Katie Babb Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Wa

QA Owner for multiple projects spanning from Point of Sale to infrastructure integrations. Provide guidance to Agile project teams to identify QA estimates and advocate QA best practices. Generate test documentation including test plans, models and strategy using O365 collaboration tools. Identify scope and risks and clearly communicate to wider audiences. Manage resources and create project estimates. Mentor and onboard new hires, teaching best practices and speeding the ramp-up time of new resources. Organize and drive the cross functional QA efforts, such as for Apple Pay with Checkout, Mobile, Sterling, Payments and BI teamsQA for project using Kronos data analytics to forecast for store staffing needs. White box testing of multiple new data pipelines into Snowflake DW and subsequent extract for Kronos. Systems: NCR Advanced Store, Sterling, Snowflake, AWS, SAP, IBM Message Queue, Netezza DW, Tidal, KronosLanguages: SQL, Python

Seattle, Wa

E-commerce, Retail and Platform Projects: QA Lead in multiple Agile projects that involved nearly every department. Consistently rallies for the customer experience and drives to deliver a quality end product. Generates requirements and use case scenarios by interfacing with business partners. Team member in gap analysis for current and future systems. Became the SME for Xstore Point of Sale. Major projects included a website revamp, Point of Sale replacement and Order Management System & Order Broker replacement. Identify and investigate defects; create test plans, suites and traceability matrixes Validate monthly e-commerce releases cross-browser on mobile, tablet and desktop Assisted with developing automation for base acceptance testing in e-commerceValidate REST API endpoints using SoapUI and Postman and perform black box testing for microservices Organize business partners, set expectations, provide framework and plan business User Acceptance Testing and other endeavors

Seattle, Wa

Drove the testing effort by becoming a product expert to ensure an excellent user experience. Experienced with SpiraTeam and JIRA. Interfaced with vendor and internal teams to acquire product knowledge and specifications. Developed test plans for desktop, embedded and mobile devices on multiple platforms and browsers. Developed and led user acceptance testing and provided immediate support for participants of varied technical backgrounds. - Ability to quickly ramp up and drive resulted in overcoming delays and meeting scheduled go live dates.

Redding, Ca

Quality Assurance Lead (Multiple projects) - Assisted in the development of automation for base acceptance testing of web product using Ruby and Selenium WebDriver. - Developed and implemented comprehensive test suites for products based on specification documents and communication with developers. - Assisted in managing a team of quality assurance engineers in testing glucose meters and ISO9000 compliant software including distributing tasks, and designing and introducing progress tracking procedures presented in reports to stakeholders. - Updated existing test suites and wrote new ones as required for new features. - Trained and led new team members on assigned tasks, reporting results, test theory and application. Reported results up the management chain on regular intervals concerning test progress and requirements. - Conducted in-depth testing of audience management tools including smoke tests, bug reporting and bug regression on both client-facing (Facebook) and back-end functionality. - Tested web functionality for web pages for Fortune 500 companies. - Provided responsive testing in a fast-paced Internet environment with shifting deadlines and a low-tolerance for errors. - Experienced in Agile and Waterfall development environments. - Adaptable based on client needs.

Redmond, Wa

Software Test Engineer (Windows Embedded Standard 2009, Windows Embedded Standard 2011, Windows XP Embedded SP3, POSReady 2009, Windows Embedded for Point of Service, Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, Extended Service Feature Components) - Built custom images for a variety of targeted embedded platforms, including medical devices, point of sale systems, cash registers, information kiosks and other common or specialized designs using XP Embedded design and configuration tools(Component Designer/Target Designer). - Designed, implemented and executed test plans both around specific features and around the entire product including designing application flowcharts and verifying both positive and negative test case scenarios. - Implemented and executed security update testing for multiple embedded environments. Delivered results in a timely manner on a monthly schedule meeting critical customer expectations. - Debugged customer and internal scenarios using the XP Embedded OS in a variety of areas including .NET Framework, Internet Explorer, Silverlight, Remote Desktop Connection, File Based Write Filter, Enhanced Write Filter, touch screen interfaces and many other features and updates for launch of new features in the embedded OS. - Trained and led new team members assigned tasks, reporting results, test theory and application. Frequently reported to management on test progress and requirements. - Tested drivers and application componentization for deployment in embedded images, as well as the process of converting manual tests to automated test cases. - Provided feedback on new component design during development and testing.

Marquette, Mi

- Utilized Crystal Reports and SQL for the housing computer systems network - Assisted in planning, development and execution of web based applications, including roommate selections and other housing related tasks - Designed and scheduled the campus broadcast entertainment channel - Assisted the Dean of Students office with technical services.

Marquette, Mi