Stephanie Ashdown Email & Phone Number

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

• Participating in the QA Academy to train as a Software Developer ready for deployment as a consultant to QA clients. Topics covered:
• SQL/MySQL including query language and data normalisation.
• Testing fundamentals including unit testing with JUnit and Mockito and automation with Selenium.
• Creation of web applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node).
• Collaborated on a group project to create a cinema website. GitHub repository: https://github.com/Stephanie-Ash/QA-cinema-team1
• Java fundamentals including syntax, OOP principles and SOLID principles.

• Processing of all types of borehole seismic (VSP) data. Also worked as an Accounts Assistant for the company. Key responsibilities and requirements:
• Collaborating with and coordinating a team of colleagues involved in a complex multi-well project.
• Identifying and solving problems with datasets and results.
• Frequent contact with and presentation to clients ensuring specific requirements were met and negotiating when additional requirements outside the scope of the project were requested.
• Effectively prioritising and managing time to ensure that any additional projects were completed on time and to a high standard whilst the multi-well project was ongoing.

• In charge of the day to day running of the company. Also acted as an Accounts Assistant for the sister company Zebra Data Sciences. Key responsibilities and requirements:
• Liaison with accounts departments of various worldwide companies ensuring that all procurement and tax requirements had been fulfilled. Established good working relationships with the departments enabling more.
• Quick understanding and use of various online procurement and invoicing systems.
• Organisation and implementation of training courses on the in-house processing software. Led to a detailed understanding of the software and appreciation of requirements for good UX.
• Instruction and management of regular consultants.

• Processing of all types of borehole seismic (VSP) data from various worldwide locations. Key responsibilities and requirements:
• Finding and pulling together key information from various data sources and identifying and quickly solving problems as they occurred. A strong attention to detail was essential.
• Extensive use of Microsoft Office for writing of reports, presentation to clients and Excel based data analysis.
• Close collaboration with the software development team including the suggestion of and assistance in the design of additional software modules to automate time consuming tasks.
• Supporting new colleagues and quality checking their results and reports.

Diploma, Full Stack Software Development, Distinction

A virtual course focusing on practical experience and centred around 5 portfolio projects. Areas of learning include HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Earth Sciences, 2:1