Jason Tong
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Phil Robb
Jason worked at Turtle Rock Studios for three years. He was a great guy to have on the team. Jason works hard, has a positive attitude, and is a quick study when put in unfamiliar territory. He volunteered and helped out on the studio's various charitable efforts and is an all around cool guy. Good hire here.
Michael Bowlin
Simply put, Jason is an amazing tester and an amazing person to work with. When he started on the Turtle Rock Studios QA team, he quickly emerged as one of the leaders on the team by utilizing his past experience to direct some of the lesser experienced members on the team. He was always very reliable with his assigned tasks and always wrote up quality bugs. Due to his reliability and quality of work, it was always very easy to assign him special tasks and testing assignments. He was embedded with the UI team to help test UI features before they fully came online for the rest of the team, which was met with praise from the UI team, production, and the managers on the QA team. Jason also demonstrates excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. He very easily developed a rapport with the rest of the QA team and other developers in the studio. His bug reports were always very concise and contained all of the information required to get the issue addressed. If developers ever had a question regarding reproduction steps, severity of the issue, or further clarification, Jason was always quick to open up communication to get the issue resolved as soon as possible either by talking to the developer directly or by getting whatever information was requested. Jason is also great at leading tests and providing input for hard to reproduce issues by collaborating with the team and taking suggestions for testing. While some testers with strong leadership abilities sometimes conflict with other leaders on the team, Jason does not. Jason can also take direction from others and provide support to others where necessary and does not immediately try to step on others if someone else is acting as a leader, he will offer his support and assistance in those situations. He is very much a team player. Overall, I would highly recommend Jason to any QA team looking for a strong and adaptable tester that can meet any situation and can integrate very quickly to any team.
Phil Robb
Jason worked at Turtle Rock Studios for three years. He was a great guy to have on the team. Jason works hard, has a positive attitude, and is a quick study when put in unfamiliar territory. He volunteered and helped out on the studio's various charitable efforts and is an all around cool guy. Good hire here.
Michael Bowlin
Simply put, Jason is an amazing tester and an amazing person to work with. When he started on the Turtle Rock Studios QA team, he quickly emerged as one of the leaders on the team by utilizing his past experience to direct some of the lesser experienced members on the team. He was always very reliable with his assigned tasks and always wrote up quality bugs. Due to his reliability and quality of work, it was always very easy to assign him special tasks and testing assignments. He was embedded with the UI team to help test UI features before they fully came online for the rest of the team, which was met with praise from the UI team, production, and the managers on the QA team. Jason also demonstrates excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. He very easily developed a rapport with the rest of the QA team and other developers in the studio. His bug reports were always very concise and contained all of the information required to get the issue addressed. If developers ever had a question regarding reproduction steps, severity of the issue, or further clarification, Jason was always quick to open up communication to get the issue resolved as soon as possible either by talking to the developer directly or by getting whatever information was requested. Jason is also great at leading tests and providing input for hard to reproduce issues by collaborating with the team and taking suggestions for testing. While some testers with strong leadership abilities sometimes conflict with other leaders on the team, Jason does not. Jason can also take direction from others and provide support to others where necessary and does not immediately try to step on others if someone else is acting as a leader, he will offer his support and assistance in those situations. He is very much a team player. Overall, I would highly recommend Jason to any QA team looking for a strong and adaptable tester that can meet any situation and can integrate very quickly to any team.
Phil Robb
Jason worked at Turtle Rock Studios for three years. He was a great guy to have on the team. Jason works hard, has a positive attitude, and is a quick study when put in unfamiliar territory. He volunteered and helped out on the studio's various charitable efforts and is an all around cool guy. Good hire here.
Michael Bowlin
Simply put, Jason is an amazing tester and an amazing person to work with. When he started on the Turtle Rock Studios QA team, he quickly emerged as one of the leaders on the team by utilizing his past experience to direct some of the lesser experienced members on the team. He was always very reliable with his assigned tasks and always wrote up quality bugs. Due to his reliability and quality of work, it was always very easy to assign him special tasks and testing assignments. He was embedded with the UI team to help test UI features before they fully came online for the rest of the team, which was met with praise from the UI team, production, and the managers on the QA team. Jason also demonstrates excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. He very easily developed a rapport with the rest of the QA team and other developers in the studio. His bug reports were always very concise and contained all of the information required to get the issue addressed. If developers ever had a question regarding reproduction steps, severity of the issue, or further clarification, Jason was always quick to open up communication to get the issue resolved as soon as possible either by talking to the developer directly or by getting whatever information was requested. Jason is also great at leading tests and providing input for hard to reproduce issues by collaborating with the team and taking suggestions for testing. While some testers with strong leadership abilities sometimes conflict with other leaders on the team, Jason does not. Jason can also take direction from others and provide support to others where necessary and does not immediately try to step on others if someone else is acting as a leader, he will offer his support and assistance in those situations. He is very much a team player. Overall, I would highly recommend Jason to any QA team looking for a strong and adaptable tester that can meet any situation and can integrate very quickly to any team.
