedCheck methodology for managing, defining, developing, executing and reporting Performance/Load Testing across all USMint projects.TEST TOOLS: Mercury LoadRunner 9.0, Quality Center 9.0, QTP 9.0

Baltimore, Md, Us

* Developed Web Vuser scripts to simulate employee job data transactions in Peoplesoft. Developed Web Services protocol Vuser scripts to simulate transactions of downstream applications making web service/SOAP requests.* Designed LoadRunner scenarios to stress the infrastructure at peak transaction levels. Performed functional testing to verify correct data transfer from Peoplesoft to each downstream application via the web services architecture.TEST TOOLS: Mercury LoadRunner 8.2, Quality Center 8.2

Baltimore, Md, Us

* Developed a desktop application for State Pharmacy Assistance Programs (SPAPs) to use to submit low-income subsidy (LIS) forms via a web-based form. This was built using SpeedTest’s PEDAL (Portable Event-Driven Automation Library). This is an automation framework that works in conjunction with WinRunner and is portable to any client environment.* Delivered the application to numerous state SPAPs.* Hundreds of thousands of LIS applications have been processed using this software.TEST TOOLS: Mercury WinRunner 8.0

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Project: StoreFront Performance Testing* Conducted large-scale LoadRunner performance tests of networksolutions.com, the storefront website for customers to register domain names, manage accounts, purchase hosting packages, and design their websites. * Tests were done using 1200 virtual users for 8 hours yielding over 1 million transactions in the LoadRunner analysis file.* LoadRunner monitors were used on the database, web server and application server tiers.* Compiled and analyzed results and made recommendations for bottleneck resolutions.* Web virtual user scripts were completed to script new transactions associated with each release.* Supported functional test automation effort being executed with WinRunner.TEST TOOLS: Mercury LoadRunner 7.8, TestDirector 8.0, WinRunner 7.6

Baltimore, Md, Us

Project: Electronic Disability* Implemented an automated functional regression suite for a large-scale application with areusable WinRunner framework. This regression suite is comprised of approximately 100 comprehensive tests that exhaustively tests all the major functions of the Electronic Disability application verifying tens of thousands of data elements.* Assessed the feasibility of converting the existing WinRunner implementation to QuickTest Pro, prototyped the conversion of several test cases and developed a migration plan.* Led the day-to-day activities of a four-person test automation team which developed new test scripts, enhanced automation capabilities, and performed regression testing.* Developed web virtual user scripts and performed load testing of critical business transactions.TEST TOOLS: Mercury Interactive TestDirector 7.6, WinRunner 7.6, QuickTest Pro 8.0 and LoadRunner 7.8

Falls Church, Va, Us

Project: Defense Travel SystemProvided test management consulting to the Northrop Grumman Test Team Manager, assisted his team to develop a data-driven test automation architecture, to develop test data and test records to support testing, and implement the use of TestDirector for manual testing activities. SpeedTest automation personnel has continued on the project for three years continuing to support the on-going deployment and enhancement requirements.TEST TOOLS: Mercury Interactive TestDirector, WinRunner, and LoadRunner

Reston, Virginia (Va), Us

Projects: Registry Infrastructure (for .com/.net/.org/.edu) and NetworkSolutions.comResponsible for deploying automation and load test tools and associated processes across the Network Solutions enterprise to support client/server, UNIX, and web-based applications. Projects included functional and load testing of a Siebel CRM system, functional and load testing of the NetworkSolutions.com web site, functional and load testing of the NetworkSolutions Registry’s Registry/Registrar Protocol. Every .com, .net, .org, and .edu domain name registered in the world must be registered through this protocol and the associated infrastrucure which represents a significant component in the backbone of the world wide web. Architecture was BEA Web Logic, Apache, Oracle 8, Java.TEST TOOLS: Mercury Interactive TestDirector, WinRunner, Astra QuickTest and LoadRunner

Project: Enterprise-Wide Automation SupportDeveloped a strategy, infrastructure and support materials to implement the Mercury Interactive tool suite throughout the NASD enterprise. Developed training materials and trained over 100 testers in the use of TestDirector and WinRunner. Provided mentoring to testers in all three NASD testing groups, critical business systems, back-office systems (incl PeopleSoft) and nasdaq.com. TEST TOOLS: Mercury Interactive TestDirector, WinRunner, Astra QuickTest

Us

- Managed all software testing activities for a commercial software company developing large scale C/S applications to support the medical industry.- Successfully transformed the organization from ad hoc testing approaches to using a defined methodology for test planning, test execution, bug reporting and bug tracking. - Instrumental in moving the software development team from random releases of multiple applications to synchronized monthly releases of all applications as a platform.- Introduced the organization to automated testing approaches and successfully implemented tools for test management (TestDirector) and test execution (WinRunner).

Chevy Chase, Md, Us

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