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Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Leader of CESA (Poland) Technology Consulting Strategic Testing & Quality Engineering Team based in Warsaw. Providing Strategic Testing Services to a broad portfolio of global Financial Services (FS), Lifesciences and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).Core Services Include;- Programme-Level Test Leadership and Management- Near-Shore, Off-shore and On-Site "Multi Centre" Testing Delivery- Test Assurance audits and reviews- Purpose-led Test Organisation… Show more Leader of CESA (Poland) Technology Consulting Strategic Testing & Quality Engineering Team based in Warsaw. Providing Strategic Testing Services to a broad portfolio of global Financial Services (FS), Lifesciences and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).Core Services Include;- Programme-Level Test Leadership and Management- Near-Shore, Off-shore and On-Site "Multi Centre" Testing Delivery- Test Assurance audits and reviews- Purpose-led Test Organisation Transformation- Test Environments, Test Data and Testing Tools specialism- Non-Functional, Performance and Operational Acceptance Testing- Organisational Agile Transformation- DevOps methods, processes, culture and tools optimization for Continuous Testing Show less

London, United Kingdom

Leader of CSE IT Advisory Strategic Testing and Delivery Quality Assurance Team.Working in the FSO IT Advisory (Performance Improvement) Strategic Testing Services Team, Matthew provides the following support to key FS Clients;- Organisational agile transformation- Specialised testing consultancy- Programme-level Test Management - Leadership of bid teams and client proposals- Thought leadership and innovation- Testing services definition- Training… Show more Leader of CSE IT Advisory Strategic Testing and Delivery Quality Assurance Team.Working in the FSO IT Advisory (Performance Improvement) Strategic Testing Services Team, Matthew provides the following support to key FS Clients;- Organisational agile transformation- Specialised testing consultancy- Programme-level Test Management - Leadership of bid teams and client proposals- Thought leadership and innovation- Testing services definition- Training, coaching and mentoring Show less

Working in the Sopra Group Testing Support Group Matthew provided the following support to delivery teams and external clients;• Specialised testing consultancy• Subject matter expertise input to pre-sales activities (bids and proposals)• Thought leadership and innovation• Delivery of internal/external/public 'masterclass' workshops via webex or classroom based sessions• Delivery of Test Process Improvement TPI® projectsMatthew’s major achievements at Sopra Group… Show more Working in the Sopra Group Testing Support Group Matthew provided the following support to delivery teams and external clients;• Specialised testing consultancy• Subject matter expertise input to pre-sales activities (bids and proposals)• Thought leadership and innovation• Delivery of internal/external/public 'masterclass' workshops via webex or classroom based sessions• Delivery of Test Process Improvement TPI® projectsMatthew’s major achievements at Sopra Group were;• Single-handily defined testing services for new/existing clients using an agile software delivery lifecycle (including sales and marketing collateral and technical solutions documentation)• Design and delivery of the Agile Testing, Introduction to Scrum, Getting Started with User Stories, Agile Acceptance Testing, and RUP/UML masterclasses to external clients and internal staff• Delivery of specialist consultancy and test management support to numerous projects delivered by Sopra Group. Show less

Matthew worked as a Release Test Manager within the eDelivery division for the biggest client of Capgemini. His role required him to plan and manage the test process for systems releases released during the taxation year. He was responsible for writing the release test strategy, day-to-day management of release-level testing, test environment co-ordination and daily or weekly testing summary reports (internal and externally to clients).

Matthew was working on multiple projects for one of the biggest mobile operators in the UK mobile market. His role required him to plan and manage the test process, from initiation to closure, projects that deliver business benefits or enrich customer offerings. He was responsible for writing test strategy and policy documents, high level testing plans and daily or weekly testing summary reports. He created and managed test teams from the testing resource pool (internal, off-shore partners… Show more Matthew was working on multiple projects for one of the biggest mobile operators in the UK mobile market. His role required him to plan and manage the test process, from initiation to closure, projects that deliver business benefits or enrich customer offerings. He was responsible for writing test strategy and policy documents, high level testing plans and daily or weekly testing summary reports. He created and managed test teams from the testing resource pool (internal, off-shore partners, flexible resourcing). His responsibilities also included specifying and delivering the testing environments required for projects. Show less

Matthew was responsible for the planning, design, execution and reporting of the Integration and User Acceptance Testing phases for the biggest project that the company’s IT department has been involved in. Sub-projects he was responsible for included functional testing of web applications, regression testing/QA of released applications and load testing of business critical applications. His role required him to plan all aspects of the test process, from setting up working groups for test… Show more Matthew was responsible for the planning, design, execution and reporting of the Integration and User Acceptance Testing phases for the biggest project that the company’s IT department has been involved in. Sub-projects he was responsible for included functional testing of web applications, regression testing/QA of released applications and load testing of business critical applications. His role required him to plan all aspects of the test process, from setting up working groups for test design, to managing seconded and external testing resource during execution and to manage defects being raised. His role required him to setup and manage the Integration Test Lab. Show less

Working within the CMG group, Matthew transferred to the Managed Testing Services division to assist a world player in mobile telecommunications to deliver the first 3G network within the UK. He was responsible for Validation and Functional testing of 3G handsets and their software. He planned and initiated consultation and process improvement initiatives with the client on Test Process, Defect Management and 3rd Party Supplier relationships.After initially joining as a Test Engineer… Show more Working within the CMG group, Matthew transferred to the Managed Testing Services division to assist a world player in mobile telecommunications to deliver the first 3G network within the UK. He was responsible for Validation and Functional testing of 3G handsets and their software. He planned and initiated consultation and process improvement initiatives with the client on Test Process, Defect Management and 3rd Party Supplier relationships.After initially joining as a Test Engineer he was promoted to Test Team Leader status and took responsibility for managing test projects. Responsible for the testing at all levels of the development/test lifecycle except Unit Test and User Acceptance Test. He planned, managed and reported the testing process at Component, System and Integration stages. He planned and managed both manual and automated test approaches using the structured methodology TestFrame and test automation/management tools from Mercury Interactive. In addition to test management Matthew had line management responsibility for nine Test Engineers. Responsible for holiday, sickness and training authorisation as well as recruitment, conducting annual reviews and six-weekly job controls Show less

As a member of the 3rd Party Year 2000 Testing Team for a major insurance company my duties involve; supplier contact to establish Y2K / NT4 compliance, client / customer liaison, writing initial conditions and test scripts, executing test scripts and formally documenting results, maintaining project control forms and databases to facilitate project management.