Experience

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  PLS Financial Services

  • Oak Brook, Illinois

  • Senior QA Analyst II / Performance Engineer / Automation Developer

    • Sep 2015 - Present
    • Oak Brook, Illinois

    -Created first automation platforms for testing mobile application -Engaged in Agile and Scrum framework and writing automation scripts for current high profile PLS mobile and web app projects.-Delivering High-level mobile automation and performance platform testing for SQA at PLS on multiple projects increasing speed to market.-Creating Performance models to engage development process improvement increasing overall revenue for the company-Performing daily quality performance and automated stress testing on several projects that are needed to meet the SQA Mobile and Web applications-Engaging other cross team members in Development and Infrastructure to create and build the next generation of PLS on PLS mobile platform

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  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Senior QA Test Engineer | Automation Developer

    • Sep 2013 - Sep 2015
    • Greater Chicago Area

    -Senior Automation / Manual Tester for Blue Cross and Blue Shield web applications products.-Writing and execution of complex test scripts and automation for the next generation deployment of software for production sites.-Using Quality Center ALM as a basis for tracking, identifying, writing and verifying defects for each cycle of production release.-Attending daily status meetings to inform any roadblocks that prevent sprint release dates.-Exceeding 100% target goal(s) of zero bugs found during life-cycle testing so BCBS can continue to be a success

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  Cummins Allison

  • Mount Prospect, Illinois

  • Senior QA Software Test Engineer | Automation Tools Developer

    • 2006 - 2013
    • Mount Prospect, Illinois

    CUMMINS ALLISON, Mt. Prospect, IL 2006 - 2013Senior QA Software Test Engineer / Tools Developer / Automation pioneer  -Accelerated sales of a $300,000 system product to market by quickly uncovering 200+ code issues within a 2-month period. -Saved the company $40,000+ by solving a CTK system rebooting problem in the field using automation eliminating the need for managers and technical staff to fly on site. -Decreased man hours by 20% by designing & developing automation tools which utilized software and hardware mechanical solenoids which nearly eliminated manual testing. -Spearheaded company sales of $600,000 in revenue by deploying virtually flawless software and hardware for system product to the field resulting in contract deadlines being met on time. Prior to this change the products were 2 months late. -Reduced regression test cycle time by 20% by running automation over the weekend that uncovered memory leaks and system crash issues. -Managed and maintained hundreds of client database systems connected to 20+ servers with a global reach of customer platforms. -Facilitated weekly QA strategy meetings with project and product managers to address issues and plan courses of action to hold projects on schedule and maintain objectives.

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  HyperFeed Technologies

  • Naperville, IL

  • Senior QA System Test Engineer / Automation Developer

    • 2005 - 2006
    • Naperville, IL

    Senior QA System Test Engineer and created first automation testing for equipment  -Created and executed high level financial data test case scripts for Hyper server platform on an AMD / Intel system and reported problems to developers resulting in higher quality products shipped to customers of NASDAQ, COMSTOCK and CBOE with an estimated 20% reduction in errors reported from the field. These scripts were designed incrementally over a 6 month period. -Pioneered automation application and ran in-depth quality test cases over the course of several weeks that uncovered 20+ major software conflicts in 3 months that would have otherwise created detrimental software production delays.  -Saved company thousands of dollars by creating automation tools that uncovered system stress and system crashes resulting in higher customer quality satisfaction and earned additional contracts. -Trained co-workers on Micro Hedge tools and created automation applications to simulate real world customer financial scenarios.

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  WMS Gaming

  • Chicago Illinois

  • Software Quality Assurance Analysts (Contract)

    • 2003 - 2005
    • Chicago Illinois

    Senior System Test Engineer and pioneer development in automating gaming machines for testing  -Saved company $3,000 per game in fees by not allowing a single issue to be deployed to the field requiring recertification. -Created and executed new test cases for the next CPU-NXT SDG Operating System and allowed on time deployment to earn revenue for the company resulting in thousands of dollars in sales.  -Executed self-created automated hardware regression testing that included bill acceptors, printers and coin mechanisms for the new gaming machines resulting in faster turnaround. -Met 100% target goal of zero bugs during life-cycle testing so the company could continue selling the product line selling $100,000 of dollars per year.

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  Motorola Mobility

  • Senior Software Tester / Automation Developer (UNIX)

    • 1999 - 2003

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  AT&T | Lucent

  • Naperville, IL

  • Developer / Test Engineer / Automation Developer

    • 1989 - 1999
    • Naperville, IL