Experience

Around the World

• Barbados
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sabbatical

  • Oct 2017 - Present



SwissBorg

• Switzerland
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Community Ambassador

  • May 2018 - Jul 2018

  Wealth Management based on Blockchain. Wealth Management based on Blockchain.



HSBC

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2017

  - Manage a portfolio of projects, with annual budgets between 1 and 3 millions and teams of up to 20 members (onshore and offshore, internal employees and external resources). - Delimit and control scope; define the project charter and terms of reference documents. - Plan the project activities and identify dependencies, define the development cycles and control the schedule. - Coordinate the detailed definition of the requirements, the design and the development. - Organize… Show more - Manage a portfolio of projects, with annual budgets between 1 and 3 millions and teams of up to 20 members (onshore and offshore, internal employees and external resources). - Delimit and control scope; define the project charter and terms of reference documents. - Plan the project activities and identify dependencies, define the development cycles and control the schedule. - Coordinate the detailed definition of the requirements, the design and the development. - Organize implementation of the third party supplied systems and the subsequent updates. - Engage and supervise testing activities with the test managers. - Orchestrate go-live and post-implementation support. - Foresee training and resource requirements for the projects; organize training for business users, operations, application support and help desk teams. - Manage and influence stakeholders. - Manage the budget (initial estimates, estimates to complete and budget change requests). - Monitor and control progress and performance and report to management. - Communicate to sponsors and business representatives. - Chair the project steering committees and executive working parties. - Ensure team adherence to quality assurance and project delivery standards. - Manage the risks and issues, identify mitigation plans and follow escalation process. - Ensure the project documentation is archived for audit purposes.

• Project Test Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2012

  - Managed Business Quality Assurance Team composed of 5 Business Test Coordinators - Managed the off-shore, multicultural testing teams, organized customer acceptance tests with the business end-users (up to 15 members). - Introduced and applied the concept of early testing involvement in the project life cycle by organizing the participation of testing team from business requirements analysis phase. - Defined overall strategy for releases or portfolios of projects and communicated to… Show more - Managed Business Quality Assurance Team composed of 5 Business Test Coordinators - Managed the off-shore, multicultural testing teams, organized customer acceptance tests with the business end-users (up to 15 members). - Introduced and applied the concept of early testing involvement in the project life cycle by organizing the participation of testing team from business requirements analysis phase. - Defined overall strategy for releases or portfolios of projects and communicated to all stakeholders; plan the testing activities, monitor and control during execution phase; provided reporting on progress, produced or coordinated the delivery of the exit reports. - Organized and conducted gaps identification sessions in project/release strategy, analyzed the impact inside and between projects included in the same release and determined the best approach to cover the gaps or minimize the impact. - Performed defect management and escalation point for issues. - Controlled the reporting material distribution frequency ensuring information received is valuable and relevant but not overwhelming. - Defined and document the testing management process. Proposed and implemented solutions to improve testing and quality assurance processes. Build templates. - Coached new team members.



Simalaya SA

• Senior Consultant

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2013

  Manage projects, define and improve processes, KPI reporting for portfolios of projects. Manage projects, define and improve processes, KPI reporting for portfolios of projects.



UBP - Union Bancaire Privée

• Switzerland
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Portfolio Reporting Manager

  • Mar 2012 - Apr 2012

  - Gathered and analyzed data, generated KPIs regarding test execution and defects from several tools (Jira, TFS - Team Foundation Server and excel files). - Monitored test execution and reporting of defects, follow-up and escalated issues. - Organized and facilitated daily defect review meeting with testing and development team and weekly meetings for decision board. - Generated daily status reports for the team; prepared weekly performance reports for high management required in… Show more - Gathered and analyzed data, generated KPIs regarding test execution and defects from several tools (Jira, TFS - Team Foundation Server and excel files). - Monitored test execution and reporting of defects, follow-up and escalated issues. - Organized and facilitated daily defect review meeting with testing and development team and weekly meetings for decision board. - Generated daily status reports for the team; prepared weekly performance reports for high management required in decision making process. Show less - Gathered and analyzed data, generated KPIs regarding test execution and defects from several tools (Jira, TFS - Team Foundation Server and excel files). - Monitored test execution and reporting of defects, follow-up and escalated issues. - Organized and facilitated daily defect review meeting with testing and development team and weekly meetings for decision board. - Generated daily status reports for the team; prepared weekly performance reports for high management required in… Show more - Gathered and analyzed data, generated KPIs regarding test execution and defects from several tools (Jira, TFS - Team Foundation Server and excel files). - Monitored test execution and reporting of defects, follow-up and escalated issues. - Organized and facilitated daily defect review meeting with testing and development team and weekly meetings for decision board. - Generated daily status reports for the team; prepared weekly performance reports for high management required in decision making process. Show less



Orange

• France
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• QA Project Coordinator

  • Oct 2007 - Nov 2009

  - Managed a portfolio of projects, with multiple vendors and overlapping areas as well as concurrent resources (internal and external /off-shore – up to 10 members). - Planed the testing activities, organized and coordinated test execution, monitored and controlled test progress and performance and reported to management. - Mitigate risk, build and maintain an integrated schedule and key milestone map, maintained issue logs. - Assisted vendors in implementation and delivery of… Show more - Managed a portfolio of projects, with multiple vendors and overlapping areas as well as concurrent resources (internal and external /off-shore – up to 10 members). - Planed the testing activities, organized and coordinated test execution, monitored and controlled test progress and performance and reported to management. - Mitigate risk, build and maintain an integrated schedule and key milestone map, maintained issue logs. - Assisted vendors in implementation and delivery of project elements, managed and supervised project documentation, coached new resources. - Foreseen training and resource requirements. - Improved the processes and implemented new tools and templates. - Defined and implemented motivational, developmental and performance plans for project team. Show less - Managed a portfolio of projects, with multiple vendors and overlapping areas as well as concurrent resources (internal and external /off-shore – up to 10 members). - Planed the testing activities, organized and coordinated test execution, monitored and controlled test progress and performance and reported to management. - Mitigate risk, build and maintain an integrated schedule and key milestone map, maintained issue logs. - Assisted vendors in implementation and delivery of… Show more - Managed a portfolio of projects, with multiple vendors and overlapping areas as well as concurrent resources (internal and external /off-shore – up to 10 members). - Planed the testing activities, organized and coordinated test execution, monitored and controlled test progress and performance and reported to management. - Mitigate risk, build and maintain an integrated schedule and key milestone map, maintained issue logs. - Assisted vendors in implementation and delivery of project elements, managed and supervised project documentation, coached new resources. - Foreseen training and resource requirements. - Improved the processes and implemented new tools and templates. - Defined and implemented motivational, developmental and performance plans for project team. Show less



ITECOR / Orange Communications

• Consultant / System Test Analyst

  • May 2007 - Oct 2007

  Plan testing, test systems, report progress and status. Plan testing, test systems, report progress and status.



Orange Communications SA

• Switzerland
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• System Test Analyst

  • May 2006 - Apr 2007

  Plan testing, test systems, report on progress. Plan testing, test systems, report on progress.



Amdocs

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Subject Matter Expert

  • Feb 2004 - May 2006

  Testing Testing