Introduction
With over 20 years in software engineering and quality assurance, I have built my career on a simple premise: the most expensive bugs are the ones found in the requirements phase. I transitioned from Test Engineering to Technical Analysis because I saw a critical gap between what stakeholders ask for and what systems can reliably deliver. My background as an SDET (TypeScript, Playwright, React) allows me to speak the developers' language. I don't hand off vague user stories; I deliver technically feasible, "test-ready" specifications that account for edge cases, data constraints, and system limits upfront.
Senior Software Test Engineer
Paylocity
to current
Highlights:
- Company wide Playwright adoption. working with Playwright for 2 years prior and providing the necessary information to get the approval of decision makers.
- Had gained a reputation for being a go to person for Playwright and test automation in general.
- Coined the term "UI" unit testing. Showing developers a much easier way of testing single components and pages as a UI unit test
Responsibilities
Providing all aspects of software testing, including test automation ( building and maintaining), process improvement, performance testing, mentoring, PR Reviews, and more.
- Automating the process of software testing using tools and scripts. Tests run as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
- Supporting a team of 5 developers in 2 weeks sprint cycles. Providing the necessary testing as required to meet the needs test coverage requirements and providing the team with quality feedback on the product being developed and assisting them in addressing quality concerns.
- Working with product managers, developers, to review stories and ensure testable stories are being created. Fill in the gaps for acceptance criteria, to assist development in building the expected product, by asking the questions that are often overlooked.
QA Lead for Web Products
Tessitura Network
to Aug 2019
Highlights:
- Created a quality department from the ground up, establishing processes, building out a test environment and building out test automation.
- Learned AWS in a week to be able to standup and establish a test environment for the team to use.
Responsibilities
Worked on the frontend of a large e-commerce platform.
- Automating the process of software testing using tools and scripts. Tests run as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
- Testing web applications using various testing tools and frameworks.
- working with the team to create processes that improve product quality and reduce defects.
System Performance Engineer
IBM
to Feb 2013
Responsibilities
Installing and configuring Enterprise Storage Systems for performance testing, such as v7000, XIV (Gen2 and 3), DS8 and various other smaller servers and appliances.Performing performance tests to validate performance specs and identify issues.
- Automating the process of software testing using tools and scripts. Tests run as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
- Testing web applications using various testing tools and frameworks.
- working with the team to create processes that improve product quality and reduce defects.
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Core Competencies
- Technical Feasibility: Assessing the technical feasibility of requirements to ensure they can be effectively implemented and tested and released as a quality product that meets the business requirements and meets the clients expectations.
- Better Story Development: Assisting Product Managers in enhancing user story quality to improve clarity and implementation accuracy. Less abiguity means faster feature delivery.
- Test-Ready Specifications: Creating detailed, technically sound specifications that developers can implement and testers can validate.
- Edge Case Analysis: Identifying potential edge cases and system limitations during the requirements phase to prevent costly rework later.
- Stakeholder Communication: Bridging the gap between business stakeholders and engineering teams to ensure clear understanding of requirements.
- AI Integration: A strong understanding of strengths and limitations of AI technologies to effectively translate my knowledge into practical usecases.