Marek Kocian Email & Phone Number

Bratislava, Slovakia

Custom software development • Software testing • Outsourcing and Nearshoring

Bratislava, Slovakia

Freelance software testing consultancy.

Vienna, Austria

Bratislava, Slovakia / Gilching, Germany

Project: MODOC - Paperless solution for anti-doping sport controlsActivities: • set up test framework• coordinated test activities of 2 testers• analyzed functional requirements and created test cases• executed tests, reported defects and performed re-tests• reported on test progress and escalated issuesTools & technologies: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Gurock TestRail

Bratislava, Slovakia / Ingolstadt, Germany

Project: AUDI Match – CRM/Campaign Management System for AUDI Marketing department and German AUDI dealersActivities: • set up test strategy and test plan• set up usage of a test management tool• managed test activities of 3 SIT nearshore testers and 4 AUDI Testers during UAT• managed defects and communicated with developers and infrastructure engineers• reported on test progress to Project Management and escalated issues• participated on daily stand up conference calls and on-site management meetings in IngolstadtTools & technologies: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Gurock TestRail, XRAY, Sugar CRM

Vienna, Austria

Project: Customer Data Migration support after the merger with Orange AustriaActivities: • tested new generation call center telephony solution• supported call center UAT prior to the production roll-out• tested prepaid card activations via IVR and PeopleSoft CRM• set up test automation framework for MNP regression testing• analyzed functional requirements and created test cases• created test reports and reported on test progress to Test ManagerTools & technologies: HP ALM Quality Center, PeopleSoft CRM, Qorus Integration Engine, SQL, XML

Vienna, Austria

Project 1: Polish Electronic Tolling System (12/2010 – 01/2013)Project 2: Belarussian Electronic Tolling System (02/2013 – 10/2013)Activities: • responsible for commercial backoffice part of the system (CRM, POS, logistics module, invoicing module, web portals)• reviewed and analyzed business requirements and functional specification• prepared Test Specification documents for FAT and SIAT• created and executed test cases for FAT, SIAT and E2E system test• executed UAT together with customer representative• generated test data using simulators and SOAP UI• participated in payment and clearing testing• validated results (SQL database queries, SQL jobs)• documented defects and performed re-tests• performed smoke tests and regression tests• communicated with requirements engineers and developers• participated in implementation of the EETS standardTools & technologies: In-house developed CRM system, other in-house developed applications, Seapine ALM TestTrack Pro, MS Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, MS SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Navigator, XML

Vienna, Austria

Project: BOSA (automation of the process of providing offers to the business customers)Activities: • created and executed test cases for system test and user acceptance test• managed 2 offshore based testers• created test reports and informed project manager about the testing progress• cooperated with business analysts and business department• communicated with offshore based developers• followed SCRUM methodologyTools & technologies: In-house developed Java based CRM system, HP Quality Center, JIRA, Confluence, XML, SOAP UI

Bratislava, Slovakia

Project: Slovak Electronic Truck Tolling SystemActivities: • responsible for enforcement back office part of the system• created and executed test cases for component test, integration test and system test• prepared test data• documented defects, validated fixes and performed re-tests • communicated with business analystsTools & technologies: JIRA, SQL

Munich, Germany

Project: Production support for Retail and Business Customer StackActivities: • analyzed business requirements• set up quality strategy and test plan for service requests and change requests• estimated effort on test analysis, test specification and test execution• defined test scenarios for integration test and system test• participated on software architecture meetingsTools & technologies: IBM Rational Suite

Munich, Germany

Project 4: UAT Test Coordination (07/2008 – 09/2008)Activities: • coordinated User Acceptance Test• executed acceptance test scenarios together with business users• performed defect handling• created daily test execution progress report and defect tracking report for test manager• managed team of 3 other testersProject 3: Task Force Integration (05/2008 – 06/2008)Activities: • executed integration tests of the following business processes:- Mobile Number Portability- DSL tariff activation- tariff activation from external Point of Sales (POS)• analyzed log-files• handled defects, performed retests• reported on testing progressProject 2: Future System Stack Development – PeopleSoft CRM (04/2007 – 04/2008)Activities: • reviewed and analyzed business requirements and functional design documents• created manual test cases for system test and integration test• created automated test cases for system test• executed test cases• validated results (log-files analysis, SQL database queries, etc.)• documented defects• communicated with offshore based developers• performed sanity checks• performed regression tests• supported test execution of other test stages (integration test, migration test, UAT)Project 1: Future System Stack Development – Product Catalogue (02/2006 – 03/2007)Activities: • reviewed and analyzed business requirements and functional design documents• created manual test cases for system test and integration test• executed test cases• documented defects• communicated with offshore based developersTools & technologies: IBM Rational Suite, IBM ILOG JRules, PeopleSoft CRM, Kenan Arbor BP, TIBCO BusinessWorks, other in-house developed applications