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Bozeman, Montana, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

London, England, Gb

Drawing from my expertise to oversee Quality Assurance (QA) engineering and delivery across the Envision project for Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA). Provide strategic leadership and guidance in QA testing efforts spanning wealth management applications, planning modules, CRM systems, analytics, asset allocation, 60+ API interfaces, and data file processing functions. Collaborate cross-functionally to drive QA outcomes and Sprint planning sessions. Direct a team of 10 QA Engineers ensuring alignment of performance with established objectives and standards. Partner in the definition and execution of project schedule, scope assessment, framework testing, reporting, and resource planning efforts. Execute Proof of Concept strategies for various solutions. Perform solution validation efforts. Define and administer policies for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) release notes, defects, and FDS. Establish QA standards, controls, and best practices.• Key contributor in positioning Refinitiv in representing 60% of revenue for WFA by serving as the Quality Assurance lead. • Entrusted to lead the $10M income dashboard module overseeing QA across the development of a retirement planning application with complex calculations. • Championed a report consolidation effort encompassing 60+ webservices. • Successfully lead quality across the migration and upgrade of Oracle 11g to Exadata servers with Oracle 12c. • Played a key role in driving a successful migration of Windows 2008 to 2012 servers through strategic leadership over quality assurance functions.

Toronto, On, Ca

I was selected to manage QA and test automation engineering efforts spanning a diverse project portfolio. Served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in QA project management. Applied Agile methodologies and sprint planning concepts. Partnered with remote offshore teams in driving testing and reporting initiatives. Analyzed data and performed backend validation. Delivered automated and manual software and database testing strategies. Generated testing reports for senior leaders. Administered defect and change statuses. Evaluated and prepared test cases, reports, and traceability matrix.• Expertly managed various successful projects including Book Management, Portfolio Management, Proposal Generator, Model Manager, and MRT Model.• Automated cases leveraging TestNG framework, Selenium WebDrivers with Java, Maven and Extent Reports. • Strategically partnered with SysOps for incorporating application smoke and Regression test in CI/CD pipeline generating significant time savings in QA manual testing efforts.

Toronto, On, Ca

Master'S Degree, Information Systems Management

Master Of Computer Applications - Mca, Computer Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Chemistry