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Work Experience

• QA Automation Manager, ASICS Digital

  Sep, 2022 - Present

  • Supervised a distributed team of 7 in-house engineers, overseeing hiring, terminations, one-on-ones, goal setting, and performance evaluations.

  • Managed globally outsourced QA contractors, maintaining alignment with team processes and quality standards.

  • Led automation training for new hires and manual engineers, improving team-wide automated testing proficiency.

  • Managed the automation JIRA board, creating, scoping, and prioritizing tickets to align with engineering project goals.

  • Split time between management duties and hands-on contributions to the automation framework, as detailed below.

• Senior QA Automation Engineer, ASICS Digital

  Mar, 2021 - Sep, 20221 year 6 months

  • Modernized the legacy automation suite in Python Selenium with Pytest, expanding coverage to 400+ automated tests for the ecommerce site.

  • Implemented release processes to leverage the automation suite, cutting manual release regression efforts by 90%.

  • Improved Selenium test stability and maintainability by using reusable automation functions and API-driven test data setup.

  • Introduced standalone API tests in Pytest, enabling fast feedback loops alongside end-to-end Selenium UI tests.

  • Automated test result reporting into TestRail, ensuring seamless documentation, historical tracking, and enhanced stakeholder visibility.

  • Optimized test execution with Selenium Grid (Gridlastic), enabling up to 200 concurrent tests and cutting suite runtime to minutes.

  • Collaborated with the DevOps team to create CI/CD processes for automatic test suite execution after code deploys using AWS CodePipeline.

  • Built a Slackbot integration enabling stakeholders to trigger Selenium test suites on demand for any test subset.

• Software QA Automation Engineer, Akerna Corp.

  Dec, 2019 - Mar, 20211 year 3 months

  • Led test automation efforts to support Akerna's transition from quarterly releases to a DevOps culture, increasing deployments from once per quarter to 5 times per week.

  • Expanded automation coverage to improve confidence in releases for a highly regulated, state-by-state SaaS industry (cannabis).

  • Rebuilt Groovy-based test suites using a page object model with reusable functions, improving script reliability, execution speed, and maintainability.

  • Developed and configured a Bitbucket pipeline to execute automation suites using Katalon within Docker, streamlining test execution in CI/CD.

  • Implemented a Selenium Grid for concurrent test execution, significantly reducing automated regression runtime.

  • Enhanced test reporting by contributing to the open-source Katalon plugin, improving Slack integration for clearer test results.

• Software Test Engineer, Sling TV

  Oct, 2018 - Dec, 20191 year 2 months

  • Collaborated with Product and UX teams to define acceptance criteria and ensure alignment on new feature development for iOS and tvOS apps.

  • Developed and maintained automated UI tests for native iOS and tvOS apps using Swift and XCTest, improving test coverage and reducing manual testing effort.

  • Validated and manipulated API calls to multiple backend services using Charles Proxy, ensuring robust backend communication and integration.

  • Built test versions of apps directly from specific Git branches using Jenkins and XCode, enabling efficient and consistent test execution.

  • Managed and updated manual test suites with Zephyr, ensuring up-to-date test coverage and accuracy across app features.

  • Contributed to a Sling TV patent, enhancing a major feature utilized by all customers, improving user experience and app functionality.

  • Utilized JIRA to manage bugs, track the backlog, and engage with stakeholders for timely issue resolution and project delivery.

• Software Quality Assurance Engineer, MODERE

  Aug, 2017 - Sep, 20181 year 1 month

  • Led QA efforts for several major product releases, including the redesign of the backend portal, overhaul of the CRM tool, and the Android app rewrite in Kotlin.

  • Collaborated closely with Product to define story requirements for an in-house customer support tool.

  • Executed smoke, acceptance, and regression testing across multiple devices and browsers using Browserstack and native devices.

  • Supported the initial launch of the native iOS mobile app built in-house from the ground up.

  • Logged bugs, tracked requirements, and managed test cases using Team Foundation Server (now called Azure DevOps).

• Quality Assurance Analyst, DirectScale

  Jan, 2017 - Jul, 20176 months

  • Pioneered QA integration as the first stateside QA Engineer, establishing key processes in a fast-growing company.

  • Developed a regression test suite for the SaaS CRM and commissions backend system to ensure stability across releases.

  • Started automating tests using Selenium Java, laying the foundation for future test automation efforts.

  • Collaborated with offshore testers to ensure comprehensive regression coverage for weekly releases.

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