Robert Gormley Email & Phone Number

Mound, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Like the digital world today, change is constant - we are now Trissential, an Expleo Company. United globally and rebranded, Expleo Group adds Integrated Engineering into our Management Consulting and Quality Assurance services portfolio.Our global organization now brings a 50-year track record, 15,000 employees, footprint in 25+ countries, and $1.25B revenue generated in 2018. Representing the United States, Trissential, an Expleo Company, continues to be your trusted partner, delivering end-to-end quality solutions with first-class expertise and best practices. We help our clients attain sustainable advantage over competitors and gain world-class performance with a unique combination of our strategic capabilities:Management Consulting - Strategy, Management, AnalysisBusiness Agility - Organizational Agility, High Performing Teams, InnovationContinuous Quality - Quality Management, Quality Engineering, Testing ServicesFind out how Trissential is The Shape of Business Improvement www.trissential.comContact us for more information about our services info@trissential.com

5100 Gamble St. Louis Park

Technical Lead: Quality (US Bank)-Helping to manage QA project timelines & deliverables while carefully monitoring project interdependencies related to business rules, infrastructure, architecture, and design-Helping to architect, design, and implement a custom built Java/Selenium Agile automation framework using Java, Selenium Grid, VersionOne, SOAPUI, and SQL Server in order to test a Java Portal built on top of LifeRay and a data warehouse-Helping to introduce and refine QA processes, methodologies, best practices, and benchmarks for testing by incorporating an Agile Testing approach with the expressed goal of increasing test coverage, reducing test execution, and increasing product quality-Conducting hands-on Functional Acceptance Testing and leading the UAT Process for the projectPrincipal Consultant (Nike)-Helped develop an immersive end-to-end, consumer-driven testing approach for validating Nike's Digit Sports wearables including Nike+ FuelBand, SportWatch, SportBand, and Nike+ Basketball-Worked directly with Nike to prepare Estimates, SOWs, POs, and Invoices-Helped design and implement a cross-platform (Mac & PC) API level Test Automation Framework for embedded device controls which ultimately reduced manual test execution by over 50%-Helped introduce and refine QA processes, methodologies, best practices, and benchmarks for testing with Agile which resulted in increased test coverage, reduced test execution, and increased product quality

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Worked directly with senior management across IT, Business, and Operations to help manage the IT rewrite initiative by providing guidance, priority, and business direction for 6 disparately located, concurrent Agile development teams-Helped manage project and program timelines & deliverables while carefully monitoring project and program interdependencies related to business rules, infrastructure, architecture, and design-Regularly meet with BOs in meetings (steering committee & demos) to keep customers happy & informed about program status against roadmaps & release plans-Visited off-site teams and vendors to ensure project and program deliverables and standards were being faithfully executed (course correction when needed)-Directly managed QA teams on both Rewrite and Legacy teams which included on-shore and offshore teams. On Legacy side, designed, documented, and implemented end-to-end RUP style Total Quality Management process and tools including ALM 11.0. On Rewrite side, helped to architect, design, and implement a custom built C# Agile automation framework using Visual Studio, TFS, SpecFlow (WatiN), MS Test Manager in order to test a .NET Silverlight application on top of Entity Framework data access layer and SQL Server

Minnetonka, Mn

-Worked directly with Executive Management across IT, Business, and Operations to manage the IT healthcare plan implementation for 2 distinct product lines-Helped create & manage project and program roadmaps, timelines, & deliverables while carefully monitoring project and program interdependencies related to business rules, operations, infrastructure, architecture, and design-Helped implement Agile within the IT Department starting with Rapid Iterative and developing into full-blown Scrum. Served as an Agile process coach-Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning meetings, retrospectives, Tech Reviews, created sprint burn-downs, lead story mapping sessions, & incorporated recalibrations from the shifting business priorities to ensure consistent and early delivery of software-Regularly met with internal & external Executive Management to update status and recalibrate program and project timelines and deliveries to keep customers happy-Directly managed a team of up to 10 QA resources including hiring, conducting performance reviews, giving day-to-day tasks, and establishing professional goals. -Analyzed the need for automated testing and designed a customized hybrid framework which leveraged VMware to simultaneously build over 500 unique platforms

Roseville, Mn

Managed a team of up to 10 QA resources including hiring, conducting performance reviews, giving day-to-day tasks, and establishing professional goals. Introduced and refined QA processes, methodologies, best practices, and benchmarks for testing by incorporating the RUP test methodology. Formalization of QA was highlighted by 5 members of the team achieving industry recognized certifications. Helped IT transition into Agile starting with Rapid Iterative and developing into full-blown Scrum. Analyzed the need for automated testing and designed a customized hybrid framework which leveraged VMware to build over 500 unique platforms and environments for testing.

Minneapolis, Mn

Participate in all QA functions including writing test plans, test case, test summary reports, traceability matrix, executing and reporting on test metrics, maintaining a defect tracking and resolution process, and conducting all types of testing (integration, configuration, system, functional, GUI, regression, data, and security) for a $20 Million project. Forecast and acquire resources as needed and coordinate testing activities between 3 locations (Minneapolis, Toronto, and New Jersey). Educate Business and Executive Management on QA Principles and make recommendations on process improvement. Analyze the need for automated testing and design an automation implementation plan. Help develop and implement a customized automation framework that reduced regression test cycles while increasing coverage.

Maple Grove, Mn

Participate in all QA functions including writing test plans, test case, test summary reports, traceability matrix, executing and reporting on test metrics, maintaining a defect tracking and resolution process, and conducting all types of testing (integration, configuration, system, functional, GUI, regression, data, and security). Analyze the need for automated testing and design an automation implementation plan. Automation included completing a sophisticated POC of automation testing for XML through the use of SOAPScope and QTP.

Eden Prairie, Mn

Helped mature QA processes, methodologies, best practices, and benchmarks for testing by incorporating the RUP test methodology. Participated and led all QA functions including writing test plans and test cases, executing and reporting on test metrics, developing and maintaining a defect tracking and resolution process, and conducting all types of testing (integration, configuration, system, functional, GUI, regression, data, and security). Managed resource allocation, acquisition, and training.

Minneapolis, Mn

Helped mature QA processes, methodologies, best practices, and benchmarks for testing by incorporating the RUP test methodology. Participated and led all QA functions including writing test plans and test cases, executing and reporting on test metrics, developing and maintaining a defect tracking and resolution process, and conducting all types of testing (integration, configuration, system, functional, GUI, regression, data, and security). Managed resource allocation (10 direct reports), acquisition, and training.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Helped mature QA processes, methodologies, best practices, and benchmarks for testing by incorporating the RUP test methodology. Participated and led all QA functions including writing test plans and test cases, executing and reporting on test metrics, developing and maintaining a defect tracking and resolution process, and conducting all types of testing (integration, configuration, system, functional, GUI, regression, data, and security). Managed resource allocation, acquisition, and training.

Education record

Masters, Education

Ba, English, History

National Honor Society

Education record