SR. Quality Assurance Specialist - Evans hunt GROUP - Calgary, AB
(2020-10 - 2024-01)
Quality Assurance Analyst on several development teams for client website creation, upgrades, and maintenance.
- Responsible for formulating test strategies prior to or in parallel to site development and upgrades.
- Managing workload for multiple client projects daily.
- Meeting strict deadlines on client site release, upgrades, and maintenance.
- Understanding client website wireframes (Miro) and comparing QA site changes and updates by development.
- Responsible for writing and maintaining test plans and test cases for new and existing client sites via Jira.
- Responsible for full site, end to end test validation on both web (cross browser) and mobile (Android and iOS) devices.
- Full backend CMS test validation to ensure that page blocks are created, edited, and submitted without error.
- End to end regression testing for client site scheduled maintenance upgrades.
- Responsible for full client site accessibility and voice over testing to ensure it passes all WCAG 2.1 compliance.
- Logging, tracking, and managing defects throughout project lifecycle.
- Attending project kick-off, iteration, stand-ups, and post-mortem meetings to ensure project understanding, project transparency and full project completion.
Martial Arts INSTRUCTOR - UNITED fIST MARTIAL ARTS - Calgary, AB
(2016-10)
Muay Thai, Indonesian Silat, Chinese Wing Chun, Filipino Martial Arts, Jeet Kune Do concepts and Pekiti Tirsia Close Quarter Combat certified instructor.
- Lead instructor/ Mentor for Women Self-Defense program with affiliation with the City of Calgary, Center for Newcomers, Discovery House, Center for battered women, Calgary Women Shelters and Calgary City Police department funded by the Federal Government since Jan 2017.
- Director for Philippine Warriors Arts Society, Alberta.
- Created martial arts curriculum to develop physical and mental growth opportunities for students.
- Attending workshops and seminars to stay up to date on the latest techniques and trends.
- Create a safe and nurturing environment for students by following policies and procedures.
- Teaching philosophical instruction to students concerning martial arts theory and thought.
SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST - ATVENU INC - Calgary, AB
(2019-07 - 2020-08)
Part of project-based development team responsible for development and implementation of applications to be used by clients in live event space to manage merch inventory, sales, count-ins and count-outs, reporting, and settlement of shows between venues and talents.
- Responsibilities include formulating test strategies prior and in parallel to development.
- Creating and maintaining project testcases and bug lists via Jira.
- Participate in daily companywide stand-up meetings, daily QA status updates, and weekly team iteration and planning meetings.
- Help manage weekly iteration priorities to create more seamless development and defect fixes with immediate impact.
- Responsible for backlog ticket grooming prior to iteration meetings to ensure development stories and defects are prioritized correctly to ensure iteration scope is achievable.
- Responsible for weekly core iteration testing for maintenance, upgrades, defects, and new development work.
- Testing application on both web (cross browser) and mobile (Android and iOS) devices to ensure a positive user experience.
- Weekly build regression testing to ensure solid build of updated environments to production.
- Responsible for creating and managing test scenarios/ test cases to cover all aspects of completed projects for test parties prior to release.
- Responsible for creating project postmortem report to be submitted to project management.
SR. Quality Assurance SPECIALIST - Chartwell tech, Amaya, nyx gaming - Calgary, AB
(2011-10 - 2018-08)
- Responsible for formulating QA test strategies prior to development
- Responsible for writing and maintaining test plans and test cases for both new game development and third-party game integrations.
- Localization testing to meet the needs and regulations of Countries and jurisdictions.
- Backend data validation from player registration, status, and accounts to new game integration validation, game status, replay, bonus monitoring, financials via Microsoft SQL Server.
- Manual regression testing on various platforms and mobile devices.
- Testing and documenting defects using Bug Tracker, Bugzilla, Test Track and Jira.
- Managing projects and weekly sprint planning using Jira management platform.
- Prioritize defects, tasks and projects for development and testing with the development team.
- Manage testing teams over a variety of projects in different countries, prioritizing and assigning work.
- Training and mentoring new employees and development of training tools and material.
- Experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (CONTRACT) - WestJet - Calgary, AB
(2011-06 - 2011-09)
Brought on as part of a development team for the creation of the WestJet vacation site.
- Responsible for attending daily standups and weekly iteration meetings.
- Responsible for creating test plans and test cases to ensure test strategies and all test points throughout the project have been covered.
- Responsible for cross browser testing to ensure compatibility and usability is consistent throughout.
- Responsible for logging, tracking, and verifying defects in a timely manner.
- Responsible for communicating with project lead and development team when issues arise that may hinder scheduling of the project.
SR. Quality Assurance SPECIALIST - Chartwell tech, Amaya, nyx gaming - Calgary, AB
(2006-10 - 2011-04)
- Responsible for formulating QA test strategies prior to development
- Responsible for writing and maintaining test plans and test cases for both new game development and third-party game integrations.
- Localization testing to meet the needs and regulations of Countries and jurisdictions.
- Backend data validation from player registration, status, and accounts to new game integration validation, game status, replay, bonus monitoring, financials via Microsoft SQL Server.
- Manual regression testing on various platforms and mobile devices.
- Testing and documenting defects using Bug Tracker, Bugzilla, Test Track and Jira.
- Managing projects and weekly sprint planning using Jira management platform.
- Prioritize defects, tasks and projects for development and testing with the development team.
- Manage testing teams over a variety of projects in different countries, prioritizing and assigning work.
- Training and mentoring new employees and development of training tools and material.
- Experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Quality assurance Specialist - Cybersurf Technologies - Calgary, AB
(2004-08 - 2006-10)
Responsibilities include testing of new products (software, hardware, applications, etc.) to ensure product compatibility and functionality for customer and office use.
- Planning, reporting, and full regression testing on all products sent to QA from development.
- Meet deadlines set by upper management.
- Creating and maintaining test plans, test cases, and all client facing documentation.
- Responsible for dealing with beta testers and customer issues and concerns.
- Maintaining relations with third parties that provide Cybersurf with services regarding installations, shipping, etc.
Tech Support agent/ teamlead - Cybersurf Technologies - Calgary, AB
(2003-08 - 2004-08)
- Responsibility is to provide customer support for internet dial up, DSL, and high-speed cable internet connections and issues.
- Configuring Windows operating systems on customer PCs to ensure compatibility with 3web internet connections.
- Also responsible for troubleshooting home and office networking issues.
- Responsible for web page hosting and simple development issues
- Responsible for customer billing issues and account balancing
