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Eva Gouel

QA System Testing Technical Leader
Houston,TX

Summary

Motivated QA Analyst Technical Lead managing test campaigns for complex Digital Control System with track record of dependability and leadership. Knowledgeable in QA methodology with ISTQB and CPRE certifications. Successful at leading both internal and external teams to accomplish challenging objectives. Proficient in preparing test plans, test cases, and follow up metric reports. Dedicated to analyzing and troubleshooting defects.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
3
3

Certifications

Work History

QA System Testing Technical Leader

GE Grid Solutions
Montpellier, France
02.2014 - 10.2019

Committed to lead system validation of some major versions of the GE Grid Solution’s electrical substations Digital Control System («DS Agile»):

  • Analyzing product requirements
  • Designing of test campaigns
  • Providing QA estimates
  • Synchronization with project manager and subsystem teams.
  • Load distribution for QA engineers and analysts based in France and Noida (India)
  • Mentoring junior team members, providing educational expertise on technical concepts and QA methodology.
  • Monitoring test campaign progress : Tracking defects, coverage progress and providing quality metrics
  • Writing test cases
  • Manually testing software
  • Creating technical bug reports
  • User technical documentation reviewing

Main tools

  • MS Project
  • Jira and Confluence (Atlassian suite)

Used to work with

  • IEC 61850 standard
  • DNP3 protocol

QA Analyst

Alstom Grid
Montpellier, France
01.2011 - 01.2014

Involved in rebuilding QA activity then committed to validate of some parts of main versions of the GE Grid Digital Control System («DS Agile»)

Senior position :

  • Partial design of test campaigns
  • Kept inspection journals and weekly summary logs as required.
  • Writing test cases
  • Manually testing software
  • Creating technical bug reports
  • Technical support to QA engineers and analysts based in Noida (India).

Tracking tools :

  • Jira
  • Confluence

Junior position :

  • Involved in reconstruction of activity : designing and building up to 8 system test platforms, names standardization
  • Writing test cases
  • Manually testing software
  • Creating technical bug reports

Tools

  • Devtrack

Program Analyst Intern

Logica
Montpellier, France
03.2010 - 08.2010

Maintaining and upgrading development on contract management software for the Orange Group (one of the main french network operator and digital services providers), in an international outsourcing context with Morocco.

  • Troubleshooting incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions.
  • Trained in use of integrated management software package SAP.

Tools

  • SAP Business suite

Program Analyst Intern

Groupe SCE India Private Limited
Bangalore, India
06.2009 - 08.2009

After 1 year working with the french team in Nantes, I was sent in Bengalore (Karnataka, India) to work with the Indian team and study the working methods on site to create and implement an efficient IT development collaboration process between the the teams/companies SCE India (India) and Mémoris (France).

  • Collaborated closely with upper management to drive strategy through development and implementation of new processes.
  • Developed flowcharts and diagrams to describe and lay out logical operational steps.
  • Involved in deployment of test management framework Salome to complete test tracker tool Mantis Bug Tracker

Program Analyst Intern

Memoris (geographic Information Services)
Nantes, France
06.2008 - 05.2009

Realization of a specification file, and an acceptance book for a new module on the internal time tracking tool.

  • Execution of tests
  • Follow up of development of project in international context (french and Indian programmers)
  • Upload of module.
  • Language used : C#

Tools :

  • Visual studio
  • Mantis Bug Tracker

Education

Master’s Degree - Computer Sciences (Development And IS)

EPSI - L'école D'ingénierie Informatique
Nantes, France
10.2010

Skills

  • QA Lifecycle Management
  • Functional requirements understanding and analysis
  • Test campaign design
  • Test management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Comfortable in international working context
  • Mentorship and coaching

Soft skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Detail oriented
  • Communicative
  • Good at explaining
  • Thorough

Certification

  • Certified Tester Foundation Level, ISTQB® - Nov 2012
  • Certified Advanced Level Test Analyst, ISTQB® - Oct 2014
  • Certified Professional for Requierement Engineering Foundation Level (CPRE FL), IREB - Sept 2019

Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

QA System Testing Technical Leader

GE Grid Solutions
02.2014 - 10.2019

QA Analyst

Alstom Grid
01.2011 - 01.2014

Program Analyst Intern

Logica
03.2010 - 08.2010

Program Analyst Intern

Groupe SCE India Private Limited
06.2009 - 08.2009

Program Analyst Intern

Memoris (geographic Information Services)
06.2008 - 05.2009

Master’s Degree - Computer Sciences (Development And IS)

EPSI - L'école D'ingénierie Informatique
Eva GouelQA System Testing Technical Leader