Kevin Johnson
North San Jose, CA 95134 § Phone: 650-771-7094 § kj@kcfotos.com
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
I'm a diligent; hit the ground running, Software Quality Assurance Engineer with experience in blackbox, graybox and automated testing. I easily adapt to any work environment. I am skilled in gathering, analyzing and documenting functional requirement specifications. I am comfortable with all types of work environments, release processes, assignments, tasks and deadline changes that may occur in a busy work environment. I am comfortable making necessary changes and acquire additional training to ensure the successful release of a project. I have managed blackbox and whitebox test teams and I am always ready when called upon to manage a project, train a new employee or lead a team.
Professional Experience
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Website designer – milpitas, CA |
2008 to Present |
WEBSITE DESIGNER - Part Time
Key Results:
§ Designed and created websites for individuals that needed a website to better market their selves or to improve their private business.
§ Developed websites using HTML, CSS, PHOTOSHOP and JAVASCRIPT.
§ Performed Manual Testing for all the websites against Netscape, Internet Explorer and Opera browsers as requested.
§ Built Websites for BaysFinestBabes.com, Scintillating Entertainment (now defunct), Slippery Girl Magazine (slipperygirl.com), Brooklynthemodel.com (now defunct), WebCamGirls (now defunct) and other modeling websites (all defunct).
§ Utilized Skype and Gmail web video chat to communicate project requirements, change requests, and progress reports to customers in Missouri and Florida.
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Yahoo Inc. – Sunnyvale, CA |
2009 to 2010 |
Search Query Judgment Tester - Contractor
Key Results:
§ Helped streamline a manual testing process that contributed to higher-quality search engine results based on the type of keywords used in differing Yahoo subjects such as News, Sports, and General knowledge against the yahoo test mainframe and live yahoo user interface.
§ Helped improve the level of relevance and quality in Yahoo’s – MS Bing Search engine merger.
§ Constantly trained and attended training meetings to improve testing quality and completion times. These meetings were also used to update our senior members with oral reports on testing and procedural implementation as needed to improve overall testing quality, speed and prevent data inaccuracies, which could affect search algorithm’s used to produce accurate search results.
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2002 to 2007 |
Senior Lead QA Engineer
Key Results:
§ Responsible for Testing Logistics, AES Customs, Administrative Security, and Export Compliance in a SAAS Environment for large companies such as Neiman Marcus, Liz Claiborne, General Motors and Mitsubishi.
§ Managed and tested up to 8 different ongoing projects throughout the release cycle.
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Managed the
engineering, testing and release of all customer escalations and code fixes for
legacy code and discontinued projects. Assured that the issue was signed off
between each responsible engineer and Project Manager throughout the fix
release certification.
§ Trained our Remote (India) Testing team on all Legacy code and discontinued projects and new employees on projects as they are developed.
§ Became the Acting lead of a small test team which provided testing support to members of QA, Engineering, IT and Product Management upon an as needed basis to accelerate and improve testing for projects throughout different stages of the product lifecycle.
§ Developed test cases, test plans and test procedures for all projects I was the lead for, based on Project Management’s input, Specification Requirements, and pretest software versions.
§ Created and helped-to-write product and engineering specification requirements based on customer, project management, and engineering input.
§ Responsible for XML and EDI mass data testing with and without WebMethods conversion software.
§ Reviewed and reported on software stability in third party software acquisitions prior to determining a solution for merging the software with our current Logistics software and database.
§ Developed Silk automated Acceptance testing for legacy software.
§ The AES Customs Compliancy Lead Tester; which required skilled knowledge of AES Customs and standards. Developed Test scenarios which generated various documents and reports which are dependent on AES data.
§ Tested “Open Harbour Inc.” document and trade order database retrieval software. Testing against a UNIX box using EDI and XML data documents by generating test scenarios using SQL and Unix commands to produce data driven reports.
