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Chimezie Lawrence Udeagha

Houston,Texas

Summary

Over 10 years of experience in manual and automation QA testing across the software life cycle. Expertise in designing and executing comprehensive test plans, user stories, and test cases for functional, integration, and regression testing. Background as a Release Manager facilitates effective cross-functional collaboration and defect tracking with industry-standard tools. Demonstrated ability to convert business requirements into actionable test artifacts in both Agile and Waterfall environments.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Tester/ Release Manager

OnPoint Group
11.2023 - 03.2025
  • Executed comprehensive manual testing of software applications, ensuring alignment with client deployment expectations and adherence to the Software Testing Life Cycle.
  • Coordinated release management activities by auditing, monitoring, and enforcing established processes to support cross-domain configuration integration and traceability.
  • Communicated release readiness effectively through detailed Release Readiness Reviews, milestone tracking, and stakeholder updates.
  • Collaborated with testing teams to validate applications via end-to-end manual testing and basic API verification, integrating techniques to identify potential defects early.
  • Defined and enforced Salesforce sandbox management practices, while working closely with project management to raise and mitigate release risks.

Software Testing Specialist

LabConnect
10.2022 - 11.2023
  • Designed, documented, and executed manual test cases alongside automated tests to ensure comprehensive end-to-end testing coverage.
  • Evaluated test results, performed defect triage, and prepared detailed test reports to facilitate informed decision-making and quality improvements.
  • Contributed to the development and maintenance of test environments, ensuring readiness and proper documentation for each testing phase.
  • Monitored and maintained automated test cases while supporting manual testing efforts, leveraging testing methodologies to uphold quality standards.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to manage technical tickets and streamline test processes, applying Agile methodologies for efficient execution.

Senior Professional Test Engineer

Gainwell Technologies
02.2021 - 10.2022
  • Creates performance test plans, writes scripts in multiple protocols, creates scenarios on workload based requirements, executes performance tests, analyzes the results, and creates results reports for the client.
  • Part of the Kansas DDI team performing functional testing on the Kansas Eligibility System.
  • Works with clients to determine requirements and scope to meet SLA requirements.
  • Design and develop Test Plan, Test Cases, and Automated Test Scripts using Selenium.
  • Perform End-to-End test process considering test cases, automating, executing and reporting.
  • Perform cross-browser testing for the web interface, and mobile application using Selenium.
  • Perform query operations on Oracle to do data validation.
  • Use standard SQL functions and commands to develop SQL queries.
  • Ability to triage with other teams (business, SIT, and development) to resolve issues.
  • Generated status reports and Defect reports and presented them in weekly status meetings.
  • Actively participated in smoke, functional and ad-hoc testing during SIT phase.
  • Extensively used ALM for storing and managing all automation resources.
  • Managed Defect tracking and reporting from ALM.

Software Tester

eSystems,Inc.
03.2020 - 02.2021
  • Working as a contractor for Arkansas DHS for Eligibility Systems such Medicaid, SNAP, TANF.
  • Create test data required to perform UAT.
  • Execute text scripts using UiPath.
  • Execute UAT batch jobs.
  • Perform Application Interface/Integration Testing.
  • Perform functionality, usability, design, and basic security testing on Citizen Portal.
  • Perform web application testing on mobile devices.
  • Update Requirements Traceability Matrix (State utilizes JAMA).
  • Create, update and execute automated test scripts, maintain UAT Regression script libraries.
  • Document all test results in the appropriate format (State utilizes JAMA).
  • Log all defects discovered during UAT (State utilizes JIRA).
  • Ability to triage with other teams (business, SIT, and development) to resolve issues.
  • Participate in all scheduled and ad hoc meetings as needed.

QA Analyst

Emory University
01.2014 - 11.2019
  • Created test plans, test cases, test data and other test related documents as needed.
  • Performed GUI Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing.
  • Performed Integration, System, UAT and Usability Testing.
  • Performed Regression testing.
  • Involved in creation of system/regression & acceptance testing activities like creation of test setup, test plan, test data creation, environment setup etc.
  • Involved in execution of system test cases and test flows.
  • Involved in validation of test results, defect management & implementation of changes into production. Performed manual testing using the test cases for positive and negative testing.
  • Tested Web Services using testing standards.
  • Actively took part in smoke, functional and ad-hoc testing during SIT phase.
  • Extensively used ALM for storing and managing all automation resources.
  • Managed Defect tracking and reporting from ALM.
  • Unattended batch run of automation scripts from ALM and using windows scheduler.

