- Develop and Execute software test strategies- Communicate with Customers on the status of software quality and concerns- Do exploratory testing using Black and Grey box testing techniques- Investigate issues of software localization. - Develop test plans and scenarios- Work remotely in tight coordination with the rest of the test team - Help integrate new hire

Integrated Informatics Inc. is a leading consultancy for Geographic Information System implementation and development. Founded in 2002, Integrated Informatics provides spatial data management, workflow, and process automation, and custom mapping solutions to the Energy and Natural Resource sectors throughout North America with offices in Calgary, Alberta, Houston, Texas, and St. John's, Newfoundland. Accomplishments: - Created land cover classification for the Island of Newfoundland… Show more Integrated Informatics Inc. is a leading consultancy for Geographic Information System implementation and development. Founded in 2002, Integrated Informatics provides spatial data management, workflow, and process automation, and custom mapping solutions to the Energy and Natural Resource sectors throughout North America with offices in Calgary, Alberta, Houston, Texas, and St. John's, Newfoundland. Accomplishments: - Created land cover classification for the Island of Newfoundland based on Landsat Satellite images. This land cover was used for research on wildlife habitat. As part of this project, developed Python script to automate statistical evaluation of quality of classification - Created Python application to simulate GPS data stream to test ArcMap Extension developed by Integrated Informatics. This testing tool provided a simulation of the application receiving GPS data from the crew live in the field- Developed Python application to produce Plan and Profile Plots of Lidar data using open source data thus allowing easier pinpointing of problems of vegetation encroachment- Delivered training courses on "Geoprocessing with Python" in St. John’s and Houston. For individual clients, I modified the exercises to use the client's data thus making the training more engaging- Developed C# ArcObject program that creates an XML representation of the ESRI MXD map document file. This application allowed non-ESRI applications to render the map using their API- Worked on database re-architecture of ESRI Enterprise Geodatabases and creation of web services for Electrical Utility Asset Management- Developed Python scripts to create ESRI geodatabases, tables, domains, and relationship classes and load data into those databasesTechnologiesArcMap, ArcGIS Enterprise, ESRI Python arcpy, ESRI ArcObjects, IDRISI, Open Source Python Lidar module, ESRI Database and Server, Pix4Dmapper, Show less

As part of the GIS Application specialist program requirements: this project was completed for the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources as a course requirement of the GIS Applications Specialist program. The project involved the development of geoprocessing tools, running with ArcMap, to aide in the evaluation of site suitability for agricultural development. As well, Growing Degrees Days maps were created based on historical weather data. The tools were developed using… Show more As part of the GIS Application specialist program requirements: this project was completed for the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources as a course requirement of the GIS Applications Specialist program. The project involved the development of geoprocessing tools, running with ArcMap, to aide in the evaluation of site suitability for agricultural development. As well, Growing Degrees Days maps were created based on historical weather data. The tools were developed using the Python programming language.Technologies: ESRI ArcInfo 9.3.1, Python 2.7.1, Show less

ICT/Sykes is a leading global provider of customer management and business process outsourcing solutions.Support includes guiding client thought the hardware setup, network software setup, troubleshooting connectivity and security issues. Technologies: ADSL modems distributed by Bell Aliant, Windows Networking software for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows7.

ESI Canada is the leading health claim management company in Canada. ESI Canada serves over 6.5 million drug plan members and 2 million dental plan members. Working for ESI Canada allowed me to develop and execute Software QA on mission-critical applications on which thousands of Canadians depend each day. Accomplishments: - Developed and executed test plans and test strategies for ESI Billing & Remittance and Claims Adjudication software- Developed test scripts and new… Show more ESI Canada is the leading health claim management company in Canada. ESI Canada serves over 6.5 million drug plan members and 2 million dental plan members. Working for ESI Canada allowed me to develop and execute Software QA on mission-critical applications on which thousands of Canadians depend each day. Accomplishments: - Developed and executed test plans and test strategies for ESI Billing & Remittance and Claims Adjudication software- Developed test scripts and new document templates for testing the ESI Billing & Remittance system which allowed for faster development of new tests - Trained new QA personnel on testing of the ESI Billing and Remittance softwareDeveloped testing tools to verify the validity of database contentTechnologies: Windows XP; UNIX (HP), Dynamic AX, Korn shell scripts, SQL, ORACLE, Tuxedo, HEAT, SQL Developer, Perl, Toad Show less

