Tim Daish Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

A continuation of the previous role under a new employer

Leatherhead, Surrey, Uk

Functional Test Automation and Performance Testing using Python/Webdriver.Expanding into a more agile way of working with concepts and techniques drawn from Domain Driven Design, Behaviour Driven Development, Example Mapping and hoping to get into Event Storming, Event Mapping in the future.

Converted own page performance analysis tool to run over the web; this included development of a NodeJS server and an interface to run tests using Headless Chrome and maintain a third-party tag database.Built prototype hardware and developed and tested the software for a real-time GPS tracking system using NodeJS, Websockets and MySQL to support 10Hz updates. Designed and built a responsive user interface using Leaflet mapping.

Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom

Front-end web performance optimisation, performance testing, third-party domain analysis.- WebPageTest private instance implementer, including development of a mobile lab with real mobile devices (Android and iOS).- Creator of a third-party database used as the basis for conducing third-party audits on websites.- Performance tester (load, stress, soak): planning, preparing, executing and reporting, using NCC Group load test platform. Promoted advanced real-time reporting with raw results.- Adviser and guide to customers to improve their website speed, the customer experience and generate more revenue. Focus upon improving render speed, remove render blockers, and delivering resources with greater efficiency.- Creator of many tools to assist in page analysis and third-party site audits including image optimisation, font, CSS, JavaScript and HTTP header analysis: PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, Highcharts, jQuery DataTables.- Creator and provider of training for performance testing and performance optimisation.

South-East England

TD Software Consultancy Limited (TDSCL), a limited company, privately owned and managed by Tim Daish was a small consultancy based in South-East England, dedicated to improving the quality of bespoke software applications. It promoted the management of Software Quality throughout a software development life cycle with a clear focus upon the inter-dependency between Requirements and Testing; that of Requirements Validation and Verification.TDSCL also provided a small development capability for bespoke software solutions applying agile and evolutionary development techniques (see projects). Closed as of March 2013.

Gatwick

Wrote and introduced an organisational Test Strategy and a User Acceptance Testing approach based upon the use of business scenarios to drive the business's test cases.Provided consultancy to Project Managers on their approach to Software Quality under PRINCE2.Selected and implemented a test and defect management tool, Inflectra SpiraTest, primarily for internal use by business users.Informally trained business users on acceptance testing principles, guided their approach, and introduced them to the benefits of using a test management tool.Liaised with external 3rd parties, reviewed their system specifications/requirements docs., test plans, defects and test results, and provided regular management status updates. Raised quality issues with project and business managers.Managed several UAT projects on behalf of the business users (Windows and web apps.).Documented the department's SDLC and developed a combined requirements and acceptance testing approach with business events, processes, activities, rules and scenarios.

City Of London, United Kingdom

Working upon Client Portal web applications, I managed 1-2 QA Testers, including conducting their interviews and recruitment from 3rd party suppliers; provided day-to-day management throughout test lifecycle, covering manual functional, automated functional and load/stress testing.Prepared QA project plans and produced test strategy documents for several projects and applications.Provided defect management to both the QA and development teams, together with an administrative role for Test Director 8/Quality Center 9.Provided advice and guidance on defect workflow to development team.Provided QA upon requirements documentation and guided Business Analyst's on the preparation of requirement specifications and use cases using agile development methods.Wrote and executed performance test scripts, analysed results and prepared performance test reports.Contributed to QA team process improvements - introduced an extended HTML reporting mechanism for automated functional testing (and managed automated tester through its development); set up test web pages for describing and testing portal features.

London, United Kingdom

Functional Testing – web applicationPrepared system test plans and conducted system and integration testing of a web-based, corporate banking payments project using BACSTEL-IP and RSA ClearTrust security.Defined and executed test scripts and recorded defects in Mercury TestDirector 7.8.Automated Functional Testing – web applicationImplemented a data-driven framework using Mercury WinRunner 7.5 TSL with extended HTML results reporting for multiple web-based products, resulting in higher quality regression tests.Provided guidance upon building a framework for, and executing, automated functional testing.Performance Testing – web applicationPrepared performance test plans; defined and analysed the performance test workloads for 3 systems.Recorded and edited test scripts in Mercury LoadRunner 7.8/8, including data pooling and correlation of variable data, for 2 Web based systems using HTTPS on IIS4 and 5. Systems AnalysisPreparation of requirements specification for a Trade Finance system hardware and software upgrade project, including data migration from DB2 to Oracle database.Provided guidance to other analysts for project analysis work using the Use Case technique.

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Test Consultant working for 2 banks. Conducted manual system and acceptance testing and automated functional testing (Mercury WinRunner). Led system test team of 3 people and supported 2 test managers.Conducted performance testing with Rational Robot; prepared performance test plan, defined and analysed the performance test workload; recorded and edited test scripts, including data pooling of variable data, defined and executed test scenarios under Rational TestManager; analysed and documented performance test results and advised clients on performance bottlenecks, the resolution of which resulted in a 30-times improvement in overall system performance; programmed a workaround to a security issue to keep project on-track.

Prepared functional specs., design documents and system tested the company's pension administration system.

Chertsey, Surrey

Prepared and introduced system testing procedures and led the system testing team.Wrote and executed keyword-driven automated functional test scripts using Softbridge Automated Test Facility (ATF).Devised framework for easier script and scenario maintenance for use by non-technical team members.Prepared functional and design specifications, system test plans and executed system tests for enhancements to company's life assurance system, CyberLife, using COBOL, CICS, DB2 and a SmallTalk OO front-end.

Kent

Prepared system test plans and executed system tests for enhancements to company's life assurance system.Prepared functional and design specifications for enhancements including support for Preferred Lives rules and the introduction of the single currency through European Monetary Union.

City Of London, United Kingdom

Introduced to broking, Back Office Systems, FX and Money Market financial instruments including Interest Rate Swaps, Repos and ACS (automatic confirmations)

Stevenage, United Kingdom

Conducted a feasibility study and investigated and analysed requirements for a new annuity payment system, prepared functional and technical specifications and data conversion rules, defined accounting, reports, batch and on-line screen processing, interpreted Inland Revenue PAYE regulations, performed data modelling and data analysis to define the DB2 database structure, and conducted module specification walkthroughs.Performed system and integration testing, supported acceptance testing, defined security procedures, prepared the user guide and operations manual, prepared user training, wrote a schedule for and supported the implementation and conducted a project review. The COBOL II, CICS and DB2 system was successfully implemented in August 1993, paying out more than £19m per year to over 16,000 clients.

Aylesbury, United Kingdom

Conducted feasibility study and prepared functional specification for a new unit allocation system for company's unitised life assurance products.

B.A.(Hons), Systems Analysis (2.1)

Activities and Societies: Parachute clubTopics studied: Structured Systems Analysis and Design inc. SSADM, Structured Programming inc. JSP.

Gce 'A' Levels;, Computer Science (B), Maths (C), Physics (E)

Gce 'O' Levels, Maths, German, Geography, Chemistry, Physics, English