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Telford, England, United Kingdom

Test manager for a delivery of a accounting consolidation system.

Reigate, England, United Kingdom

• Employed to be on site with EXL's team for their insurance client AIG as a Tester to learn EXL’s Lissia system (which provides an insurance quote engine, policy creation/management and billing functionality for the.
• Analysing the requirements of code deliveries; Creating and performing functional and regression tests.
• Manual testing of the Lissia system and analysing returned data with MS Excel.
• Testing WSDLs using SoapUI
• Documenting functionality.

Austria

• Employed a Test Analyst to test betting terminal and cash desk software before release to branches.Responsibilities:
• Joined a flagship project to set standards of good practice across the company and became responsible for writing the company test strategy which included a number of my proposals such as a defect management process.
• Manual testing of terminal and cash desk software used in Admiral shops.
• Automated testing of the above software using Tosca.

London, United Kingdom

• Employed a Test Manager with additional Business Analyst responsibilities.Responsibilities:
• Training staff in how to analyse what tests should be run for apps and how to structure them and report test results.
• Contributing to the business analysis of apps for new customers.

Ipswich, United Kingdom

• Contracted as a Test Manager with additional Business Analyst responsibilities to introduce industry-standard testing practices to a multi-million pound database development project to increase the efficacy of the Real.
• Assist with user requirements capture for the database project and creation as well as maintain a Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Assume over-all responsibility for the end-to-end testing lifecycle for two projects
• Workshop planned solutions with designers and developers to plan appropriate levels of testing
• Create a Test Strategy and Test Plan for the projects
• Introduce a test tool for tracking testing and defect resolution

Milton Keynes

• Contracted as a Business Analyst for a multi-million pound database development project to increase the efficacy of the Real Estate Practice. Additional support was given to a financial IT project to bring the company.
• Gathering business requirements for the database and documenting them
• Creating and updating the Requirements Traceability Matrix to track progress for stakeholders
• Documenting business requirements including User Stories
• Identifying and mapping the as-is business process through workshops and one-to-one interviews and documenting them using UML
• Identifying what existing company assets could be harnessed for the project

London, United Kingdom

As a stop-gap job I worked at AON on their migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 where I was involved in upgrading software and hardware and testing installations.

London

• Contracted as a Test Manager / Business Analyst to redesign and run the testing process within a multi-million pound global programme to upgrade the IT and communications infrastructure of the FCO, the UK Border Agency.
• Gather user requirements for the programme’s testing process from both technical and non-technical stakeholders by conducting interviews and running workshops to create a process that meets business needs
• Business Process Redesign and Business Process Improvement of the process to test whether the supplier met their contractual obligations for each site’s migration, including stripping out ineffective tests
• Create a Test Strategy and Test PlansIntroduce automation to decrease testers’ workload, improve accuracy and increase the scope of the test coverage
• Conduct tests according to a time-critical schedule
• Matrix manage representatives at post involved in the testing process

London

Developing and administering the SACM (Service Asset and Configuration Management) systems, driving improvements in accuracy, efficiency and efficacy to improve the value of the service to the business.Joint project manager, coordinator, administrator and trainer for the mapping of the organisation's world estate.Project manager for the introduction of a.

London, United Kingdom

Supplier to the jewellery trade.Creation and maintenance of company database to drive improvements to the ordering process.Implementing and administering the company’s Windows Server 2003 domain to improve efficiency and IT security.Maintenance of all company IT hardware and software, including repairs and upgrades.Creation and maintenance of company web.

London, United Kingdom

Head office for a company with three chains of high street jewellers.Responsibility for 2 members of staff and their training, and department budget.Production of branch line lists, price tickets and ID photographs for inclusion in product launch and sale packs, requiring thorough and accurate maintenance of product spreadsheets.Developing and implementing.

London, United Kingdom

Video magazine publisher with customers ranging from small independent rental outlets to large national corporate retail outlets e.g. WH Smith.Overhaul of the magazine ordering and distribution system, involving liaison with senior management, finance, customers and external distributor, leading to greater efficiency and accuracy and a significant increase.

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

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