QA Analyst

HS Photos Inc.
Atlanta, GA
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • Reviewed and analyzed SDLC documents (Software Development Life Cycle), and prepared System test plan.
  • Participated actively in the Requirement review meetings, Team meetings, to discuss the possible scenarios of testing.
  • Arranged the Test case review meeting to discuss the test coverage of the requirements.
  • Prepared the Test Plans, Test cases and maintained all the WPR's (Work Product Review) documents in team site.
  • Used ALM for maintaining test cases and defects.
  • Arranged Defect call meetings to discuss status of high severity issues.
  • Provided status of the Defects in the Weekly status meetings.
  • Performed Manual testing and kept documentation on several types of testing like Positive Testing, Negative testing, Functional testing, Integration testing & Regression Testing, System Testing & Database Testing.
  • Reported the bugs to the developers and made sure that the bugs were fixed by performing regression testing.
  • Co-ordinated actively with technical peers, such as Developers, Project Managers, and business/user groups.
  • Used Teradata Assistant Tool for writing queries to retrieve data from the database & verified the data is matching the Reports.

Treasury Operations Analyst

Guaranty Trust Bank
01.2010 - 12.2011
  • Company Overview: A leading bank in Nigeria, with over 100 branches in West Africa and U.K and listed on The London Stock Exchange
  • Fulfill financial reporting requests for internal and external audits.
  • Tasked with sending electronic instructions to correspondent banks for customer payments, interbank transfers and Nostro reconciliation using SWIFT platform.
  • Responsible for the settlement of funds in local and foreign currencies for currency trades, currency swaps and customer payments.
  • Charged with foreign and local check clearing by running checks through MICR reading machines and transmitting captured check images to local and foreign banks.
  • Settled foreign and local checks into customer accounts.
  • Directly involved in Month-End close process, reporting fiscal month-end close positions in various foreign currencies.
  • Managed portfolio of investments, regularly giving financial advice to clients.
  • Helped grow assigned investment portfolio by $20mm.
  • Monitored the liquidity ratio to ensure the bank was in compliance with regulatory limits set by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
  • A leading bank in Nigeria, with over 100 branches in West Africa and U.K and listed on The London Stock Exchange

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance

Abia State University
Nigeria
06-2006

Skills

  • Jama and Jira
  • ALM and Zephyr
  • Appium and SoapUI
  • Selenium and UiPath
  • Software testing lifecycle
  • Agile and waterfall methodologies
  • Salesforce and Vue360 Rx
  • Integrated eligibility systems
  • Mobile device management
  • Azure and AWS
  • Github version control
  • API development and verification
  • Cross-platform automated testing
  • Release management strategies
  • Stakeholder communication skills
  • Critical thinking abilities
  • Automation scripting expertise
  • Requirements analysis proficiency
  • Security and penetration testing
  • Manual and performance testing
  • Functional test execution
  • TestRail management system
  • Continuous integration processes
  • Script development techniques
  • Integration testing methods
  • Testing analytics insights
  • KPI tracking capabilities

Certification

Bridges: Building a Supportive Community, Emory University

Accomplishments

Issued by EMORY UNIVERSITY (FINANCE DIVISION) · Feb 2017

  • In recognition of my commitment and contribution to high performance and creative solutions within the Finance Division of Emory University.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Software Tester/ Release Manager

OnPoint Group
11.2023 - 03.2025

Software Testing Specialist

LabConnect
10.2022 - 11.2023

Senior Professional Test Engineer

Gainwell Technologies
02.2021 - 10.2022

Software Tester

eSystems,Inc.
03.2020 - 02.2021

QA Analyst

Emory University
01.2014 - 11.2019

QA Analyst

HS Photos Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2014

Treasury Operations Analyst

Guaranty Trust Bank
01.2010 - 12.2011

Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance

Abia State University

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