ExtendMedia provides software and media services that enable content providers and distributors to quickly and securely create, deliver, manages and monetizes online content offerings on user interfaces. Working for ExtendMedia allowed me to work on software for the Entertainment industry and to develop techniques for automated testing of websites within an Agile development environment. Accomplishments: - Developed test Automation tools, using the Ruby programming language, to… Show more ExtendMedia provides software and media services that enable content providers and distributors to quickly and securely create, deliver, manages and monetizes online content offerings on user interfaces. Working for ExtendMedia allowed me to work on software for the Entertainment industry and to develop techniques for automated testing of websites within an Agile development environment. Accomplishments: - Developed test Automation tools, using the Ruby programming language, to automate testing - ExtendMedia’s Content Management Video-On-Demand System. These scripts facilitated the testing of the daily builds - Created test strategy and test cases for ExtendMedia’s video content management software- Tested browser plug-ins developed in-house for Streaming Media delivery. This testing was strongly focused on the Digital Rights Management functionality - Tested the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.) website content management application developed by ExtendMediaTechnologies used: Windows XP; UNIX (HP), Ruby, Watir, Microsoft DRM management tools, Microsoft Media Player, JMeter, Bugzilla Show less

Backed by Tata Consultancy Services, part of the multi-billion dollar Tata Group, Exegenix are an innovator in content access and conversion solutions for business. This position gave me the opportunity to test applications that converted PDF to XML using only the typographical visual clue.Accomplishments: - Responsible for pre and post production QA of Perl and Java-based Document Conversion and Management software that translated PDF to XML- Developed and implemented QA… Show more Backed by Tata Consultancy Services, part of the multi-billion dollar Tata Group, Exegenix are an innovator in content access and conversion solutions for business. This position gave me the opportunity to test applications that converted PDF to XML using only the typographical visual clue.Accomplishments: - Responsible for pre and post production QA of Perl and Java-based Document Conversion and Management software that translated PDF to XML- Developed and implemented QA Black box test strategies for production systems operating in both Linux and Windows environments- Developed software in Perl to monitor client usage patterns of Exegenix's software. These results directed us on how to modify the software to require less user intervention - Developed Perl web-based automated test tools for the stress testing of the web server. The metrics from the stress tests allowed us to find which software modules we had to optimize - Generated workflow analysis from usage patterns, later used for application optimization- Managed, developed and ran user acceptance testing which involved determining the test data sets, programming the user acceptance test activities and reporting structure- Participated in the GUI design and functionality committee on issues of security and accessTechnologies: Red Hat Linux, Perl, Oracle SQL, Shell scripting, Apache web server, XML. Show less

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is one of Canada's largest chartered banks. This position allowed me to gain experience in testing Financial software.Accomplishments: - Executed Black Box testing of BroadVision Content Entry system for the online content of CIBC web site. Developed separate test plans for testing French-language content. Those tests allowed them to avoid issues caused by the application corrupting text containing accented characters or other symbols used in… Show more The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is one of Canada's largest chartered banks. This position allowed me to gain experience in testing Financial software.Accomplishments: - Executed Black Box testing of BroadVision Content Entry system for the online content of CIBC web site. Developed separate test plans for testing French-language content. Those tests allowed them to avoid issues caused by the application corrupting text containing accented characters or other symbols used in French text- Produced recommendation reports for updating CIBC software test laboratories Technologies: BroadVision B2B, Test Director, Windows OS various Show less

BroadVision is an industry leader in e-commerce, portals, knowledge management, content management, and technical authoring. BroadVision acquired Softquad and its staff. Accomplishments: - Developed and implemented test plans for content entry and workflow functionality of an XML based document management system developed in Java- Created and implemented GUI function testing strategies and scripts using automated tools from Segue (Silk test). These test automation scripts… Show more BroadVision is an industry leader in e-commerce, portals, knowledge management, content management, and technical authoring. BroadVision acquired Softquad and its staff. Accomplishments: - Developed and implemented test plans for content entry and workflow functionality of an XML based document management system developed in Java- Created and implemented GUI function testing strategies and scripts using automated tools from Segue (Silk test). These test automation scripts allowed for frequent regression testing- Designed and maintained an internationalization test lab, using automated tools managing up to 40 test environments. This test lab allowed us to rapidly created the required test environments to reproduce problems and verify fixes- Designed and implemented internationalization tests cases to verify that our applications correctly transformed into XML documents that were created using French, Japanese, and Chinese versions of Microsoft Word- Responsible for QA project time estimates, resource allocation, and risk identificationTrained personnel in SGML, XML, and Unicode testing Show less

SoftQuad produced one of the first XML authoring products as well as one of the first HTML authoring products. Accomplishments: - Created and implemented test plans and test scripts on an HTML editor (HotMetal) and SGML viewer (Panorama)- Designed test plans and performed testing of the CSS style sheet editor which was a the time an emerging standards- Developed and executed test plans for French and German localization of HotMetal- Presales Support in… Show more SoftQuad produced one of the first XML authoring products as well as one of the first HTML authoring products. Accomplishments: - Created and implemented test plans and test scripts on an HTML editor (HotMetal) and SGML viewer (Panorama)- Designed test plans and performed testing of the CSS style sheet editor which was a the time an emerging standards- Developed and executed test plans for French and German localization of HotMetal- Presales Support in French HotMetal at a Conference on Web Technologies, Paris, 1996- Responsible for bilingual technical support for SoftQuad's line of HTML/SGML products; HotMetal Panorama, and Author/Editor Show less