Engineer Testing

SENIOR PERFORMANCE / AUTOMATION ENGINEER

BRUCE BARKLEY, Cell- 678-***-****, Home-770-***-**** abkbun@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

. 15+ years of experience as a Lead QA Analyst / Performance and Automation

Engineer.

. 10 + years experience as a Developer.

. Experience in Lead and Management roles including experience developing

and executing complex Hardware & Software Testing, Test Cases, etc.

. 10+ years experience in using automated test tools Mercury (LoadRunner,

Quick Test Pro, Test Director, WinRunner).

. 8+ years experience in Oracle and SQL.

. 10+ years of Microsoft Tools: Word, FrontPage, Excel, PowerPoint,

Publisher, MS Project and Access, Test Director (Quality Center).

. 8+ years of testing / performance of Web site and networks.

. Browsers: Netscape, All Versions of Internet Explorer, America Online

(AOL).

. 5+ of Data Migration/Configuration Management.

. Operating System: UNIX, HP-UX, SUN OS, VMS-VAX, MS-DOS, Windows

OS2/95/98/NT/2K/Me/XP.

. Software Testing Skills: .net, Video, SQL, J2E, JAVA "C", "C + +",

Visual Basic, RPG, CITRIX, etc.

. Hardware Testing Skills: PC components (Video Cards. Modems, Voice cards,

etc), POS systems, networks, etc.

INDUSTRY

Telecom, Finance & Banking, information Technology, Healthcare, Multi-

media, etc.

CERTIFICATION

Certified Product Instructor (CPI) in Load Testing, Mercury Corp ( 2002).

LOADRUNNER PROTOCOLS :

HTTP ( Web), CITRIX, ODBC, Oracle NCA, Winsock, Ajax, RMI-Java, .NET,

RTE, Flax, COM/DCOM, Tuxedo, etc.

WORK EXPERIENCE :

West Corp Intercall Division, Valley, AL

08/09-Present

Lead Performance Engineer

. Performed QA/Load testing on Multimedia CRM, Ajax, .net, Java & Citrix

applications using Loadrunner.

. Conduct manual and automated testing using QTP.

. Communicated the bugs found to the developers and enter them into the

Quality Center.

. Performed the above work in Agile environment.

Crawford & Company, Atlanta, GA

05/07-07/09

Lead Performance Engineer

. Performed QA/Load testing on Java, .net & Citrix applications using

Loadrunner.

. Conduct manual and automated testing using QTP and Winrunner.

. Communicated the bugs found to the developers and enter them into the

Quality Center.

. Wrote programs in C and Visual Basic to support load and QTP automation .

. Performed the above work in Agile environment.

FundTech, Atlanta, GA

4/05-05/07

Principle Performance / Automation Engineer

. Performed Volume testing on number web and non-web applications using

Loadrunner.

. Conduct manual and automated testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP) and

developed scripts using Visual Basic.

. Developed and automated various testing types, Unit, smoke, functional

and integration.

. Developed Test plans and Test cases and responsible for their execution.

. Found numerous bugs and communicated them to the developers and enter

them into the Quality Center and performed follow ups.

Thoughtmill Corp, Atlanta, GA

07/03-04/05

Lead Performance Engineer

. Worked as a Lead Performance Engineer to support the load testing of web

and non-

. web based applications for clients of Thoughtmill, ( Bellsouth, AFLAC,

NAPA, COX, etc)

. Functional and Load testing of hand held devices, product scanners, POS

Systems.

. Load and automation of NCRs' Self Check registers.

. Met with Business Analysts, Developers, Project managers, QA Analysts to

define requirements and to analyze technical specifications, design

documents to cover major testing issues.

. Developed Test plans, Test cases and responsible for it's execution.

. Met with end users and developed technical documentations, requirements

and use cases.

. Participated in design review /walkthrough sessions with Project

Managers, Developers, Products Team.

. Managed test planning for Functional testing, Performance testing,

Integration testing, Systems testing, Acceptance testing, Regression

testing and Cross-Browser testing

. Used LoadRunner, ( utilizing C programming ) for load testing.

. Performed manual and automated testing (using WinRunner, Astra Quick Test

and Quick Test Pro ).

. Launched automated tests from Test Director and scheduled tests.

. Responsible for categorizing and prioritizing Tests into Test Suite.

. Created and planned project/structure of projects in Test Director.

. Used Test Director to log and address defects issues, also documentation

of software projects and creating test reports for upper management.

. Test the product in various platforms, UNIX, and Windows.

. Defined, estimated and assigned tasks to other Team members.

. Met with Project Managers in defining and estimating tasks and risk.

. Assisted with planning, tracking and reporting the team's progress

against schedule and reported status to upper management.

. Tested and verified data mapping to appropriate tables and columns.

