QA Manager at Cotendo
Israel
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- QA Manager at Cotendo
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- Software tester at Tescom
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- The Interdisciplinary Center
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Nir Kalish’s Summary
I established several QA groups which includes manual testing, automatic testing and building automatic tools. I have a management experience and hands on experience.
I worked in embedded projects, web projects and networks projects.
I am an ISTQB foundation level certified and ISO 9001:2000 internal auditors certified.
I am a member in ISQ (Israel Society for Quality) and a member in SIGIST Israel
I have a degree in computer science from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzlia, Israel were I had an entrepreneurship scholarship from Efi Arazi (the founder of Scitex corp and EFI inc).
Nir Kalish’s Specialties:
Programming languages: VB script, Java, C, SQL, VB, HTML, Perl.
Operating system knowledge: Linux (Fedora & Centos), XP
HP-Mercury tools: QTP, TestDirector, Quality-Center
Open source test management tools: Bugzilla and Testopia
Unit test tools: JUnit, NUnit
Standards: ISO 9001-2000, CMM
Protocols: HTTP, DNS, TCP
Selenium - GUI automatic tool
Web testing
Database testing
Implemetation of QA methodologies
Nir Kalish’s Experience
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QA Manager
Cotendo
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
I Established the QA group which include:
* Automatic GUI testing in Selenium
* Building an HTTP automatic tool in Perl
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Corporate QA Manager
Retalix
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RTLX; Computer Software industry)
September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)
QA Manager in Retalix, a new position that included the integration of all the testing units in the
company. Job responsibilities include:
• Professional management of the testing teams and testing Team Leaders in the various products
•Recruitment of testers and Team Leaders
•QA Training: Methodologies and work procedures
•Implementation of risk management for software requirements in cooperation with the development teams and their managers
•Implementation of risk- based testing and strengthening the cooperation between the development and QA
•Working with customers in everything that is related to product testing procedures
•Insertion of Automation in testing processes of products
•Building a yearly training plan and create a professional development path for employees.
•Company advisor for management of QA and testing
•Streamlining in testing procedures shared by various products -
QA Manger
Bsor
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 8 months)
QA Manager in Bsor Start-Up. The company developed an ERP system, web based, for the American nutrition field. As part of my job I established the QA department and reported to the CEO. The job included:
•Recruitment and management of a 5 tester team.
•QA Training: Methodologies and Automatic tools - QTP.
•Preparing the company for ISO 2000-9001 standard and implementing quality regulation in the company
•Performance of risk management for software requirements
•Working with customer in the USA and representatives of USDA on software properties, training and implementation
•Active participation in project characterization
•Budget management
•Planning, writing and executing tests - manual and automatic
Projects Manager in Bsor- Managing an ERP software for diamond dealers and ERP software for food management in USA schools. The job included:
•Requirements definition & characterization of the system
•Ongoing management with project customers: scheduling, content and budget -
QA Team Leader
Tescom
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — January 2005 (2 years 1 month)
SQA Engineer and Team Leader. Placed by Tescom Inc. in Israeli Air force Industry- Ground
satellite station project. The system was decentralized including hardware and Real Time
elements. The job included:
• Management of 3 tester team
• Planning and writing STD documents for manual testing of logic, client-server communication, functionality, and STR documentation
• Writing and performing automatic testing scripts for an automatic tool developed for the project
• Active member in a team that was responsible for defining the automatic testing tool -
Software tester
Tescom
(Computer Software industry)
April 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 10 months)
June 2001-January 2003:
SQA Engineer in Placed by Tescom Inc. in Israeli Air force Industry. The test system included hardware and software. The job involved:
• Planning, writing and performing logical testing scripts and manual functionality testing.
• Performing ATP testing at the customer site.
• Writing STR documents.
April 2001-June 2001: Testing engineer placed by Tescom Inc. in SARIN Company. The test system included hardware and software. The job involved planning, writing and performing STD document.
Nir Kalish’s Education
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The Interdisciplinary Center
BA , Computer Science , 2003 — 2006
I had an entrepreneurship scholarship from Efi Arazi (the founder of Scitex corp and EFI inc).
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Nir Kalish’s Interests:
QA and testing, Martial arts, History, Stock markets, International travels, Movies, Books
Nir Kalish’s Groups:
Sigist Israel, ISQ, ISTQB
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