Phil Robb
Jason worked at Turtle Rock Studios for three years. He was a great guy to have on the team. Jason works hard, has a positive attitude, and is a quick study when put in unfamiliar territory. He volunteered and helped out on the studio's various charitable efforts and is an all around cool guy. Good hire here.
Michael Bowlin
Simply put, Jason is an amazing tester and an amazing person to work with. When he started on the Turtle Rock Studios QA team, he quickly emerged as one of the leaders on the team by utilizing his past experience to direct some of the lesser experienced members on the team. He was always very reliable with his assigned tasks and always wrote up quality bugs. Due to his reliability and quality of work, it was always very easy to assign him special tasks and testing assignments. He was embedded with the UI team to help test UI features before they fully came online for the rest of the team, which was met with praise from the UI team, production, and the managers on the QA team. Jason also demonstrates excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. He very easily developed a rapport with the rest of the QA team and other developers in the studio. His bug reports were always very concise and contained all of the information required to get the issue addressed. If developers ever had a question regarding reproduction steps, severity of the issue, or further clarification, Jason was always quick to open up communication to get the issue resolved as soon as possible either by talking to the developer directly or by getting whatever information was requested. Jason is also great at leading tests and providing input for hard to reproduce issues by collaborating with the team and taking suggestions for testing. While some testers with strong leadership abilities sometimes conflict with other leaders on the team, Jason does not. Jason can also take direction from others and provide support to others where necessary and does not immediately try to step on others if someone else is acting as a leader, he will offer his support and assistance in those situations. He is very much a team player. Overall, I would highly recommend Jason to any QA team looking for a strong and adaptable tester that can meet any situation and can integrate very quickly to any team.
Experience
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Turtle Rock Studios
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United States
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Computer Games
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100 - 200 Employee
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Quality Assurance Lead
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Apr 2020 - Present
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Senior QA Specialist
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Feb 2019 - Apr 2020
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Rockstar Games
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United States
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Computer Games
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700 & Above Employee
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Game Tester
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Jan 2018 - Feb 2019
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Lionbridge
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United States
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Translation and Localization
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700 & Above Employee
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Test Associate 3
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Apr 2017 - Jan 2018
Test Associate at Amazon Game Studios. Test Associate at Amazon Game Studios.
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Ready At Dawn Studios
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United States
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Contract QA Compliance Specialist
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Dec 2016 - Feb 2017
Contracted to ensure product passed certification on Sony PS4 and Microsoft XBONE. Communicated and coordinated with developers to make fixes and changes on product to comply with TRC and XR standards. Tested functionality and stability on a project on the Oculus Rift Contracted to ensure product passed certification on Sony PS4 and Microsoft XBONE. Communicated and coordinated with developers to make fixes and changes on product to comply with TRC and XR standards. Tested functionality and stability on a project on the Oculus Rift
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QA Specialist/ Game Tester
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Dec 2013 - Nov 2016
- Participated in the development and testing of Evolve and Evolve: Stage Two. - Embedded in various departments in development such as Animation and User Interface to ensure functionality and utmost quality was present in the video game. - Took the lead in various aspects of testing to ensure team members were on task and working at the highest efficiency to test proper areas and meeting all deadlines. - Chosen to participate in advanced gameplay to help with balance of the game and to locate issues hard to reproduce and identify the problem for the developers. - Tested various builds on PC and Playstation 4 to ensure Evolve worked successfully and efficiently when submitting and shipping without game breaking issues. - Ensured issues reported by individuals of the team was sufficient information supplied to the developers to fix reported problems. Show less
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Volt
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United Kingdom
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Design
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1 - 100 Employee
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Quality Assurance
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Aug 2012 - Nov 2013
Working my first videogame industry occupation as Quality Assurance contracted through Volt at Treyarch. - Tested and helped ship Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Playtested and reported bugs to the developers to fix and stabilize the game. Working my first videogame industry occupation as Quality Assurance contracted through Volt at Treyarch. - Tested and helped ship Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Playtested and reported bugs to the developers to fix and stabilize the game.
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United States Marine Corps
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Field Radio Operator
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Aug 2004 - Aug 2008
- Started from Private and promoted to Corporal within the first year and a half of service. - Ensured Junior Marines trained and learned their occupation to the highest degree of proficiency and effectiveness for mission accomplishment. - Embedded with different units to be in charge of ensuring communication was always open amongst all surrounding units. - Accomplished two successful tours to Iraq. Volunteered for second tour with Third Light Reconnaissance deployment - Started from Private and promoted to Corporal within the first year and a half of service. - Ensured Junior Marines trained and learned their occupation to the highest degree of proficiency and effectiveness for mission accomplishment. - Embedded with different units to be in charge of ensuring communication was always open amongst all surrounding units. - Accomplished two successful tours to Iraq. Volunteered for second tour with Third Light Reconnaissance deployment
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Education
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2000 - 2002
Orange High School
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The Art Institute of California-Orange County
Visual Game and Programming
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