Michael Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Us

* Team lead for one of the development Pods with the intent of creating consistency with our release cadence to align with company goals* Wrote a white paper to share with the broader testing community

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Us

* Fostered the adoption of Cypress as the UI testing tool and Postman for API testing* Created the concept of Universal Locators to drastically reduce the code and supporting files required for writing tests* Lead multiple training series on web automation, API, and general testing techniques* Setup new Stress testing suite using k6, worked with Cloud Engineers to setup the infrastructure and created the scenarios to push our Web and Database servers to their limits

Morrisville, Nc, Us

* Spearheaded initiatives to advance company adoption of automation by creating proof of concept Jenkins server that had multi-stage pipelines that would dynamically create test runners to execute test scripts* Created first automated API validation of crucial financial reports used to pay out over $250 million annually in reimbursement claims* After consulting all QE members in the department, created mind maps to help visualize shared philosophies, areas of contention, and created a unifying message to share with broader development and leadership teams* Part of the QE Automation Committee, responsibilities included creating training materials to ramp up team members knowledge of Postman, inventory existing automated tests and identify gaps or tests that need maintenance, and help determine tools used by the team for UI and API automation

London, Gb

• Created and maintained the automated test framework, suites, and Workspaces in Postman to test our External API. Setup Newman to run in Jenkins as part of our continuous integration. Added a focus on getting automated tests written as part of Doneness criteria for each story for the product• Created GitHub repo for sharing API workflow documentation, Postman Collections, best practices, and API User Guide• Lead QA Engineer on a team responsible for daily Scrum input, planning, sizing, grooming, performs manual testing efforts of new features, all the bugs, automation suite result reporting, primary API automation resource, contribute to documentation, create test plans/suites for manual and automation tasks, and recently implemented using TestRail as our first test case repository for easier tracking of regression test suite execution

• Coordinated efforts with testing staff to prioritize test cases to be executed during regression of latest software deployments, identified stale test cases and helped define Smoke Test execution• Acted as cross-departmental liaison in discussions and analysis regarding transitioning from Waterfall to Agile development methodologies• Lead initiative on introducing Gherkin to Product Owners to use in Feature tasks in an effort to get involved in the automated testing process

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Developed and executed test plans for Java, iOS, PHP/Javascript, web and Windows Mobile 6.x applications in an Agile software development environment. Tests consisted of manual, exploratory, black/white box, smoke, beta and performance testing.• Verified data integrity through entire ETL flow from source database, translation, receipt, and validated results in iOS app• Investigated multiple automation tools to be used on the analytics, reporting and surveys web application. Chose Selenium for ease of scalability across multiple platforms, reusability of code and tools that suited business needs. Lead proof of concept creation of automated tests to lay out a framework for future automation plans.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Final point of escalation for all issues received by the Support team• Coordinated multiple resources in triaging, assigning, and resolving issues that came into ticket inbox• Lead training with Q/A sessions during User Group events for EDI Troubleshooting and Beer Discounting• Assisted development team with helping with UAT for bug fixes and small features

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Full software support of workflows• Key resource of EDI & Fintech payment verification/troubleshooting• On-site implementation for new customers and new product testing

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Developed MySQL, Linux Command Line, basic system administration skills• Front line support for Java based Routing & Accounting Software• Basic software support to users over phone, e-mail, or on-site visits