Michelle Dunn Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Project Manager of the ProdView upgrade project and PM for the Land System Replacement Project

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Assisted the IS leadership team with building out their 3 year IS strategy for the Infrastructure, Service Desk, Application, Data and Content Management areas. Performed an independent assessment of current Strathcona business processes. Assessment included gathering data using an in-depth survey and one-on-one interviews, identifying opportunities based.

Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Responsible for performing an independent quality management assessment at the corporate/executive level focusing on: Business Functional Areas, Architecture, Security, Change Management, Quality Assurance/Testing, Development and Product Management.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

IT Management Consultant assisted with the implementation of Maximo 7.6 for the Supply Chain Management Enablement project. Key resource in establishing change management practices for the program including change heat maps, engagement models, stakeholder analysis, communication planning, training practices, training coordination, support model and.

IT Management Consultant assisted in the creation of a semi-autonomous business unit for the Deep Basin assets under the Cenovus corporate structure. Successfully optimized the overall systems, reporting and tool landscape; and streamlined the business processes for the 120,000 B/D company. Responsibilities included: Integration Project Management, Program.

Calgary, Canada Area

Quality Management Consultant responsible for performing an independent quality assessment of the WestJet IS department focusing on the following: Architecture, Security, Change Management, Quality Assurance/Testing, Development and Product Management. Key resource in facilitating a clean transition to outsource QA: assisted with RFP vendor submission.

Calgary

Assisted in the creation and transition of an IT function for a new Canadian oil / gas company within the oil patch, 25,000 BOEPD. Responsibilities included coordinating the transfer of systems, data, and processes from Cenovus to IPC to ensure IPC can go live by the closing date; assisted with setup of the Calgary office; created IS policies & procedures.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

QA Architect responsible for performing an independent quality assessment of the INOIS planning, delivery, and operational areas. Facilitated meetings, compiled research, performed analysis and presented a pragmatic quality improvement implementation plan to INOIS VP and Directors. Sole SW QA professional on the ISO27001 and CSC security programs.

Calgary, Canada Area

QA Program Lead for the Calgary Airport Authority’s International Terminal Building (ITB), a $2 billion program that incorporates a state-of-the-art baggage handling system, North American’s first call-to-gate passenger boarding system, and the first airport to use swing-gate functionality for tri-sector passenger flow. Engaged by the IT general managers 8.

QA Coordinator for the Maximo implementation program, responsible for creating, communicating and implementing a QA strategic roadmap, test strategy and deliverable approach. Ensured that the test processes were quality driven, and implemented JIRA to track defects and business requirements. Facilitated multiple lesson-learnt meetings to ensure the program.

QA Management Consultant responsible for performing a QA assessment of the current state of IT QA practices, making recommendations and implementing pragmatic QA practices to support Vision 2020 initiatives. Successfully piloted the recommended approach on an in-flight major project. Held multiple hands-on training sessions on Quality Assurance and Test.

Calgary, Canada Area

• North American Operations (NAO) Test Practice Lead – Created a test maturity model that aligned test practices with business and corporate goals. Utilized HPQC and HP ALM for all NAO projects. Within a year, the NAO.
• QA Coordinator for the WellView upgrade and SiteView Implementation. Created, implemented and communicated a QA approach that accommodated the remoteness of the multi-geographical areas. Created and coordinated the.
• QA Coordinator for the Waterfield Implementation; a program to migrate US property groups from PAS to the new software system. Created, implemented and managed a comprehensive test strategy to incorporate software.
• QA Consultant – Engaged to provide QA consultant services for 3 major projects including the Sales and Use Tax Software Implementation; Citrix Upgrade; and the Corporate Sales and Use Tax projects

Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Canada Area

• QA Program Coordinator - JDE upgrade - Created and implemented a QA strategy across the program for Finance, HR, Supply Management, Address Book, Security and Technical Services. Implemented QA best practices and.

QA Manager at a start-up company that developed and patented proprietary video compression and streaming technology. Recruited, built and led a successful Test team that provided test services for: Web, Software, CMS, Hardware, Manufacturing and Operations. Implemented QA processes and tools. Provided testing to Agile development teams located in Alberta.

QA Coordinator for the RAC Infrastructure and Oracle Upgrade. This project enabled an “always on” infrastructure and also upgraded the Oracle databases’ to Oracle 11gR2. Created a test strategy to test the 21 affected applications for network/storage/server fail-over, recovery and data replication testing. Introduced “Dual Risk Based Testing” to prioritize.

In this volunteer position, responsible for the SQDG program including defining the current year’s goal, theme, and content. Responsible for scheduling presenters for “in demand” quality topics. Oversaw all aspect of the SQDG for the year (sponsorship, logistics, and communications). After stepping down from Program Director, continued to give.

QA Coordinator - Production Accounting PAS Implementation; an industry initiative to develop a net-new Production Accounting System to be the standard tool for large oil and gas companies in Western Canada. Developed the test strategy, coordinated the test effort of the PAS application, 27 in-house developed reports and 35+ interfaces. Managed multiple.

QA Director for an online money transfer business having 2.5 million members, and transfers well over $7.3 billion every year. Recruited and built a highly successful QA team of 53 testers, comprised of 3 distinct Test Teams including: Web Product, Infrastructure, Database and Business Intelligence. Responsible for Release Management and Test Environment.

QA Manager, responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of a 4-person test team for a web based electronic document management application. Created a QA methodology and QA plan, identified resource requirements, defined the test schedule, populated the test team, set up a defect tracking system and implemented metrics. Defined quality standards and.

•QA Process Lead, responsible for analyzing the existing test strategy and assisted the QA manager to redesign and implement a new test process which included creating a formal test plan. Provided guidance to the 5 Test Leads and taught testing principles to 30 testers including the Test Manager. Incorporated the management automation tool, TestDirector.

• Redesigned automation, web and RAD Test processes for the T.E.S.T group which manages 150 testers. • Created a web process and web test checklist for all Internet and Intranet projects. • Designed QA processes to include the automation tool, Mercury WinRunner, for web applications. • Created the tool evaluation strategy, which outlined tool requirements.

• QA Manger of all QA for a Web-based provider of real-time financial market information services and analytic tools. • Introduced QA concepts, developed test processes, defined the test strategy, organized schedules, managed change and set QA standards. • Led the 4-person QA team through 2 production releases, which provided stock quotes to 1.2 million.

• QA Manager of a 15-person team evaluating a full Microsoft DNA product line including thick/thin client and multi-tier architecture for a commercial golf reservation software system. • Solely created a QA department, populated the test team, developed a test methodology, set up a defect tracking system and implemented Rational automation tools. • Led the.

• Wrote and executed Unit, Integration and Acceptance test scripts using SQA Test Manager on the Client/Server T4A Application.

• Developer - Bank of Canada, DRS project
• Developed batch and on-line programs using COBOL II, SQL, DB2 and CICS.
• Wrote impact and functional specification documents for system enhancements.QA Analyst - Patent Branch, CIPO
• Created a test methodology, wrote and ran manual test scripts for all test phases.
• Wrote SQL, QMF & SPUFI queries to confirm data integrity after 3 databases were merged into one.
• Documented the on-line, batch and external procedures of CIPO. QA Analyst – PWGSC, Standard Payment System