Rose Willard Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Duties:Manage an internal team of up to seven testers at a variety of experience levels.Testing in the Unreal Editor and pulling down latest to check changes as they are checked in.Find opportunities for testers to work with other depts to learn more about areas of development they are interested in to assist in their career development.Conduct weekly one on one’s to give the team time to speak with me about what they need and to help them develop their skills and provide… Show more Duties:Manage an internal team of up to seven testers at a variety of experience levels.Testing in the Unreal Editor and pulling down latest to check changes as they are checked in.Find opportunities for testers to work with other depts to learn more about areas of development they are interested in to assist in their career development.Conduct weekly one on one’s to give the team time to speak with me about what they need and to help them develop their skills and provide mentorship.Create process and documentation for the QA Dept.Set up of the studios QA department including sourcing and building the team.Read over resumes and conduct interviews with QA candidates.Manage Jira database ensuring testers are regressing their bugs and assigning issues labeled as needs more information to the correct testers. Show less

Projects: Subnautica and Subnautica Below Zero (PS4/XB1/PS5/XBSX/Switch/PC/Mac)Unannounced titleDuties:Jira adminManage the QA team across all of the studios titlesManage external test teamsCreate and document QA processes and procedures for the entire studioCommunicate about state of the game with development teamPut together daily change lists for QA to look atManage the community playtest teamEvangelize for QA across the companyKick off new… Show more Projects: Subnautica and Subnautica Below Zero (PS4/XB1/PS5/XBSX/Switch/PC/Mac)Unannounced titleDuties:Jira adminManage the QA team across all of the studios titlesManage external test teamsCreate and document QA processes and procedures for the entire studioCommunicate about state of the game with development teamPut together daily change lists for QA to look atManage the community playtest teamEvangelize for QA across the companyKick off new builds when needed for testEvaluate resumes, conduct interviews and make hiring decisions for new testersUnknown Worlds had no QA dept when I was brought on and was tracking bugs in Favro. Since I have set up and implemented Jira for bug tracking and created a proposal for the hiring and set up for their QA dept. I have also been documenting QA best practices and setting up processes around QA approval for Early access releases. Show less

Los Gatos, Ca.

Current project Star Trek Online (PS4/XB1/PC)Duties:Update servers with latest builds.Communicate risk to stakeholders.Schedule and conduct handoff meetings and playtest.Train and develop new testers.Create and maintain test plans and test cases.Schedule and assign testers features for test.Assist in leading the QA team. Manage Jira database ensuring testers are regressing their bugs and assigning issues labeled as needs more information to the correct… Show more Current project Star Trek Online (PS4/XB1/PC)Duties:Update servers with latest builds.Communicate risk to stakeholders.Schedule and conduct handoff meetings and playtest.Train and develop new testers.Create and maintain test plans and test cases.Schedule and assign testers features for test.Assist in leading the QA team. Manage Jira database ensuring testers are regressing their bugs and assigning issues labeled as needs more information to the correct testers.Set up and lead QA handoff meetings for new features.White glove live servers following weekly maintenance ensuring all services came back online and new sales and events start at the correct times.Create and document new QA processes.Communicate and work with outsource testing resources.Conduct interviews for new potential new employees. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Greater San Diego Area

Have had a consistently high bug count on all titles worked onSupervise teams of testersReport any issues or roadblocks preventing testing of features to Lead or Senior QATrain and mentor new testers in testing and bug writing skillsHelp create test plans and areas for focus during testingCoordinate with other testers to help figure out and find issues across different modes Coordinate with teams working on the same title on different platformsTitles worked… Show more Have had a consistently high bug count on all titles worked onSupervise teams of testersReport any issues or roadblocks preventing testing of features to Lead or Senior QATrain and mentor new testers in testing and bug writing skillsHelp create test plans and areas for focus during testingCoordinate with other testers to help figure out and find issues across different modes Coordinate with teams working on the same title on different platformsTitles worked on:Uncharted: Golden Abyss- PSVitaResistance Burning Skies- PSVitaLittle Big Planet Karting- PS3MLB 13: The Show- PS3The Last of Us- PS3Beyond: Two Souls-PS3Ratchet & Clank Collection- PSVitaMLB 14 The Show- PS3/PS4MLB 15 The Show- PS3/PS4MLB 16 The Show- PS3/PS4 Show less

Visalia, California Area

Managed a team of 6Assisted in the design of 2 titlesParticipated in investor, client meetingsSet up and maintained the studios Facebook and Twitter AccountsTitles worked on:Axis Cubed (Unreleased)- Producer/DesignerUntitled Facebook Fashion Game (Unreleased)- Producer/Lead Designer

Hired and trained employee’sManaged a staff of 10-12Managed payroll and other expensesOversaw multiple and competing projects