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Isreal McCarroll

QA Lead / Manager (18 Years) | Information Technology Technician
Sonora,CA

Summary

Seasoned QA Manager and IT Specialist with over 18 years of experience in quality assurance across mobile, console, and web platforms. Proven track record of leading internal and external QA teams, improving test processes, and delivering top-tier gaming and software products. Adept at cross-functional collaboration, agile methodologies, and test planning. Technically proficient and team-oriented, with a passion for delivering high-quality experiences.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Information Technology Technician

Black Oak Casino Resort
04.2024 - Current
  • Administration needs (Reset passwords, File Sharing, Employee hiring / transfers / terminations)
  • Sole weekend IT technician and primary contact for Family floor Bowling Alley and restaurant POS Systems
  • Setup and maintain PCs, laptops, and promo TVs across the resort
  • Document worklogs and wiki IT information
  • Remote into employee computers for troubleshooting (or C string into folders)
  • Contact 3rd party vendors and grant them access to internal systems
  • Support Active Directory, PBX systems, and mobile device management via Mirador
  • Menu changes to food and beverages items via Infogenesis
  • Setup laptops and hardware for special events (ie: weekly giveaways for Player's Club members)
  • Extremely courteous service to all team members and guests

Guest Services Specialist

Black Oak Casino Resort
10.2023 - 04.2024

Provided guest support across bowling alley and arcade operations

Quality Assurance Manager / Development Director

Electronic Arts (EA)
04.2021 - 12.2022
  • Promoted to Development Director in 2021, showcasing outstanding leadership and management skills
  • Implemented (and continuously updated) an embedded QA processes
  • Directed internal and outsourced QA teams to ensure product quality across game features
  • Managed resources, approved timecards, and guided test plan reviews with cross-functional teams
  • Conducted off-hour meetings for global teams; validated server updates pre-release
  • Ensured continuous QA involvement in meetings, facilitating daily email updates on product testing
  • Experience in various test management tools (Test Rail, Jira, etc)
  • 1 year 9 months

Quality Assurance Manager

Glu Mobile
04.2017 - 04.2021
  • Oversaw growing QA teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance evaluations
  • Spearheaded QA participation in agile cycles, ensuring daily status updates and task delegation
  • Approved annual QA Merit and Bonus increases, and approved weekly QA timecards
  • Conducted daily review of QA workload, effectively delegating tasks to team members while providing necessary support
  • Transitioned to Electronic Arts after its acquisition of Glu Mobile in 2021
  • 6 years 5 months

Quality Assurance Lead

Glu Mobile
12.2014 - 04.2017
  • Led QA efforts for annual iterations of 1st party titles, including "Tap Sports Baseball," "Tap Sports Football," and "Deer Hunter."
  • Served as the QA Hiring Manager, responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training new QA team members.
  • Conducted heavy game testing through Unity, including modifying XML to adjust game events and rewards, verifying small scripts or snippets of code, and editing code to adjust certain game aspects to make testing more efficient (ie: reduce game play to 2 minutes in code to quickly finish games and verify a Playoff game triggers, etc)
  • Utilized Perforce to update and check out the latest development branches, upload documentation, or just check the Diffs between versions for testing purposes.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive test plans for all Glu Mobile Sports titles
  • Provided support for Production tasks when needed
  • 2 years 5 months

Quality Assurance Lead

Zynga
05.2009 - 12.2014
  • Built and trained QA teams; many promoted to lead roles
  • Managed 6–14 person QA teams for web and mobile titles; developed smoke tests and test plans
  • Participated in agile ceremonies, spec reviews, and post-mortems; reported bugs and metrics to execs
  • Learned and used Unity and JavaScript to support design/debugging efforts
  • 5 years 8 months

Senior QA Tester / Co-lead

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (via Nelson Staffing Solutions)
11.2004 - 05.2009
  • Conducted QA for PS2, PS3, and PSP titles; ensured compliance with TRC requirements
  • Led 4–12 person QA teams on multiplayer testing using LAN and online environments
  • Created test plans and mentored junior testers
  • 4 years 7 months

Education

Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician -

ECPI College of Technology
01.1997 - 01.1998

Skills

Quality Assurance

Certification

Google IT Support

Software

Unity

Jira

Black box testing

Quality Assurance

IT Technician

Docker (still learning)

Timeline

Information Technology Technician

Black Oak Casino Resort
04.2024 - Current

Guest Services Specialist

Black Oak Casino Resort
10.2023 - 04.2024

Quality Assurance Manager / Development Director

Electronic Arts (EA)
04.2021 - 12.2022

Quality Assurance Manager

Glu Mobile
04.2017 - 04.2021

Quality Assurance Lead

Glu Mobile
12.2014 - 04.2017

Quality Assurance Lead

Zynga
05.2009 - 12.2014

Senior QA Tester / Co-lead

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (via Nelson Staffing Solutions)
11.2004 - 05.2009

Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician -

ECPI College of Technology
01.1997 - 01.1998
Isreal McCarrollQA Lead / Manager (18 Years) | Information Technology Technician