. Mentored and coached junior QA Analysts.

Mercury Corp, Atlanta, GA

7/02-07/03

Customer Support Engineer ( Loadrunner )

. Provided support in all phases of load/volume testing to clients of

Mercury Corp.

. Trained customers in load and performance testing using the loadrunner

and it's Monitors.

. Assisted customers in protocol selection, purchase and hardware/software

set up.

AppGensys, Atlanta, GA

6/01-07/02

QA / Performance Analyst Lead

. Worked as Quality Assurance Analyst / Performance Engineer, for clients

of AppGensys, (Wal-Mart, K-mart, Lucent, Ofiice-Depo, etc )

. Developed test plans, test cases and executed test cases.

. Functional testing of hand held devices, product scanners, IVR systems.

. Performed different categories of testing such as Functional testing,

Load testing, Stress testing, Integration, Regression testing, Pilot

testing, Cross-Browser testing and User Acceptance Testing, Web based

testing, Intranet testing, Database and Unix testing.

. Used LoadRunner, Astra QuickTest, ( utilizing C programming ) for load

testing.

. Created and planned project/structure of projects in Test Director.

. Responsible for migrating Test Cases to Test Director.

. Developed automated test scripts using WinRunner, and Quick Test Pro.

. Launched automated tests from Test Director and scheduled tests to run.

. Responsible for categorizing and prioritizing Tests into Test Suite.

. Using Test Director and Team Connection for defect tracking and

documentation of software projects.

. Testing of product in UNIX environment.

. Met with developers to generate Test Data.

. Developed training program for new and existing employees.

. Participated in design review sessions with Project Managers, Developers,

Products Team and QA Analysts to define requirements and to analyze

technical specifications and design documents.

TesCom, Atlanta, GA

1/99-6/01

Lead QA Analyst

. As a lead Analyst, combined and managed the testing process to determine

the application readiness before release.

. Responsible for managing group of QA Analysts, assigned features and

followed with status of projects.

. Create, Setup and Implement QA Methodologies, Policies and Procedures.

. Developed training program for new and existing employees.

. Responsible for hiring Permanent Employees and Contractors.

. Participated in design review sessions with Project Managers, Developers,

Products Team and QA Analysts to define requirements and to analyze

technical specifications and design documents.

. Tested applications in different types of browsers and versions, such as

Internet Explorer, American Online and Netscape to simulate production

environment.

. Developed test plans, test cases and executing test cases.

. Performed different categories of testing such as Functional testing,

System testing, Load testing, Stress testing, Integration, Regression

testing, Pilot testing and Cross-Browser testing.

. Used WinRunner and LoadRunner ( utilizing C programming ) for automated

testing.

. Addressed both Production and Enhancement Modification Requests, more

importantly making sure that all defects are addressed in software

developmental life cycle.

. Used Test Director to document defects of software projects, to manage

and analyze testing process and implement test plans.

AutoTrader, Atlanta, GA

5/98 - 1/99

Lead QA Analyst / QA Manager

. Participated in design review sessions with Project Managers, Developers,

System Engineers, and Testers to define requirements and to analyze

technical specifications and design documents.

. Responsibilities include writing and executing test cases, writing test

plans.

. Used Test Director to document defects of software project, managed and

analyzed testing process and implemented test plan.

. Addressing both Production and Enhancement Modification Requests, more

importantly making sure that all defects are addressed in software

developmental life cycle.

. Performed different categories of testing such as System testing,

Integration testing, Volume testing and Regression testing.

. Testing the product in Unix and Windows environments.

. Developed scripts to automate manual testing.

. Used automated tools such as WinRunner and SilK.

. Reported bugs to the PVCS defect Tracker.

. Tested applications in different types of browsers and versions, such as

Internet Explorer, American Online and Netscape to simulate production

environment.

IBM, Boca Raton, FL

3/91-5/98

Test Engineer

. Wrote Test software to test PC components (Video Cards. Modems, Voice

cards) in production environment.

. Testing of OS2 operating systems and DOS commands and Win32/APIs.

. Documented defects making sure all defects are addressed in the

development lifecycle, developed test cases, wrote and executed test

plans, and changed request forms.

. Met with customers to define requirements.

. Sat with developers to analyze technical specifications and designed

documents.

. Reported bugs to defect Trackers.

. Acted as point of contact with Vendors in acceptance of external products

and in addressing compatibility/integration issues with existing

applications.

. Created and implemented Test strategies and objectives.

. Participated in design review /walkthrough sessions with Project

Managers, Developers.

. Performed all categories of testing such as System testing, Regression

testing, Load testing, Volume testing e. t. c.

. USED SQA Robot, QA Partner for Automated tests.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Engineering, University of Dayton,

Ohio.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of West Florida

Pensacola, Florida.

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