I work as part of a team within a fast-paced, fun, challenging and creative environment to achieve team-oriented goals. I'm a member of an Agile Squad within the Technology organization; and work directly with the software developers to ensure that the project deliverables work properly before they become available to the end users. I'm well-versed in agile methodologies with a constant focus on improving the QA process, excellent at communication and thrive in a fast-moving, hyper-growth environment.

We are tech-savvy wizards, code-wrangling warriors & wicked-smart comp experts.Tropics, an Insurity company is the leading provider of comprehensive workers’ compensation software and related services in the United States. Tropics’ staff of experts has over 450 years of combined experience in the workers’ compensation industry from a wide range of disciplines. Our knowledge of this field allows us to complement our premium workers’ compensation software with the highest level of customer service and support.We thrive on solving complex problems with elegant solutions that simplify the lives of our clients and in-turn help them be more profitable. To accomplish this we are in regular dialog with our clients, listening to their needs, and identifying solutions. We believe that the best ideas come from the field, not a software company, and we listen closely to our client needs to offer the best “out of the box” workers’ comp software in the market today.Combining the benefits of traditional software development with more modern approaches, we find ourselves in a quasi-Agile/Waterfall mindset. We value individuals and interactions, working software, customer collaboration, and flexibility, however also see a clear need for solid processes, precise tools, comprehensive documentation, and a well thought-out plan. For us, it works … and the proof is in our software and dozens of successful client installations.

• Quality Engineer, working in conjunction with Developers, Stakeholders, and Business users• Responsible for testing and overseeing projects in a continuous development environment• Lead Dev to QA turnover sessions in order to hand off code packages to testing environments• Testing projects using HTML, CSS, JSON, MySQL, Aerospike, and API Web Services• Code deployment, Apache log monitoring, and Aerospike/MySQL data validation in Staging and Production environments• Implementation and design of API testing and automation using Postman• Implementation and design of Web Testing automation using SeleniumIDE for Firefox• Training and coaching QA Colleagues in API testing• Functional, technical, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing and documentation

Supervise the day-to-day responsibilities and activities of the help desk for over a dozen employees.