Education
2005-2008
Software Engineering(No Degree)
Iowa State University2008-2015
Management Information Systems
Bellevue UniversityExperience
April 2023 - Present
Senior QA Engineer
Clubessential Holdings
- Orchestrated the QA efforts for a cutting-edge payment platform, establishing a solid testing framework from inception.
- Deployed a JavaScript-based testing suite using Playwright for both API and UI layers, achieving thorough coverage and superior quality benchmarks
- Spearheaded the technical shift towards a contemporary JavaScript stack, becoming proficient in Playwright and related tools.
- Synchronized QA strategies with scrum teams and an offshore team in India, overseeing test management via Zephyr.
- Enhanced product integrity by pinpointing and rectifying pivotal bugs, ensuring seamless and flawless product launches.
June 2022 - March 2023
Software Development Engineer in Test
Early Warning Services
- Initiated a Rest-assured framework leveraging Java for sophisticated API testing scenarios.
- Crafted API tests utilizing SOAP UI, significantly improving the quality of software solutions.
March 2022 - June 2022
Lead QA Engineer
Ameritas
- Directed both automated and manual UI/API testing within an Agile environment, pioneering new project testing.
- Innovated a QA process from the ground up, streamlining project execution.
- Generated an extensive suite of over 90,000 backend tests for rate calculations using Rest-assured.
April 2019 - March 2022
Senior QA Engineer
Ameritas
UI and API Automation as part of an Agile scrum team. Using Postman, Lodash, Chai, Javascript, moment, Rest-assured, and Newman for API testing. UI automation using Groovy, Geb, and Spock.
July 2018 - March 2019
QA Technical Lead
MacPractice
- Formulated a strategic vision for the QA department, occasionally stepping into managerial capacities.
- Authored comprehensive training materials and conducted QA team training sessions.
- Pioneered the company's inaugural automated testing efforts using Java, Selenium, Gitlab, and Cucumber.
Sep 2013 - July 2018
QA Analyst
MacPractice
Agile Testing & writing test plans, then impending the test plans. Working in several squads or scrum style teams to help produce better designs and product by putting in tickets.