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Costa Rica

Costa Rica

* Active participation in reviewing specifications for new features and coordinating all testing activities* Peer reviewing test cases * Creating test cases using different test case design techniques* Work close to Product Owners to identify gaps in test cases and creating action plans to improve them* Creating test plans and estimations for regression, smoke and sanity testing prior releasing a new version to Production* Assist the QA team in execution of functional, regression and smoke testing * Bug tracking and follow up* Work close to Product Owner and Dev Manager to prioritize bugs and conduct root cause analysis of production issues* Lead teams of up to 8 QA Engineers and directing ongoing 1:1 meetings, setting up smart goals and mentoring on other long term initiatives * Conduct interviews and assist in the onboarding process of new hires* Ongoing assessment of the current QA processes and implementing changes to improve and strengthen our current methodology

Costa Rica

Set 14 | Apr 19: QA LEADSet 12 | Aug 14: QA SENIORMar 11 | Aug 12: QA IINov 09 | Feb 11: QA IParticipated in several nearshore projects with on-site and remote teams, delivering high quality products. Developed broad experience testing web and mobile apps. Matured understanding of software testing and development life cycle in agile and waterfall methodologies.•Participating in SCRUM events (Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily and Review/Retrospective meetings)•In charge of creating and overseeing execution of Test Strategies for major releases•Analyzing requirements and/or user stories in order to create test cases using test cases design techniques such as Equivalent Classes, BVA, Decision Tables and others•Automating test cases using Page Object Model approach with a framework based on Java, Selenium WebDriver and TestNG•Executing test cases and bug tracking & follow up•Leading Bug Triage meetings•Designing metrics, analyzing results and preparing reports to track project status, product quality and team performance•Coordinating test data preparation and code updates into the testing environments in coordination with DevOps•Maintaining open communication with Business Analysts, Technical Project Managers and Developers to ensure the product is delivered on time and satisfying quality standards•Detecting risks and escalating them to the proper authorities•Planning, coordinating and following up activities for the QA teamAsides project related responsibilities, also participate in the ongoing improvement and research activities on the corporate QA Unit.•Provide coaching for employees who want to advance in their career path as QA Senior or QA Lead•Hold the leadership on the mobile testing team, in charge of creating and strengthening the methodology for testing mobile apps, researching tools to assist testing and training other QAs in this matter

TESTER01/2009 - 10/2009• Designed, created and executed test cases for web and client-server software, based on requirements and mock ups. • Identified, reported and tracked bugs found during the testing cycles.• Generated and presented testing cycles results to QA Manager.HELP DESK11/2004 - 12/2008• Trained customers in the correct use of the applications developed by the company• Developed user guide materials• Provided first-line support for issues reported in the applications

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Software Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Software Engineering