Innovative Software Quality Assurance Manager
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Innovative Software Quality Assurance Manager
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Experienced Software Quality Assurance Manager with broad range of expertise from application testing to methodology and process definition and implementation. My passion is to help people and projects succeed first time by having the right tools and support to deliver excellence in quality, as well as selling quality practices and concepts to groups which interface with QA, such as end users, development teams and executives.
Retail Enterprise software, Quality Assurance, software quality methodology and strategy, process definition and implementation, team development and management
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TGT; Retail industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)
March 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 7 months)
Current role: Leading a team to develop and implement standardized quality practices for Oracle's retail global business unit across multiple development locations around the world.
Previous role: Managed team of up to 20 QA professionals, coordinated quality assurance across multiple applications and projects, managed QA and delivery for large integrated enterprise software releases. Lead implementation of QA practice in India Solution Center.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2000 — March 2004 (4 years 1 month)
As test team member and team lead, helped to deliver high quality enterprise retail software. My role grew from being a tester on single applications to leading large enterprise integration test projects for over fifteen different retail applications. I developed considerable retail business knowledge as well as leadership, quality assurance and software development methodology skills.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2002 (3 years )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SFN; Computer Software industry)
October 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 6 months)
Software Quality Assurance consultant.
Consulted at Flemings investment bank in London, UK; Medtronic Corporation in Minneapolis, MN; Retek in Minneapolis, MN
Mini-MBA , Retailing Excellence , 2008 — 2008
MS , Information Technology , 1995 — 1996
BS , Neuroscience , 1990 — 1994
Quality Assurance Institute (QAI)
Twin Cities Quality Assurance Association (TCQAA)
QAI Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE)