Experience

Kumoco

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior QA Engineer

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Obeden

• Singapore
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Testing

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  During my time at Obeden, I defined and setup the testing strategies, and successfully drove automated and manual testing over multiple time zones. Obeden compliance consists of GDPR, UK GDPR (DPA2018), PDPA compliance assessments and Survey management systems. I have been responsible for developing system test documentation, testing strategies and department organisation. I have been involved and contributed to the Three Amigo's sessions, estimating, stand-ups and sprint retrospectives. In addition, I reviewed the management and compliance of global platform documentation, and the testing of the UI across multiple platforms. Show less



BR-DGE

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Automation Test Consultant

  • May 2018 - Feb 2023

  I’ve spent the past four and a half years working within the test function of Comcarde where I have defined and set up Cucumber Java/JUnit from scratch against Br-dge’s Payment Orchestration / Infrastructure solution. The Payment Orchestration solution is built around Kafka, gPRC, SQL\NoSQL microservice cloud systems. This included defining and verifying payments and refunds against payment companies: Adyen, ApplePay, Barclaycard SmartPayFuse, Braintree, Checkout.com, Computop, Cybersource, eKomi, GooglePay, Global Payments, NMI, PayPal, Stripe, Trust Payments, Worldpay. I’ve also defined and added contract tests for Br-dge’s Payment Orchestration / Infrastructure solution; verified Br-dge’s intelligent routing payment system test for the time of day, spending level and percentages of payments across different payment providers and defined and set up a Selenium solution from scratch for testing REST API, Analytics and Web testing. As part of the role I’ve also defined, developed, monitored and fixed regression tests running on the Jenkins CI/CD process. Defined and set up Appium and SauceLabs solutions from scratch for testing Android and iOS along with defining and running tests for each test case locally and remotely via Jenkins/SauceLabs solution and the loading and stress tests for the Payment Orchestration System using Gatling IO and Mock Services. The role was well-rounded and busy allowing me to work on various aspects of the business developments. Show less



QikServe Limited

• Edinburgh

• QA Lead

  • Mar 2018 - May 2018

  Defined and setup manual tests for retail business on kiosk, table, mobile and web menus. Typical POS terminals used were Ayden, FreedomPay and Ocius. All tests carried out in an Agile Environment. Defined and setup manual tests for retail business on kiosk, table, mobile and web menus. Typical POS terminals used were Ayden, FreedomPay and Ocius. All tests carried out in an Agile Environment.



NetThings

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Test Manager

  • Dec 2015 - Oct 2017

  I've spent considerable time managing projects, driving manual to fully automated testing and ensuring best practice adherence throughout the business. As the Test Manager in a start-up company, I've introduced tooling across the engineering framework developing test strategy to support the business and engineering goals. Within this role, I've also introduced fully automated testing and migrated existing Excel test cases over to Qmetry Test Manager for Jira. As part of the engineering group, I've also supported the training and development of engineers in functional and non-functional test across multiple technologies, including JSON RESTful API and JMeter. In addition, I've developed both functional and non-functional tests in selenium and selendroid to verify the Energy Manager products. Show less



Sky

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technical Test Analyst

  • Mar 2014 - Dec 2015

  During my time with Sky, I developed the Automatic Test Framework for the Telephone Call Tariffs, Digital Television and Line Rental finance projects for both the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. In addition to this, using PL SQL programs and Korn shell scripts, I checked the different price hold offers of customers, ensuring correct billing is applied. It was necessary to work with various stakeholders to ensure price increase discrepancies and test coverage were communicated throughout the project. Show less



Aeroflex

• Dalgety Bay

• Software Test Team Leader

  • Feb 2010 - Dec 2013

  I have spearheaded the use of open source tools associated with test development, introducing Microsoft Project for the planning and tracking required in this role. It was necessary to allocate tasks to the team and monitor their progress. I have specified, designed and implemented test use cases for PXI and reviewed existing cases ensuring test coverage. I also proposed, developed and designed auto-generation tools using C# with the result of improving test time throughout. This role also allowed me to create Software Test Requirements, Architectures and Test Plans. I created and maintained the calibration specification for an RF Digitiser and developed the calibration routine required. I designed, developed and created use test cases and investigated the use of customer’s devices to test Aeroflex’s PXI product range. Show less



Agilent Technologies

• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Developer / Software Team Leader

  • Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  In the later years with Agilent, I was required to plan and manage upgrades to the Phase Noise Test system. I was responsible for the development of drivers for a number of devices which in the long run ensured an extended life for the products.

• Senior Software Test Engineer

  • Jan 2003 - Dec 2007

  In the early years as a Senior Software Test Engineer, I was instrumental in the deployment of an automated software test system to multiple sites world-wide. I proposed, designed and implemented a common software solution for existing test systems and developed a common driver for the Wireless Base Station Test Set which is also utilised by Motorola.I have been instrumental in restarting a costly stoppage with the Performance Spectrum Analyser through a work-around solution and spent time fixing inefficiencies in the existing test program. Show less

• Software Test Engineer

  • Jul 2000 - Dec 2003

  Break down test script into manageable components enabling easier error recognition and maintenance. Identified and rectified test deficiencies. This resulted in improved test times by 25% on subsequent runs.



BAE Systems

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Systems Engineer

  • Jan 1998 - Jul 2000

  Promoted to take responsibility for the Typhoon Radar Receiver ATE including Project Planning, resource estimation, project reporting and control. Supervised all work ensuring it was designed in accordance with the ISO9000 quality standard. Development of HP UNIX kernel driver and NON-C/ATLAS driver for the RS232 and RS422/485 serial cards. Promoted to take responsibility for the Typhoon Radar Receiver ATE including Project Planning, resource estimation, project reporting and control. Supervised all work ensuring it was designed in accordance with the ISO9000 quality standard. Development of HP UNIX kernel driver and NON-C/ATLAS driver for the RS232 and RS422/485 serial cards.