James Stone
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Muhammad Akmal
I worked closely with James on multiple projects while my time in Citi and found him very professional, strong leader as well as a keen team player who steer his team to deliver complicated project and associated UAT activities within tight dead lines, James showed excellent communication skills and consistently exceeded project goals to deliver complicated business requirements in a user friendly format, he has understanding of financial products and a very strong grasp of technology, I observed james while coordinating his team the specific way that he keep his colleagues engaged and motivated to deliver and learn from each phase of project. I wish him very best and if opportunity comes then keen to work with him again in future, thanks
Edward Sibayan
I have worked with James and he is very dedicated to his work, an excellent leader giving support to anyone in need. His analytical skills is remarkable he makes good judgments before issues occur and has good communication skills. Highly recommended
Muhammad Akmal
I worked closely with James on multiple projects while my time in Citi and found him very professional, strong leader as well as a keen team player who steer his team to deliver complicated project and associated UAT activities within tight dead lines, James showed excellent communication skills and consistently exceeded project goals to deliver complicated business requirements in a user friendly format, he has understanding of financial products and a very strong grasp of technology, I observed james while coordinating his team the specific way that he keep his colleagues engaged and motivated to deliver and learn from each phase of project. I wish him very best and if opportunity comes then keen to work with him again in future, thanks
Edward Sibayan
I have worked with James and he is very dedicated to his work, an excellent leader giving support to anyone in need. His analytical skills is remarkable he makes good judgments before issues occur and has good communication skills. Highly recommended
Muhammad Akmal
I worked closely with James on multiple projects while my time in Citi and found him very professional, strong leader as well as a keen team player who steer his team to deliver complicated project and associated UAT activities within tight dead lines, James showed excellent communication skills and consistently exceeded project goals to deliver complicated business requirements in a user friendly format, he has understanding of financial products and a very strong grasp of technology, I observed james while coordinating his team the specific way that he keep his colleagues engaged and motivated to deliver and learn from each phase of project. I wish him very best and if opportunity comes then keen to work with him again in future, thanks
Edward Sibayan
I have worked with James and he is very dedicated to his work, an excellent leader giving support to anyone in need. His analytical skills is remarkable he makes good judgments before issues occur and has good communication skills. Highly recommended
Muhammad Akmal
I worked closely with James on multiple projects while my time in Citi and found him very professional, strong leader as well as a keen team player who steer his team to deliver complicated project and associated UAT activities within tight dead lines, James showed excellent communication skills and consistently exceeded project goals to deliver complicated business requirements in a user friendly format, he has understanding of financial products and a very strong grasp of technology, I observed james while coordinating his team the specific way that he keep his colleagues engaged and motivated to deliver and learn from each phase of project. I wish him very best and if opportunity comes then keen to work with him again in future, thanks
Edward Sibayan
I have worked with James and he is very dedicated to his work, an excellent leader giving support to anyone in need. His analytical skills is remarkable he makes good judgments before issues occur and has good communication skills. Highly recommended
Experience
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Edge Testing Solutions
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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Permanent - Test Lead
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May 2017 - Present
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Citi
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Mexico
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Contract - Test Coordinator
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Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Test coordinator at Citi Investment Bank providing UAT services to the IBOR (Investment Book Of Records) project. I coordinated the testing of change requests, defect retests, investment trade processing, xml construction with an offshore team consisting of a core of 5 people. Test coordinator at Citi Investment Bank providing UAT services to the IBOR (Investment Book Of Records) project. I coordinated the testing of change requests, defect retests, investment trade processing, xml construction with an offshore team consisting of a core of 5 people.
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Police Scotland
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United Kingdom
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Law Enforcement
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700 & Above Employee
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Contract - Test Professional
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Dec 2014 - Dec 2015
Providing UAT services to Police Scotland for a high value project set to deliver a new unified national policing IT system. Specifically responsible for designing the user acceptance testing of the ‘search’ component within the new application. A detailed understanding of complex search analysers was required, how they could be tested and what type of data was needed to perform that testing. Providing UAT services to Police Scotland for a high value project set to deliver a new unified national policing IT system. Specifically responsible for designing the user acceptance testing of the ‘search’ component within the new application. A detailed understanding of complex search analysers was required, how they could be tested and what type of data was needed to perform that testing.
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Royal Bank of Scotland
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Banking
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1 - 100 Employee
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Contract - Test Professional
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Jul 2014 - Dec 2014
Quality Assurance advisor to the Resilience program. Responsible for providing a review of the quality of existing test documentation deliverables. Working with the respective project managers to advise or correct existing documentation. Independently produce mandatory documentation to meet strict internal compliance. Documentation included, - Test Risk Assessments - Test Data Risk Assessments - Test Strategies - Test Plans - Test Readiness Reviews - Test Completion Reports Also responsible for providing longer term strategic solutions to ensure continued production of high quality documentation. Show less
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Tesco Bank
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United Kingdom
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Contract - Senior Test Analyst
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Jul 2013 - Jun 2014
Tesco Bank, • Regulation Programme – Current Account Switching • Understanding Business and Technical requirements • Write and prepare XML code • Prepare Test Scripts • Test Execution • Testing Levels – System, System Integration, Regression, End to End • Prepare Environment pre-requisites • Data management – requirements, data mining, manipulation • Onsite-Offshore model Tesco Bank, • Regulation Programme – Current Account Switching • Understanding Business and Technical requirements • Write and prepare XML code • Prepare Test Scripts • Test Execution • Testing Levels – System, System Integration, Regression, End to End • Prepare Environment pre-requisites • Data management – requirements, data mining, manipulation • Onsite-Offshore model
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National Australia Group
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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Contract - Senior Test Analyst
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2004 - Jun 2013
Analysis of business and technical requirements, devising testing against those requirements, and executing those tests. Also reviewing and revising other analysts' work. Understanding data needs, data mining & data provision. Have performed risk analysis, timelines & batch schedules. Have managed small offshore team. Projects.... - Current Account Switching - Infrastructure - CEB/Business Online - Debit Card Transformation - Cash ISA's - Business Lending - Business Internet Banking - Online Personal Loans & Term Deposits - Convergence - Telebank - Siebel (multiple releases) Show less
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Intelligent Finance
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Australia
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Contract - Test Analyst
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2003 - 2004
- Documentation - Test Execution - Data Prep - Documentation - Test Execution - Data Prep
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Project Officer
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1999 - 2003
• UAT & installation testing of SHE Software product releases • Onsite client installations & support for SHE software, webserver & database • Clients include, Hong Kong Government, BBC & United States Navy • Graphic design re-branding of SHE Software’s corporate logo • Creation & upkeep of manuals and documentation for SHE software products • UAT & installation testing of SHE Software product releases • Onsite client installations & support for SHE software, webserver & database • Clients include, Hong Kong Government, BBC & United States Navy • Graphic design re-branding of SHE Software’s corporate logo • Creation & upkeep of manuals and documentation for SHE software products
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Education
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Glasgow Caledonian University
BA (Bachelor of Arts), Product Design
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