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Continued to provide high quality/low defect releases for the same large client- Implemented several process improvements - Started automated regression suite for APIs- Managed QA team as it grewFacilitated training of EBR team members during our Itasca office training sessionsPart of the Loyalty QE Café leadership team

Managed the entire QA effort during the build and manage phases of a successful loyalty platform implementation for a large retail client- Generated all test artifacts and managed the efforts of the QA team- Worked closely with the client test team during their SIT and UAT and built a solid relationship that has been maintained today

QA Analyst Sr.6/2008 – 11/2011 Aspen Marketing Services, West Chicago, IL- Led testing on primary application that imports large AT&T customer data files into our relational database (SQL Server), merges that information with business data requests and the web users input, and generates mail files that are delivered to various lettershops.- Application written in C# and .NET- Led the functional and UAT testing for the team's first web based mobile application- Performed database, web, and report testing, utilizing SQL, for fast-paced, agile team that successfully deployed maintenance and new functionality releases every week to two weeks- Successfully tested and implemented a large database architecture change ahead of schedule and with zero defects into production- Responsible for training new team members (Test, Dev, BA, PM) on our ATTDMS application- BA activities: this included handling production support issues, answering development questions, documenting change requests, and organizing tasks into releases- Implemented and conducted post QA release turnover meetings and documentation- Assisted in a proof of concept testing effort – to ensure the product fulfilled our team's needs- Utilized TFS as a task and bug repository for change request and bug tracking- Utilized HP Quality Center and TFS Test Manager as test case repositories

- Led the testing of a journal entry tool: Java Web Application built on top of J2EE technologies (Struts, EJB, JSP) that posted manual journal entries to several databases (Oracle, DB2) - Worked with business partners during the requirements gathering and testing phases to ensure coverage and end user acceptance- Member of the Testing Center of Excellence (TCOE) team – assisted with metrics and status reporting- ETL testing - validated that data from Oracle and DB2 databases was translated and moved according to specifications- Microstrategy report testing – validated that data pulled from Oracle and DB2 databases was correctly translated and displayed according to specifications- Participated in test strategy discussions, coordinated testing activities while test manager and lead were out of the office during a major release- Worked with business partners during the testing phase to determine expected results- Successfully documented testing artifacts for internal audit reviews- Participated in AUC/business rule reviews, to ensure requirements are clear, coherent, consistent, concise, complete, measurable, relevant, and traceable- Used Rational ClearQuest for defect-tracking. Provided Test Estimations to project leaders and ensured that both positive and negative testing was 100% complete within the specified time frame

- Created and executed test cases for logic intensive business applications. The applications were executed on the Mainframe, LINUX and Web platforms. Data was stored in a DB2 database.- Led the functional and automated regression testing of an in-house conversion ETL project with several releases over the span of 3 years. - Wrote and executed SQL to update and validate the DB2 database- Utilized FileAid for Datasets and DB2 to maintain files and database- Assisted in the development of a regression library for DB2 Mainframe Application. This involved both manual and automated processes, with a specific focus on using Princeton Softech DB2 tools.- Utilized combination generator and all pairs for test coverage, to ensure that logic paths were covered, and to create test data.- Maintained daily status report and weekly project scoreboard for immediate managers, and weekly project dashboard for upper management