Software Quality Assurance, Testing, Project Management
• 10 years of Software Quality Assurance, Manual, Automated, UAT and SIT testing.
• Affiliate project timelines; execute project plans, Software Development Life Cycle, (SDLC),Waterfall, Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA), Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Isolating and tracking SW product issues with bug fix facilitation
• Functional tests, interoperability testing, validate system stability
• Functional Specification review & feedback, used building test cases, and plans
• Emulation testing, Development team member; serviceability, maintainability, reliability engineering
• Product development lifecycle, Software build and release management.
• Negative Exception Testing insure handling of processed errors, events, and recovery
• knowledge of hardware / embedded software development methodologies and lifecycle
• Analyze traces, visualize signal/state association, protocols, TCP/IP, FTP,
• Build, GUI, FPLA, Lattice, ISPlever, Dev. Tools, GMP Mfg process, peripherals
• Agile project teams, support & engage in strategic working and planning relationships
• Automated tools: SYMPL(** see note) EMC proprietary, UI, CLI-based tests, automation similar to QTP. Problem tracking: Bugzilla, Redmine. SYMPL scripts CLI influence, Lattice design software Implementation tools, FPGA architectures, Load test – Microsoft IO/Meter, white box testing
• Facilitating; test criteria, activities, and results across QA Org. similar to Test Director/Quality Center
• Strong liaison between engineering, services, and business management
• Project management skills, detail-oriented, flexible, adapt to consistent changing priorities
JOB HISTORY:
CWCapital, Inc. Needham MA 02492 May 2012 – current
Quality Assurance, (Consultant/Contractor)
1. Testing Financial Management Applications: transactions, report format & generation, GUI forms, databases, and interoperability
2. Support and Validate Financial Applications deployed in the companies production environment
3. Consolidate Origination, Securitization and Provide Pipeline Management, and reporting options.
4. Track defects, write test cases, test plans, “Bug Tracking” – Redmine - Web Application Tool, EMC’s Documentum,
5. Work closely with developers, Monitor testing activities, test fixes, document corrections, maintain existing software, and develop functional enhancements.
Office tools: Citrix XenApp Remote Desktop facilitator supports remote users, MSOffice, and Windows EMC-Eroom
FitLinxx, Inc. July 2011 – Oct 2011
SW QA Analyst
• Developed Test Plan for wireless Activity Monitor(s), performs analysis on trends for Reliability.
• Analyzed existing product for anomalies, tested microcode for monitors,
• Involved with Wireless product such as Blood Pressure Monitor, Fitness Tracking and Wireless Weight Scales, as well as wireless Glucose testing.
• Responsible: Test Cases, Test Plan, product performance Analysis, bug logging and tracking – Bugzilla.
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EMC, Corporation Dec 2000 – June 2010
Project Lead: Software Development Engineering
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer: Symmetrix
• Project Lead: Develop enterprise level Test Strategies, Plans, and Designs, Implement Test criteria, work with SW Development and QE team members; identify, evaluate and select QE tools.
• Systems Integration, define, Test, and track Quality Assurance metrics
• Lead Project Planning (QE) and strategy sessions, Gather and Review Requirements & Specifications, Lead constant review and fine tuning of QE Processes.
• Update, Maintain, and Re-enforcement effective QE and SW Release cycles.
• Knowledge of software builds and release management processes, validate quality of features, enhancements, fixes, and legacy product.
• System configuration (.bin files) functionality testing, interoperability, error handling and recovery, problem recreation, Ad-Hoc testing based on in depth understanding of expected functionality, test using self configured and maintained test beds, e.g. systems and hosts with total connectivity
• Team representative; project, program, and technical project leadership roles,
• Project planning, requirements gathering & tracking; status issue management, escalation/resolution, and use EMC CLI commands for automation.
• Design and implement GUI for manual and automated procedures.
• UNIX CLI commands and filters.
• Negative Testing back end, firmware, code functions, to validate proper behavior of error recovery.
• Translate business need into functional requirements, breakdown functional specifications used for test plan. Exercising QA and IV&V methodology tasks and tracking outcomes/metrics against expectations
• Automation: Online Problem Tracking, Bug Zilla / Bug Tracker,
• Automation Testing - (EMC Proprietary tools) similar to Test Manager, WinRunner
• Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA), test requirements, new functions/features, testing Symmetrix Remote Data Facilitation (RDF), Switched (SRDF), redundancy, mirroring, dual path, failover, Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC).
• Windows OS, Sun UNIX, HP/UX, configure and test mirroring, dual path initiators.
• Introduced agile process for Software qualification leading to full qual. meeting expectations
• Consequently reducing service calls, returns, and data unavailability, overall 15% saving to organization.
• Reduced downtime & unavailability eliminating single point of failure, through regression and qualification testing, saved EMC $1,000,000’s in payments to customer for downtime.
• Project Lead Engineer, VMAX / Symmetrix; lead project deliverables, Test Plan, Test cases, full participation in the qualification processes.
• Process improvement; Identify, analyze and recommend product or program improvement based on analysis.
• Storage: HDD arrays, DLT ½” Linear Tape Drives (Quantum)
Quantum, Corporation, Dec 1997 – Nov, 2000
Field Applications Engineer, Team Lead
Single point of contact; Corporate Sup...
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