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Rome, New York, United States

Redmond, Washington, United States

Renton, Washington

Lead test engineer pivotal for quality assurance of a cloud-based modern, intuitive, multilingual and responsive extranet serving information to 150,000 users in 17 locales at a leading truck manufacturer's dealerships, suppliers, fleets and service centers worldwide.Created test plan, testing templates and metrics for functional testing, white-box testing, localization testing, multi-browser/multi-device testing, performance testing and availability testing.Assisted in standardizing specifications and raising quality bar.Tested SSO integration with hosted applications and SIEM system.Tested highly complex and granular role-based authorization model with third-party IAM system using Azure AD connector and SPO user profile connector.

Redmond, Wa

Performing UAT level testing using various mobile devices and networks to verify SMS, MMS and Visual Voicemail functionality.• Android Mobile Device Testing• Messaging Application Testing o MMS o SMS o Visual Voicemail o Phone Dialer o Contacts• 3rd Party Application Testing• Device Log Collection• Device OS Build Flashing• Defect Reporting• Test Case Result Tracking

Bellevue, Wa

• Waterfall with Iterative Development Environment• HP Application Lifecycle Management/Quality Center 12• QA Lead role for 6 projects for an Enterprise level Telesales application • Worked with Business Analysts, Developers and other stakeholders to create test plans that support the business requirements, including the following: o Billing o Customer Care o Finance o Engineering• Methodologies included: o Functional o Regression o User Acceptance• Deliverables included: o Test Strategies o Test Plans o Readiness Reports• Reported, tracked and resolved defects discovered during the product development and release stages of the product life-cycle• Defined testing requirements for and participated in Night of Delivery Release verification testing

Seattle, Washington

• Agile Development Environment• Microsoft SharePoint 2013 - Internal Enterprise Application• Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2012• Participate and provide input during sprint planning events• Participate and provide input into feature/story review meetings• Participate product verification planning and execution from the test through production environments• Develop test cases to meet in-sprint testing requirements• Develop test plans and test cases for extra-sprint activities• Run test passes on desktop systems and mobile deviceso Windows 7• Internet Explorer 8 & 11• Chrome• Firefoxo Mac OS X 10.9• Safari• Chromeo Android phoneo Android tableto iPhone 4 & 5So iPad Air and iPad mini• Work with different levels of the product team to improve QA and agile processes and documentation

Greater Seattle Area

• Agile Development Environment• Manage UAT process for a Multi-Tier Web based Single Sign-On Solution• Review Product Specifications and Wireframes• Develop Comprehensive Testing Scenarios for Features• Develop UAT Scenarios for Client BU• Verify features during release cycle prior to UAT Pass• Work with BAs to develop Use Cases and testing priorities• Work with Client BU and BAs to verify completeness of product workflows• Assist Business Unit QA Engineers in performing UAT remotely• Triage issues developed during feature and system testing and UAT sessions• Work with Program Management to determine if sprint deliverables meet quality requirements• Work with external teams to verify Business Logic layers for several different services• Verify that Compliance and Data Collection policies are followed Internationally• Enter and track defect reports in Jira• Maintain Confluence pages to disseminate testing resources and pass results• Report to Test Management, Program Management and above the current status of testing efforts and issues reported through the UAT process• Meet weekly with Client BU to discuss open issues and future UAT sessions• Mobile device testing on Apple iOS and Google Android hardware, simulators and emulators• Daily use of Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X development environments• GitHub, Jira and Confluence tools

Greater Seattle Area

Limited Details due to NDA• Agile Development Environment • Sprint Planning/Grooming/Bidding • QA Validation Task creation• Embedded QAE on several scrum teams• Area Owner of Core Components• Created and maintained detailed test cases• Supported deliverables for two different product groups• Performed Milestone test passes for several different product lines• Directed the work of off-shore test teams to perform regression testing on my features • Worked directly with local test leads to define testing requirements • Monitored testing progress and reviewed testing results from multiple weekly test runs• Validated Acceptance criteria for completeness and testability• Developed Story level Quality Criteria to verify appropriate testing coverage• Team Representative at Group level daily bug triage• Member of several different strike teams focused on UI model validation and developing consistent testing practices for the Org• Helped validate story plans for management feature demos• Organized and managed several bug bashes on different products• Organizational representative for test hardware distribution• Planned and Performed Internationalization and Localization testing• Participated in the Amazon hiring process from phone screens to in person interviews• Managed Off-site vendor compliance test passes• Created test plans for external teams to meet platform requirements

Greater Seattle Area

Review Product SpecificationsReview Test Plans, Test Specifications and Test Cases for completeness and coverageConduct test passes on products as requiredProducts IncludedDevice Management application which included Web, database and mobile device applicationsA two tiered Internal tool for tracking customer resourcesTrack InventoryTrack Deployment and Return of Assets/Kits to Customer UsersTrack Current Asset and Customer User StatusEnter and track bugs/defects in Team Foundation ServerMicrosoft SQL DBAInstallations of SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2Backup and Restore databasesCreated Maintenance Schedules for Backup and CleanupTeam Foundation Server AdministratorInstallation and Maintenance of Team Foundation Server 2008Migration of TFS installation from one set of servers to anotherMicrosoft Hyper-V AdministratorInstallation of Multiple Hyper-V serversCreation of Client Virtual Machines for Development and Test environmentsMigration of Team Foundation Server from two Virtual Machines to a Single managed VMCreation of library images for faster creation of new Virtual MachinesManagement of Virtual Machines through Virtual Machine Manager installationManagement of three different Hyper-V hosts and 15 Client installationsTwo Tier Enterprise Application TestingMS SQL Server TestingSelect, Insert, Update, Delete, JoinsMS IISWebsite creation and maintenancePublishing websites through TFS 2008

