Michael B. Email & Phone Number

612 West 12Th

I have transferred from my position at Provincial Health Services Association to British Columbia Centre for Disease Control affective December 12th.My attention will be focused on the Panorama application - a system designed for communicable disease surveillance and management for public Health Professionals.

Vancouver - British Columbia

Assigned to an Institutional Health project in the role of Issue/Defect Manager.The assignment included:- establishing rules and process related to the triage of Issues and defects recorded during the execution of test cases. - facilitating the escalation and remediation process

Burnaby - British Columbia

Assigned to testing a product related to public health – immunization, drug inventory, disease controlAssigned to the verification/validation of principle areas such as:- Configuration – Database- Configuration – UI screen validationHighlights – I was the sole resource assigned to the test management and test execution for a system message transfer between existing health management systems. I arranged for System Integration testing between external parties. I liaised… Show more Assigned to testing a product related to public health – immunization, drug inventory, disease controlAssigned to the verification/validation of principle areas such as:- Configuration – Database- Configuration – UI screen validationHighlights – I was the sole resource assigned to the test management and test execution for a system message transfer between existing health management systems. I arranged for System Integration testing between external parties. I liaised with the client, external testers and development staff.Deliverables (personally created and delivered):- Interface Test Strategy documentA comprehensive report detailing: - Scope- Dependencies- Approach- Test Cases- Entrance and Exit Criteria- Test management and Reporting- Milestones- Work products- Test ReportA comprehensive report detailing: - Test environments- Functional test execution and status- Defect reporting- End-to-end testing execution and statusI created and presented the knowledge transfer material for those expected to support the system once delivered. Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

Assigned to the testing of a new claims software application for a large insurance provider.Responsible for evaluating and verifying the recording of claim events, liability splitting and cheques/electronic transfers.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Project: Telecommunications Provider.Role: Product Assurance Tester. Focus – Test script creation for Use Cases and specific System Events. Involved verifying requirements against existing legacy application code.

Burnaby

Project: Major Airline Client.Role: Product Assurance Tester. Focus – Kiosk Application/ Testing and verification of several Kiosk enhancements.

Burnaby

Project: Internal IBM project (confidential)Role: Product Assurance Tester. Focus – Create Master Test plan/Test entrance criteria/ Exit criteria/Create and execute test scripts (RQM).

Burnaby

Project: Educational Software Provider (USA).Role: Product Assurance Tester. Focus – Test/Report defects for Student profiles/Create and execute test cases (HPQC).

Vancouver, Canada Area

Responsible for creating and executing test cases to ensure the verification and validation of upgrades to the existing Airline passenger WEB and KIOSK flight check-in applications.

Vancouver, Canada Area

My career commenced with Canadian Airlines in their computer department. Canadian Airlines and Air Canada created a new company Gemini Group for the purpose of combining their reservation systems. The company was later renamed to Advantis. Advantis was later acquired by ISM followed by IBM.My initial role was clerical within a standards and implementation group known as Change Control. I rose in rank to group lead. I advanced my education by completing courses in Assembler and… Show more My career commenced with Canadian Airlines in their computer department. Canadian Airlines and Air Canada created a new company Gemini Group for the purpose of combining their reservation systems. The company was later renamed to Advantis. Advantis was later acquired by ISM followed by IBM.My initial role was clerical within a standards and implementation group known as Change Control. I rose in rank to group lead. I advanced my education by completing courses in Assembler and Accounting.Later, I transferred to Computer Operations and performed in the roles of Computer Operator and Maintenance programmer.During the transfer of reservation systems from both airlines to 'Gemini' (located in Winnipeg), I was transferred to the new operations centre to train all personnel assigned to operate the CP reservation system. This is a particular point of pride in my career.Later, I joined Development as a development analyst and programmer. I was a member and a team lead on multiple multi-million dollar projects.I was one of 5 developers assigned the prestigious task of implementing electronic ticketing. Then a new and remarkable concept, today a standard part of travel booking.Having become very familiar with the functioning of systems such as Flight Watch, Electronic Ticketing General reservations etc. I engaged a new career path as a Business Analyst. While in the employ of the Gemini Group, I was assigned to development of a back office accounting package (known as MBA) for use by Travel Agencies that were linked to the US based travel agency reservation system known as 'Gemini'. The programming language used was 'C'. Show less

Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology

High School Certificate, 12