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WAYNE A. HAZLE

WAYNE A. HAZLE

Glendale,CA

Summary

Senior level Quality Assurance Leader with strong agile skills and a proven track record of delivering high quality software in a timely manner. Looking for an opportunity to use technical knowledge and management capabilities to make a great impact on the development process at a company.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Quality Assurance Manager

Guidance
07.2017 - Current
  • Managed QA for over 25 client sites including Fitbit, Burlington Coat Factory, Insect Lore, Hoonigan, Sole Society, Vince Camuto, Dragon Herbs, James Perse and HearthMath, City Chic and Smile Direct Club
  • Client Sales have totaled over $3.5 billion.

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer Automation - Web product: ASK

Warner Advanced Digital Services / SMCI (Contractor)
03.2017 - 07.2017
  • Tested live video streaming app
  • Executed manual and automated tests daily, recorded all defects and worked with DEV and BSA to get issues resolved.

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Entertainment Partners
06.2013 - 04.2016
  • Tested multiple areas of RTMS, manage defect list, daily Scrum meeting, work with development and product owners to prioritize and escalate issues as needed
  • Used SQL for database verification
  • Wrote tests in Selenium and Cucumber.

Quality Assurance Lead - Independent Contractor

Sprokk
  • Create a Quality Assurance process for social networking startup
  • Write test plan and test cases for desktop and iOS versions of the product
  • Set up bug database in Google Docs and Pivotal Tracker
  • Run test cases and enter bugs
  • Perform extensive black box iOS mobile testing / Wrote test plan for Android version
  • Communicate with developers and partners and prioritize issues for release.

Quality Assurance Analyst - Independent Contractor

Arrow Strategies (20th Century Fox Studios)
  • Meet with business owners to flesh out key test areas from product specifications
  • Write test plans and test cases and run test cases against each build and enter bugs accordingly
  • Verify and resolve bugs as fixed by development in US, India and South America
  • Perform customer service support including discovered issues to business owners.

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Independent Contractor

Rosetta
  • Perform browser compatibility testing on client facing software
  • Use Jenkins to make builds
  • Certify builds and send release notes to team.

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Learning Module Team

Cornerstone OnDemand
01.2013 - 06.2013
  • Attended all lead and management meetings give assignments to group
  • Used Microsoft TFS and Visual Studio to manage issues
  • Wrote QA documentation including test plans and manual testing
  • Used SQL for database verification.

Lead Senior Quality Assurance Engineer on Tiger Team / Senior QA CMP Team

AT&T and DirecTV (Contractor)
05.2016 - 01.2017
  • Perform black box as Senior QA member of AGILE team - Web and Mobile Testing
  • Write and review test cases as needed
  • Use tools including Charles proxy to perform white-box testing on live video streaming app.

Quality Assurance Lead - Independent Contractor

Avisa Children's Services
04.2012 - 01.2013
  • Created a Quality Assurance process for a non-profit organization
  • Created test plan and execute test cases
  • Use SQL for backend data verification
  • Meet with developers and project owners to determine critical areas for testing.

Quality Assurance Manager

Deutsch Inc.
04.2011 - 03.2012
  • Created and implemented a department Quality Assurance Process including a test plan and Quality Assurance request form
  • Reduced QA cycle by 35% by using Quality Assurance best practices
  • Hired, supervised and mentored Junior QA Engineers
  • Work with outsourced development teams
  • Lead testing for mobile devices including iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows mobile
  • Worked directly with product Producers to define project requirements and write corresponding test cases
  • Worked with 3rd party vendors to manage their development process
  • Set up and customized bug database system in JIRA.

Software Testing

Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting
05.2008 - 03.2011
  • Manual Testing Windows software.

Quality Assurance Manager for Spike.com site (Formerly ifilm.com)

MTV Networks
07.2006 - 04.2008
  • Managed a team of three Quality Assurance Engineers
  • Wrote and maintained project test plan
  • Used QTP and Selenium to create automated tests which reduced time to accept builds and perform regression by 50%.

Quality Assurance Manager

Sustain Technologies
05.2005 - 06.2006
  • Created infrastructure for Quality Assurance Department including: writing test plans and test scenarios and executing them
  • Set up and maintained JIRA bug tracking
  • Worked with developers on Agile development process
  • Created automated test framework using Quick Test Professional
  • Automated regression testing reducing cycle time by 50%.

Contractor, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Pioneer Digital Technologies
06.2003 - 04.2005
  • Performed Quality Assurance on DVR based software product
  • Wrote test cases and performed black box testing.

Technical Manager of Quality Assurance

America Online
02.1996 - 05.2003
  • Managed a team of up to 15 Quality Assurance Engineers including mentoring and performance reviews
  • Worked with off shore team in Israel
  • Used technologies including SQL for backend testing.

Senior Test Engineer, Consumer Group

Microsoft Corporation
07.1989 - 01.1996
  • Wrote and ran test cases against Windows, Mac and DOS products.

Education

Computer Science and Engineering -

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
05.1989

Skills

  • Strong Problem Solver
  • Defect Tracking and Reporting
  • Test Plans and Test Methodologies
  • Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
  • Time Management and Organization
  • Automated Testing Frameworks
  • Manual Testing
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Continuous-Integration Testing
  • Automation Knowledge
  • White Box Testing
  • Agile Best Practices
  • Scrum Methodology
  • Test Planning
  • Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence

Certification

Certified Scrum Master, CPrime, Burbank, Burbank, CA

Affiliations

Board Member Los Angeles University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club

Interests

Avid Screenwriter, Director, Producer

World Traveler

Dedicated Twin Girl Dad

Timeline

Quality Assurance Manager

Guidance
07.2017 - Current

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer Automation - Web product: ASK

Warner Advanced Digital Services / SMCI (Contractor)
03.2017 - 07.2017

Lead Senior Quality Assurance Engineer on Tiger Team / Senior QA CMP Team

AT&T and DirecTV (Contractor)
05.2016 - 01.2017

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Entertainment Partners
06.2013 - 04.2016

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Learning Module Team

Cornerstone OnDemand
01.2013 - 06.2013

Quality Assurance Lead - Independent Contractor

Avisa Children's Services
04.2012 - 01.2013

Quality Assurance Manager

Deutsch Inc.
04.2011 - 03.2012

Software Testing

Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting
05.2008 - 03.2011

Quality Assurance Manager for Spike.com site (Formerly ifilm.com)

MTV Networks
07.2006 - 04.2008

Quality Assurance Manager

Sustain Technologies
05.2005 - 06.2006

Contractor, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Pioneer Digital Technologies
06.2003 - 04.2005

Technical Manager of Quality Assurance

America Online
02.1996 - 05.2003

Senior Test Engineer, Consumer Group

Microsoft Corporation
07.1989 - 01.1996

Quality Assurance Lead - Independent Contractor

Sprokk

Quality Assurance Analyst - Independent Contractor

Arrow Strategies (20th Century Fox Studios)

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Independent Contractor

Rosetta

Computer Science and Engineering -

University of Pennsylvania
WAYNE A. HAZLE