Ron Looker Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Area

* Train new team members and work closley with interns * Create and maintain end-to-end user acceptance and regression Gherkin tests for multiple products* Perform exploratory testing outside regression and unit testing * Developed automated regression test script for smoke testing applications* Implement and refine QA processes, standards and methods * Analyze product requirements with BAs & PMs * Define entrance and exit criteria for test planning, creation and execution * Manually test web-based application developed in Java platform: desktop, IOS & Android mobile/tablet * Track and identify severity of Bugs/Defects via JIRA * Create and maintain automated regression test cases using Rubymine

Managed 3 employees and day-to-day operations Acquired and maintained all certificates and licenses to run businessPerformed accounting and paid sales taxes

• Helped run small projects while keeping time and budget constraints.• Ran forensic samples using Polarized Light Microscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Microscopy.• Received Outstanding Performance Award for developing a method to extract explosives from a hydrolysis solution. • Received samples and logged them into the Nautilus LIMS system• Wrote detailed extraction plans following EPA testing methods.• Extracted various matrices including clothing, soil, water, food and air sampling devices using Accelerated Solvent Extraction, Reduced Volume, Liquid/Liquid Extraction and Solid Phase Extraction.• Concentrated sample extracts using Kuderna-Danish and Nitrogen Evaporation.• Used Ion-Specific Electrodes to test pH, ORP and Cyanide. • Received Outstanding Performance Award for training new staff.

NuCon specializes in high efficiency filtration process equipment, providing products and services ranging from laboratory studies to complete equipment installations.; Administered quality control checks of employee's work, monitored staff compliance with safety procedures, motivated and encouraged staff members regarding performanceRan bench scale experiments with impregnated activated carbon including break-through tests for hazardous industrial gasesPerformed particle size analysis and hardness tests using ASTM testing methods. Used Atomic Absorption to run mercury analysis using cold vapor techniques

Matrix Environmental is an environmental firm that specializes in soil and water sampling and testing as well as site remediation.; Operated a mobile lab for immediate sample turnaround.Tested soil and water samples for gasoline range organics and chlorinated contaminants using Gas Chromatography with XSD and PID detectors.Performed bioremediation and chemical remediation on phase III sites.

The Scott's/Miracle Gro Company leads the industry in indoor/outdoor lawn and garden products.; Used Atomic Absorption to test production and R&D samples for potassium, manganese, magnesium, copper and ironTested pesticide content using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography and Gas ChromatographyAnalyzed total Nitrogen content with a LECO Nitrogen analyzer.Performed physical testing including hardness and particle size. Ran phosphorus using a spectaphotometer Used Ion-Specific Electrodes to test for Nitrite, Nitrate and Ammonium.

B.S, Zoology

Business/Biology