Greater Seattle Area

OneCare Test Team• Review Product Specifications• Review Test Plans, Test Specifications and Test Cases for completeness and coverage• Conduct 9 test passes on 3 Product and 3 OS SKUs• Run Automated scripts as part of each test pass• Enter and track bugs/defects in a bug database• Worked with Off-shore test team in India to transfer product knowledge and testing methodologies

Greater Seattle Area

Windows Fundamentals PM Team - Vista Velocity Project• Tracked issues for the Windows Fundamentals team that were discovered at Vendor events• Maintain a SharePoint site with current documentation and reports that were generated by myself and others• Created Reports and Power Point presentations for upper management• Owned triage with fundamentals team, and drove issues to closure with TAMs, PG owners and Vista Readiness Working Group as appropriateProgram Management tasks• Document Control for the Velocity Fundamentals Team• Maintained Velocity Fundamentals Team SharePoint siteHelped coordinate Velocity Fundamentals Team work related to:• Velocity Events with OEM Services, other Windows Teams and Velocity Fundamentals Team work• Help test and roll-up Feedback up to key people in Windows and OEM Services• Worked with Release Management of program to build process control• Worked with Lead PM to develop main procedures to build process• Build/Maintain PM related presentation to Area Lead PM for Velocity, working with Developers and other PMs to help Roll-up Executive Review data presentation

Greater Seattle Area

Windows Mobile Division• Review Test Specifications and Test Plans for accuracy, completeness and testing requirements• Developed test cases from Project Specifications• Write/Review test cases• Run automated test passes• Flashed test images onto Smartphone and Pocket PC platform devices• Used Platform Builder to upload device images to phones and CEPC device emulators• Utilized CEPC test platforms to run automated test passes on systems both with and without live radios

Greater Seattle Area

Windows Vista Self Host Test Team• Lead in lab for 10+ people• Designed and implemented scalable test bed to expand test coverage from 10 test passes a day to as many as 22 test passes a day• Expanded test coverage from 55 cases run on 3 VBLs and WinMain to 98 cases run on as many as 7 VBLs and WinMain including Clean, Build to Build and XP upgrade test passes Critical Projects• Worked with IT and Core Windows division to verify CM/RAS functionality on a daily to weekly basis• Worked with Windows Sustained Engineering to verify update packages prior to deployment to the Production environment• Worked with Windows Sustained Engineering to test new Service Pack update process

Greater Seattle Area

Test Lead for Internal Projects• Managed 5+ people to complete multiple multi-week test passesJob Roll included; • Managing testing schedule to complete project on time and on budget• Meeting with stakeholders on a weekly basis to review progress and discuss bugs• Providing daily status reports to management with updated project completion expectations

Greater Seattle Area

Mouse and Keyboard Group• Feature owner for several components in IntelliPoint and IntelliType Pro 5.3• Managed the creation of test plans and test cases for IntelliPoint and IntelliType Pro software on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms• Wrote test requirements documentation, conducted test spec and test case reviews and incorporated feedback in future revisions of the specs and test cases • Provided feedback to feature teams to better define functionality in feature spec reviews • Tested device drivers for mice and keyboards on the Macintosh and Windows platforms• Directed the testing efforts, reviewed pass results and resolved blocking issues with off-shore test team in China for Regression Testing

Greater Seattle Area

Office Live Meeting• Worked with the Placeware QA team to define testing implementation in Redmond• Tracked daily verification tests and published a summery of the results to the Office Live Meeting organization• Helped define and streamline the processes for software deployment and improved the efficiency of the software deployment process• Collaborated with the development team to track down and resolve any blocking issues related to daily build and deployment scenarios• Deployed and verified backend components on Solaris for test and development environments

Greater Seattle Area

Windows Printing and Imaging Team - Windows Image Acquisition• Developed and managed test plans for Mass Storage class camera testing and Windows Update testing• Coordinated Cross Team Testing Efforts• Drove to unify the set of customer scenarios for Mass Storage Camera Devices across the Windows Image Acquisition Team, the Shell team and the Windows Base Team• From the customer scenarios worked closely with Program Management and Development to hone the User Experience for this class of Cameras• Managed/Mentored Lab Personnel and resources• Maximized Hardware device budget by leveraging IHV and WHQL resources to share or allocate hardware from IHVs to the Imaging Lab• Leveraged IHV relationships that I formed and maintained to identify areas in the test plan needed great specificity or investigation• Managed the resources necessary to complete testing of the WHQL HCT for inbox drivers imaging class devices for Windows XP, Windows XP SP1 and Windows Server 2003• Managed and updated our Image Application automation based in Visual Test

Greater Seattle Area

Internet Explorer Administration Kit• Performed UI testing on the IEAK wizard to verify that the end user had a functional package for deployment when the wizard was complete• Assisted the Office team in testing the IE customization portions of the Office Resource Kit used by Corporations to implement custom branded versions of IE• Assisted the Group Policy team to verify GP implementation of IE customizations used in a corporate environment• Worked with PM staff to test and validate SMS deployment of IEAK customized versions of Office and other applications

Windows 98SE• Developed test plans and test cases for testing Windows System Tools• Ran weekly and milestone regression passes on 17 different System Tools• Communicated with the development team to drive issues to resolution

B.S, Molecular Biology And Biochemistry

Certificate Of Completion, Biomimicry And Design Workshop - Costa Rica

Certificate In Project Management, Project Management