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LUKE BROWNE

Wymondham,UK

Summary

I am a highly accomplished QA Project Manager with extensive experience and I excel in managing the entire project lifecycle, consistently ensuring timely delivery while adhering to the highest quality standards. My keen attention to detail and exceptional communication skills empower me to foster collaboration and drive projects to successful completion, making me a valuable asset to any team.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate QA Manager

Creative Assembly
04.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview: SAGA
  • Working with Project leadership and stakeholders to ensure QA support of the project and major milestones and deliverables are met
  • Managed a team of 4 employees in the UK and JAPAN, as well as contractors
  • Managed communication between creative and business teams resulting in smooth and effective workflow
  • Reviewing Resourcing needs across projects and into the future to make sure adequate headcount and budget requirements are met
  • Mentoring newer Senior QA Leads and supporting them with project and personnel assistance as and when needed
  • Establishing and tracking project and Team KPIs and reporting
  • SAGA

Senior QA Lead

Creative Assembly
04.2019 - 04.2023
  • Company Overview: SAGA
  • Championed a rigorous quality assurance process for project readiness, identifying and remedying 25+ potential issues before launch; enhanced overall project success rate by 40%
  • I created a centralized document that tracked the project art content pipeline specifically enabling the review of the progress completion rate across all the art pipelines for the art content on the project and report this to stakeholders and senior project leadership when needed
  • Created test tasks and test plans, including test case creation, analysis, and review, along with reporting bugs and key blockers to project stakeholders
  • SAGA

QA Engineer

Modality Systems
05.2018 - 10.2018
  • Deploy and Approve the latest software builds for later use
  • Evaluated staffing levels and budget allocations on a bi-weekly basis; increased project launch readiness by ensuring full team capacity during peak seasons, directly impacting successful delivery of 15+ high-priority projects each quarter

Quality Assurance Analyst

Compleat Software
03.2017 - 05.2018

Web + Platform QA Tester

NC Interactive
07.2015 - 12.2016

Lead Application Tester

Citizenhawk/Corsearch CLS
01.2011 - 01.2015

Education

Scrum Master Certification - Microsoft Office, IT Networking Essentials, Japanese

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Process improvement strategies
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • SCRUM Certification
  • ISTQB Certified
  • JIRA / Confluence
  • Power-BI Reporting
  • Testrail Testing suites / Perforce
  • Microsoft Teams
  • AutoCAD / SolidWorks
  • Creative Writing
  • Art development Experience

Certification

  • Microsoft Office
  • IT Networking Essentials
  • Scrum Master Certification
  • Japanese

Accomplishments

  • Increased team efficiency by 15% through strategic suggestions
  • Enhanced project success rate by 40% through rigorous quality assurance.
  • Managed team of 4 in UK and Japan, ensuring effective communication.
  • Identified 25+ issues before launch, ensuring project readiness.

Personal Information

Nationality: UK/US

Websites Profiles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-browne-30270945

Timeline

Associate QA Manager

Creative Assembly
04.2023 - Current

Senior QA Lead

Creative Assembly
04.2019 - 04.2023

QA Engineer

Modality Systems
05.2018 - 10.2018

Quality Assurance Analyst

Compleat Software
03.2017 - 05.2018

Web + Platform QA Tester

NC Interactive
07.2015 - 12.2016

Lead Application Tester

Citizenhawk/Corsearch CLS
01.2011 - 01.2015

Scrum Master Certification - Microsoft Office, IT Networking Essentials, Japanese

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