Richard Lassiter
Validation Analyst
Houston,TX
Summary
Experienced Validation Analyst with over 20 years of experience in Debt collection and Pharmaceutical testing. Excellent reputation for resolving issues and providing value to the client through software testing/integration and Client UAT execution. Recognized consistently internally for performance excellence( Inspire system) and contributions to overall project team. Strengths in critical thinking,work ethic and plain old-fashioned face to face personalized teamwork.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Validation Analyst
ICON Clinical Research
Houston, TX
04.2006 - Current
- Tracked, prioritized and organized defects with Bugzilla, Ykap and Currently Test Track Pro ( TTP), working with development and project/technical project managers team to resolve defect in correct way/root cause for client's benefit.
- Reviewed delivery requirements into actionable planning of testing timelines and scheduling.
- Wrote and optimized clinical test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough patient data setup in SQL Server/Oracle test database.
- Updated scripts and test cases during writing time with ever changing User Requirements updated from weekly client calls.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing module behavior of clinical study.
- Posed bottleneck/integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements to Project team via email or weekly Webex calls.
- Performed regression and new tests on clinical studies and full clinical trial implementations for more than 3 projects per year.
- Enforced resolution of bugs, re-tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Created defects and maintained defect databases for full study and system change for clinical studies.
- Completed Impact Review testing for new clinical study modifications to assess potential impacts with existing patients in trial and discuss in Weekly Webex calls.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and detailed manual test cases for drug dispensation, drug projection and web report data for multiple test sites w/ patients.
- Spoke face-to-face on daily basis with developers, project mgrs/tech project mgrs in the US to make sure team knew workings of entire clinical software change.
- Spoke on daily basis with validation team in Chennai India concerning software testing progress when working on same system change to meet client timelines.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Telecheck Services
Houston, TX
06.1998 - 10.2005
- Analyzed and tested new builds to identify, trace and help resolve software defects.
- Identified issues with design requirements/workflows before programming began to give best value to client for money invested in new software change.
- Created actionable and reproducible test scripts to manage automated and manual testing of version 1.0 software and subsequent system changes.
- Planned and wrote cohesive test plans for projects using in-house custom templates for test setup/ expected result/pass fail sections.
- Worked solo and as project team in maintaining project timelines focused on software quality, communication, integration of change/multiple changes in multiple databases and tables and plain old-fashioned face-to-face teamwork.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
University of Houston
Houston, TX 09.1990 - 05.2000
No Degree - CDL-A Tractor Trailer Driver
Stevens Transport Truck Driving School
Mesquite Texas 01.1994 - 04.1994
Skills
Documentation skills
Accomplishments
ATM-Silver Toastmasters
(Multi-year President and Treasurer)
Timeline
Validation Analyst
ICON Clinical Research
04.2006 - Current
Quality Assurance Analyst
Telecheck Services
06.1998 - 10.2005
No Degree - CDL-A Tractor Trailer Driver
Stevens Transport Truck Driving School
01.1994 - 04.1994
Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
University of Houston
09.1990 - 05.2000
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