§ Tested the LCPRo - letter of credit global management messaging, Swift messages, and documentation manager used by Banks (such as BofA and City Bank), Customs Brokers, and Freight Forwarders
§ Data Migration Tester during Oracle database version upgrades, server upgrades and database restructuring cycles.
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eXCITE@HOME – REDWOOD CITY, CA |
2000 to 2001 |
Manager of Quality Assurance Engineering, Subscriber’s Division
Key Results:
§ Managed two Quality Assurance teams which comprised of 21 blackbox and whitebox engineers.
§ Provided team with the training, supervision, and technological (Silk Test (Segue), Astrasite Manger, and Macintosh & Windows testing lab) support needed to complete the software releases on time and a minimum number of acceptable defects.
§ Interviewed, hired and fired team members as needed.
§ Developed communication protocols between Project Management, Engineering, and other QA Engineering teams.
§ Developed and maintained test cases and test plans for client software projects and developed a more streamlined Software Release Process.
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kendara – palo alto, Ca |
1999 to 2000 |
QA Manager – (Acquired in 2000 by @Home)
Key Results:
§ Hired and trained a small team of QA testers.
§ Developed my own in-house white box tester that utilized C++, Pearl and Java to perform daily automated testing and unit testing.
§ Worked Remotely from Japan, while developing the QA Process, Testplan and Testcases.
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1999 to 1999 |
QA Assistant Manager/QA Project Test Lead
Key Results:
§ Lead a QA team in test procedures essential for the completion of online tools, which included a web chat room, instant messenger client, and membership login functionality.
§ Developed Silk test scripts for automated testing and generated test cases based on software specs and/or existing software releases.
§ Communicated QA needs to onsite and 3rd party developers in New York and presented organized information to promote and assist with product design.
§ Traveled to New York’s MTV building to report on the QA team and Project Status.
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lifescan inc. – milpitas, Ca |
1998 to 1999 |
SQA Engineer/Systems Communication Technician - Contractor
Key Results:
§ Assembled and tested microcontroller-based control systems (blood glucose meters)
§ Maintained assembled a communications lab for load testing of data from 100 hardware sources sent to a large information system (LIS) via digital modems and analog phone lines.
§ Verified and documented design revisions, documents and component layouts.
§ Maintained medically enforced standards and assisted in project auditing revisions of testcases and testplans.
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1995 to 1998 |
SQA Tester/ Load Tester/Test Lead
Key Results:
§ Performed Macintosh and PC, software and hardware testing
§ Maintained a physical 50+ computers lab for load testing and simulation of visual and bilingual audio producing software programs
§ Verified design revisions and component layouts
§ Interviewed possible new employees and Trained new testers
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Accolade – cupertino, Ca SEGA of america – redwood shores, CA |
1994 to 1995 |
Lead Game Tester
Key Results:
§ Developed Testplan and Testcases.
§ Lead a small test team in the release of more than 50 video games.
Education
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DEANZA COLLEGE – Cupertino, Ca |
FOOTHILL COLLEGE – LOS ALTOS & PALO ALTO, CA
DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – KANSAS CITY, MO
Earned Credits for an Associate of Science Degree in CIS, 1995
Skills
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Software Knowledge: § Visual Basic 6 § Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Access) § Mac OS 7.1 to X § Windows 95 to Windows 7 § Some UNIX, Pascal, DOS, PC Hardware § Silk Test § Adobe Photoshop § Acrobat Reader & Writer § Internet Explorer, Netscape, FireFox § Various in-house and commercial defect reporting tools (Bugzilla, Rationale, etc.) § XML, HTML, & EDI § SQL (Toad 8.6) § Some C++, Java Script Additional Skills: § Management Excellence Training Seminar § Essential Communication Skills for Managers § Photography § Photo Editing § Beginner Level Spanish and Japanese languages § Some Filemaker Pro, Astrasite Manager, Silk Performer 5.1 § AES File Customs Requirements § Banking Letter of Credit standards and requirements § Logistics Documents and Procedures
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