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Terence Hall

13251 Hubbard Rd., East Moline IL 61244 • terencehall@gmail.com

SUMMARY

Innovative and dynamic Quality Assurance and Testing Professional with over five years experience working in cross-functional teams coupled with experience in Agile development methods. Recognized as a top achiever in delivering highly functional product in a timely manner. Possess strong knowledge of the full-life cycle of test development for strategy and design through execution and defect tracking. Extensive experience with various levels of testing including acceptance, system, regression and functional.

SKILLS

•Automated Testing

•Software Analysis

•Test Plans

•Functional Testing

•Performance Testing

•Risk Analysis

EDUCATION

Northern Illinois University

07/2009

BS in Computer Science, Dekalb IL 61244

WORK EXPERIENCE

Aetna Inc.

Quality Assurance Analyst

09/2013 - - Present

•Contributes to the delivery and support of QA services through adherence to the APLC and QA process methodology

•Participates in test plan/test case/test script walkthroughs to understand testing to be accomplished and suggest changes, efficiencies within or between projects.

•Focal point to the QA Project Manager for status, issues and metrics; responsible for escalating project, release items (issues, concerns, defects) to QA Project Manager and for communicating own issues, developing options to mitigate negative impacts to release schedule; assists the QA Project Manager in understanding impacts of issues in other areas on own area of testing.

•Defines, develops, and maintains test scripts.

•Independently executes test plans and test scripts.

•Independently validates results of test execution and actual vs. expected results.

•Records and tracks defects uncovered during the execution of tests. Actively participates in resolution; proposes and designs retest cases/scripts/data to retest defects; represents the QA organization at project to discuss status, defects for responsible area, assess impacts and

provide input into schedule revisions at both project and release level.

•Proactively manages to assigned schedule and reports status against plan; may oversee the work of assigned team members on all applications involved in a project or projects; ability to understand and relate project issues to release impacts

•Identifies automation opportunities and implements on future project/release testing.

•Utilizes tools and methodologies to improve individual/team effectiveness and to increase efficiencies in the QA process.

•Performs related duties as assigned or requested.

•Contribute to defining, developing, and maintaining the test case inventory, requirements traceability matrix, and test plan over the life of the release.

IBM 08/2009 - - 06/2013

Junior Quality Assurance Analyst

08/2009 - - 06/2013

•Collaborated with Product Management and Engineering to fully refine test cases and test scenarios.

•Documented defects using VersionOne and work with Engineering and Product Management to minimize defect age.

•Worked with Product Analyst, User-experience and Development to understand user stories and produce appropriate test scenarios.

•Clearly translated test scenarios into automated specifications.

•Created and executed exploratory Test Charters.

•Communicated the purpose of testing to the team and management level.

•Managed scope changes in a flexible manner.

•Prioritized and executed test cases in a timely fashion, despite changing priorities.

•Communicated status at the team and management level.

•Worked independently to manage multiple tasks/projects at once.

•Cooperated with matrixed team members to meet goals and complete tasks.

•Actively participated and supported cross functional team objectives.

•Advocated and supported quality assurance practices within cross functional team.