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Lombard, Illinois, United States

Advanced quality assurance and business analyst for web-based financial solutions.• Contributed to a global cross-functional team in automating operational tasks resulting in distributed processes with easy-to-read dashboards and sophisticated work allocation capabilities resulting in savings for clients due to streamlined operations.• Collaborated with System Engineering and Architecture, Product Management, Stakeholders and Software Development teams in all aspects of the development cycle from gathering and analyzing requirements, early design feedback, functional automation, reliability, feature, stress, performance and end-to-end testing through to supporting production issues.• Developed, maintained and executed test plans and test cases while mentoring five team members to streamline testing efforts and provide effective test coverage to ensure performance and functionality of the product is stable or improved with each release.• Designed test strategies and performed knowledge-transfer to team members for automating functional test cases.• Analyzed and reported results, tracked defects and participated in activities such as Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, backlog grooming and daily meetings.• Facilitated requirements development and implementation to provide better solutions to clients and analyzed existing products to identify improvements and correct gaps in functionality.• Liaison between various product groups such as InvestOne to provide quality improvements and cost-effective integration between systems.

Lombard, Illinois, United States

Advanced quality assurance and business analyst for web-based financial solutions.• Contributed to a global cross-functional team in automating operational tasks resulting in distributed processes with easy-to-read dashboards and sophisticated work allocation capabilities resulting in savings for clients due to streamlined operations.• Collaborated with System Engineering and Architecture, Product Management, Stakeholders and Software Development teams in all aspects of the development cycle from gathering and analyzing requirements, early design feedback, functional automation, reliability, feature, stress, performance and end-to-end testing through to supporting production issues.• Developed, maintained and executed test plans and test cases while mentoring five team members to streamline testing efforts and provide effective test coverage to ensure performance and functionality of the product is stable or improved with each release.• Designed test strategies and performed knowledge-transfer to team members for automating functional test cases.• Analyzed and reported results, tracked defects and participated in activities such as Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, backlog grooming and daily meetings. • Facilitated requirements development and implementation to provide better solutions to clients and analyzed existing products to identify improvements and correct gaps in functionality.• Liaison between various product groups such as InvestOne to provide quality improvements and cost-effective integration between systems.

Hinsdale, Illinois, United States

Lead quality assurance and business analyst.• Contributed to a global cross functional team in integrating a suite of performance measurement, attribution and risk tools for asset managers and fund administrators.• Oversaw coding and testing of reports for client reporting and regulatory requirements.• Prepared and analyzed technical and functional specifications for client enhancements.• Responsible for user and system documentation and training materials.• Developed, maintained and executed test strategies while leading other team members.• Conducted extensive implementation training sessions, domestically and globally for clients and internal support teams.

Master'S Degree, Applied Mathematics

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics And Statistics

Certificate in Accounting