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Ciriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
WORK EXPERIENCE: Project: LSI 52 Improvements Leading the Capita Test team through the UAT and End to End test cycles. It was my responsibility to track defects and report on test progess, when defects were not fixed and ready for retest I would be responsible for re-planning re-tests after liaising with development and agreeing a reasonable time for defects to be fixed. Outline of Responsibilities: · Produce Test Plans · Produce test conditions · Defect Tracking · Test Management July 2007 – December 2007 Swinton Insurance Project: Swinton Home on the Web Position Held: Senior Test Analyst/Automation Test AnalystWorking within the Swinton Home on the Web project team, ensuring all systems are tested and delivered on-time and within budget. My responsibilities included producing a Test Plan for the project by firstly creating a Mind Map document based on the Functional Specifications produced by the Business Analysts, identifying and creating Test Conditions by extracting information from the functional specifications, using the Test Conditions I then produced a set of Test Cases/Scripts, ready for functional testing, executing the tests, recording my results and logging and tracking any bugs with development. It is my responsibility to ensure that all daily reports are accurate and sent to the Project team, highlighting any gains or risks and arranging meetings to discuss risk management. During the project Swinton employed a Test Analyst to execute the Test Scripts which I had created; this allowed me to role out an Automated Regression Test pack using QA Wizard. I implemented an Automated Regression Pack which is purely data driven, which contained logic written VB Script, therefore the data that is loaded in to the test scripts from a spreadsheet would determine the path through the application. Outline of Responsibilities: · Produce Test Plans · Produce test conditions · Produce Test Scripts · Test Automation · Defect Tracking · Functional Testing April 2007 – July 2007 Pipex Internet Project: Pipex – Cerillion Application Position Held: Senior Test AnalystWorking within the Pipex project team, ensuring the Cerillion CRM was tested and delivered on-time and within budget. My responsibilities include producing test strategies when applicable, test plans and proof reading my peers test plans, identifying and creating tests from functional specifications, functional testing, executing the tests, recording my results and logging and tracking any bugs with development. It is my responsibility to ensure that all daily reports are accurate and sent to the Project team, highlighting any gains or risks and arranging meetings to discuss risk management. Outline of Responsibilities: · Produce Test Plans · Produce test conditions · Produce Test Scripts · Defect Tracking · Functional Testing October 2006 – April 2007 Nanomesh Web Services Project: Website Development Company Position Held: Test AnalystI took 6 months out to develop my Website Design Company. During this time I have gained experience of extracting business requirements from clients and converting these into a proposal document. The business now has employs a Web Developer and a Sales person making the business self sufficient and self funding. Outline of Responsibilities: · Creation of Business Plan · Identifying Business Requirements · Designing Websites · Website Testing Feb 2006 – October 2006 Totesport Project: Totesport Systems Position Held: Test AnalystWorking within the Totesport project team, ensuring all systems are tested and delivered on-time and within budget. My responsibilities include producing test plans and proof reading my peers test plans, identifying and creating tests from functional specifications, functional testing, executing the tests, recording my results and logging any bugs with development. Outline of Responsibilities: · Creation of Test Scripts · Functional Testing · Execution of Tests Nov 2005 – Jan 2006 CODA UKProject: Analytic Explorer Position Held: Test AnalystWorking within the CODA project team, ensuring Analytic Explorer system is delivered on-time and within budget. My responsibilities include producing test plans and proof reading my peers test plans, identifying and creating tests from functional specifications, functional testing, executing the tests, recording my results and logging any bugs with development. As part of my time here CODA have asked me to provide advice and suggestions which will help them stream line there current testing processes, I have identified a number of areas which could be improved and they are looking to act on my suggestions. Outline of Responsibilities: · Creation of Test Scripts · Functional Testing · Execution of Tests · Analysis of test results · Report bugs and retest the fixes Previously……………. I began life in testing as an employee of nFocus LTD in April 2002, my first project role being a Test Analyst on the National Tax Credits project at Microsoft SDC in Reading. I am grateful to have had opportunities to work within many other major projects at Microsoft such as the Government Gateway, FOI – AIT Toolkit, National Benefits Project and again the Government Gateway (v.1.67) during a period of 3 years from April 2002 to July 2005. On each different project I was a member of the core test team, ensuring system was delivered on-time and within budget. My primary responsibilities were; the execution of the Automated Tests and analysis of the results produced using Mercury’s WinRunner, Creation of xml documents, and Validation of xml responses using xml Spy, Testing SOAP.Net interfaces. My first role in IT was an IT Support Specialist which I started in November 2000, working for a local Liverpool based company I gained 2nd Line support experience as well as supporting Windows 2000 Server. I moved from here and into a Contract role where I made up one half of a team of two, we ensured that the Caxios domains were migrated from the ‘old’ Enron domain into the new Fabricom domains. My responsibilities; the build and configuration of Windows 2000 Servers, Migration of NT4 Clients to Windows 2000 Professional and join them to the new Fabricom domain, Exchange management. On successfully completing the Apprenticeship, in September 1997, I worked as part of the Production Maintenance team in Ford Motor Company my responsibilities included Preventative Maintenance routines and ongoing Production Line Breakdown Support. I eventually ended my employment with Ford Motor Company to pursue a career in the sporting arena of Rugby League. I began playing Rugby League semi-professionally at the age of 16 but from July 1999 I began playing on a fulltime basis for Widnes Vikings. I continued to play on a full time basis until October 2000, where I became a semi-professional again due to an ongoing injury problem and later retired from the game in 2001. On leaving St Josephs High School in Widnes, at the age of 16, in April 1993 I was employed by Ford Motor Company and enrolled into their Apprenticeship scheme. This consisted of 4 years training in all aspects of Engineering Maintenance including Electronics, Electrical Control, Programmable Logic Control and Mechanical Engineering. Personal Profile As I am a former Professional Rugby League player I am a keen supporter of the game, I enjoying watching it at any level. I am a keen member of the local Kick boxing club, which I find a great way to keep fit. I like to eat healthy foods and therefore I enjoy spending time cooking various types of dishes. I am a very sociable person and enjoy spending time with my family and friends. |
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