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April Simonson

5600 Tilden Pl Fremont ,Ca

Summary

Seasoned Sr. Global Quality Assurance Team Lead with a proven track record at Riministreet Inc., adept in Agile methodology and fostering team training. Excelled in enhancing quality processes and implementing ISO standards, achieving significant improvements in client onboarding and testing efficiency. Demonstrates exceptional analytical and leadership skills, ensuring project milestones are surpassed.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Global Quality Assurance Team Lead

Riministreet Inc.
10.2008 - 08.2024
  • Updated training database to help resolve common issues.
  • Communicated directly with QA team to resolve user-reported problems and questions.
  • Created requirements for milestones and monitored completion of tasks for QA team.
  • Established metrics, applied industry best practices and developed new tools and processes.
  • Acted as key point of contact for all QA aspects of Onboarding process of New client releases by providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
  • Recommended process strategies and methods to improve test plans and test processes for Acceptance testing of new client environment's as well as testing required when Tax Updates were being developed and ready to test.
  • Used SQL to validate test results and recommend corrective actions if needed to prove out expected results
  • Assisted other product lines such as EBS,JDE and SAP in addition to Peoplesoft in managing onboarding tasks to insure Acceptance testing was completed on time to be able to move then to a development cycle for upcoming Tax and Regulatory deliverables.

Quality Assurance Engineer

PeopleSoft
06.1997 - 10.2006
  • Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.
  • Proposed development and testing improvements to positively impact usability, function and performance.
  • Met tight deadlines to satisfy client demands and project timelines.
  • Ran automated test suites and evaluated performance, functionality and scalability.
  • Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
  • Advised developers on problems with databases, performance and other issues.
  • Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
  • Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.

Education

Bachelor of Accountancy - Business

De Anza College
Cupertino, CA
1975

Skills

  • Agile methodology knowledge
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Test case development
  • Test plan creation
  • ISO Standards
  • Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Quality Process Audits
  • Corrective Actions
  • Process Validation
  • Team Training

Timeline

Sr. Global Quality Assurance Team Lead

Riministreet Inc.
10.2008 - 08.2024

Quality Assurance Engineer

PeopleSoft
06.1997 - 10.2006

Bachelor of Accountancy - Business

De Anza College

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